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Risk assessments and method statements
RAMS written, approved,
RAMS written, approved,
briefed and signed.
Unibuild is RAMS software for UK trades and specialist contractors. It carries each one from the first draft, through an AI review, to the operative’s signature at the gate, with approvals and versions kept together.
What we offer
Every RAMS, from first draft to signed record.
Written and approved in the office, briefed and signed on site, with every version and signature on record. Your competent person makes the safety decisions.
In the office
Check
The AI review flags vague controls and missing detail before a RAMS goes out, your subcontractors’ included.
Approve
Approved or returned with comments in one place. Every edit becomes a new version.
On site
Brief
The right RAMS on each operative’s phone at clock-in, in their own language, key controls first.
Sign
Signed on the phone, or by email link for agency and subcontract workers, with name, date and time.
Reassess
When conditions change, the supervisor records a dynamic risk assessment on the phone, against the same job.
Go on, sign it
A. Fenton
A. Fenton
On site since 07:42
Elmfield
on site
Job 2431 · Gate 1
Before you start
RAMS 2431-07
Sub-mains and distribution boards, level 2
Version 3 · Approved
All signed for todayNothing else to sign before you start.
Signed this week
- Mon07:31Toolbox talk: safe isolation
- Mon07:34RAMS 2431-05: cable containment, level 1
RAMS 2431-07
Elmfield · Job 2431 · Version 3
Sub-mains and distribution boards, level 2Approved · Electricians
In short
Two of you run the sub-main cables up the riser and fit the new boards on level 2. The boards stay dead until the electrical supervisor switches them on.
Hazards
- Electric shock from the existing supplyHigh risk → low with controls
- Falls from podium stepsMedium risk → low with controls
- Heavy cable drumsMedium risk → low with controls
- Other trades in the riser corridorMedium risk → low with controls
Key controls
Confirm each one before you sign.
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Isolate, lock off and prove dead before you touch a board. Use your own lock and keep the key on you.
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Work from podium steps with the gate shut. No stepladders.
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Move cable drums on the drum trailer. Two people for any lift over 25 kg.
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Dry-liners are on level 2 this week. Keep the corridor clear and barrier off the riser door.
PPE
- Hard hat
- Safety boots
- Gloves
- Glasses
- Hi-vis
In an emergency
- Assembly point: Gate 1.
- First aider: R. Cowley.
End of the RAMS
Read to the end to sign
RAMS 2431-07
Sign the RAMS
I have read and understood version 3 of this RAMS, and I will work to it.
Signature
Print name
A. Fenton
Date and time
Signed
Your signature is now on the signature page of this RAMS.
Signature pageRAMS 2431-07 · version 3
Read in your language
An illustration of how a RAMS is read and signed, not the Unibuild app itself. The real app does a great deal more, in your firm’s own name and colours.
- Unlimited users, one fee per firm
- Subcontractors and agency workers at no extra cost
- Your firm’s own branded app
- Every version and signature kept for seven years
Problems we solve
Thirteen RAMS problems. All thirteen solved.
The reasons a RAMS gets rejected, ignored or questioned, and what Unibuild does about each. Open any one for the full answer.
RAMS rejected by the principal contractor.
Solved Approved or returned with comments in one place, not by email.
Copied from the last job, not site-specific.
Solved Site and job details fill in from the project record.
Sign-off sheets signed late, or lost.
Solved Signed on the phone at the gate, with name and time.
No record of who signed, or when.
Solved Every signature, dated and timed, on the last page of the PDF.
Signed, but not understood.
Solved Key controls confirmed on the phone before anyone signs.
Operatives on an out-of-date version.
Solved Every revision is a new version, and everyone signs it again.
Vague control measures like “be careful”.
Solved The AI review flags vague controls before the RAMS goes out.
Subcontractor RAMS accepted without review.
Solved Checked by the AI review, then approved with a name and a date.
Agency workers without the app.
