Free Onshore Wind Farm POD Template
285 fields. 22 sections. Free HTML starter; Excel, Sheets & PDF with a POD subscription. Built for Onshore Wind Farm construction.
What's Inside This Template
22 sections covering every aspect of Onshore Wind Farm daily reporting.
Project Header
20 fieldsTrack Project Name, Project Number / Contract #, Report Date, Report # (sequential), and more
Weather Delay Tracking
6 fieldsTrack Days Precipitation Delayed Construction, Days Wind Delayed Construction, Days Lightning/Weather Delayed Construction, Total Weather Delay Days (cumulative), and more
Deliveries & Materials
19 fieldsTrack Foundation Bolts Received, Embedment Rings Received, Spreader Plates Received, Rebar - Bottom Mat Received, and more
Civil / Roads
28 fieldsTrack Clear & Grub - Today, Clear & Grub - JTD (cumulative), Clear & Grub - Remaining, Clear & Grub - % Complete, and more
Foundations
41 fieldsTrack Turbine ID, Clear & Grub Foundation Pad - Today, Clear & Grub Foundation - JTD / % Complete, Excavate Pads - Today, and more
Overhead Line (OHL) / Collector Line
25 fieldsTrack Pole Supply / Delivery - Today, Poles Delivered - JTD / Remaining / % Complete, Pre-Digging & Rock Breaking - Today, Pre-Digging - JTD / % Complete, and more
Underground Electrical / MV Collection
15 fieldsTrack MV Cable Install - Today, MV Cable - JTD / Remaining / % Complete, MV Cable - Voltage / Size, MV Terminations - Today, and more
Substation
39 fieldsTrack Substation Mobilization, Site Grading / Civil Works, Site Grading - Excavations, Site Grading - Backfill, and more
Turbine Erection
21 fieldsTrack Turbine Erection Mobilization, Turbine ID, WTG Component Offload - Today, WTG Offload - JTD / % Complete, and more
Grounding
13 fieldsTrack Ground Grid Installed - Today, Ground Grid - JTD / Remaining / % Complete, Fence Grounding - Today, Fence Grounding - JTD / % Complete, and more
O&M Building
20 fieldsTrack O&M Building Mobilization, Engineering / Design, Civil Works - Rough Grade, Civil Works - Excavations, and more
Manpower
27 fieldsTrack GC / Owner - Supervision, GC / Owner - Management, Sub 1 - Company Name, Sub 1 - Trade / Scope, and more
Equipment on Site
28 fieldsTrack Main Crane - Type / Capacity, Main Crane - Hours Operated, Main Crane - Hours Idle, Assist Crane - Type / Capacity, and more
Safety / HSE
25 fieldsTrack Daily Safety Topic, All-Hands Safety Topic, Safety Topic Attendees, Site Orientations Given, and more
Environmental
18 fieldsTrack SWPPP / Erosion Control Inspection Completed, SPCC (Spill Prevention) Inspection Completed, Erosion Control Measures Status, Species at Risk (SARA/SOCI) Observations, and more
Quality
22 fieldsTrack Inspections Conducted, Inspections Passed, Inspections Failed, Drawing Revision Tracking, and more
Issues / Delays & Impacts
17 fieldsTrack Issue Source, Issue Description, Issue Date Identified, Notice to Owner Issued, and more
Photos (Required Documentation)
13 fieldsTrack Weather Board Photo, Crew / Tailgate Meeting Photo, Civil / Roads Progress Photos, Foundation Progress Photos, and more
Schedule Tracking (3-Day Rolling)
19 fieldsTrack Yesterday - Actual Work Completed, Today - Planned Work, Tomorrow - Forecast Work, Activity - JTD (Job To Date), and more
Commissioning Tracking
24 fieldsTrack 34.5kV / Collection System Commissioning, 34.5kV Breakers Tested, 34.5kV Switches Tested, 34.5kV Instrument Transformers Tested, and more
Laydown Yard Tracking
15 fieldsTrack Laydown Yard ID / Name, Laydown Area (m² / SF), Mobilization, Silt Fence Installed, and more
Site Visitors
5 fieldsTrack Visitor Name, Visitor Company / Organization, Visitor Purpose, Visitor Sign-In Time, and more
Why This Template Is Different
Built by construction professionals who understand Onshore Wind Farm projects.
