HEAVY INFRASTRUCTURE OPERATIONAL OS / NEC3 · NEC4
Replace disjointed site logs with an agile, audit-tight 12-week Lookahead and continuous Digital Evidence Diary. Establish one unshakeable baseline to protect contractor margins and satisfy NEC contract frameworks.
BUILT FOR SITE TEAMS. DEFENSIBLE AT FINAL ACCOUNT.
PRECISION / PROJECT WORKSPACE
PILOT BUILD / 2027
A-ROAD IMPROVEMENT / CH.030–220 / SAMPLE DATA
12-Week Operational Lookahead
Baseline Rev. 04 • 6-day calendar • Week 08
Programme
Daily diary
Commercial tracker
All disciplines
Calendar: 6-day
Data date: 22 Feb 2027
WBS / ACTIVITY
FEBRUARY 2027
MARCH
W01
W02
W03
W04
W05
W06
W07
W8
W9
W10
W11
W12
Shift Diary & Delay Evidence
MON 22 FEB 2027 / DAY SHIFT
Carrier drain run 01
CHAINAGE
CH 1+240 – 1+385
SHIFT OUTPUT
145 m / 180 m planned
DELAY CLASSIFICATION
Client-instructed works · CI
DELAY EVENT / 0024
Uncharted service. Works held pending client instruction. 3.5 gang-hours recorded.
APPLY 62% TO PROGRAMME
Earthworks
Drainage
Progress
Delay / hold
8 WORK PACKAGES / BASELINE PROTECTED
EVIDENCE LINKED
PROGRAMME + EVIDENCE / ILLUSTRATIVE SAMPLE DATA
12-WEEK HORIZON
Site-level planning
4 MEASUREMENT MODES
Commercial clarity
NEC3 / NEC4
Contemporaneous evidence
POWER BI READY
Structured reporting
01 / THE DELIVERY GAP
The reality of major civils.
01 / RISK
Disconnected Scheduling
Primavera P6 fails daily lookahead reality and gang-level site constraints.
02 / RISK
Lost Site Records
Unsubstantiated dayworks, plant downtime, and weather impacts trapped in paper logs.
03 / RISK
Commercial Verification
Disputed chainages and unmeasured quantities driving valuation battles at final account.
04 / RISK
Claim Margin Leakage
Disputed or time-barred Compensation Events (CE) under strict NEC contract rules.
02 / THE OPERATIONAL CONTROL LAYER
One baseline. Every discipline connected.
From the morning briefing to the final account, keep programme, physical progress and evidence in step.
PLANNING / PROGRAMME
5 / 6 / 7
DAY WORKING CALENDARS
Dynamic 12-Week Operational Gantt
5, 6, and 7-day working calendars, duration-weighted WBS rollups, forward-pass logic, and automatic delay rippling without corrupting master baselines.
MODULE 01 / CONNECTED BY DESIGN
QUANTITIES / VALUATION
m · m² · m³
PHYSICAL PROGRESS, VERIFIED
4-Way Commercial Measurement
Built for physical infrastructure. Track by Linear Chainage (Road Box m, m², m³), Measured BoQ units, sequential checklist steps, or manual progress.
MODULE 02 / CONNECTED BY DESIGN
RECORDS / CONTRACT
CI / CE
EVIDENCE AT THE POINT OF WORK
Contemporaneous NEC Diary & CE Defense
Daily shift logs, subcontractor allocation, client-instructed works (CI) tagging, and a direct ‘Apply % to Programme’ verification bridge.
MODULE 03 / CONNECTED BY DESIGN
Power BI Export
Take structured programme, progress and diary records into your project reporting environment.
THE PLATFORM / FROM PLAN TO PROOF
Built around the way site teams work.
01 / 12-WEEK OPERATIONAL LOOKAHEAD
A rolling programme with one week of look-back and twelve weeks ahead. Summary rows roll up automatically, linked activities follow their predecessors, and holds, delays and client-instructed works are flagged where your team can’t miss them. Issue it each week and keep every past version on record.
