Inspector’s Daily Work Report (DWR)
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Inspector's Daily Work Report (DWR)
This information is for AASHTOWare contracts, for FieldManager contracts please see Inspectors Daily Report (IDR) page.
The Inspector’s Daily Work Report (DWR) is a significant piece of documentation that is prepared by the inspector with the objective of summarizing the Contractor’s work and progress. It is necessary that the DWR be prepared correctly, legibly, and thoroughly. At a minimum, a completed DWR will include the information listed below:
- Header information (Pre-Filled)
- Weather (Also include low and high temperatures)
- Contractor Workforce (Operator, Laborer, Finisher, etc.)
- Equipment used (If force account, Form 1101A must be used)
- Number of personnel for each contractor (If force account, Form 1101A must be used)
- Starting and ending Hours for each contractor in the comments section (If force account, Form 1101A must be used.)
- Clearly show all computations along with conversion factors and their associated units using the Standard Rounding Convention Guidance.
- Pay item location (Be specific – Plan sheet’s, distance from center line, stationing, etc.)
- Quantity Posted with supporting documentation
- Checkmarks placed next to verified computations (Only if there is a separate attachment)
- Proper association all materials to pay item along with visual inspection must be documented on DWR’s
- Inspectors should complete and submit reports no later than the first workday after the work was performed. The sooner the information is put in writing, the more accurate it will be. Additionally, personnel submitting and approving DWR’s need to consider time frames for pay estimate processing.
- The actual work performed date will be used when reporting a missed pay item on a DWR.
- Any pay quantities reported on a DWR must have supporting calculations. Any calculations included within, or attached directly to, a DWR in AASHTOWare do not need a check mark next to the calculations. It is assumed that approval of the DWR means that all calculations were checked by the DWR approver and were verified to be correct.
- Calculations within any forms or other documents which are not directly attached to a DWR in AASHTOWare do need check marks next to them along with the initials of the reviewer who verified that the calculations were correct. This applies to any calculations stored separately including those in ProjectWise.
- It is recommended that DWR attachments in AASHTOWare generally be limited to quantity calculation sheets and project related photos (optional). Project related photos may be stored separately in ProjectWise, if preferred by the Project Office/Engineer.
- Numbered forms and other documents described in the Standard Naming Convention in the Division 1 Supplemental Information section of the MDOT Construction Manual should be filed in the appropriate subfolder in ProjectWise.
- Any other document that is for internal use only should be filed in the 400 series subfolder(s) in Projectwise and should not be attached to the DWR.
- The exact nomenclature and pay item code number shown in the proposal must be used when turning in a pay item. Any inaccuracy in nomenclature or code can be misleading, as many contracts contain pay items with similar nomenclature.
- DWR’s will include applicable Subcontractor information, final pay item quantities, final pay item field measurement (these items should be clearly labeled as final field measured or FFM), associated pay item test material usage and comments, comments on maintaining traffic and maintenance of traffic devices (traffic device checks must be recorded daily). Comments on attitude and quality of Contractor’s work may also be recorded. Other details that should be recorded include complaints from the public, along with inspector responses to these complaints, unusual events, daily weather conditions and accidents.
- It is always the senior technician’s responsibility to (a) review and ensure accuracy of the DWR with respect to field quantities/work/computations and turn them into the office technician, and (b) ensure that the DWR’s are entered into the system daily. The office technician will approve the DWR’s upon reviewing to ensure accuracy of the submitted DWR.
Questions regarding this process can be answered by contacting the Helpdesk email: [email protected].
A sample 11-Page DWR is shown in Figure 101-1.