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Temporary works risk assessment and method statement
Prepare RAMS for putting up hoarding and barriers and establishing the site compound and welfare. Give the boundary, the public routes and the arrangement, adjust the suggested steps and review the PDF draft.
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Pick everything this RAMS covers. The questions that follow are chosen from what you tick here.
What a Temporary works RAMS covers
Installing site hoarding and barriers to a checked arrangement, and setting up the compound, welfare and access before the main works start.
- Barrier/hoard
- Establish site/welfare
Suggested steps and hazards for Temporary works
What it offers for barrier/hoard before you have answered anything.
Plan the boundary and public routes
- Set the perimeter, gates, crossings and delivery access before installation.
- Keep people out of the work and give the public a safe route past it.
Hazard
People enter the work area or are struck by work, materials or vehicles.
Who might be harmed and how
Workers, visitors and the public
Controls in place
- Set the boundary before installation.
- Explain access rules to authorised people.
A planned boundary controls access and protects people beside the work.
Protecting the public - HSE Treat the boundary as temporary works
- Use the manufacturer arrangement or a checked design for the ground, exposure and expected loads.
- Do not invent ballast, fixings or a support detail.
Hazard
A barrier or hoarding collapses, blows over or fails under a foreseeable load.
Who might be harmed and how
Workers, visitors and the public
Controls in place
- Stop if the site differs from the arrangement.
- Keep the current arrangement available to the installation team.
Hoarding and barriers are temporary works and must suit the loads they may face.
HSE: Temporary Works Install it to the arrangement
- Build the boundary in the stated order and secure each section before moving on.
- Keep people out of the installation area until the section is stable.
Hazard
Part-built panels fall or leave an unprotected gap beside the work.
Who might be harmed and how
Installers and people nearby
Controls in place
- Follow the maker instructions or checked design.
- Use the planned fixing and ballast arrangement.
The agreed installation order keeps part-built temporary works stable.
HSE: Temporary Works
What the builder asks about Temporary works
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?
Where
- How will deliveries and vehicles use the site?
- What pipes or cables run the ground or building you will fix or disturb?
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?
- What are you putting in or connecting?
- How will the barrier panels and hoarding get to the work?
What you’ve been told
- What first-aid cover is arranged?
What your Temporary works 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.