Free template
The construction daily log template.
One page, one day, the record you wish you had the day a schedule gets disputed. Print the blank template below and fill it in — or skip the blank page and let it draft itself from the day's real work.
Work performed today
Deliveries & visitors
How builders actually keep a daily log.
- 1.Write it the same day. End of day, while the details are still true — not from memory on Friday.
- 2.Note the weather, even on a good day. It's the one line that turns "we lost Tuesday" into something you can point to later.
- 3.Log the no-work days too. A missing entry looks like nothing happened. A no-work day with a reason is a record.
- 4.Attach a photo when you can. One photo with a date on it settles more disputes than a paragraph of notes.
The faster way
Nobody fills out a blank page every night.
In Projects, the log drafts itself at day's end from the day's real work on site — crew, weather, and whatever got captured in the field — and nothing is filed until you confirm it. Mark a no-work day and say why in one tap. When a job needs the record, export a log packet for the date range: one page per day, under your own letterhead, ready to print or hand over.
Also tracking the schedule? Grab the 3-week lookahead template.
Daily log questions, answered.
What is a construction daily log?
A short, dated record of what happened on site: crew on the job, weather, work performed, deliveries, visitors, and photos. One entry per day, per project.
Why keep one if nothing's gone wrong?
Because the log is worthless the one day it matters — a delay claim, a change-order dispute, an insurance question, a client asking why a week slipped. "We were rained out Tuesday" is an opinion; a dated log with the weather on it is a record.
What should a daily log include?
Date, weather, who was on site, what actually got done, and anything unusual — a delivery, an inspection, a visitor, a no-work day and why. Photos turn a sentence into proof.
Who fills it out, and when?
Whoever's running the job that day, at the end of the day while it's still fresh. Skip a few days and the log becomes reconstruction, not record — which is exactly why the blank-page version falls behind.