Solved A signing link by email, signed in any browser.
RAMS written only in English.
Solved Each operative reads the RAMS in their own language.
Forty pages for a half-day task.
Solved A short crew summary on the phone. The full RAMS on file.
Other trades and the public left out.
Solved Other trades, the public and traffic recorded for each task.
Evenings lost writing every RAMS.
Solved Around forty starters by trade, and your own imported free.
13/13Solved in one module
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At a glance
What is included in RAMS software?
Draft, review, brief, sign and retain the version history against the job.
- Part of Unibuild
- RAMS is included in the platform alongside permits, toolbox talks and project records.
- Pricing
- One quoted monthly fee per firm, with unlimited users. No separate RAMS module fee. See what the fee includes.
- Templates
- Around forty starter RAMS by trade, plus your own templates imported during onboarding at no extra charge.
- AI builder
- Choose a template, describe the job in a prompt, and the AI builds the RAMS for your competent person to edit and finalise. See the AI RAMS builder.
- AI review
- Vague controls and other gaps flagged before a RAMS goes out, and a subcontractor’s RAMS checked before you accept it. See the AI RAMS review.
- Approvals and revisions
- Approve or return with comments. An edit creates a new version that everyone signs again, and earlier versions keep their signatures.
- On site
- Operatives sign in your firm’s branded app. Subcontractor, agency and temporary workers sign in the app or through a signing link in any browser, at no extra cost. See the RAMS app.
- Records
- A signature page in every RAMS PDF, and every version, edit and signature kept for seven years.
- Work allocation
- The register shows who has signed each version. If you want an unsigned RAMS to block an allocation, that rule is built in.
Use the free RAMS review checklist before accepting a document. For the wider platform in daily use, read the EMS customer story.
Published by Unibuild Technologies Limited · Updated . Safety references.
| The moment | Manual document workflow | Unibuild |
|---|---|---|
| Writing it | Templates maintained and adapted by the author | Your imported templates, or a starter library by trade |
| Checking it | Read through page by page by whoever has time | AI review flags the gaps before it goes out |
| Approval | Review correspondence and comments collated manually | Approved or returned with comments, in one place |
| Reaching every operative | Briefings and document distribution organised by the supervisor | Pulled up by trade at clock-in |
| Language | Translations prepared and distributed separately | The operative’s own language |
| The signature | Signature sheets collected and matched to the document | On the phone or by link, with date, time and device |
| A revision | Revision issue and withdrawal tracked manually | A new version everyone signs again, the old one kept |
| Subcontractors | Submissions, approvals and signatories collated manually | They sign the same RAMS, at no extra cost |
| The inspector asks | Retrieve the document version and its briefing/signature records | The signature page in the PDF, kept seven years |
What the module does
Six things a folder of PDFs cannot.
Pulled by trade
at clock-in
The QR code clock-in knows who has arrived and what trade they are. Today's RAMS for that trade comes up on the phone before the work does, rather than waiting to be handed out.
- Scroll, sign, recorded
- Read in their own language
- Arrive at ten, sign at ten
- No sheet caught up on Thursday
Delivered, not distributedLive
Signed against
a frozen version
A RAMS freezes on submission. Amending it means a new version that everyone signs again. Every signature is against a specific document on a specific date, not whatever the file says today.
- The question an inspector asks
- An edit log behind every change
- Old versions stay readable, signatures intact
- One live document, always
Version, name and dateLive
Forty-odd starters,
then your own
A library of around forty RAMS by trade ships with the platform, and your existing templates are imported as part of onboarding at no charge. Your competent person tailors each one to the job, or the AI builds it from a template and a prompt, and the AI review checks it before release.
- Hazards, controls, residual risk and PPE
- Your templates, exportable at any time
- The starter library is a floor
- No rewriting a set you trust
Yours, imported freeLive
Everyone on the
gate, not just staff
Each person signs under their own company’s name. A subcontractor’s operatives, agency and temporary workers and visitors sign the same RAMS as your own people, in the app or through a signing link in any browser. Nobody needs a staff record first.
