Construction Daily Log Software
Capture weather, crew, work performed, and jobsite photos from the field — on the day, from a phone, not retyped into a spreadsheet at night.
The daily log is the cheapest insurance in construction and the first thing that gets skipped. It settles delay claims, backs up change orders, and answers the question of what happened on site three months ago — but only if it was actually written on the day.
SiteAnchor's daily log is built to be finished from a phone while standing on the job. Weather, crew present, work performed, notes, and photos, attached to the project and timestamped, in the time it takes to walk back to the truck.
What it does
Photos pinned to the job
- Photos upload from the phone straight onto the project record, so the picture and the day it was taken stay attached to each other.
Weather captured with the entry
- Conditions are recorded alongside the log, which is what makes a weather-delay claim defensible months later.
Crew and work performed
- Record who was on site and what got done, against the phase it belongs to.
Material use that moves inventory
- Materials consumed in a daily log draw down inventory, so stock levels reflect what left the shelf instead of what someone remembered to deduct.
Visible to the client, if you want
- Share logs and photos through the client portal, which cuts the volume of "how's it going" calls more than any status meeting.
Built for one hand and bad signal
- The field interface is a separate, stripped-down surface for crew — not the office app squeezed onto a small screen.
How it works
- 01
Open the job on a phone
Crew see only the jobs they're on, in a field-focused interface.
- 02
Log the day
Weather, crew, work performed, notes, and photos.
- 03
It attaches itself
The entry lands on the project, dated, against the right phase.
- 04
Office and client see it
The log is immediately visible in the office app and, optionally, the client portal.
Works with the rest of the platform
Daily Logs isn't a standalone module — it shares the same job record as everything else in SiteAnchor.
Crew Time Tracking
Crew clock in and out against a specific job and phase from their phones, with off-site clock-ins flagged for review and hours that flow into job costing and invoices.
Scheduling
Plan phases on a Gantt with real dependencies, see the critical path, and get told when you've booked the same crew in two places.
Client Portal
Give homeowners and property owners their own login for photos, schedule, invoices, change orders, and messages — branded to your company.
Job Costing
See committed versus actual cost on every job while it's running, broken down by cost code and phase, instead of finding out the margin after it closes.
For General Contractors
Coordinate subs, schedules, budgets, and clients across every job you have running — without a different app for each one.
For Concrete Contractors
Schedule pours around weather and inspection windows, cost yardage and labor by phase, and document conditions on the day.
For Roofing Contractors
Run a high volume of short jobs around the weather, with crews tracked by job and material ordered off the estimate you actually signed.
Frequently asked questions
Can crew fill out daily logs from a phone?
- Yes. Crew members get a dedicated field interface designed for phone use, with access limited to the jobs they're assigned to.
Do photos attach to the job automatically?
- Yes. Photos uploaded with a log are stored against that project and date, so they stay findable later.
Can clients see the daily logs?
- Only if you share them. Logs and photos can be exposed through the client portal per project.
What should a construction daily log include?
- Date, weather, who was on site, what work was performed, any materials used, and photos. That combination is what makes a delay claim, a change order, or a callback defensible months later — and it's the form the daily log here asks for.
What is the best daily log app for construction?
- Whichever one gets finished on the day. The realistic test is whether a foreman can complete it from a phone before leaving site — if it needs a laptop that evening, it won't get written, and an unwritten log is worth nothing.
Does it work with bad signal on site?
- The field interface is deliberately light and installable as a progressive web app, which helps on a weak connection, but it does need a connection to file a log. There is no full offline queue that syncs later.
Do daily logs feed job costing?
- Materials recorded as used in a daily log draw down inventory and post cost to the job. Labor cost comes from the time clock, which crew use alongside the log in the same field interface.