Principal Contractor RAMS Review Checklist

A PC-facing review tool for checking whether a subcontractor RAMS is coordinated, specific and ready to accept.

Use this resource

Apply it before the RAMS leaves your desk

Check the draft against the actual site, method, permits, evidence and briefing requirements before submission.

Choose the work, add site details, answer risk triggers, review gaps and export a PDF draft.

Find task-specific RAMS starting points by trade, task, hazard or permit trigger.

Use checkers, permits, calculators and document builders alongside the RAMS workflow.

Check the RAMS aligns with the construction phase plan, site rules and emergency arrangements.
Confirm interfaces with other contractors, public areas, plant routes and permits are controlled.
Record accepted, accepted with comments, revise and resubmit, or rejected.

These tools are drafting aids. Check the current source material before relying on them for a live project.

Download

The downloadable version is plain Markdown so it can be pasted into Word, Google Docs, Notion or a site document portal.

Do it interactively

RAMS review checks

Site-specific: Actual site, work area, access, interfaces, site rules, public or occupants and emergency arrangements.
Evidence-ready: Permits, COSHH/SDS, competence, inspections, isolation records, briefings, sign-off and revision control.
Usable on site: A numbered method, risk ratings and controls a supervisor can brief before work starts.
Competent review: RamsDocs drafts the document; the competent person checks, revises and approves it before use.

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