What must be included in a method statement for this work?

Full scope and description of hand-dug trial holes to verify the position, depth, and condition of underground services. Site-specific hazard identification and risk ratings. Risk control: striking services during hand digging when positions are inaccurately recorded. Risk control: trial hole collapse in unstable ground conditions. Risk control: inadequate recording of service positions leading to future strikes during main excavation. PPE and RPE requirements for all personnel. Emergency procedures and response arrangements. Competency requirements and training records. Communication and briefing procedures. Supervision and monitoring arrangements. Review schedule and sign-off by competent person

Method Statement for Trial Holes to Locate Utilities — London

UK construction-safety guidance by the Riskora Editorial Team

The standards that apply to trial holes to locate utilities — london are clear, but applying them on a real site is where most contractors trip up. Utility owners (DNOs, gas networks, water companies) have specific safe-working requirements that must be incorporated into any document covering work on or near their apparatus. Where trial holes to locate utilities — london is concerned, HSG47 recommends trial holes to confirm service positions identified by CAT & Genny and GPR surveys. The right Method Statement pulls all of this together — the law, the site, the people, the controls — into one document that does the job.

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Example Method Statement

Full scope and description of hand-dug trial holes to verify the position, depth, and condition of underground services
Site-specific hazard identification and risk ratings
Risk control: striking services during hand digging when positions are inaccurately recorded
Risk control: trial hole collapse in unstable ground conditions

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When This Document Is Required

HSG47 recommends trial holes to confirm service positions identified by CAT & Genny and GPR surveys. The method statement must detail hand-dig procedures, shoring for deeper trial holes, and recording requirements.

What Must Be Included

Full scope and description of hand-dug trial holes to verify the position, depth, and condition of underground services
Site-specific hazard identification and risk ratings
Risk control: striking services during hand digging when positions are inaccurately recorded
Risk control: trial hole collapse in unstable ground conditions
Risk control: inadequate recording of service positions leading to future strikes during main excavation
PPE and RPE requirements for all personnel
Emergency procedures and response arrangements
Competency requirements and training records
Communication and briefing procedures
Supervision and monitoring arrangements
Review schedule and sign-off by competent person

Common Mistakes to Avoid

Using a generic template without adapting it to the specific hand-dug trial holes to verify the position, depth, and condition of underground services conditions
Not reviewing the document when site conditions change
Missing sign-off from a competent person before work begins
Failing to consider striking services during hand digging when positions are inaccurately recorded
Not addressing trial hole collapse in unstable ground conditions
Not briefing all workers on the document content before work starts

Example Scenario

A method-statement author delivering a contract has discovered that the existing template they have been using does not actually cover the activities on the new job — they need a fresh Method Statement. 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 striking services during hand digging when positions are inaccurately recorded, which the principal contractor would otherwise expect to see written into the pack.

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