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Pre-Start Checklist for Construction Sites

by Matt Payne, from the Community

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Ensure your construction site is ready to start with this pre-start checklist. Confirm site address and access, health and safety signage, RAMS and drawings, welfare facilities, utilities, plant and access equipment, scaffolding and edge protection, labor and materials, and delivery schedules from yard and suppliers. Ideal for contracts directors and managers overseeing site setup and compliance.

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Pre-Start Health and Safety Audit Checklist
Use this pre-start health and safety audit checklist to prepare smaller construction projects before work begins. The template guides site teams through key pre-start controls including site security and sign-in, required documentation and permits, quality plans and ITPs, working at height selection, materials handling and storage, welfare and first aid, housekeeping and traffic routes, plant and equipment, lifting plans and trained personnel, PPE, fire procedures, environmental lighting and waste, hazardous substances and COSHH, signage and notices, health surveillance, and closeout. Ideal for ensuring compliance and readiness prior to commencing site activities.
by Richard Woollard, from the Community
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Pre-Start Site Inspection Checklist V2
Use this pre-start site inspection checklist to confirm site readiness before installation. Review bases and headroom, identify obstructions, confirm safe access for vehicles and crane setup, and verify ground preparation. Check for issues that could affect the program or method of work, note environmental considerations such as noise and vibration, and ensure welfare facilities are acceptable. Ideal for contract managers overseeing precast installations and general construction works, this template standardizes pre-job checks and records comments and completion details.
by Michael Purkess, from the Community
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Construction Site Safety Audit Checklist
This construction site safety audit checklist helps site managers and inspectors assess compliance across critical areas including access and egress, scaffolding and access equipment, asbestos management, confined spaces and lone working, COSHH, demolition operations, edge protection, electrical safety, environmental management, excavations and earthworks, fall arrest and safety netting, fire risk management, first aid readiness, housekeeping, health and safety plans, inductions and sign-in, lifting operations and equipment, low-level access, manual handling, mobile towers, occupational health and HAVS, PPE availability and registers, plant and equipment, registers and records, RAMS for all trades and activities, protection of the public, scaffolding and working platforms, site security and CCTV, site setup and statutory signage, specialist operations, storage of substances and fuels, temporary works to BS5975, traffic management and pedestrian segregation, training and certifications, waste management, welfare facilities, working at height, site H and S file, cleanliness, lighting, and accident and near-miss recording.
by Kevin Mullarkey, from the Community
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Site Monthly Safety Audit Checklist
This site monthly safety audit checklist helps construction teams review critical health and safety controls. It covers WHS management plans, inductions and competency, PPE compliance, emergency procedures and muster points, availability of first aid and fire equipment, SWMS access and understanding, and required site signage. Inspect housekeeping and waste, separation of plant and people, pre start checks, licensing, and maintenance records, scaffolding tags and edge protection, electrical test and tag and RCDs, fencing and barricades, material storage and lifting aids, and hazardous chemical registers. Includes summary and sign offs.
by Michael Mullen, from the Community
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Pre-Start Health and Safety Audit Checklist

Use this pre-start health and safety audit checklist to prepare smaller construction projects before work begins. The template guides site teams through key pre-start controls including site security and sign-in, required documentation and permits, quality plans and ITPs, working at height selection, materials handling and storage, welfare and first aid, housekeeping and traffic routes, plant and equipment, lifting plans and trained personnel, PPE, fire procedures, environmental lighting and waste, hazardous substances and COSHH, signage and notices, health surveillance, and closeout. Ideal for ensuring compliance and readiness prior to commencing site activities.

by Richard Woollard, from the Community

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Pre-Start Site Inspection Checklist V2

Use this pre-start site inspection checklist to confirm site readiness before installation. Review bases and headroom, identify obstructions, confirm safe access for vehicles and crane setup, and verify ground preparation. Check for issues that could affect the program or method of work, note environmental considerations such as noise and vibration, and ensure welfare facilities are acceptable. Ideal for contract managers overseeing precast installations and general construction works, this template standardizes pre-job checks and records comments and completion details.

by Michael Purkess, from the Community

30+

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Construction Site Safety Audit Checklist

This construction site safety audit checklist helps site managers and inspectors assess compliance across critical areas including access and egress, scaffolding and access equipment, asbestos management, confined spaces and lone working, COSHH, demolition operations, edge protection, electrical safety, environmental management, excavations and earthworks, fall arrest and safety netting, fire risk management, first aid readiness, housekeeping, health and safety plans, inductions and sign-in, lifting operations and equipment, low-level access, manual handling, mobile towers, occupational health and HAVS, PPE availability and registers, plant and equipment, registers and records, RAMS for all trades and activities, protection of the public, scaffolding and working platforms, site security and CCTV, site setup and statutory signage, specialist operations, storage of substances and fuels, temporary works to BS5975, traffic management and pedestrian segregation, training and certifications, waste management, welfare facilities, working at height, site H and S file, cleanliness, lighting, and accident and near-miss recording.

by Kevin Mullarkey, from the Community

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Site Monthly Safety Audit Checklist

This site monthly safety audit checklist helps construction teams review critical health and safety controls. It covers WHS management plans, inductions and competency, PPE compliance, emergency procedures and muster points, availability of first aid and fire equipment, SWMS access and understanding, and required site signage. Inspect housekeeping and waste, separation of plant and people, pre start checks, licensing, and maintenance records, scaffolding tags and edge protection, electrical test and tag and RCDs, fencing and barricades, material storage and lifting aids, and hazardous chemical registers. Includes summary and sign offs.

by Michael Mullen, from the Community

10+

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Pre-Start Checklist for Construction Sites

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