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Content reviewed: 2026-10-14

# Labour and plant allocation record

Record planned hours, productive work, interruptions and redeployment against the actual location and output.

by [Jack Butler-Kettle](<https://www.quantsurv.com/about#jack-butler-kettle>) · About 2 min readShare

## How to use it

Use contemporaneous timesheets and site records. Allocate all paid hours once, including redeployment and non-productive time.

### Labour and plant allocation record

Use contemporaneous timesheets and site records. Allocate all paid hours once, including redeployment and non-productive time.

[Download blank Excel workbook](<https://www.quantsurv.com/downloads/library/labour-and-plant-allocation-record.xlsx>)

Free blank template for your own project. The completed example is shown below. No email address required.

View the completed example

Completed fictional example

Westhaven refurbishment · 14 October 2026 · Version 1.0

#### Labour and plant allocation record

Scroll across if needed to read the whole record. A dash means no value has been entered.

Labour and plant allocation record: completed fictional example
| Date / team | Paid hours | Productive hours | Redeployed hours | Idle hours | Hours check | Output / evidence |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 7 Oct / 4 installers | 32 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 20 m² partitions; D-07 and TS-07 |
| 8 Oct / 4 installers | 32 | 24 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 30 m² partitions; D-08 and TS-08 |

The hours check should be zero. Idle hours do not by themselves establish a recoverable loss or a delay to completion.

## Understanding your results

The hours check should be zero. Idle hours do not by themselves establish a recoverable loss or a delay to completion.

## How it works

The workbook provides blank working records. Grey cells calculate from the entered inputs; yellow cells are for your information. The completed example stays on this page.

Read the [related guidance](<https://www.quantsurv.com/delay-and-disruption/problems/labour-unrecorded>) for the context and checks behind this template.

If you need help preparing or reviewing the project records, our [quantity surveying services](<https://www.quantsurv.com/quantity-surveying>) explain the tasks available under a separate appointment. Agree the deliverable, responsibilities and required specialist input before work starts.

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