Daywork sheet template
A daywork sheet records the labour, plant and materials used on work that is paid for on a daywork basis: usually extra or changed work that can't be valued at the contract rates. Fill one in for each day the work runs, and get it signed by the client's representative while the work is fresh.
Free, with no sign-up. A4 portrait, one page. The spreadsheet adds up the totals for you.
What's on it
- Heading
- project, contract no., sheet no., date, location or area, contractor, instructed by, instruction ref. and client
- Work carried out
- 3 ruled lines
- Labour
- name, trade, start, finish and hours, 7 rows, with totals
- Plant
- item, owned or hired, operator and hours, 3 rows, with totals
- Materials
- description, supplier, quantity, unit and delivery ticket, 3 rows
- Signatures
- for the contractor and for the client
Read the guides
- What is daywork in construction?What daywork is, when extra work is paid by the hour instead of at the contract rates, how it is priced in the UK, and the records that get it paid.
- How to fill in a daywork sheetWhat daywork is, what the sheet has to show, who signs it and when, and the most common reasons sheets get refused.
- What does a clerk of works sign?What a clerk of works agrees to when they sign a daywork sheet, what they don't agree to, and why it's still worth getting their signature.
Keeping it in Dayworks
Dayworks keeps the records a daywork sheet is checked against: who was on site each day, the hours they booked against each activity, and a signed diary of what was done.
Other templates
- Site diaryA day's record for one area: weather, labour, work against the plan, deliveries, visitors and delays, signed off at the end of the shift.
- Daily activity briefing (DABS)Plan each area's activities, plant, permits and deliveries for the shift, with the toolbox talk, key risk and a sign-on sheet.
- Labour allocation sheetBook each person's hours against the day's activities, with totals by person and by activity, so every hour on site is accounted for.
- Toolbox talk recordRecord a toolbox talk: the topic, the key points, questions and actions, and a signature from everyone who attended.
- Permit to work registerLog every permit issued on site: its number, type, location, who issued it and to whom, when it runs out and when it was closed.
- Delay logLog every delay on site from the day it starts to the day it clears: what stopped, what was in the way, who stood idle and who was told.