RAMS · Temporary Works
RAMS for Temporary Works
A combined Risk Assessment & Method Statement, the site-ready document a principal contractor or client asks for before you start. Below: what a RAMS for temporary works must contain, why they get rejected, and the hazards it has to cover, or generate one for your exact job in a couple of minutes.
What a compliant RAMS must contain
- A hazard table with a likelihood × severity score before and after controls
- Controls in the correct hierarchy (eliminate → substitute → engineering → admin → PPE last)
- A numbered, step-by-step method statement for the actual task
- PPE to BS EN standards, emergency arrangements, and an operative sign-off
Why a RAMS for temporary works gets rejected
- Residual risk dropped from high to low on PPE or 'competent operatives' alone
- Generic hazards that could apply to any job
- No method statement, or one too vague to follow on site
- The wrong legal basis cited (e.g. 'CDM 2015 requires a RAMS')
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Temporary works, meaning falsework, formwork, propping, façade retention and excavation support: the structures that hold the permanent works up while they are built, brings hazards a RAMS has to address:
- collapse of falsework or formwork during a concrete pour (BS 5975 design and check categories)
- striking or removing props before the permanent structure has gained design strength
- no Temporary Works Coordinator appointed, so nobody owns the design check (BS 5975)
- loadings or ground conditions changed on site without the design being re-checked
- excavation support omitted or installed to the wrong design (CDM 2015 reg 22)
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Do you need a RAMS for temporary works?
A combined Risk Assessment & Method Statement, the site-ready document a principal contractor or client asks for before you start. For temporary works, meaning falsework, formwork, propping, façade retention and excavation support: the structures that hold the permanent works up while they are built, it is the document a client, principal contractor or inspector expects to see, grounded in MHSWR 1999 reg 3 (HSE): the combined risk assessment + method statement contractors submit.
What makes a RAMS for temporary works fail?
The usual reasons: Residual risk dropped from high to low on PPE or 'competent operatives' alone; Generic hazards that could apply to any job; No method statement, or one too vague to follow on site. RAMSReady generates one to the correct published form and avoids these.
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A couple of minutes. Describe the job, and RAMSReady writes a RAMS for your exact temporary works live against the correct standard, with a review date and a sign-off/records section.