Construction templates

Free and customisable construction templates

How do these construction templates work?

Easily access, complete and store your construction templates and documents

These construction templates are digital templates, meaning that they are easier and more efficient than your traditional word docs, PDFs and excel spreadsheets.

Once you choose your free template below, you can access and use the template as you please. You can access and complete the construction template from your phone or a tablet, or access and use it on your computer as well.

If you use the template and create a new document or form, that document or form will be uploaded into the cloud, where all of your records stay secure, organised and easily searchable.

Download, print or send your documents as professionally formatted hard copies

Don't worry about not being able to export or use your construction templates and documents as paper-based or PDF documents.

Every construction template you find below can be instantly downloaded, printed or sent via email as a formatted PDF document or excel style spreadsheet with your company logo and company colours.

These templates have all of the benefits and conveniences of your word docs, PDFs and excel sheets - with none of the time-consuming formatting and admin.

What else can you do with smart construction templates?

Using digital construction templates enables you to get real-time analytics from the information being collected from site.

The system behind these templates aggregates and automatically organises all of the data being collected, so that you can display it inside of custom dashboards and charts.

These dashboards and charts are automatically updated in real-time, so that you can sit back and make more informed decisions about what to do on your projects.

Photos, videos and proof of work can be the difference between winning and losing those disputes and unfair claims.

Using these construction templates, workers can easily take photos and videos on their tablet or mobile which are automatically 'attached' to individual forms.

Workers can also capture general progress and other important information, with all of your records being consolidated and easily searchable.

One of the problems with workers using word docs, PDFs and excel spreadsheets to manage their forms and processes is that it doesn't result in standardise and organised inputs.

Using smart construction templates, you can reference your 'lists' and databases of things like plant, suppliers and subcontractors within the forms.

This means that people can only select the 'right' input for important form fields, and that all of the data being collected at the office level is true and correctly formatted.

What's wrong with traditional word, PDF and excel construction templates?

There is nothing inherently wrong with traditional construction templates which were created and managed with word, excel and PDF. These construction templates served their purpose for many years, and have enabled companies to build out their information management system and assemble the documents and forms they need to conduct their daily operating procedures.

But the problem with this construction templates, and with word, PDF and excel is that they were not designed for the construction industry or for construction companies.

Using these templates, construction companies face the same problems which they have for many years:

The admin and resources required to keep track of project information
Unstandardised data being collected and needing to be cleaned and reconciled in the office
Version control and master construction template problems, whereby workers use their own 'version' of a word doc or spreadsheet, and the data being collected is wrong
Mountains of paperwork and wasted paper
Having trouble finding and accessing information when it is needed, because it's buried in folder structures and hard drives
The delays which these rigid documents create, by needing to be scanned, uploaded and sent via email
The need to constantly format and move information between these fragmented tools and systems because they don't communicate with one another

These rigid construction templates served their purpose for many years, and have helped construction companies migrate their forms and documents into a digital format.

But these templates don't give companies the real powers of digital documents.

The next evolution of the construction template is based on the power of the cloud and an entirely digital format, which will enables companies to push more power into the hands of site workers via mobile technology, and give project managers, management and the office more insight into what is going on in real-time.

In some ways, it's easier for companies to download or copy the word doc, PDF or excel based template. But continuing to manage your processes and your business in this way will not reduce the headaches which you and your workers face in managing and delivering projects.

You can start moving towards a more efficient digital format in steps, by first digitising frequently used construction templates like daily reports, diaries, variations and timesheets.

Many of the manual tasks involved in managing these activities can be automated with smarter construction templates, and dramatically reduce the time spent managing information - freeing up time for value added activities which move your projects forward.

There will come a time when all companies are using these smart construction templates to manage their work, and when parties can manage information and collaborate efficiently both internally and externally.

This is your chance to stay ahead of the curve and make your company more efficient and more professional.

Try one of these free construction templates for yourself now.