PROJECT CONTROLS · LIGHT IVORY
A-Road Improvement Ch. 030–220
OUR COMPANY
Site Delivery Ltd
MAIN CONTRACTOR
Main Contractor Ltd
Lookahead Programme
Daily Diary
Commercial
12-Week Operational Lookahead
Wk 1 · W/C 19/10/26 · 1 week look-back + 12 weeks look-ahead
This week
Issue register
Add Activity
WBS / ACTIVITY
START
DUR
OCT 2026 / NOV / DEC
1 Road Construction
12 Oct
57d
1.1 Site Clearance
13 Oct
15d
1.1.1 Vegetation Clearance
14 Oct
5d
1.1.2 Strip Topsoil · DLY
15 Oct
6d
1.1.3 Demolition & Breakout
16 Oct
8d
1.2 Drainage
17 Oct
28d
1.2.1 Carrier Drain Ch.030–120
18 Oct
10d
1.2.2 Gullies & Connections
19 Oct
5d
1.2.3 Carrier Drain Ch.120–220
20 Oct
10d
1.3 Earthworks
12 Oct
16d
1.3.1 Cut to Fill Ch.030–220
13 Oct
12d
1.3.2 Capping Layer
14 Oct
8d
1.4 Culvert CV01 · HOLD
15 Oct
22d
1.5 Kerbing & Surfacing
16 Oct
29d
1.5.2 Sub-base Type 1
17 Oct
6d
Drainage / Earthworks / Progress / Actual / Today / HOLD / Client-instructed
Sample data. Fictional project and contractor names; quantities and evidence are illustrative.
02 / DAILY DIARY
Pick the activity and record the day’s quantities, labour, plant and weather, then add photos. If the activity has fallen behind programme, the diary asks for a reason, and the PM, Agent and QS are alerted straight away. Every submitted entry is stamped, keeps its history, and prints as a PDF for the client or subcontractor.
PROJECT CONTROLS · LIGHT IVORY
A-Road Improvement Ch. 030–220
OUR COMPANY
Site Delivery Ltd
MAIN CONTRACTOR
Main Contractor Ltd
Lookahead Programme
Daily Diary
Commercial
Daily Diary
Linked to the lookahead programme · one entry per activity per day
DIARY DATE
23 Oct 2026
YOUR INITIALS
JD
Road Construction / Drainage
1.2.1 Carrier Drain Ch.030–120
Drainage Subcontractor Ltd · Drainage Gang 1
PROGRESS / WORK DONE TODAY
Excavated and laid 300mm carrier pipe Ch.060–078 on granular bedding. First 12 m backfilled and compacted.
LABOUR
1 ganger, 3 pipelayers, 1 banksman; setting-out engineer (half day).
PLANT
21t excavator, 9t dumper, trench box, plate compactor and laser level.
EXCAVATE TRENCH
22 m
LAY & BED PIPE · PRIMARY
18 m
BACKFILL & COMPACT
12 m
Schedule Warning
Expected progress 30% · Actual progress 20%. Explain the slip before submitting.
WEATHER / DELAY CAUSE
Heavy rain · 2.5 hours lost
WHAT WAS THE DELAY?
Trench flooded during heavy rain. Pumped out before pipelaying resumed. PM, Agent and QS notified.
EVIDENCE / 2 SAMPLE ATTACHMENTS
Trench record 01.jpg · Carrier pipe bedding 02.jpg
Submit diary
Sample data. Fictional project and contractor names; quantities and evidence are illustrative.
03 / COMMERCIAL TRACKER
Choose how each activity is measured: manual %, a checklist, measured units, or chainage for road build-ups. Quantities from the diary feed straight into project quantities and a Power BI export, so progress lines up with the BoQ.