This Template vs Generic
Onshore Wind Farm-Specific Features
This template has 285 fields. Generic templates have 20-30.
That's 11x more coverage for Onshore Wind Farm projects.
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What a Wind Farm Daily Has to Capture
A utility-scale onshore wind site is not a building. It is a hundred square miles of gravel road, thirty or more pads spread across ranch land, and a critical path that runs on the wind forecast instead of the calendar. The daily report that works here reads like the crane superintendent wrote it: the day starts with the met-mast readout and the picking window, not with headcount.
Generic templates have one line for weather. On a wind build, the ten-minute average and the gust at hub height decide whether a blade goes up today, and the owner will ask why pad 17 sat with a nacelle on the ground for four days. The report has to answer that from its own pages.
Oversize Deliveries
Blade, nacelle, and tower-section loads by permit number, escort count, route, arrival time, and any laydown or turnout that was blocked on the haul road.
Access Roads and Civil
Linear feet of road built to crane-walk spec, crane-pad compaction results, and culvert and crossing installs, since every downstream phase moves on these roads.
Foundations
Mat pour volume and truck count per pad, slump and cylinder sets, anchor-bolt cage survey, and post-cure bolt tensioning with the torque or elongation values recorded per bolt.
Underground Collection
Trench footage, conductor pulled by circuit, splice and termination counts, and energization status per string so nobody digs into a live 34.5 kV run.
Overhead Line and Substation
Structure sets, conductor stringing spans, transformer delivery and oil fill, relay and protection testing, and the NERC and utility witness points reached.
Turbine Erection
Main-crane pick log by pad: base, mid, and top tower sections, nacelle, hub, then each blade, with the recorded wind speed and the assist-crane tailing every lift.
Tower Flange Bolts
Tension records at every flange joint, the percentage checked, the tool calibration on file, and any re-tension on a joint that failed first pass.
Grounding and Earthing
Grounding ring and rod installs per foundation, fall-of-potential or clamp readings, and bonding tie-ins across the collection system as circuits close.
Met Mast and Lighting
Wind data continuity for the resource record, plus FAA Part 77 obstruction lighting status on every completed tower before the crane walks off the pad.
The Regulations That Shape It
OSHA 1926 Subpart CC sets the crane rules, including the wind-speed determination the operator signs before the first pick. FAA Part 77 governs the obstruction lighting that has to be lit and logged on every tower above 200 feet. NEC and NFPA 70E drive the arc-flash boundaries and lockout on collection terminations, and NERC compliance follows the substation from the first relay test to the interconnection date. Each of these leaves a record the daily report is expected to hold.
Hazards You Will Not Find on a Vertical Site
The blade pick is the one that gets people hurt. A single blade over 60 meters long behaves like a wing, and the manufacturer limit for the lift is often under 10 meters per second at the tip. The report has to show the reading that opened the window, the reading at the moment of the pick, and who called it. If the wind rose mid-lift and the crew stood down with the blade in the air, that belongs on the page in the operator's own words.
Behind that sits work at hub height with rescue kits staged per tower, a 300-foot oversize load crossing a county road at dawn, and an underground collection system that is energized string by string while trenching continues one pad over. Each is its own line in the daily, not a checkbox.
Frequently Asked Questions
A comprehensive Onshore Wind Farm Plan of Day (POD) should include these sections: Project Header, Weather Delay Tracking, Deliveries & Materials, Civil / Roads, Foundations, Overhead Line (OHL) / Collector Line, Underground Electrical / MV Collection, Substation, Turbine Erection, Grounding, O&M Building, Manpower, Equipment on Site, Safety / HSE, Environmental, Quality, Issues / Delays & Impacts, Photos (Required Documentation), Schedule Tracking (3-Day Rolling), Commissioning Tracking, Laydown Yard Tracking, Site Visitors. This template covers all of them with industry-specific fields tailored to Onshore Wind Farm construction workflows. It also addresses OSHA 1926, FAA Part 77, NFPA 70E, NEC, NERC compliance requirements.
This Onshore Wind Farm POD template has 285 industry-specific fields organized across 22 sections. That is significantly more than generic construction templates which typically have 20-30 fields. Every field was designed by construction professionals who understand Onshore Wind Farm project requirements.
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Last updated: July 2026