# Street furniture RAMS Builder > Street furniture RAMS builder for installing bollards and fixed road signs. Answer a few questions, or download a free RAMS template or example as a PDF. > Web page: https://complyonsite.com/tools/rams-builder?job=street-furniture Street furniture risk assessment and method statement ## RAMS review [Check a RAMS](https://complyonsite.com/tools/rams-review) ![A RAMS page with passages highlighted and numbered review comments beside them](https://complyonsite.com/art/rams-review-highlight.webp) ## Street furniture RAMS template A blank street furniture RAMS to fill in: job details, method statement, risk assessment and briefing record. Risk assessment and method statement Street furniture RAMS - **Company**: left blank to fill in - **Site and work area**: left blank to fill in - **Planned dates**: left blank to fill in - **In charge on site**: left blank to fill in - **Team**: left blank to fill in Method statement 1. 1 2. 2 3. 3 4. 4 5. 5 6. 6 Risk assessment | Hazard | Who might be harmed and how | Controls in place | Further action | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | [Download the templatePDF, 4 pages](https://complyonsite.com/rams/samples/street-furniture-rams-template.pdf) ## Street furniture RAMS example The same RAMS, filled in for one job. Risk assessment and method statement Street furniture, Market Street footway outside the library, Macclesfield Risk assessment - People entering the work area or tripping over materials Workers, occupants and visitors Mark or barrier the active work area. Store tools and materials away from access routes. - People using the building or passing by walking into the work or over what it leaves Occupants, visitors, members of the public and workers Keep the barriers and signs up while the work is active. Give people a clear way round where their normal route is blocked. - A badly placed bollard obstructs people using the route Installers, pedestrians and drivers Do not change the position on site without approval. Keep powered or illuminated items outside this operation. - Hitting a live cable or gas pipe causes shock, fire or gas escape The person doing the work and everyone nearby Check again wherever the work moves. If you hit something, stop, keep clear and report it. - Wind catches the bollards, posts and sign panels and blows them onto people nearby The team and people nearby Check the forecast before you start and agree when the wind stops the work. Tie down or take in loose materials before you leave. - Back and shoulder injury from carrying heavy or long items Everyone handling materials Use a trolley or sack truck on the flat where the load suits one. Where the work is up a level, hand items up or hoist them. Never carry them up a ladder. - A pedestrian reaches the open foundation or work area Pedestrians, installers and nearby drivers Use the diversion or barriered route agreed for this job. Keep people out until the surface is safe to use. - Silica and board dust from power cutting damage the lungs The person cutting and anyone downwind Use the kit that fits the tool. Cut in one place, away from other trades. Collect any slurry while it is wet. Clear any dry dust with an H or M Class vacuum, not a brush. - Silica dust if the water stops, and slipping on slurry The person cutting and anyone nearby Stop cutting if the water stops. - A disc bursts or the tool kicks back and cuts the user The person cutting Only someone trained to change discs fits them. Stop and swap any cracked or worn disc. - Hearing damage and hand-arm vibration from power tools The person cutting Use sharp blades and discs, which cut faster with less vibration. Warn people nearby before you start cutting. - An unstable bollard or damaged footway affects people using the route Installers and people near the work Stop if the ground or existing construction differs from the detail. Keep the excavation supported and the work area barriered. - A falling, loose or misaligned bollard strikes someone Installers, pedestrians and drivers Use the approved foundation and fixing method. Keep the area closed until the bollard is stable and safe. - Trips, loose material or a damaged new foundation Pedestrians, installers and people using the route Match the approved reinstatement detail and nearby surface. Keep barriers in place until the area is safe. - Debris, tools or unfinished work left in the area Workers, occupants and visitors Remove waste by the agreed route. Record and protect any unfinished work. Street furniture, Market Street footway outside the library, Macclesfield - **Company**: Hollins & Reed Highways Ltd - **Site and work area**: Market Street footway outside the library, Macclesfield - **Planned dates**: 12 to 14 October 2026 - **In charge on site**: Dan Hollins - **Team**: Two operatives: Dan Hollins leads and checks the area each morning; Priya Shah works with him. Method statement 1. 1 Set up the work areaConfirm the work area and scope before starting. Keep other people outside the active work area. Keep entrances and escape routes clear. 2. 2 Keep people clear of the workAgree how people get past or around the work while it is going on. Put barriers or signs where a route crosses the work. Do not leave open work unattended. 3. 3 Set the bollard clear of pedestriansCheck the position against the approved street-furniture detail. Leave the agreed clear width around the bollard. 4. 4 Find and isolate hidden servicesFind cables and pipes before you disturb anything: drawings, then a detector. Mark what you find. Not sure what is there? Turn the supply off, or do not start. Have cables and gas isolated by the right person and prove them dead before you start. 5. 5 Check the weather before you startStop handling bollards, posts and sign panels when the wind is strong enough to catch them. Stop in heavy rain, ice or lightning. 6. 6 Carry the bollards, posts and sign panels safelyPlan the route, clear it, and get help with anything long or heavy. Store materials close to the work so nobody carries further than they need to. 7. 7 Protect people around the bollard workPut out signs and barriers before opening the footway or verge. Keep the agreed pedestrian route visible and clear as the work moves on. 8. 8 Control the dust when cuttingNever cut dry in the open. Wear an APF 20 mask (FFP3 or P3) when you cut: fit tested and clean-shaven. Keep other people out of the dust. 9. 9 Wet cuttingThis job is wet cutting: keep water on and collect the slurry. 10. 10 Use the grinder or disc cutter safelyCheck the disc is the right type and speed for the tool and the material. Keep the guard on and both hands on the tool. Wear impact-rated eye protection. 11. 