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Introducing Nexa Site Diary — Digital Site Records Built for Construction SMEs
Nicholas Porter  ·  2 Jul 2026  ·  3 min read
Site diaries are one of the most important documents on any construction project — your legal record, your delay defence, your contractual evidence. For most SME contractors, they're still paper, PDF, or a spreadsheet someone built years ago.

Nexa Site Diary changes that. Capture weather, personnel, plant, subcontractors, activities, and incidents in a structured, timestamped format — automatically.
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Product 1 Jul 2026 ↗ xerscore.com.au
xerScore — Free DCMA 14-Point P6 Schedule Health Analyser
No P6 licence. No software. Upload your .xer file and get a full DCMA 14-point health report, critical path, open ends analysis, and calendar review — entirely in your browser, free.
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Product 5 Jul 2026 ↗ LinkedIn
SafeSpec — AI-Powered SWMS Generator for Australian Construction
Generate a compliant Safe Work Method Statement in under 30 seconds. 26-hazard library, jurisdiction-aware WHS legislation, hierarchy of controls, risk matrix, and sign-off table — all included.
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LinkedIn How-To Coming soon
How I Built a Real Construction App in n8n — Part 1: The Problem
35 years in construction. Thousands of site diaries. Every one: paper, PDF, or a spreadsheet someone built in 2014. Here's why I decided to build something — and why I chose n8n to do it.
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How I Built a Real Construction App in n8n — Part 2: The Architecture
Before I wrote a single node in n8n, I drew it on paper. Trigger → Validate → Transform → Store → Output. Here's how I designed the Nexa Site Diary workflow — and the decisions that came fast.
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LinkedIn How-To Coming soon
n8n Cloud vs Self-Hosted — What I Chose and Why
Should you use n8n Cloud or host it yourself? I've done both. Here's the honest trade-off — setup time, cost at scale, data sovereignty, and which one makes sense for your use case.
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AI News Coming soon
AI in Construction 2026 — What's Actually Useful for SME Contractors
Cutting through the noise. A practical look at which AI tools are delivering real ROI in construction right now — and which ones are still looking for a use case.
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