UK construction-safety guidance by the Riskora Editorial Team
Before any team starts soft strip demolition, the project's safety documentation needs to do real work — not just sit in a folder. Uncontrolled structural collapse during demolition can kill workers, members of the public, and occupants of neighbouring buildings within seconds. On soft strip demolition, the relevant duty is unambiguous: A soft strip method statement is required as part of the pre-demolition sequence. The right Method Statement pulls all of this together — the law, the site, the people, the controls — into one document that does the job.
Example Method Statement
Method Statement for Soft Strip Demolition — UK
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A soft strip method statement is required as part of the pre-demolition sequence. It must detail the strip-out sequence, waste segregation, and procedures for encountering unexpected hazards such as hidden asbestos or structural elements.
On a live UK contract, a principal contractor's planning lead is bidding for repeat work with a client who specifically asks to see the Method Statement as part of the pre-qualification pack. The supervisor opens Riskora on a phone between site visits, selects the preset, checks the pre-populated content against the actual scope, makes the edits the site demands, and has a finished document by the end of the day. The finished document explicitly addresses encountering unexpected asbestos behind wall linings or above ceilings, which the principal contractor would otherwise expect to see written into the pack.
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