You describe the work
For an occupied-house extension, send the drawings, photographs, sequence, trades and details of access, services and neighbours.
Construction RAMS
RAMS your team can brief, follow and update.
Give us the scope, sequence, people, plant and site constraints. We turn those facts into a clear risk assessment and method statement for the activity—not a generic file with the project name changed.
What you receive
Clear documents built around the job.
- A project and activity-specific risk assessment with practical controls.
- A sequenced method statement covering preparation, execution and close-out.
- Named responsibilities, competence, plant, PPE/RPE and emergency arrangements.
- Interfaces such as work at height, lifting, excavations, services, dust and the public.
- A briefing and acknowledgement section, plus review triggers for site changes.
What we need from you
The facts are usually straightforward.
- 01The job address, client, contractor role, dates and working hours.
- 02What will be done, in what order, and by which trades.
- 03Drawings, photographs, plant, products and known site restrictions.
- 04Who may be affected—including neighbours, visitors and the public.
From enquiry to working document
Once you know the job, we can ask the right questions.
We turn facts into controls
We identify the significant hazards and set out controls for excavation, temporary support, silica dust, deliveries, work at height and public separation.
You put it into practice
Your supervisor confirms the facts, briefs the team, provides the controls and revises the RAMS if the design, sequence, people or conditions change.
Why proper planning matters
Moral
Prevent a worker, neighbour, visitor or family from being injured—or developing an occupational disease years after the work.
Legal
Employers and construction dutyholders must assess risk and plan, manage and monitor work. Companies and individuals can face enforcement and prosecution.
Financial
Poor control can bring delay, rework, lost contracts, higher insurance costs, HSE fees, fines, legal costs and compensation claims.
Criminal enforcement and private liability are separate exposures.
HSE may investigate, serve notices or prosecute. Separately, an injured worker or member of the public may pursue a civil claim for compensation. A document helps only when it reflects the job and its controls are actually provided and used.
HSE enforcement reality
Planning failures can become prosecutions.
These are official HSE case summaries. Fines are imposed by the courts; HSE does not set or collect them.
£650k + £40k costs
Unsupported trench collapse killed a worker
In September 2026, a subcontractor was fined after a worker was buried by around two tonnes of soil. The principal contractor was separately fined £500,000; an individual received a suspended prison sentence.
Read the HSE case£4,020 + surcharge
Risk-assessment controls were written down—but not provided
HSE found roof-work controls identified in a subcontractor’s assessment, including scaffolding, were absent. The company and its director were both fined in July 2026, with the director also ordered to pay £8,000 costs.
Read the HSE case£188/hr
HSE Fee for Intervention
When HSE finds a material breach, the dutyholder can be charged for the visit, investigation, reports and time spent helping put matters right. The published rate from 1 April 2026 is £188 per hour.
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Start with the work in front of you