About Riskora
About Riskora — Built for Contractors
Riskora is a structured RAMS builder for UK construction trades. We replace generic Word templates and ad-hoc document drafting with a guided system that builds structured, reviewable safety documents in minutes.
Our story
Founded from real experience
Riskora was founded by Simon Archbold to solve a problem familiar to site teams: safety documents need to be produced quickly, but they still have to be clear, structured, reviewable and professionally defensible.
Simon's background combines archaeological fieldwork, biological anthropology, forensic osteology and engineering-related site experience across London and the South East of England. His work has involved practical project environments where accurate documentation, risk awareness, methodical planning and clear communication are essential.
He holds a BA in Archaeology & Biological Anthropology and an MSc in Forensic Osteology, and has held practical site and safety-related certifications including CSCS, IPAF, PASMA and forklift licensing. His previous experience as a police officer also shaped Riskora's emphasis on records, accountability, version control and defensible decision-making.
Riskora was built to help teams create clearer, faster and more structured safety documents — while keeping competent-person review, sign-off and professional judgement at the centre of the process.
The problem we saw
Most subcontractors, site managers and small builders write the same RAMSdocument a dozen times a year. They start from a Word template a friend sent over, copy-paste hazards from a previous job, and hope the principal contractor doesn't ask hard questions.
Poorly governed automated document tools can also create problems when they produce confident-sounding text without sufficient structure, source control or site-specific review.
A RAMS isn't a writing exercise. It's a structured safety document with specific legal expectations. So we built it that way.
What makes Riskora different
Trade-specific presets
Archaeology, construction, general builders, utilities, landscaping — each preset loads the hazards, controls and method steps your trade actually deals with.
Structured and reviewable
Riskora combines curated safety knowledge, structured document logic and assisted generation, with review and sign-off kept explicit throughout the workflow.
Five minutes, not five hours
Preset → site details → confirm hazards → method statement → review. The whole flow is designed around how trades actually work on a Tuesday morning.
Built on real regulatory frameworks
Region-aware templates for the UK, Ireland, US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand — aligned to the relevant national and local safety frameworks instead of generic safety filler.
Audit-ready output
Clean PDF downloads with version control, sign-off, and a review-and-still-valid workflow for live documents.
Built for teams
Share documents across your organisation, control who can edit and sign off, and keep an archive of every job you've ever done.
Who Riskora is for
Subcontractors & trades
Groundworkers, electricians, scaffolders, roofers, landscapers — anyone who needs to hand a principal contractor a RAMS before they set foot on site.
Small builders & SMEs
Firms with 1–50 staff who can't justify a full-time SHEQ manager but still need to demonstrate compliance on every job.
Site managers
Producing or reviewing RAMS for multiple subcontractors, with a single archive and a clear sign-off trail.
Specialist trades
Archaeology, utilities, highways and other niches where generic templates miss the hazards that actually matter.
What we believe
Safety documents should be reviewable, not opaque
Riskora is designed so hazards, controls, method steps and revisions remain visible and reviewable rather than appearing as unexplained free-text output.
The user is the expert on their site
We give you the structure and the starting hazards. You confirm what's actually true on this job. That's how a real RAMS is written.
Speed and rigour aren't opposites
A well-designed builder is faster than a blank template and more rigorous than free-text AI. We optimise for both.
Compliance is jurisdiction-specific
Safety-document requirements and terminology vary by jurisdiction. Riskora uses country-specific document types, terminology and regulatory framing rather than treating every market as the same.
Try Riskora on your next job
Build and preview a complete RAMS for free — no card required. Create a free account when you're ready to download, edit, or save it.