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UK construction health and safety requirements
Start with your location, role and work: a practical route through the main duties and documents.
Read the guide →Practical guideSmall builder health and safety checklist
Check the business basics, site setup and evidence before the next job starts.
Read the guide →Practical guideWhen do you need competent health and safety advice?
Understand competent assistance, employer responsibilities and when remote support fits.
Read the guide →Practical guideWhat does outsourced construction safety support cost?
The scope, delivery model and workload factors that shape a useful quote.
Read the guide →CDM and project planning
Pre-construction information checklist
Check a PCI pack and build a working information-gap register to download.
Read the guide →Practical guideCDM health and safety file: contents and handover
Prepare useful information for future work and distinguish the file from PCI, the CPP and O&M records.
Read the guide →Practical guideConstruction phase plans: what should yours contain?
When a CPP is needed, who prepares it and how to make the plan usable.
Read the guide →Practical guideCDM 2015 client duties checklist
Appointments, information, time, resources and assurance at each project stage.
Read the guide →Practical guidePrincipal contractor duties under CDM 2015
Planning, coordination, welfare, site control and worker engagement.
Read the guide →Practical guideWhen is a construction project notifiable?
F10 thresholds, notification responsibility and why CDM duties apply below the thresholds.
Read the guide →Policies and contractor evidence
Construction health and safety policy: what to include
The five-employee rule, a useful policy structure and examples of practical arrangements.
Read the guide →Practical guideContractor PQQ health and safety checklist
Organise relevant evidence for client questionnaires and supply-chain assessments.
Read the guide →Practical guideWhat are RAMS in construction?
Risk assessments, method statements and the information a safe work sequence needs.
Read the guide →Practical guideRAMS review checklist for construction work
Check scope, sequence, significant risks, interfaces and workable controls.
Read the guide →Practical guideCommon reasons construction RAMS are rejected
Eight recurring review problems and what to correct before resubmission.
Read the guide →Site risks and controls
Construction site welfare requirements
Toilets, washing, drinking water, rest and changing facilities before mobilisation.
Read the guide →Practical guideWorking at height in construction
Plan access, choose suitable equipment and arrange protection and rescue.
Read the guide →Practical guideAsbestos checks before refurbishment
Survey scope, inaccessible areas and what to do when information is missing.
Read the guide →Practical guideConstruction dust and silica controls
Plan dusty tasks around source controls, suitable extraction, RPE and housekeeping.
Read the guide →Practical guideConstruction COSHH assessment checklist
Turn substance and task information into suitable exposure controls.
Read the guide →Guides provide general information, not project-specific advice or permission to start work. Most explain Great Britain requirements; the UK requirements guide distinguishes Northern Ireland’s separate rules. Check the sources and the conditions on your own project.
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