11 Limit noise and vibrationWear ear defenders when cutting. Note how long each person's hands are on each tool while it runs. Take the tool's vibration figure from the maker or HSE's table and check it fits how you use it. Points per hour times hours on the trigger, added up for the day, gives the exposure: 100 points is the action value, 400 is the limit. HSE's vibration calculator does the sum. Over 100, cut it with lower-vibration kit or less time, and never pass 400. Write the result down. Sharing the work does not replace this. Keep the tools maintained. 12. 12 Open the surface and make the foundationCheck the approved foundation detail and the ground before breaking out. Remove the footway or verge surface and set the bollard in the specified concrete foundation. 13. 13 Fix the bollard plumb and secureCheck the bollard is plumb and in the right position before the foundation sets. Use the product fixing instructions and keep it restrained as required. 14. 14 Reinstate the surface before opening the routeReplace the surrounding footway or verge to the specified finish with no trip edge. Protect the bollard and surface while the foundation cures. 15. 15 Clear and hand back the areaRemove tools, waste and unused materials. Check the area is clean and ready to use. Tell the customer or whoever runs the site when the work is complete. [Download the examplePDF, 4 pages](https://complyonsite.com/rams/samples/street-furniture-rams-example.pdf) ## What a street furniture RAMS covers Digging the foundation, setting bollards and sign posts, and reinstating the surface around them. Not covered: lit bollards and sign lighting. - Install bollards - Install fixed road signs ## Suggested steps and hazards for street furniture Suggested for install bollards before any questions are answered. 1. ### Set the bollard clear of pedestrians - Check the position against the approved street-furniture detail. - Leave the agreed clear width around the bollard. Hazard A badly placed bollard obstructs people using the route Who might be harmed and how Installers, pedestrians and drivers Controls in place - Do not change the position on site without approval. - Keep powered or illuminated items outside this operation. The bollard position must keep the pedestrian route clear. [Street Furniture Guidelines](https://maidstone.gov.uk/home/primary-services/business-and-investment/regeneration/public-realm-and-public-art/street-furniture-guidelines) 2. ### Protect people around the bollard work - Put out signs and barriers before opening the footway or verge. - Keep the agreed pedestrian route visible and clear as the work moves on. Hazard A pedestrian reaches the open foundation or work area Who might be harmed and how Pedestrians, installers and nearby drivers Controls in place - Use the diversion or barriered route agreed for this job. - Keep people out until the surface is safe to use. A clear route and physical separation protect people from the open work. [Signs, signals and road markings](https://www.hse.gov.uk/workplacetransport/signs.htm) 3. ### Open the surface and make the foundation - Check the approved foundation detail and the ground before breaking out. - Remove the footway or verge surface and set the bollard in the specified concrete foundation. Hazard An unstable bollard or damaged footway affects people using the route Who might be harmed and how Installers and people near the work Controls in place - Stop if the ground or existing construction differs from the detail. - Keep the excavation supported and the work area barriered. The approved foundation detail supports the bollard and the surrounding surface. [Street Furniture Guidelines](https://maidstone.gov.uk/home/primary-services/business-and-investment/regeneration/public-realm-and-public-art/street-furniture-guidelines) ## What the builder asks about street furniture Your answers decide which steps, hazards and controls it suggests. The job - What type of bollard are you installing? - What sign and support are you installing? Where - How will people get past the work? - How will people and traffic be kept clear? - What pipes or cables run under the footway, verge or road edge where the foundation will go? How it’s done - What will you stand on to reach the work? - What surface is the bollard going into? - What foundation detail are you working to? - How will the bollards, posts and sign panels get to the work? - Will you cut anything on site, and with what? ## What your street furniture RAMS includes ### Method statement The work in order, step by step. ### Risk assessment Each hazard, who could be harmed, the controls in place and any further action. ### PDF The method statement and risk assessment in one A4 PDF. 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RAMS is a site term, not a legal one: the law asks for the risk assessment and for the work to be planned, and a method statement is the usual way to show that plan for one job. ### What the law asks for - Employers, and self-employed people doing construction work, must make a suitable and sufficient assessment of the risks to their own people and to anyone else affected by the work ([Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999, regulation 3](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/3242/regulation/3)). - An employer with five or more employees must record the significant findings and any group of employees it finds especially at risk. The assessment must be reviewed if there is reason to think it is no longer valid, or the work has changed significantly. - Every contractor must plan, manage and monitor its work so that, so far as is reasonably practicable, it is done without risks to health and safety, and must give its workers the information and instructions they need, including the hazards the risk assessment found ([Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015, regulation 15](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/51/regulation/15)). HSE guidance: [the steps to manage risk](https://www.hse.gov.uk/simple-health-safety/risk/steps-needed-to-manage-risk.htm) and [what contractors must do under CDM](https://www.hse.gov.uk/construction/cdm/2015/contractors.htm). This is the law in Great Britain; Northern Ireland has its own equivalent regulations. ### What the builder does You choose the work and answer questions about how the job will be done, such as what you will stand on and what else is going on nearby. Your answers decide which steps, hazards and controls it suggests. Many suggestions link to the HSE guidance they draw on. Your work is kept in this browser and, signed in, on your account with its photos; the PDF is made on your device. A briefing you send to phones goes through your account. ### Separate documents A COSHH assessment, lifting plan, permit to work, asbestos survey and the principal contractor’s construction phase plan are separate from the RAMS. ### Reviewing a RAMS before work starts [RAMS review](https://complyonsite.com/tools/rams-review) reads a RAMS PDF, yours before you send it or one a subcontractor sends you, and lists the points to raise, each marked on the page it comes from. Quick reviews are free.