Holdfast Training Services Trial Blog

When I arrived on Ph2 I was given four options for maintaining a site diary:

1. The official BAM form (Not very user friendly and requires printing and binding)
2. A home made excel spread sheet (designed for a different job)
3. iPad Field 360 (the consensus from our site is that it is a v.poor piece of software that requires a great deal of time and investment)
4. A blank note pad!

I have tried all of these and can conclude the classic note pad won for its ease and ability to go anywhere!!!

However…maybe technology has finally turned up trumps.

Our GF has been using an App on his phone called ‘Day One’. Its a daily diary app that allows you to tag photos, write text, etc but auto links a location, time, weather…. Furthermore, it allows you to search for events with far more ease than the other IT options in use with BAM. All events can be shared with ease or exported as pdfs.

I have use it now for a few weeks and it has increased the level of detail I have recorded as well as drastically reducing the time and effort involved to stay up to date. The only negative I can identify is the risk of using mobiles on site which must be managed accordingly, dependant on your site.

Diary overview with thumbnails and titles.

Annotated photo with auto linked information

In my opinion it’s a tick VG for Day One and certainly something for the Ph1s to consider if they are not constrained to company policy.