Can I change a diary day later?

A closed day takes amendments, each with its time. The original stays, so the record is true.

Time saved / Write the site diary

Site diary app that writes most of the day for you

The day assembles from crew hours, weather and site records. You add a note. Each day closes overnight, so the record holds up later.

A delay claim or a dispute is won on the diary. You write it from memory at night, or not at all, and the builder’s diary is the one that gets read.

Estimate for a 6-month electrical job with 10 people on it, each working day. Set your own job.

The risk it heads off

There is no record of the day when a delay or a dispute comes up.Every working day has a record, closed overnight.
The weather that stopped work is not written down.The weather goes on each day's record.

Write the site diary: estimated minutes for each step, each working day
Step	By hand	Excel	YourCA	What YourCA does
Write up the day	8 min	8 min	2 min	Builds the day from crew hours and site records. You add notes.
Look up the weather	2 min	2 min	0 min	Fills in the weather from the nearest weather station.
Record who was on site	3 min	3 min	0 min	Comes from the crew’s clock.
Total, each working day	13 min	13 min	2 min

Can I change a diary day later?: A closed day takes amendments, each with its time. The original stays, so the record is true.