A construction RAMS template differs from a general one in who reads it. On a site under the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015, cited below, the principal contractor holds the construction phase plan and approves each contractor's RAMS against it before the task starts, so the template has to answer their checklist: the task and where on site, the site-specific hazards and controls, the method with permits and plant, the emergency and rescue arrangements, and the crew's sign-on. The risk assessment and method statement tool on this site prints that shape, free.
Site-specific, or it comes back
The principal contractor knows their site: the live services, the shared access, the other trades, the ground. A RAMS whose hazards could belong to any site is returned unread. The template carries the site's own hazards, with the controls the assessment found and the residual risk. The HSE's guidance, cited below, gives risk assessment as five steps: identify hazards, assess the risks, control the risks, record your findings, review the controls, and says that if you employ 5 or more people you must record your significant findings.
The method the site manager checks
Sequence, plant, materials, permits to work, PPE, exclusion zones, the interface with other trades, and the control at each step. The site manager checks that the permits exist and the plant is on the site register; the template names them so the check is quick.
Emergency and rescue
First aid, the nearest hospital, the site's emergency procedure, and for work at height the rescue plan, because the HSE's work at height law page cited below is about preventing the fall and planning for it. A construction RAMS with no rescue plan for a working-at-height task is the commonest return.
Sign-on and the record
The crew signs after the briefing, on the version approved, and the signed RAMS is filed against the job with the principal contractor's approval. DailyLogDesk Pro keeps it there with the daily report and any incident report; the tool prints the template. From the vendors' own pricing pages, cited below: SafetyCulture lists its Premium plan at $29 per seat per month billed monthly or $24 billed annually, with a free plan for small teams; Contractor Foreman lists its Basic plan at $49 per month for one user. DailyLogDesk Pro is $29 per month for the whole site team.
Questions people ask about construction rams template
Does CDM require a RAMS?
CDM requires the plan and competent, coordinated work; the RAMS is how a contractor demonstrates it for each task, and principal contractors require it.
How far ahead should the RAMS go in?
Before the task is programmed, so the approval does not hold the start. The tool prints it in minutes; the review is the site's.
Is the template free?
Yes, without an account.