What are RAMS in construction is a plural question with a plural answer: a job carries a set of them, one per task with significant risk, each site-specific, each approved against the construction phase plan, each signed by the crew that does the task. The roof, the excavation, the lift and the demolition each have their own. 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 risk assessment and method statement tool on this site prints each from its own task's figures, free and without an account.
One per task
The hazards of the roof are not the hazards of the trench, and a crew on the roof should read about falls and rescue, not about services. Each task's RAMS has its own assessment rows, steps, permits and sign-on.
The set against the job
Job, site, the list of tasks, and for each the approved version, the sign-on, the review date. The principal contractor asks for the set; an inspector asks for the one that applied on the day. A set exported in one action is what a client audit asks for, and the paid product provides it.
Consistent with the plan
Every RAMS in the set names the same site emergency procedure and the same permit system, because they all sit under the same plan. A set with different hospital addresses was assembled from old jobs.
Kept current
A task that changes gets a revised RAMS with a new version and a new sign-on; the old version stays as what applied before. 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. DailyLogDesk Pro keeps the set with its versions; the tool prints each. 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 what are rams in construction
How many RAMS does a job carry?
One per task with significant risk; five to ten over a small build.
Can one RAMS cover a whole job?
Not usefully; the site manager will ask for the task's own.
Is the tool free?
Yes, without an account.