The next dispute is coming. Will your documentation hold up?
Built for GCs, subs, and PMs who are done losing claims because of poor documentation.
Why civil contractors choose BuildLog for delay claims defense:
Built from federal enforcement data
Walk the site and dictate what happened. BuildLog transcribes your voice into a structured report with timestamps and GPS.
Add GPS-tagged photos, record temperature, rain, wind, and site conditions. Flag claim-relevant entries and categorize delays.
Export a structured PDF with timeline, weather records, evidence integrity, and all supporting photos. Ready for your claims team.
Every submitted report is locked with tamper-evident timestamps, GPS, version history, and a SHA-256 export hash. Immutable evidence.
Flag any daily report as claim-relevant with one tap. Categorize delays: weather, equipment, subcontractor, owner-directed, permitting, materials, RFI, differing conditions, or force majeure. Filter and export only what matters for the dispute.
Record temperature, rain, wind, and site conditions (muddy, frozen, standing water) with every daily report. Weather documentation is the foundation of most delay claims. BuildLog has it built into every report.
Generate a structured PDF that compiles your claim-relevant logs into a chronological timeline, weather summary table, detailed reports with photos, and evidence integrity blocks. One document, organized for your claims team.
Every submitted report includes source device, GPS coordinates, submission timestamp, version chain, and a SHA-256 hash. Content is locked after submission. Your documentation is defensible. See GPS photo documentation →
No signal? No problem. Save reports, photos, voice notes, and weather data without internet. Everything syncs when you reconnect. Built for remote civil sites with zero connectivity.
Speak your daily report while walking the site. BuildLog transcribes your voice into structured text. No typing, no forms, no 20-minute end-of-shift paperwork. Learn how voice-to-text works →
Learn more in our guide to construction daily logs or download our field documentation checklist.
Three steps between your daily logs and a claims-ready evidence package.
Toggle "Claim Relevant" on any daily report. Select a delay category. Your documentation is instantly organized for claims.
Filter your archive by claim-relevant reports, delay category, rain days, or date range. See only what matters for the dispute.
Generate a Delay Defense Pack PDF. Cover page, timeline, weather records, detailed reports, photos, and evidence integrity. One click.
Whether you're the GC defending against a sub's delay claim or a sub proving an owner-caused delay, BuildLog gives you the documentation to back it up.
Document every day across every site. When a sub claims weather delays that didn't happen, you have GPS-tagged, timestamped proof of actual conditions.
Protect yourself from back-charges and disputed delays. Flag claim-relevant entries as they happen, not weeks later when memory fades.
See daily activity across all sites with weather and delay documentation built in. Export Delay Defense Packs for any project in minutes.
Get structured, tamper-evident documentation organized by delay category with weather records, photos, and integrity hashes. Stop rebuilding timelines from scratch.
Every daily report can be tagged with a delay category. BuildLog organizes your documentation by the categories that matter in civil claims. See what a daily report template includes →
Rain, extreme temperatures, high winds, frozen ground. Document conditions daily with your log, then prove the pattern in a Delay Defense Pack.
Crane breakdowns, equipment delivery delays, mechanical failures. Document the impact on daily progress with photos and timestamps.
No-shows, undermanning, quality issues, schedule slippage. Daily documentation of sub performance creates an undeniable record.
Scope changes, design revisions, access restrictions. Capture owner-directed disruptions the day they happen, not the day you file the claim.
Civil contractors who document daily with BuildLog have the evidence they need when disputes arise.
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A Delay Defense Pack is a structured PDF that compiles your claim-relevant daily logs into a single document: cover page with project details, chronological timeline of all flagged reports, weather records table (temperature, rain, wind, site conditions), detailed report pages with photos and annotations, and evidence integrity blocks with tamper-evident hashes. It's designed to give your claims team or attorney a complete, defensible record.
BuildLog lets you flag daily reports as "claim relevant" and tag them with delay categories (weather, equipment, subcontractor, owner-directed, permitting, materials, RFI, differing conditions, force majeure). Every report includes tamper-evident timestamps, GPS coordinates, and an evidence integrity hash. When a dispute arises, generate a Delay Defense Pack that compiles everything into a structured, time-stamped record.
Each daily report can include temperature, rain (yes/no), wind conditions, and a general site condition description (muddy, frozen ground, standing water, etc.). This data appears in every report, in the Delay Defense Pack weather summary table, and in PDF exports.
Evidence integrity means every submitted report includes a tamper-evident record: capture source (web or mobile), GPS coordinates, submission timestamp, version history, and a SHA-256 export hash. Once submitted, report content is locked and cannot be modified. This creates a defensible chain of documentation that holds up in disputes and arbitration.
Yes. BuildLog is an offline-first app. Create reports, take photos, record voice notes, and log weather data without internet. Everything saves locally and syncs automatically when you reconnect. Built specifically for remote civil construction sites with unreliable connectivity.
Every plan starts with a 14-day free trial. Starter: $99/month for up to 3 sites and 5 team members. Team: $299/month for up to 10 sites and 25 team members. Enterprise: $799/month for unlimited sites and team members with dedicated support and SSO. All plans include unlimited daily reports, offline mode, voice and photo capture, PDF and CSV export, and issue detection.
Most reports take under 2 minutes. Walk the site, tap record, speak your log, snap a few photos, toggle weather conditions, and flag claim-relevant entries. BuildLog transcribes your voice, GPS-tags your photos, and timestamps everything automatically.
Yes. BuildLog is a progressive web app (PWA) that works on any modern smartphone, tablet, or desktop. Open it in Safari or Chrome, add it to your home screen, and it works like a native app with full offline support. No app store download required.
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