- No extra cost: the fee is per firm
- The link emailed in one click, kept as proof
- One register for the job
- Covers the gate, not the payroll
Per firm, not per headLive
Dynamic risk
assessment on site
When conditions change, the supervisor records the reassessment where the work is, against the same job. Dynamic risk assessment is live in the office portal and the app.
- Weather, sequence, the plant that never came
- Photographs kept with the assessment
- A changed method leaves a record
- Filed against the same job
Recorded where it happensLive
Project safety records,
kept together
RAMS sit against the project with the permits, the toolbox talks, the diary and the plant records, and every record is kept for seven years. When the CDM health and safety file is prepared, the information it needs is selected from them.
- One PDF for the client or principal designer
- A signature page in every RAMS PDF
- Nobody can edit the record afterwards
- Kept for seven years
Generated, not reconstructedLive
Ask who signed the current revision of your highest-risk RAMS.
Not who was sent it, and not who was on site that week. Who accepted that version, on what date, on which device. In Unibuild, the answer is the last page of the PDF.
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30 minutes. Bring a real RAMS and we will load it.
Where it matters
Four moments a RAMS is read, and where the duty sits.
Keep the assessment current, brief the people doing the work and check that the controls remain effective.
At the gate, before the work
Brief the work and its controls before it starts. Record acknowledgement against the current RAMS, check that workers understand the method, and supervise the work as it proceeds.
When the method changes
Review the assessment when conditions or methods change, or there is reason to doubt it remains valid. Update the controls and explain the changes to affected workers. In Unibuild the revised RAMS goes back to everyone working to it to sign again. HSE explains when to review risk controls.
At pre-qualification
A main contractor or an SSIP scheme asks for sample RAMS and evidence they are briefed. Exported from the live record, what they receive is what you hold. The reformatted version is where a document set starts diverging from the one in use.
After an incident
The question is whether the person doing the work had been briefed on the controls for that task. The answer has to carry a name, a version and a date. This is where a signature taken at the gate stops being administration.
Where CDM 2015 puts the duty
Under CDM 2015 regulation 15(2), a contractor must plan, manage and monitor its own work. The aim is work carried out without risks to health and safety, so far as is reasonably practicable. The risk assessment duty is set out in MHSWR 1999 regulation 3. A RAMS is how most firms record the assessment and the method those duties call for. These regulations apply in Great Britain, and Northern Ireland has its own. There is more in the CDM 2015 guide, and the duties are listed on the CDM checklist.
Where the rules are yours to set
Your competent person writes the assessment and judges whether a control is adequate, with the AI review’s flags in front of them. Everything around it is yours to decide. The module shows who has and has not signed each version. If you want an unsigned RAMS to stop an allocation outright, we build that rule into your system at implementation. Unibuild is bespoke software, written to each firm rather than shipped as one fixed product. Changes asked for after go-live are included in the monthly fee.
The RAMS is one of five things signed on the same phone.
Permits to work, toolbox talks, dynamic risk assessments and near-miss reports run through the same register, against the same project, with the same audit trail.
See the whole module →
Or call the office on UK hours
Questions
Asked by whoever
Asked by whoever
signs the RAMS off.
Can AI write our RAMS?
Yes. Choose a template, your own or one of around forty by trade, and describe the job in a prompt. The AI builds the RAMS, and your competent person reviews it, edits it by hand and finalises it. How the AI RAMS builder works.
Does Unibuild check RAMS with AI?
Yes. Before a RAMS is issued, the AI review flags vague controls and other gaps, and the author puts them right. A subcontractor’s RAMS is checked the same way before you accept it. The same AI document review covers method statements, risk assessments, estimates, quotations and tender submissions. How the AI RAMS review works.
