What must be included in a rams for this work?

Full scope and description of management of dust emissions and noise from demolition affecting adjacent occupied areas. Site-specific hazard identification and risk ratings. Risk control: silica dust from concrete demolition causing respiratory disease. Risk control: noise levels exceeding limits and triggering enforcement action. Risk control: dust entering adjacent buildings through windows and ventilation systems. 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

RAMS for Demolition Dust and Noise Control — UK

UK construction-safety guidance by the Riskora Editorial Team

Anyone planning demolition dust and noise control on a UK site faces the same starting question: how is the work going to be controlled? BS 6187 is the British Standard governing demolition work, and its central principle is that no building should be demolished without a written, sequenced plan agreed by a competent demolition engineer. Where demolition dust and noise control is concerned, the Environmental Protection Act 1990, BS 5228, and local authority conditions require dust and noise control during demolition. That is the gap a properly written RAMS closes: between knowing the work is risky and proving the risks are controlled.

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Example RAMS

Full scope and description of management of dust emissions and noise from demolition affecting adjacent occupied areas
Site-specific hazard identification and risk ratings
Risk control: silica dust from concrete demolition causing respiratory disease
Risk control: noise levels exceeding limits and triggering enforcement action

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When This Document Is Required

The Environmental Protection Act 1990, BS 5228, and local authority conditions require dust and noise control during demolition. The RAMS must detail suppression methods and monitoring arrangements.

What Must Be Included

Full scope and description of management of dust emissions and noise from demolition affecting adjacent occupied areas
Site-specific hazard identification and risk ratings
Risk control: silica dust from concrete demolition causing respiratory disease
Risk control: noise levels exceeding limits and triggering enforcement action
Risk control: dust entering adjacent buildings through windows and ventilation systems
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 management of dust emissions and noise from demolition affecting adjacent occupied areas conditions
Not reviewing the document when site conditions change
Missing sign-off from a competent person before work begins
Failing to consider silica dust from concrete demolition causing respiratory disease
Not addressing noise levels exceeding limits and triggering enforcement action
Not briefing all workers on the document content before work starts

Example Scenario

On a current UK job, a groundworks subcontractor has been appointed to carry out this work and the principal contractor has asked for a fully documented RAMS before site access is granted. They open Riskora, choose the closest preset for demolition dust and noise control, work through the hazards already loaded for that type of work, add the conditions specific to their site, and have a draft document ready for review inside ten minutes. The finished document explicitly addresses silica dust from concrete demolition causing respiratory disease, which the principal contractor would otherwise expect to see written into the pack.

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