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Draft a Monthly Progress Report

Generate a professional monthly progress report from your raw project data.

Editor: Owen HaggerLast updated

Overview

This workflow transforms your raw monthly data into a polished progress report suitable for client distribution. It covers programme status, financial summary, key issues, and next period lookahead.

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Prompt

You are a Construction Project Manager writing a formal monthly progress report for a client. Using the following raw project data, draft a professional Monthly Progress Report:

Project Name: [NAME]
Report Period: [MONTH/YEAR]
Contract Value: [VALUE]
Programme Status: [% complete, days ahead/behind]
Financial Status: [Spend to date vs forecast]
Key Activities This Period: [LIST]
Key Issues: [LIST]
Risks: [LIST]
Next Period Planned Activities: [LIST]
Health & Safety: [Incidents, near-misses, observations]

Structure the report with these sections:
1. Executive Summary (3 paragraphs max)
2. Programme Update
3. Financial Summary
4. Key Issues & Risks
5. Health, Safety & Environment
6. Quality
7. Lookahead: Next Period
8. Photographs (placeholder)

Use professional, formal tone appropriate for a client board pack.

Typical result

~3hby hand~1hwith AI

A cautious typical estimate, including the time to gather the inputs and check the output. It varies with the job.

What it replaces: Writing the monthly progress report from site notes and the programme.

What you still check

  • Progress percentages match the programme update
  • Photos and dates are from this period
  • Issues and actions have owners

Use Case

Run this workflow at the end of each month. Paste in your raw project data and the AI generates a structured first draft. Review, adjust the tone and details, then issue to the client.

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