RAMS for construction are judged by the site manager against the site's own construction phase plan, so they are built to match it. The Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015, cited below, place duties on clients, designers, principal designers, principal contractors, contractors and workers, and regulation 12 is where the construction phase plan and the health and safety file sit. The site's permits named at the steps that need them; the interfaces with other trades; the site's emergency procedure and the rescue plan for height; the hazards found on this site's walk, not a template's. The risk assessment and method statement tool on this site prints the RAMS from your task, free and without an account.
Consistent with the plan
The site rules, the permit system, the emergency procedure, the arrangements for the site's significant risks. A RAMS that contradicts the plan is returned; one that names the plan's permits and procedures at the right steps is approved.
Site-specific hazards
Found on the walk: the services, the ground, the crane's zone, the scaffold, the public. 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. A generic hazard list is the most common reason a construction RAMS comes back.
The rescue arrangements
For any work at height, the rescue plan for a suspended operative, with the people and equipment on site to do it; the HSE's work at height law page, cited below, is the rule the plan answers. Without it a height RAMS is incomplete.
Submission and record
Before the task is programmed; approved against the plan; signed by the crew at the briefing; kept against the job with the approval and the review. DailyLogDesk Pro keeps it; the tool prints it. 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 rams for construction
How many RAMS does a construction job need?
One per task with significant risk; a set kept against the job.
Who checks a construction RAMS?
The principal contractor's site manager or safety adviser, against the plan.
Is the tool free?
Yes, without an account.