Daily Logs
A daily log is a dated record of what happened on your job site: who was there, what work was performed, what the weather was like, and whether any delays or issues occurred. In construction, daily logs are not just good practice — they are legal documentation that can protect you in disputes, insurance claims, and warranty callbacks.
Baulit makes daily logging fast by pulling in weather data automatically, offering AI-assisted drafting, and connecting logs to your project calendar.
Why Daily Logs Matter
Courts, insurance adjusters, and building officials treat daily logs as contemporaneous records — documentation created at the time events occurred. This makes them far more credible than recollections assembled weeks or months later.
Consistent daily logs help you in several ways:
- Legal protection. In disputes or litigation, daily logs are admissible evidence. A written record created on the day events occurred carries significant weight.
- Insurance claims. Weather-related damage claims require documentation of conditions leading up to the event. A log showing three days of heavy rain before a foundation issue strengthens your claim.
- Client communication. When a homeowner asks what happened last Tuesday, you have an answer instantly instead of relying on memory.
- Warranty callbacks. If a homeowner reports a leak two years after completion, your daily log photos of the plumbing rough-in prove whether the work was done correctly.
- Delay documentation. If the project runs long, your logs showing material delays, weather shutdowns, and client selection hold-ups tell the real story.
Creating a Daily Log
Daily Log Fields
| Field | Auto-filled? | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Date | Yes | Defaults to today. You can change it to log a past date. |
| Weather | Yes | Temperature, conditions (clear, cloudy, rain, snow), and wind speed from Open-Meteo API. |
| Crew Size | No | Number of workers on site that day. |
| Work Performed | No | Free-text description of the day's construction activity. |
| Delays / Issues | No | Any problems, failed inspections, delivery delays, or weather impacts. |
| Site Photos | No | Optional photo attachments documenting conditions or progress. |
Automatic Weather Data
When you create a new daily log, Baulit fetches weather conditions from the Open-Meteo API using your project's address for geocoding. The weather section is pre-populated with temperature, sky conditions (clear, partly cloudy, overcast, rain, snow), and wind speed.
This saves you from manually looking up and entering weather data, and it ensures your logs have accurate, verifiable weather records. Weather documentation is particularly important for schedule delay claims and exterior work decisions.
Weather data works for past dates too. If you create a log entry for a day last week, Baulit fetches the historical weather for that date, making it easy to catch up on missed logs.
AI Daily Log Drafting
If you find yourself staring at a blank log entry at the end of a long day, Baulit's AI can give you a head start. The AI drafting feature looks at your project's task data — which tasks changed status today, what was marked in progress or completed — and generates a draft log entry.
Viewing and Editing Past Logs
The Logs tab displays all entries in reverse chronological order. Click any log entry to open it for viewing or editing. You can update the work description, add photos you forgot to attach, or correct details at any time.
There is no limit to how many times you can edit a log entry. However, keep in mind that the legal value of a daily log comes from being written at or near the time the events occurred. If you are updating a log days later, consider noting the reason for the late entry.
Daily Logs on the Calendar
The Calendar View shows indicators on dates that have a daily log entry. This gives you a quick visual overview of your logging consistency. Gaps — workdays without log entries — are easy to spot, which helps you maintain the habit of logging every day.
Click a date indicator on the calendar to jump directly to that day's log. If no log exists for a date, clicking opens the new log form with the selected date pre-filled.
Who Can Access Daily Logs
Daily logs are visible to Admins and Managers only. Contractors and Stakeholders cannot view the Logs tab. This keeps your internal documentation private — delay notes, crew counts, and issue descriptions are for your team's eyes only.
If you need to share progress information with a homeowner, use the Stakeholder Email AI feature to compose a polished update that includes only the information you choose to share.