How to Establish Construction Records from Day One
A practical sequence for setting up construction records before the main site crews mobilise.
Open resource →Permanent practical library
The guidance covers the full path: mobilisation, roles, material traceability, quality control, observations, registers and facility handover. Each article points to a ProjectDocs package that helps implement the process.

Essential guidance
The guidance explains process logic, control points, accountability, common failure modes and readiness criteria. Every topic is linked to a relevant ProjectDocs package.
A practical sequence for setting up construction records before the main site crews mobilise.
Open resource →How to define the roles of the client, contractor, supervision teams, designer and project management team without duplication.
Open resource →How to connect certificates, incoming inspection, testing and the actual place of use.
Open resource →How to turn an inspection and test plan into an effective instrument for quality control and acceptance.
Open resource →Principles for revision control, document status and orderly preparation for handover.
Open resource →A concise guide to choosing between role-based, specialist, discipline-specific and complete document packages.
Open resource →A clear contractor document structure from site mobilisation through to handover of the final construction dossier.
Open resource →What the client should be able to see in registers, comments, acceptance records and final-dossier readiness.
Open resource →How to create defensible records of inspections, comments, concealed works and verified close-out.
Open resource →The fields and statuses a register needs to show actual readiness rather than merely list files.
Open resource →The sequence for notification, inspection, recording and close-out before access to the work is lost.
Open resource →A controlled cycle from issue identification to verified close-out without losing the decision history.
Open resource →A short management review that prevents construction records from falling behind site progress.
Open resource →A system for site visits, comments, design decisions and approved departures without losing the audit trail.
Open resource →How the designer can control drawing issues, technical queries and approved changes.
Open resource →How to link the survey control network, field data, as-built survey drawings and acceptance records.
Open resource →One process from incoming inspection and sampling through testing, nonconformity control and acceptance.
Open resource →How to manage systems, tests, open items and the transition from installation to operations.
Open resource →How to connect permits, inductions, risk assessments, observations and corrective actions.
Open resource →Coding, revisions, statuses, transmittals and a complete history of document issue.
Open resource →How to connect meetings, commitments, risks, changes and reporting within one management framework.
Open resource →Official sources for current legislation and authorised editions of normative and technical documents.
Open resource →Twenty checks to complete before the main construction and installation works begin.
Open resource →Document control groups to review before final acceptance and facility handover.
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