Can we check a subcontractor’s RAMS before they start?
Yes. The subcontractor submits its RAMS into Unibuild, and the AI review checks it before you decide. You approve it or return it with comments, and both sides see where it stands. Every approval carries a name and a date. The RAMS review checklist sets out what a reviewer looks for.
Who has the final say, the AI or our competent person?
Your competent person. The AI flags what needs attention, and your competent person decides what changes, approves the RAMS and signs it off. The duty stays with the employer, and the record shows who approved each version and when.
How do we prove every operative read and signed it?
Each operative reads the RAMS on their phone and signs on the screen, in your firm’s own staff app. The QR clock-in knows who has arrived and opens the RAMS for their trade on that job. Every signature is held with its date, time and device, against the version they signed. All of them print on the final page of the RAMS PDF, and nobody can edit a signature afterwards.
Can work be held until the RAMS is signed?
Yes. The register shows who has and has not signed each version, live. If you want an unsigned RAMS to block the work allocation, that rule is set up in your system at implementation.
What happens when a RAMS is revised mid-job?
A change creates a new version, and an edited RAMS has to be signed again. Earlier signatures stay attached to the earlier version, which remains readable, and an edit log records every change. The register shows who has not yet signed the new version, so the supervisor knows who to brief before the work carries on.
Can subcontractor, agency and temporary workers sign?
Yes, at no extra cost, because the fee is per firm rather than per person. Each person signs under their own company’s name. They sign in the app, or through the signing link each RAMS has, which opens in a browser with nothing to install. One click emails the link, and the sent email stands as proof the RAMS was sent. How signing works. Their firms’ certificates and insurances sit on the subcontractor portal.
What can we hand an auditor, a client or a principal contractor?
The RAMS as a PDF, with every signature printed on its final page. Behind it sits every version, every edit and the name and date on each approval. Download it at any time, for an audit, a client review or handover at the end of the job.
Can we use our existing RAMS templates?
Yes. Your existing templates are imported during onboarding at no extra charge. The platform also includes around forty starter RAMS by trade, and your competent person tailors each one to the site and the work. You own your templates and can export them at any time. There is also a free editable RAMS template to download, with no sign-up.
Can a RAMS be signed on a site with no signal?
Yes. The field app works on sites without coverage, and what is recorded there syncs with the office the moment the phone is back in signal. Clock-ins are stored on the phone and sent on automatically. Tell us which of your sites have no coverage and the setup is planned around them from the start.
Are permits and toolbox talks in the same system?
Yes. Permits to work and toolbox talks sit in the health and safety module, against the same project and the same people as the RAMS. A site manager sees the safety paperwork for a job in one place.
Does Unibuild handle dynamic risk assessments?
Yes, in the office portal and the app. When conditions on site change, the supervisor records the reassessment where the work is, against the same job, with photographs kept alongside. Dynamic risk assessment explains how it works.
How quickly can we be up and running?
Most firms go live in about two weeks, in phases. Your templates are imported during onboarding, and the programme is agreed with you after scoping.
Where is our data held, and who owns it?
In London, encrypted, and it does not leave the UK. Your RAMS, templates and signature records belong to you, and you can export everything at any time.
How much does Unibuild RAMS software cost?
RAMS is included in Unibuild’s quoted monthly platform fee, with no separate RAMS module fee and no charge per signatory. The fee includes unlimited users, configuration, training, template migration, support and everyday AI, and is fixed for three years. Heavier AI work is paid as used, at the AI provider’s own rate with nothing added. How AI is charged, how pricing works, or request your firm’s quote.
Can we try it on a live job first?
Yes. The 14-day trial is the full platform with every module switched on, so you can run RAMS on a live job. No card is needed.
Free templates
RAMS templates by trade and hazard
Pre-filled risk assessments and method statements, free in PDF and Word. Each guide sets out the hazards and controls, the sequence of work, the law, and a toolbox talk to brief it with.
