Daily progress Report ?

Dr. Bahaz Abdesselam

 Table des
matières
Introduction 3

I - What Is a Construction Daily Report? 4

II - How to Write a Construction Daily Report 5

III - CONCLUSION 11
 Introduction

- In construction, it's essential to document everything that goes on at the worksite, and not just at key points in
the project. A construction daily report must be filed at the close of business each day in order to create an
accurate, comprehensive, and consistent record of activity throughout the entire project.

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 What Is a Construction Daily Report?

What Is a Construction
Daily Report? I

A construction daily report is a document that's filed, typically by the site manager or overseer, at the end of
every day worked on a construction project. It lists :

1. all of the work performed,

2. successes or delays,
3. safety incidents,
4. equipment usage,
5. worksite visitors,
6. and any other relevant details that occurred during the day.

The daily report process is essential because it gives the project owner, site manager, subcontractors, investors,
and all other project stakeholdersaccess to detailed information on work progress without needing to visit the
site or contact another person directly.

It also makes sure that everyone involved in the job is working from the same document and has the same
information, preventing miscommunications and mistakes.

Perhaps most importantly, the construction daily report protects crew members from being wrongly blamed for
mistakes or delays. If a project milestoneor deadline is missed, the project owner may look to blame the
workers or project managers. By maintaining a complete record of daily logs, the construction manager can
make sure there's evidence when delays are caused by circumstances beyond control, such as weather
conditions, delivery issues, or other obstacles.

Below we've broken out all of the most important information included in a comprehensive construction daily
report.

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 How to Write a Construction Daily Report

How to Write a
Construction Daily II
Report

The main components of a technical report include

Some construction managers opt to purchase report software in order to streamline their daily reporting
process. However, it's just as easy to assemble a construction daily report on your own by creating or
downloading a log template and filling out a new copy for each day of work. In order to ensure proper
documentation, every daily construction log must have the same pieces of important information

Définition : Cover page

Depending on preference, the construction daily report can

either have a full cover page or a header section at the top
of the first page that lists the project name, the date, the
location of the worksite, and the name of the person
preparing the report.

Définition : Job details

The first section of the document should include all

relevant details about the job, including name, type, and
number. For instance, simply writing “City Hall
Construction Project” isn't enough — it's essential to also
include the phase that project was in on that particular day.

Définition : Weather conditions

The document should also include that day's weather

report, including a general description of the conditions as
well as temperature, wind speed, and precipitation. If
weather conditions caused work delays, this information
must be entered in this section and under Potential
Delaying Events.

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Définition : Work accomplished

In this section, the site manager should evaluate what

progress was made on that day, including progress on
individual tasks as well as the overall project. The preparer
should write down each project activity and its status —
starting, completing, making progress, delayed, etc.

Définition : Crew List

After the weather report, the construction manager should

list all crew members who were on the site on that day.
This list should be organized by team (general contractors,
machine operators, plumbers, electricians, etc.) and
include the number of workers present from each team, as
well as the total number of man-hours worked by each
group.

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Définition : Equipment in Use/Idle

Just like all crew members on a construction site must be

documented, the site manager should also make a list of all
equipment present on the work site and number of hours
each machine was used.
Make a list of all heavy machinery present on the work site
and the number of active hours each piece of equipment
was used each day. If a piece of equipment is on the work
site but left idle, it should be recorded on the report
accordingly. It's important to be specific and list the type
of equipment you have. For example, a crawler bulldozer
with an S-blade is a drastically different type of bulldozer
than a wheeled one with a PAT blade.
The site manager should also document when each piece
of equipment arrives and leaves a work site. For instance, a
crane will not be brought to and from the work site each
day — it will arrive at the beginning of its use on the
project and will be dismissed when crane work is complete.
Keeping an accurate record of equipment use on a work
site allows stakeholders to identify opportunities to
increase efficiency. If a piece of equipment is left idle for
a long period of time, a project owner will likely look to
rearrange their next project to only rent that equipment for
the days it will be used in order to cut back on costs.

