Construction Daily Report
Daily jobsite log — date, weather, crew + labor hours, work completed by trade, materials + deliveries, equipment, visitors, safety + quality issues, photos referenced. Contemporaneous evidence for schedule + claim + payment disputes.
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CONSTRUCTION DAILY REPORT
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Project: Maple Ridge Townhomes — Phase 2
Address: 1842 Maple Ridge Lane, Hillsboro, OR 97124
Report date: May 28, 2026
Reported by: Reilly Park · Site Superintendent
Work hours: 06:30 - 16:30 (10 h with 30 min lunch + 2x 15 min breaks)
WEATHER
AM: 52°F · clear · wind 5 mph WSW · humidity 62% · ground dry
PM: 68°F · partly cloudy · wind 10 mph WSW · brief sprinkle 14:20-14:35 · ground dried by 15:00
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CREW + LABOR HOURS
Trade | Crew | Hours
-----------------|------------------------|------
Framing | 6 carpenters | 60 h
Electrical | 2 electricians | 18 h
Plumbing | 2 plumbers | 16 h
HVAC | 1 mechanic | 8 h
Sitework | 1 operator | 9 h
Supervision | 1 super + 1 foreman | 19 h
-----------------|------------------------|------
TOTAL | | 130 h
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WORK COMPLETED (by trade)
FRAMING: Completed roof truss installation on units 6-8 (24 trusses, all braced + sheathed); 90% of exterior wall sheathing on Unit 9 (south + east walls remaining).
ELECTRICAL: Rough-in of Unit 6 (devices boxed + home-runs to panel pulled); GFCI testing at Unit 5 panel.
PLUMBING: DWV stack rough-in on Unit 7 second floor; pressure-test of Unit 5 supply lines passed (40 psi held 30 min, no drop).
HVAC: Furnace + ductwork rough-in for Unit 5.
SITEWORK: Final grading at units 5-6 driveways; sod prep at Unit 5 front yard.
MATERIALS + DELIVERIES
07:45 — Truss delivery: 24 roof trusses for units 6-8 (Western Roof Truss PO #WRT-2026-1148; crane unload; verified against ship list, no damage).
10:30 — Lumber delivery: 84 sheets 7/16" OSB wall sheathing + 2,400 bf 2x6 framing (84 Lumber order 26-77144; tarped at storage area).
13:15 — Electrical: 1 PV-ready 200A main panel + 50 lbs 12-gauge Romex (Platt Electric Supply PO #PES-2026-04887; locked in Unit 5 garage).
14:00 — Plumbing: PEX pipe + manifold for Unit 7 (Ferguson order 2026-552). NOTE: 1 box of 1/2" fittings was short-count (12 of expected 24); credit memo issued by supplier.
EQUIPMENT ON SITE
Kubota mini-excavator (rental — sitework). Skid steer (owned — material moves). Bobcat T-770 forklift (owned — material handling). 60-ft articulating boom lift (rental — Sunbelt — for truss bracing). Generator 25 kW for temp power.
VISITORS + INSPECTIONS
08:15 — Project Architect (Casey Lim, Studio North) for walk of unit 5 framing alignment. No findings.
10:00 — County Building Inspector Eric Wong for Unit 5 rough-in inspection — APPROVED.
13:30 — Owner rep (Jordan Taylor) for weekly walk + finish-selection confirmation on Unit 7.
OSHA / state safety inspector: none today.
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SAFETY (incidents + observations + toolbox-talks)
No recordable injuries. No near-misses.
07:00 toolbox-talk: fall protection on roof work (10 min). All crew signed in.
Mid-day observation: subcontractor electrician used non-GFCI extension cord; replaced + verbal coaching by safety officer.
PPE compliance 100%.
QUALITY (rework, RFIs, non-conformances)
RFI #047: window-flashing detail at Unit 7 master bath — submitted to Architect for clarification (response expected within 48 h; no current schedule impact).
Rework: 2 sheets of OSB on Unit 6 had wrong cut; replaced from delivery stock. No impact to schedule.
Open RFIs total: 3 (#047 active, #044 + #045 awaiting response).
SCHEDULE STATUS + DELAYS
Schedule status: ON TRACK against current baseline. Critical path = Unit 7 dry-in (target 2026-06-04). Today's production met or exceeded planned (truss install +1 day favorable). No delays today.
PHOTOS
23 photos uploaded to project Procore — folder /Daily/2026-05-28/. Captioned: truss delivery (3), unit 6 framing progress (8), unit 7 plumbing rough-in (5), Architect walk (3), inspection sign-off (2), delivery damage check (2).
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SIGNATURE
Reporting party: _________________________ Date: _____________
Reilly Park · Site Superintendent
About this template
A construction daily report is the most-litigated document on a jobsite — courts call it "contemporaneous evidence" and it is the difference between winning and losing a schedule, delay, back-charge, or productivity claim. **Five sections do the legal work**: (1) **Weather** — drives weather-day claims (most contracts allow a non-compensable time extension for X days of >Y rain or temperature outside Z range; the daily report is the trigger), (2) **Crew + hours** — drives lost-productivity claims and dilution arguments under the Modified Total Cost or Measured-Mile methodologies, (3) **Work completed** — the basis for payment applications + earned-value, (4) **Visitors + inspections** — chain-of-evidence for code-compliance defenses and Architect direction, (5) **Schedule status + delays** — the contemporaneous record that defeats a Total-Cost claim if it shows no actual disruption occurred. **AIA A201 §15.1.3** requires written notice of claims within 21 days; the daily report is often the first evidence of when an issue arose. **OSHA citations** routinely use daily reports as evidence of training, toolbox-talks, and observation of unsafe acts. **Pay applications** that don't reconcile with daily-reported work-completed are routinely rejected. **Best practice**: complete the report at end-of-shift before leaving site (memory fades fast); photo + caption every material delivery, every inspection, and every disputable condition; capture sub-tier visitor sign-in and exit times; record the cause + duration of any pause >15 min (rain, material wait, inspection delay, equipment breakdown). **Common mistakes**: (a) over-aggregating crew counts loses Modified Total Cost causal-link evidence; (b) leaving weather as "normal" defeats the weather-day claim; (c) skipping the safety section creates an OSHA evidentiary gap; (d) reporting "no delays" when delays actually occurred is an admission against interest later. The daily report is also the **bridge to the weekly Owner meeting** — the seven daily reports become the foundation of the weekly executive summary.
When to use it
- Every work day on every active jobsite (no exceptions — gaps are evidentiary problems).
- Schedule, delay, productivity, and back-charge claim documentation.
- AIA A201 §15.1 written-notice trigger evidence.
- OSHA citation defense (training, observation, PPE compliance).
- Pay-application reconciliation.
- Owner / Architect weekly meeting source data.
What to include
- Project + date + reporting party.
- Weather AM + PM (with material precipitation / temp / wind).
- Crew + labor hours by trade (counts + hours).
- Work completed narrative by trade.
- Materials + deliveries (PO #, time, condition).
- Equipment on site (owned + rented).
- Visitors + inspections (Architect, Owner, code official, OSHA).
- Safety — incidents, near-misses, toolbox-talks, PPE compliance.
- Quality — RFIs, non-conformances, rework.
- Schedule status + delays (with cause + duration).
- Photos referenced (count + filing location).
- Signature.
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