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Bore Log Examples From Real Jobs (Directional Drilling Field Scenarios)
A bore log is only as strong as the way it’s used in the field. A clean template doesn’t make a good bore log. A perfect PDF doesn’t make a good bore log. A neat spreadsheet doesn’t make a good bore log. What makes a good bore log is how the information is captured while…
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Construction Daily Report Template
A daily report is supposed to show what actually happened on the job, not what someone remembers at the end of the day. Most templates fail for one simple reason: They get filled out after the work is done. And once that happens, the report stops being a record and becomes a reconstruction. That’s where…
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How To Prove Bore Footage
In directional drilling, nothing affects billing more directly than footage. Footage is the quantity the GC uses to calculate: It is the number every other number depends on. But here’s the part most contractors underestimate: The GC is not paying you for the footage you drilled. They’re paying you for the footage you can prove.…
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Bore Log for Billing Disputes: How to Prove Your Work and Protect Your Invoice
When a contractor thinks about a billing dispute, they usually think in terms of effort: All of that may be true. None of it wins the dispute by itself. A billing dispute is not a conversation about how hard the job was. It is a conversation about what you can prove. That’s the part most…
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Why Bore Log Mistakes Cost Contractors Money
Crews don’t lose money because they can’t drill. They lose money because they can’t prove what they drilled. That difference is everything. Directional drilling is one of the few trades where the most important part of the job is the part nobody can see. The entire operation happens underground, out of sight, out of reach,…
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How to Fill Out a Bore Log
Start here if you need the full breakdown: Directional Drilling Bore Log – What it is and Why it Protects Your Money Alot crews treat the bore log like paperwork. Something you fill out at the end of the day. Something you “get to when you get to it.” Something that doesn’t feel urgent because…