By trade
- Air conditioning and HVAC RAMSUnits and ductwork at height, refrigerant handling, brazing, roof plant and the electrical connection.
- Bricklaying RAMSLaying brick and block from scaffold, heavy blocks, mortar, cutting dust and new walls in wind.
- Carpentry and joinery RAMSFirst and second fix, door and fire door installation, saws, wood dust and work from steps and platforms.
- CCTV installation RAMSCameras, access control and intruder alarms: ladders and MEWPs, poles, cable routes, live circuits and occupied premises.
- Cleaning risk assessmentCommercial and site cleaning, jet washing and window cleaning: chemicals, slips, ladders and lone work.
- Concrete works RAMSFormwork, reinforcement, pump and skip pours, wet cement, power floating and curing, with the sequence for each pour.
- Demolition RAMSAsbestos surveys and isolations, the demolition sequence, stability, dust, noise and exclusion zones.
- Drylining RAMSMetal stud, plasterboard and suspended ceilings: board handling, cutting dust, podiums and fire-rated walls.
- Electrical RAMSSafe isolation, live work, testing and inspection, and working near other trades.
- Facilities maintenance RAMSPlanned and reactive maintenance in occupied buildings: access, isolations, plant rooms, roofs and working alone.
- Fire alarm installation RAMSCabling and fixing devices at height, live systems in occupied buildings, isolations, keeping fire cover and commissioning.
- Glazing and window RAMSTaking out old frames, handling heavy glass units, fixing at height, vacuum lifters and sealants.
- Groundworks RAMSExcavations, buried services, plant, trench support and inspections at the start of each shift.
- Hot works and welding RAMSWelding, cutting, grinding and torch-on work: permits, fire watch, fume and gas cylinders.
- Insulation RAMSLoft, cavity, internal and external wall insulation: fibres and foams, roof voids, ventilation and fire.
- Landscaping and fencing RAMSPost holes, post drivers and buried services, mowers, strimmers and cut-off saws, paving slabs and herbicides.
- Painting and decorating RAMSAccess equipment, solvents and spray, old lead paint, dust from preparation and occupied buildings.
- Pest control risk assessmentRodenticides and insecticides, lofts and voids, bird work at height and disease from droppings.
- Plastering and rendering RAMSHop-ups and platforms, mixing and spraying, render on scaffold, lime and cement, and dust from preparation.
- Plumbing and heating RAMSSoldering and brazing, gas work, unvented systems, lofts and occupied homes.
- Rail RAMSWork on or near the line: possessions and protection, track safety, plant, overhead lines and conductor rail.
- Refurbishment RAMSLofts, extensions and alterations in occupied homes: temporary support, asbestos, services, dust and neighbours.
- Roofing RAMSPitched and flat roofs, fragile surfaces, edge protection, hot work and getting materials up safely.
- Rope access risk assessmentTwo-rope systems, anchors, rescue from the rope, exclusion zones below and the weather.
- Scaffolding RAMSErecting, altering and dismantling tube and fitting and system scaffold, with handover and inspection.
- Solar PV installation RAMSRoof access and edge protection, lifting panels, DC that cannot be switched off, and battery storage.
- Steel erection RAMSStructural steel: delivery and lifting, bolting up at height, temporary bracing, MEWPs, nets and decking.
- Temporary works RAMSSite hoardings, props, falsework and excavation support: design, checks before loading, wind and the public.
- Tiling and flooring RAMSKneeling work, adhesives and screeds, cutting tile and stone, heavy rolls and boards, and floors others walk on.
- Tree surgery RAMSClimbing and aerial rescue, chainsaws, felling and dismantling, chippers and the public below.
By hazard
- Asbestos risk assessmentFinding asbestos before work starts, deciding whether work is licensed, and controlling non-licensed work.
- Confined space risk assessmentManholes, tanks, voids and chambers: avoiding entry, a safe system of work, gas testing and rescue.
