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Detailed Groundworks Audit Checklist

by Phillip Hinton, from the Community

This detailed groundworks audit checklist helps construction teams assess excavation safety, underground and overhead services, plant and vehicle controls, temporary works, traffic management, and occupational health. It references HSE guidance (HSG47, GS6), PAS 128, and PUWER best practices. Use it to verify permits, competence, calibrations, barriers, edge protection, exclusion zones, and emergency planning, and to document findings with photos, comments, and sign-offs.

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Sub Contractor Groundworks Audit Checklist
This subcontractor groundworks audit checklist helps site teams assess compliance and safety on civil engineering and groundwork activities. It covers site documentation such as inductions, sign in, RAMS, toolbox talks, HAVS records and temporary works. Review permits to dig, CAT scanning and training, excavation edge protection and shoring, overhead cable controls to GS6, and bucket change areas. Inspect hazardous substances storage, spill response and bunding. Verify PPE and RPE, dust suppression, face fit testing, and plant segregation, beacons, seat belts and safe parking. References include PUWER and LOLER.
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Groundworks Health and Safety Site Support Visit
This groundworks health and safety site support visit checklist helps supervisors and auditors review compliance on construction sites. It covers safety documentation and inductions, method statements and risk assessments, training records, permits, and insurance. Assess site setup and welfare, traffic management and public safety, and principal contractor duties. Verify plant and equipment inspections, LOLER records, beacons, alarms, guards, and seatbelts. Check workplace controls including banksmen, excavations and HSG47 requirements, temporary works, edge protection, and confined spaces. Review PPE, environmental controls, ancillary equipment, and record findings and sign-off.
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Eurogold Groundworks Health and Safety Audit
This groundworks health and safety audit checklist helps site teams and supervisors verify compliance on construction projects. It covers safety documentation such as inductions, risk and method statements, COSHH, insurance, training and inspection records. Site setup and management include welfare, signage, muster point and first aid. Plant and equipment checks include daily inspections, PAT, LOLER, beacons, alarms, guards, seatbelts and use of banksmen. Workplace controls address housekeeping, excavations, temporary works, confined spaces, material storage, access and egress, scaffolds and work at height. PPE requirements are verified along with toolbox talks, permits, spill control and fire safety. Use this template to identify hazards, raise corrective actions and improve compliance across groundworks operations.
by Jonny Ellis, from the Community
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Groundworks Safety Inspection 2022
Use this groundworks safety inspection checklist to audit construction sites and reduce risk during excavation and civils work. The template covers training and inductions, site security and notices, fire and emergency planning, asbestos management, risk assessments and method statements, COSHH, noise, vibration and dust controls, permits to work, public protection, welfare and first aid, PPE, housekeeping and safe access, lifting operations and LOLER, manual handling, excavations and stockpiles, plant and machinery, traffic routes, environmental controls, and confined spaces.
by James Cumming, from the Community
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Sub Contractor Groundworks Audit Checklist

This subcontractor groundworks audit checklist helps site teams assess compliance and safety on civil engineering and groundwork activities. It covers site documentation such as inductions, sign in, RAMS, toolbox talks, HAVS records and temporary works. Review permits to dig, CAT scanning and training, excavation edge protection and shoring, overhead cable controls to GS6, and bucket change areas. Inspect hazardous substances storage, spill response and bunding. Verify PPE and RPE, dust suppression, face fit testing, and plant segregation, beacons, seat belts and safe parking. References include PUWER and LOLER.

by Auxil Ltd Health & Safety, from the Community

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Groundworks Health and Safety Site Support Visit

This groundworks health and safety site support visit checklist helps supervisors and auditors review compliance on construction sites. It covers safety documentation and inductions, method statements and risk assessments, training records, permits, and insurance. Assess site setup and welfare, traffic management and public safety, and principal contractor duties. Verify plant and equipment inspections, LOLER records, beacons, alarms, guards, and seatbelts. Check workplace controls including banksmen, excavations and HSG47 requirements, temporary works, edge protection, and confined spaces. Review PPE, environmental controls, ancillary equipment, and record findings and sign-off.

by Michaela Connor, from the Community

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Eurogold Groundworks Health and Safety Audit

This groundworks health and safety audit checklist helps site teams and supervisors verify compliance on construction projects. It covers safety documentation such as inductions, risk and method statements, COSHH, insurance, training and inspection records. Site setup and management include welfare, signage, muster point and first aid. Plant and equipment checks include daily inspections, PAT, LOLER, beacons, alarms, guards, seatbelts and use of banksmen. Workplace controls address housekeeping, excavations, temporary works, confined spaces, material storage, access and egress, scaffolds and work at height. PPE requirements are verified along with toolbox talks, permits, spill control and fire safety. Use this template to identify hazards, raise corrective actions and improve compliance across groundworks operations.

by Jonny Ellis, from the Community

20+

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Groundworks Safety Inspection 2022

Use this groundworks safety inspection checklist to audit construction sites and reduce risk during excavation and civils work. The template covers training and inductions, site security and notices, fire and emergency planning, asbestos management, risk assessments and method statements, COSHH, noise, vibration and dust controls, permits to work, public protection, welfare and first aid, PPE, housekeeping and safe access, lifting operations and LOLER, manual handling, excavations and stockpiles, plant and machinery, traffic routes, environmental controls, and confined spaces.

by James Cumming, from the Community

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Detailed Groundworks Audit Checklist

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