Examples · Walkthrough

On record before it’s covered

Follow a groundworks gang through the day they pour a concrete base: labour and plant recorded once, the reinforcement photographed before it is covered, the concrete matched to its ticket, one soft spot recorded as it was found, and the office’s view at the end of the day.

ExampleIllustrative workflow · fictional site data

Illustrative only, with fictional data. This shows record-keeping, not engineering, safety or contractual advice. Your contract, your client’s requirements and your own competent people decide what you record.

A miniature groundworks site: a concrete mixer truck with its chute over a timber-shuttered base full of steel reinforcement, a second base dug out behind barriers, a site cabin, and workers in hi-vis with the site engineer holding a tablet. A small office sits on a second plinth to the right.

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How the walkthrough works

Six short chapters follow one groundworks gang through the day they pour a concrete base, from the morning diary to the office’s view at the end of the day.

Guided playback takes about a minute and a half. You can pause at any time, choose a chapter, or take each step yourself.

The day starts on the record
Hidden works, before they are hidden
Cleared to pour
Something unexpected
End of the day
The commercial view

Prefer to read? The illustrated version tells the same story with stills and the interface details.

ExampleIllustrative workflow · fictional site data

Illustrated version

The same day, in six chapters

Stills from the 3D scene, what happens in each chapter, and what the site engineer’s tablet and the office monitor show. It needs no graphics support and works without JavaScript.

ExampleIllustrative workflow · fictional site data. Nothing here is a live system or a real site.

Chapter 01 of 06

The day starts on the record

The gang, the plant on site and the day’s tasks, recorded once.

Morning at Plot 4 on Job 2417. Base B1 is dug, blinded, shuttered and reinforced, ready for its pour. Base B2 is being dug out next to it.
At 07:30 the site engineer opens the daily diary on a tablet: the ganger and the groundworker, the engineer, the site dumper, the plate compactor and the poker vibrator, and the two tasks for the day. Labour and plant are recorded once, here.
Everything in this walkthrough is illustrative. The job, people, plant, tickets, quantities, times and dates are fictional.
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Groundworks siteSite engineer’s tablet

Site diary
Diary · Tue 14 Oct
Job 2417 · Plot 4 bases
Status: Labour and plant recorded
Plot 4 bases · Dry, 11 °C
Gang
Ganger · DMOn site 07:30
Groundworker · RSOn site 07:30
Site engineer · AKOn site 07:30
Plant on site
D-07 Site dumperOn site 07:30
PC-02 Plate compactorOn site 07:30
PV-01 Poker vibratorOn site 07:30
Tasks
Base B1 · check and pourEngineer, gang
Base B2 · dig to formationGang
Recorded once. Reused at the end of the day.

The daily diary, with labour and plant recorded once.
Chapter 02 of 06

Hidden works, before they are hidden

The formation and the reinforcement, photographed before the concrete covers them.

Once concrete goes in, nobody can see the formation or the reinforcement again. So the pre-pour check for Base B1 is recorded while they are still visible.
The site engineer photographs the formation and blinding at 09:10, then the reinforcement cage, its spacers and the starter bars at 09:16. Each of the five checklist items is recorded with a photo, the engineer’s initials and the time.
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Groundworks siteSite engineer’s tablet

Site diary
Pre-pour check B1
Job 2417 · Plot 4 bases
Status: Awaiting sign-off
Checklist · photo, initials, time
FormationPhoto · AK · 09:10
BlindingPhoto · AK · 09:11
ReinforcementPhoto · AK · 09:16
Cover spacersPhoto · AK · 09:17
Formwork and starter barsPhoto · AK · 09:18
Photos
FormationTaken 09:10
ReinforcementTaken 09:16
Starter barsTaken 09:17
The site engineer selects “Sign off pre-pour check”.
Recorded before the concrete covers it

The pre-pour check, each item with a photo, initials and the time.
Chapter 03 of 06

Cleared to pour

A signed pre-pour check, then the concrete matched to its ticket.

