Free construction site diary app supports productivity and compliance

A free site record software app solution is proving a hit with construction businesses adopting digital working, delivering clear and tangible benefits over outdated paper-based systems. 

The Site Diary app – from award-winning software provider, Work Wallet – is a mobile-first tool that enables site managers and operatives to make accurate site records on the go in real time, from any digital device. Senior managers off site also benefit from streamlined oversight, allowing support resource to be better targeted. 

Already successfully used extensively by construction businesses including Bowmer + Kirkland, GMI Construction and GF Tomlinson, Site Diary increases efficiency and productivity, enabling users to spend more time on site helping to make a practical difference.

“Having Site Diary at your fingertips has immensely improved our records of day-to-day activities on site, allowing our managers to spend more time on site rather than doing paperwork in the site office. Important information can be recorded in real time, which means a much more accurate account.  

“It is a real game changer, from recording deliveries and wagon movements to progress photos, with such ease of use. The feedback from our site teams has been nothing but positive. It has been a great start to getting rid of so much paperwork, and to delivering a more sustainable workplace.” 

John Cregan, Health Safety and Wellbeing Manager for Bowmer + Kirkland

Work Wallet’s Site Diary app makes it simple to record all types of occurrences on site at any given time or date, with data easily comparable in one complete overall picture, such as: progress updates; site conditions and weather records; contractors on site; deliveries received; incidents that occurred; and decisions made and the reasons why. 

Secure online storage maintains accurate records, easily accessible at any time, showing one version of the truth about happenings on site. In contrast, outdated physical record books are only accessible in site offices during working hours. Information is not immediately useful, taking time to find, analyse and use. 

Built-in reporting delivers invaluable data insights, especially when needing to evidence compliance for insurance claims, legal proceedings, incident investigations, audits, regulatory reporting, and quality assurance. Time-stamped records are easily findable, showing what was done, when, and by whom. 

Adam Civval, Product Director of Work Wallet, led development of the ground-breaking feature: 

“Every construction site needs to keep track of what is going on – but site managers have told us repeatedly that paper-based site record keeping is often not good enough. After hearing this feedback, Work Wallet wanted to help. We set about finding a solution to this problem and developed a digital Site Diary tool, which is available now, completely free for all users at all times.” 

“Thank you to our clients that helped to pilot the new feature. Their feedback helped us to fine-tune Site Diary before wider launch, and we are very proud of the result. The tool gives site managers and senior managers instant access to comprehensive information about their busy projects. It helps them maintain control, evidence compliance, deliver better quality outcomes, and keep people safe on site.” 

Officially launched in March 2022 following the successful pilot period, Site Diary is completely free of charge for construction businesses to use. It is a fully functional standalone module, but seamlessly integrates with Work Wallet’s wider suite of essential health and safety modules to provide automated entries; including Accident & Incident Reporting, Audits & Inspections, Permit to Work, and many more. 

For more details or to sign up now, visit www.freesitediary.co.uk. 

About Work Wallet? 

Work Wallet is an award-winning, modular, digital platform that improves workplace communication about health and safety matters, keeping workers, visitors and contractors safe while enabling easy compliance, for businesses of all types and sizes.

As well as providing a completely free standalone Site Diary record keeping tool, Work Wallet delivers the essential processes that sit behind core health and safety requirements, including permits to work, site safety briefings, audits, accident reporting, risk assessments and digital inductions. With no tie-ins, users choose and pay for only the modules and number of users that suit their specific needs. 

All the data collected by the multilingual platform is unified and presented in an advanced monitoring and reporting dashboard, which successfully informs decision making throughout businesses, from the boardroom to the boots on the ground. 

Developed in Derby, UK, Work Wallet is used by businesses in Europe, America, Asia, Australia and the Middle East, meeting health and safety needs in sectors including housebuilding and construction, rail, distribution, manufacturing, the automotive industry, live events providers, and the public sector. It is the tool of choice for health and safety consultants.

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