PROJECT CONTROLS · LIGHT IVORY
A-Road Improvement Ch. 030–220
OUR COMPANY
Site Delivery Ltd
MAIN CONTRACTOR
Main Contractor Ltd
Lookahead Programme
Daily Diary
Commercial
12-Week Operational Lookahead
Wk 1 · W/C 19/10/26 · 1 week look-back + 12 weeks look-ahead
This week
Issue register
Add Activity
WBS / ACTIVITY
START
DUR
OCT 2026 / NOV / DEC
1 Road Construction
12 Oct
57d
1.1 Site Clearance
13 Oct
15d
1.1.1 Vegetation Clearance
14 Oct
5d
1.1.2 Strip Topsoil · DLY
15 Oct
6d
1.1.3 Demolition & Breakout
16 Oct
8d
1.2 Drainage
17 Oct
28d
1.2.1 Carrier Drain Ch.030–120
18 Oct
10d
1.2.2 Gullies & Connections
19 Oct
5d
1.2.3 Carrier Drain Ch.120–220
20 Oct
10d
1.3 Earthworks
12 Oct
16d
Drainage / Earthworks / Progress / Actual / Today / HOLD / Client-instructed
Edit Activity 1.5.2
ACTIVITY
1.5.2 Sub-base Type 1
DURATION / CALENDAR
6 working days / 5-day (Mon–Fri)
Tracking setup
How the foreman records progress for this activity in the daily diary.
Manual %
Checklist
Measured (Units)
Chainage (Road Box)
BoQ tags — earthworks
EARTHWORKS OPERATION
Place Material / Fill
MATERIAL CLASSIFICATION
Type 1 Sub-base (SHW Clause 803)
START CH (M)
30
FINISH CH (M)
220
WIDTH (M)
7.3
THICKNESS (M)
0.15
PRIMARY OPERATION
Lay & compact Type 1
Progress = primary operation’s length to date ÷ planned length. Other operations are recorded without changing progress.
Planned: 190 m · 1,387 m² · 208.05 m³
DELAYS & STOPPAGES
Record design changes, clashes or an outstanding RFI.
Save
Sample data. Fictional project and contractor names; quantities and evidence are illustrative.
04 / PLAN AN ACTIVITY
One side panel covers discipline, gang, delivering company, links to other activities, working calendar and how progress is tracked. Dates are calculated from the logic, and the programme stays in view while you work.
PROJECT CONTROLS · LIGHT IVORY
A-Road Improvement Ch. 030–220
OUR COMPANY
Site Delivery Ltd
MAIN CONTRACTOR
Main Contractor Ltd
Lookahead Programme
Daily Diary
Commercial
12-Week Operational Lookahead
Wk 1 · W/C 19/10/26 · 1 week look-back + 12 weeks look-ahead
This week
Issue register
Add Activity
WBS / ACTIVITY
START
DUR
OCT 2026 / NOV / DEC
1 Road Construction
12 Oct
57d
1.1 Site Clearance
13 Oct
15d
1.1.1 Vegetation Clearance
14 Oct
5d
1.1.2 Strip Topsoil · DLY
15 Oct
6d
1.1.3 Demolition & Breakout
16 Oct
8d
1.2 Drainage
17 Oct
28d
1.2.1 Carrier Drain Ch.030–120
18 Oct
10d
1.2.2 Gullies & Connections
19 Oct
5d
1.2.3 Carrier Drain Ch.120–220
20 Oct
10d
1.3 Earthworks
12 Oct
16d
Drainage / Earthworks / Progress / Actual / Today / HOLD / Client-instructed
Add Activity
TASK NAME
Filter Drain Ch.120–220 (150mm)
CLIENT-INSTRUCTED WORKS
No · original scope
DISCIPLINE
Drainage
GANG
Drainage Gang 2
DELIVERED BY
Drainage Subcontractor Ltd
PARENT
1.2 Drainage
PREDECESSOR
1.2.1 Carrier Drain Ch.030–120
DEPENDENCY TYPE / LAG
SS — Start-to-Start / +3 days
DURATION / CALENDAR
8 working days / 5-day (Mon–Fri)
DATES CALCULATED FROM LOGIC
Mon 26 Oct 2026 – Wed 04 Nov 2026
Tracking setup
How the foreman records progress for this activity in the daily diary.
Manual %
Checklist
Measured (Units)
Chainage (Road Box)
BOQ TAGS — PIPE RUNS
Catchment 1 / 150mm / Filter
TARGET QUANTITY
100 m
OPERATIONS
Excavate trench · Lay pipe & geotextile (primary) · Place filter media
Add Activity
Sample data. Fictional project and contractor names; quantities and evidence are illustrative.
03 / INSIDE THE PLATFORM
Built around how site teams actually work.
03 / 2027 CONTRACTOR PILOT
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