At 09:40 the site engineer signs off the pre-pour check, and Base B1 is cleared to pour.
The mixer truck arrives at 10:25. Its delivery ticket, DT-4471 for 6.0 m³, is photographed and matched to the Base B1 pour, and the pour starts at 10:35 with the chute over the formwork.
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Groundworks siteSite engineer’s tablet

Site diary
Pour · Base B1
Job 2417 · Plot 4 bases
Status: Pour started 10:35
Mix M-2 · 8.5 m³ ordered in two loads
Tickets
DT-4471 · 6.0 m³Matched · Base B1
DT-4478 · 2.5 m³Second load
Photos
Ticket DT-4471Taken 10:28
Pre-pour checkSigned 09:40
Pour startedTaken 10:35
Log
10:28 Site engineer · AK Ticket DT-4471 photographed.
10:29 Site engineer · AK Ticket DT-4471 matched to the Base B1 pour: 6.0 m³.
10:35 Ganger · DM Pour started at Base B1.

The pour, with the ticket photographed and matched.
Chapter 04 of 06

Something unexpected

A soft spot, recorded as it was found and as it was dealt with.

At 11:50 the ganger finds a soft spot in the formation at Base B2. The engineer photographs and measures it as found: about 1.2 by 0.9 metres.
It is dug out 0.4 metres deeper and filled with 1.1 tonnes of stone, photographed at each stage. The engineer records it as changed-condition note CC-03, with the photos, labour and plant time, and shares it with the commercial team for their review. It is a record of what was found and done, not a claim.
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Groundworks siteSite engineer’s tablet

Site diary
Soft spot · B2
Job 2417 · Plot 4 bases
Status: Shared for review
Note CC-03 · what was found and what was done
Shared 13:46 · Commercial team · JB
For the commercial team’s own review. The note records what was found and done. It is not a claim.
Photos
As found11:55
Measured11:56
Dug out13:10
Stone placed13:40
Recorded
Area
About 1.2 × 0.9 m
Extra dig
0.4 m below formation
Stone
1.1 t
Labour
2 operatives · 1.5 h

The changed-condition note, shared for review.
Commercial officeCommercial team’s monitor

Commercial · jobs
Job 2417 · today
Job 2417 · Tue 14 Oct
Status: 1 note waiting
Changed-condition notes
CC-03 · soft spot · Base B24 photos
Expected today
Daily diary
At close
Tickets
Base B1 pour
Quantities
Concrete and stone

The note waiting in the office.
Chapter 05 of 06

End of the day

Labour and plant hours captured once and reused. The diary closes.

The pour is complete at 14:20. The second ticket, DT-4478 for 2.5 m³, is matched to the same pour, and the truck leaves.
At 16:30 the engineer closes the diary. The hours for the gang, the engineer and each item of plant are captured once and reused in the diary, the note and the office’s view. The day’s records go to the office.
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Groundworks siteSite engineer’s tablet

Site diary
Diary · Tue 14 Oct
Job 2417 · Plot 4 bases
Status: Sent to the office 16:31
Hours captured once, from the morning record
Labour
Ganger · DM
07:30–17:00 · 9.0 h
Groundworker · RS
07:30–17:00 · 9.0 h
Site engineer · AK
07:30–17:00 · 9.0 h
Plant
D-07 Site dumper
6.5 h
PC-02 Plate compactor
2.0 h
PV-01 Poker vibrator
3.0 h
Today
Base B1 poured · 8.5 m³2 tickets matched
Base B2 dug to formationNote CC-03
Reused in the diary, the note and the office view

The diary closed, with the hours captured once.
Chapter 06 of 06

The commercial view

Quantities, tickets and the note arrive together, ready for the commercial team’s own review.

In the office, the day arrives as one record for Job 2417: 8.5 m³ of concrete on two matched tickets, 1.1 tonnes of stone, the hours and one changed-condition note.
The commercial team opens note CC-03 with its four photos, measurements, labour and plant time. It is ready for their own review. What happens next is their decision.
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Commercial officeCommercial team’s monitor

Commercial · jobs
Note CC-03 · B2
Job 2417 · Tue 14 Oct
Status: Ready for review
Soft spot in the formation, recorded on site as found and as dealt with.
Photos from site
As found11:55
Measured11:56
Dug out13:10
Stone placed13:40
Recorded on site
Area
About 1.2 × 0.9 m
Extra dig
0.4 m below formation
Stone
1.1 t
Labour
2 operatives · 1.5 h
Plant
Site dumper · 1.5 h
Facts, photos and times. The commercial team decides what follows.

The note with its photos, ready for the commercial team’s own review.