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Construction and building records

Quotes, drawings, site diaries, variations and final accounts. The record of how buildings really get built, and what it cost.

Site diaryTuesday 14 March

Plot 7, groundworks

Weather: heavy rain from 10:00

On site: 6 crew, 1 excavator

Stopped groundworks at 11:30, trench flooding.

Moved the crew inside to first-fix. Lost half a day, not a full one.

Signed: Craig Muir

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These are the records that matter most in this sector. Files that link together, over several years, are worth the most.

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Quotes and estimatesHow real jobs get priced, line by line.
Drawings and revisionsEvery change, and the reason it was made.
Site diariesWhat happened on the day, and the calls made on the spot.
Variations and change emailsWhere the price changed, and why.
Snagging and handover recordsWhat went wrong at the end, and how it got fixed.
Final accountsWhat the job really cost against the quote.
Surveys, scans and measured drawingsLaser scans and point clouds, total station data, and the finished survey drawings in CAD or Revit, linked to the job they came from. A scan on its own shows a building. The scan, the drawing and the job file together show how a surveyor got from one to the other.
Bills of quantities and estimatesTake-offs, rates, tender revisions, valuations and final accounts. They show how real jobs get priced and why the price moved.

Don’t see yours? Tell us anyway. If it shows how work gets done, there may well be a buyer.