Site diary template
A site diary is the day's record for an area: the weather, who was there, what was done against the plan, what arrived, who visited and what held the work up. Write it on the day, and have it signed off before the shift ends.
Free, with no sign-up. A4 portrait, one page. The spreadsheet adds up the totals for you.
What's on it
- Heading
- project, area, date, written by, shift and contract no.
- Weather
- morning, afternoon, low °C, high °C and wind, 1 rows
- Labour on site
- company, trade, number and hours, 3 rows, with totals
- Work done
- activity, status and what happened, and any change from the plan, 4 rows
- Deliveries
- description, supplier, quantity and received, 2 rows
- Visitors, inspections and instructions
- time, name and company and why, or the instruction given, 2 rows
- Delays, incidents and anything else
- 2 ruled lines
- Signatures
- for the contractor and for the client
New to it, or want to know what gets a sheet knocked back? What to record in a site diary.
Keeping it in Dayworks
In Dayworks, each area's diary starts from the day's briefing, with the activities, the hours booked and the weather already on it. Once a manager signs it off it's locked, and it goes out as a sheet like this one.
Other templates
- Daywork sheetRecord the labour, plant and materials used on instructed daywork, with a box for the client's representative to sign on the day.
- Daily activity briefing (DABS)Plan each area's activities, plant, permits and deliveries for the shift, with the toolbox talk, the key risk and a sign-on for everyone briefed.
- Labour allocation sheetBook each person's hours against the day's activities, with totals by person and by activity, so every hour on site is accounted for.