- COSHH risk assessmentHazardous substances on site: dusts, solvents, cement, resins and fume, assessed and controlled.
- Dust risk assessmentSilica, wood and other construction dust: on-tool extraction, water suppression, RPE, face fit testing and health surveillance.
- Forklift and telehandler risk assessmentTrained operators, daily checks, routes, overturning, people on foot and lifting with a telehandler.
- Housekeeping risk assessmentClear routes, waste, stored materials, trailing leads, lighting and wet floors, checked every day.
- Lifting operations risk assessmentPlanning a lift, the appointed person, accessories, thorough examination and lifting near people.
- Lone working risk assessmentPeople working alone on site, in empty buildings and out of hours, with check-ins and a plan if they go quiet.
- Manual handling risk assessmentLifting, carrying, pushing and pulling, assessed by task, individual, load and environment.
- MEWP risk assessmentCherry pickers and scissor lifts: ground, overhead hazards, entrapment, harnesses and rescue from the platform.
- Noise and vibration risk assessmentNoise exposure and hand-arm vibration from tools, measured against the action and limit values.
- Plant and excavator risk assessmentMini diggers, excavators and dumpers: trained operators, checks, quick hitches, overturning, people on foot and buried services.
- Power tools risk assessmentSaws, grinders, drills, fixing tools and hand tools: guarding, 110V and battery supply, kickback, disc speeds and checks.
- Traffic management risk assessmentVehicles and people on site and at road works: routes, signallers, reversing, signing and lighting.
- Working at height risk assessmentLadders, towers, MEWPs, scaffolds and roofs, chosen and controlled in the order the law sets.
The blank RAMS template, the method statement template and the RAMS review checklist are free too.
Safety references
The guidance behind the duties.
The product information on this page is published by Unibuild. The legal references below cover Great Britain and were checked on .
- HSE: assessing risks, recording findings and reviewing controls
- MHSWR 1999 regulation 3: risk assessment
- CDM 2015 regulation 15: duties of contractors
- HSE L153, Appendix 4: the health and safety file (PDF)
For a practical document check, use the free RAMS review checklist. For preparation guidance, read RAMS that hold up.
The site modules
The rest of what happens on site.
Same platform, same login. These are the modules that plan the work, record it, and hold the evidence it was done properly.
One level down
The module delivers the document.
The module delivers the document.
Writing one worth delivering is the other half.
What an inspector looks for, the revision everybody was working to, and where an informal record stops being one.
RAMS that hold upThe difference between a document that exists and one that survives being read.
Health and safety
When an HSE inspector turns up on siteWhat an inspector asks for, and how a firm looks when the records are elsewhere.
Health and safety
Document control, and the revision everybody was working toHow two live versions of one document end up on the same site.
Choosing software
Why WhatsApp fails as a site recordWhy the group chat is not the evidence, however complete it feels at the time.
Choosing software
When you become the principal contractor, and when you do notThe duties that land on you without anybody telling you they have.
Health and safety
SSIP, CHAS, Constructionline and what replaced PAS 91The accreditations a main contractor asks for, and what each one assesses.
Winning work
Next step
See it working on one of your own RAMS.
A 30-minute live demo. We load a RAMS you already use and take it from draft to a signature on the phone.
All thirteenSolved
- RAMS rejected by the principal contractor
- RAMS copied from the last job
- RAMS sign-off sheets late or lost
- No signature record for an audit
- RAMS signed but not understood
- Out-of-date RAMS versions on site
- Vague control measures
- Subcontractor RAMS not reviewed
- Agency workers without the app
- RAMS only in English
- RAMS too long to read
- Other trades and the public left out
- Hours lost writing RAMS
Ask for a quote
Tell us a little about the firm.
Tell us a little about the firm.
We do the rest.
Two minutes. A written figure by email, usually the same working day. Unlimited users, so every operative signing a RAMS is included.