Dayfile for architects & engineers

Every decision, revision and approval. Without the searching.

Stay on top of what’s happening across every project and find the decisions behind the design when you need them. Dayfile brings together your project correspondence automatically, so important information isn’t buried in someone else’s inbox.

Architects · Structural & civil engineers · M&E consultants · Landscape & interiors

Sound familiar?

The answer exists. Finding it is the problem.

Comments come back on a call. A change is agreed in Teams. The contractor says the drawing was late; you know it went out on time. The answer is somewhere across a dozen inboxes, meetings and conversations — and the person who’d know may have already moved on.

Did we get sign-off on that before we issued?
When did Rev C actually go out?
The contractor says we never answered the RFI. Did we?
Who agreed the change to the spec?
I’ve inherited this job. Where do I even start?
Can you find the client’s comments on the planning drawings?
Was that instruction ever confirmed in writing?
What did Sarah agree with them before she left?

Your Dayfile

Everything where it should be.

Dayfile automatically organises your practice’s correspondence by project, company and topic — so everyone knows where to look. And with summaries that update automatically, you can see what’s happened without reading through it all.

Organised by project

Emails, attachments, Teams conversations and WhatsApp messages are automatically organised into the right project and topic — from drawing issues and RFIs to approvals, instructions and fees.

Riverside QuarterUpdated 6 min ago
Client instructions58
Drawing & document issues212
RFIs & technical queries74
Approvals & sign-off31
Fee & appointment19
Planning & consents44

Every company, across every project

See your correspondence with any client, contractor or consultant in one place — across every project you’ve worked on together.

Halloway Build Ltd2 projects
RFI 041 — stair core setting outEmail
Design team meeting — 3 SepTeams
“Can we swap the cladding to…”
Last 7 daysRFI 041 raised 27 Aug, still open — no reply from the practice found; cladding substitution raised in the site group Thursday — no written instruction from the client found. Rev C issued 2 Sep, acknowledged by the contractor.

Email, Teams and WhatsApp

Important decisions happen everywhere. Dayfile brings your emails, Teams conversations, meeting transcripts and WhatsApp messages together, so nothing gets lost because it happened somewhere else.

Cladding substitution4 items · 3 sources
“Can we swap the cladding to…”
“Fine in principle, subject to…”Teams meeting
Revised spec — Rev DAttachment
Client confirms in writingEmail

What you get

The practice knows what was agreed. Not just the person who was in the room.

Know exactly what went out

See when a drawing or document was issued, who received it and what came back — without digging through old emails.

Know what was agreed

See what the client asked for, what your team advised and what was eventually agreed — with the original conversation there when you need it.

Nothing leaves with the person

When someone moves on, their project correspondence doesn’t disappear with them. The next person can see what happened and pick up where they left off.

Keep track of fees and scope

See additional services, scope changes and the conversations behind them as they happen.

Find the answer when challenged

If a contractor or client questions what happened, see the original correspondence, who said what and when.

Ready when it really matters

If a claim or PI issue arises, the correspondence is already organised and linked back to the original source.

Stay on top of every project

Know what needs your attention. Without chasing for an update.

Dayfile keeps track of what’s happening across your project correspondence and brings the things that need attention to you automatically — including in a weekly or monthly report built around what matters to you.

  • Nothing to install. No Outlook add-in, no CC address and no extra admin. Your team carries on working exactly as they do today.
  • Your history comes with it. Dayfile brings in the correspondence already in your connected mailboxes, so you can understand what happened before you connected too.
  • Only the right information gets through. Personal and irrelevant emails stay out, while sensitive correspondence is only visible to the people who should see it.
See how it works
Monday report · Riverside Quarter06:00 · for the project lead
!
Unanswered RFI · 041 stair core

Raised 27 Aug by the contractor. No reply from the practice found.

Open
Change agreed, no instruction

Cladding swap discussed in the site group Thursday. No client instruction found.

Risk
Gone quiet · Planning condition 7

Discharge submitted 12 Aug. Two chasers. No response from the authority.

Waiting
Issued and acknowledged

Rev C received by Halloway Build 2 Sep, 14:12.

Done
Every item links back toThe original source

Based on your own information

Finding it is the start. Using it is the point.

Dayfile doesn’t just organise your information. It helps you understand it, ask questions and stay on top of what matters.

01

Folder summaries

“Drawing issues, Riverside — last 7 days: Rev C issued and acknowledged; two RFIs open; no new client comments.”

See what’s happened without reading every message. Every folder has a plain-English summary of the last 7 and 30 days, updated automatically as new information comes in.

02

Ask Dayfile

“When did we issue the stair core drawings, and did the contractor acknowledge them?”

Ask a question. Get an answer from your own information. Ask about a folder, project, company or across the whole practice. Every answer links back to the original source, so you can see exactly where it came from.

03

Reports

Monday 06:00 · Open RFIs, unconfirmed changes, gone quiet, loose ends.

The right information, delivered automatically. Choose a weekly or monthly report built around a role, project or area of the practice, and send it automatically to as many people as you choose.

04

Timelines

“Show me everything on the cladding substitution.”

See exactly what happened, in the order it happened. Dayfile brings together emails, Teams messages, meetings and WhatsApp conversations into a clear timeline — even going back years or involving people who have since left the business.

Your information stays yours.

Dayfile can’t send, edit or delete anything in Microsoft 365, and you can disconnect it at any time. Personal, HR and irrelevant conversations stay out, while sensitive information is only visible to the people who should see it. Your data is securely stored in the UK and is never used to train AI models.

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See it on your own projects

See what Dayfile finds for your business.

Give us 30 minutes and we’ll show you Dayfile working on real project correspondence — so you can see exactly what it organises, what it finds and how you could use it.

Book a 30-minute demo

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