Définition : Material Quantities

The site manager should also perform a daily inventory of

materials available and used during that day's work. This
helps measure work performed on each task in a more
specific and measurable way.
For instance, a crew may spend days or weeks laying steel
beams, during which time the site manager would write “in
progress” for that task under the Work Accomplished
section of their daily report. However, this doesn't offer
any information as to how much progress was made in a
day. By recording how much material is used, the site
manager can give a clearer picture of how fast or slow
their crew worked that day.

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Définition : Material Deliveries

After recording material quantities, the site manager

should also record any material deliveries that occurred or
were scheduled to occur that day, along with the type and
quantity of materials delivered.
If a material delivery was scheduled for that day and did
not arrive, this should be recorded in this section as well as
under Potential Delaying Events, if it has the potential to
slow down work progress

Définition : Potential Delaying Events

Incidents that have the potential to delay overall work

progress should be recorded at least twice on the daily
report: once in the appropriate section relating to the type
of task that was delayed, and once in the Potential
Delaying Events section.
For instance, an equipment malfunction would be recorded
under the Equipment in Use/Idle section, since that
machine in question logged idle time for however long it
was out of commission that day. But if that malfunction
was significant enough that it may have set back overall
work progress by any length of time, it should also be
recorded as a Potential Delaying Event

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Définition : Significant Events

Significant events are similar to, but not the same as,
potential delaying events and should be recorded
separately. A significant event may also be a potential
delaying event, but it's possible to have a significant event
that does not pose the risk of delay, in which case it would
only be logged once.
Significant events are any external occurrences that impact
the worksite in any way. This includes things like road
closures, conflicting events, significant traffic,
disturbances in the community, etc.
For instance, if there's a parade on the street where the
worksite is located, this would be logged as a significant
event. If the crew needed to suspend work while the
parade passed, or if the parade route prevented the arrival
of a key piece of equipment, this would also be considered
a potential delaying event. However, if the parade simply
passed nearby and didn't interfere with site work, it doesn't
need to be logged as potential cause for delay

Définition : Meetings & Directions

Off-site meetings do not need to be documented on the

construction daily report, but occasionally meetings do
happen in the field. In this case, they should be included in
the documentation for that day. Even if no significant
decisions were made at the meeting in question, the event
itself should be listed on the daily report along with the
names and titles of those in attendance.
If any meeting attendees were not crew members, they also
must be documented under the Visitors section.
If at any point new directions are issued by a project
authority (either as a result of a meeting or independently),
these new directions must be documented under this
section as well.

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Définition : Safety

The daily report process should also include a thorough

evaluation of the relevant safety protocols for the site and
whether or not they were followed each day. The safety
section of the project report should include whether or not
a job site inspection was performed as well as a record of
any hazards, incidents, or otherwise potentially dangerous
situations occurred.
This section should also include a daily verification that all
persons present on the worksite that day held the
appropriate licenses and were safety compliant.

Définition : Visitors

Not all individuals present on a worksite will necessarily be

crew members or project owners. Occasionally project
investors, board members, off-site coordinators, local
reporters, and even family members may visit the work
site. All of these people must be documented on the daily
report.

Définition : Signature, Name, and Date

At the bottom of every construction daily report, the report

preparer must print and sign their name alongside the date
in order to formalize the completion of the document.

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CONCLUSION
III
Though the report process may sound tedious, it will quickly become a habit — and the benefits of completing
one for each day of a project far outweigh the tedium of writing it.

Once you've written enough construction daily reports to establish a consistent record of your project's
progress, you will start to see patterns and opportunities for improvement that you likely would not have noticed
otherwise. You may find that you consistently order too many materials or rent equipment for longer than
necessary, in which case you can adjust your habits and thus save money and effort in the process.

If your construction report shows that your machine usage has been inefficient, you might want to consider
switching to equipment rental. By cutting out maintenance costs and prorating payment for only the days you
actually need a machine, you're likely to save money and streamline your workflow

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