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Strip out RAMS Builder
Strip out risk assessment and method statement
Prepare RAMS for non-structural strip-out, setting up the site and welfare, putting up barriers or hoarding and handling ordinary waste. Enter the building and the scope, edit the suggested steps and review the PDF draft.
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What will you be doing?
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Pick everything this RAMS covers. The questions that follow are chosen from what you tick here.
What a Strip out RAMS covers
Removing fittings, finishes and non-load-bearing elements from a building, with the site established, the boundary in place and the waste dealt with.
- Establish site/welfare
- Barrier/hoard
- Nonstructural stripout
- Non-hazardous waste handling
Suggested steps and hazards for Strip out
What it offers for nonstructural stripout before you have answered anything.
Mark what comes out and stays
- Mark the removal boundary on the drawing and in the work area.
- Stop if the actual building differs from the information.
Hazard
The wrong element is removed and retained work or people are put at risk.
Who might be harmed and how
Strip-out workers and other building users
Controls in place
- Use the agreed scope and sequence.
- Keep structural, glazed and live work out of this method.
A marked boundary prevents the wrong part of the building being removed.
Check what is behind the surface
- Open only after checking the drawings, survey and visible condition of the wall, ceiling or floor.
- Treat anything hidden, damaged or different from the information as a stop.
Hazard
Hidden structure, asbestos or services are disturbed during strip-out.
Who might be harmed and how
Strip-out workers, other trades and building users
Controls in place
- Make a small controlled opening where the method allows it.
- Stop and get the information checked before widening the opening.
The surface can hide the thing that makes removal unsafe.
Electricity - Systems in buildings Check the asbestos information
- Check the asbestos register or survey covers the area before disturbing it.
- Do not start if the information is missing or does not cover what you found.
Hazard
Asbestos fibres are released from hidden or damaged building materials.
Who might be harmed and how
Workers, other trades and building users
Controls in place
- Keep suspect material undisturbed.
- Use a suitable asbestos contractor for asbestos work.
A survey gap can turn ordinary strip-out into an asbestos exposure.
HSE: A worker's guide to asbestos safety
What the builder asks about Strip out
Your answers decide which steps, hazards and controls it suggests.
The job
- Are you setting up, moving the compound or handing the site back?
- What are you putting up?
- What are you getting rid of?
Where
- How will deliveries and vehicles use the site?
- What pipes or cables run the ground or building you will fix or disturb?
- Is the building older than the year 2000? Older buildings can have asbestos in them.
How it’s done
- What will you stand on to reach the work?
- What will people use for toilets, washing and breaks?
- What shows it will stand up in the wind?
- How will it be held down or fixed?
- How do you know it is not holding anything up?
- What are you putting in or connecting?
- How will it get to the skip?
- How will the barrier panels and hoarding get to the work?
What your Strip out RAMS includes
Method statement
The sequence of the work, step by step. The suggestions are a starting point; you write the method for the job as it will be done.
Risk assessment
Each hazard, who could be harmed, the controls in place and any further action. There is no risk score: you judge each row against the real site, and adding a hazard does not put its controls in place.
PDF draft for review
The document as you left it, for someone competent to check. A download is not approval and not permission to start work.