Working at Height Risk Assessment: What Your RAMS Must Cover
What a working at height risk assessment must include under UK law. Covers the Work at Height Regulations 2005, the control hierarchy, and common gaps that get RAMS rejected.
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Practical guides on RAMS, risk assessments, and construction safety for UK tradespeople.
RAMS Software: What It Does and Whether You Need It
What RAMS software does, what features matter for sole traders and small firms, and how to decide whether you need a tool or whether templates are enough.
Read more →Plumber Risk Assessment: What Your RAMS Should Cover
Risk assessment guidance for plumbers and heating engineers. Trade-specific hazards, hot works procedures, COSHH requirements, and what principal contractors expect.
Read more →What Is a Method Statement? UK Construction Guide
What a method statement is, why you need one for construction work in the UK, how it differs from a risk assessment, and how detailed it needs to be.
Read more →Risk Assessment for Construction Sites: A Practical Walkthrough
How to assess risks on a construction site before work starts. What to check during a site walk, what to ask the client, and how to turn observations into a compliant assessment.
Read more →Free RAMS Template: What to Include Section by Section
What every section of a RAMS template should contain. Section-by-section breakdown with guidance on what to customise for each project.
Read more →Electrician RAMS: Risk Assessments for Electrical Work
Electrical RAMS guidance and electrician risk assessment template advice. Trade-specific hazards, safe isolation procedures, GS38 and BS 7671 references, and what principal contractors check.
Read more →Construction Risk Assessment Examples: 3 Worked Templates
Worked construction risk assessment examples for a loft conversion, bathroom refit, and commercial fit-out. Realistic hazard tables with proper risk ratings.
Read more →What Are RAMS in Construction? A Plain-English Guide
What RAMS stands for in construction, when you need them, what they should contain, and how risk assessments and method statements work together.
Read more →CDM 2015 for Small Builders: Who's Responsible for What
Plain-English breakdown of CDM 2015 duties for small builders and tradespeople. Who is the client, designer, principal designer, contractor, and principal contractor — and what each role must do.
Read more →How to Write a Risk Assessment That Passes HSE Inspection
What HSE inspectors actually look for in a construction risk assessment. Practical guide to writing assessments that withstand scrutiny.
Read more →Method Statement Examples by Trade: What Clients Want to See
Trade-specific method statement examples for electricians, plumbers, scaffolders, and roofers. What principal contractors actually look for.
Read more →COSHH Assessment for Construction: Substances You're Probably Missing
COSHH assessment template guidance for construction. Which substances need assessing, what to include, and the common hazardous materials tradespeople overlook.
Read more →Do Subcontractors Need Their Own RAMS? A Plain-English Guide
Do subcontractors need their own RAMS? Yes. Here's the legal basis under CDM 2015, when you need them, what to include, and what happens without them.
Read more →RAMS Generator vs Templates: Which Approach Actually Works?
Comparing three approaches to RAMS: writing from scratch, using templates, and using a generator tool. Which actually gets accepted by clients?
Read more →HSE Construction Fines 2024-2025: What Went Wrong
Analysis of major HSE construction fines in 2024-2025, including cases over £1M. What went wrong, how fines are calculated, and how to protect yourself.
Read more →Risk Assessment Template for Construction: The Complete UK Guide
What a construction risk assessment must contain under UK law, how to write one that won't get rejected, and why generic templates cause problems on site.
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