Built for Drainage Contractors
RAMS, CPP & Site Documents for Drainage Contractors
Trench work, confined space entry, contaminated water — drainage is high-risk work that demands proper RAMS. Stop using a generic template for work that can kill.
No card needed · Used by UK drainage contractors · CDM 2015 compliant
Built for Drainage Contractors
Real work, real hazards. Pick the job closest to yours to start a free job pack with the scope already filled in:
Below-ground drainage installation
Foul and surface water drains, manholes, inspection chambers — covers trench collapse, confined space entry, and working near contaminated water.
Start with this job →Drain repair and relining
CCTV survey, patch lining, structural relining — covers confined space entry into manholes, exposure to sewage, and working in live drainage systems.
Start with this job →SuDS and soakaway installation
Attenuation tanks, permeable paving, swales — covers excavation, plant operations near excavations, and manual handling of heavy crate systems.
Start with this job →Sewage treatment plant installation
Package treatment plants, septic tanks, pump chambers — covers deep excavation, crane lifts, confined space entry, and biological hazards.
Start with this job →What You Get
Job-specific RAMS
Describe your job and get professional risk assessments covering trench collapse and other trade-specific hazards.
Construction Phase Plans
CDM 2015 compliant CPPs created from your job description. Covers management arrangements, risk control, welfare, and emergency procedures.
COSHH Assessments
Smart substance search and SDS upload. Pre-loaded with common drainage contractor substances like solvent cement for drainage pipework (e.g. tangit pvc-u) and exposure to hydrogen sulphide gas in sewers.
Site Inductions
Digital induction sign-offs for every worker on site. Linked to your CPP and site rules. Works on any phone or tablet.
Worker & subcontractor tracking
Track certifications, insurance, and CSCS cards. Get alerts before documents expire. One view for all your workers.
Digital document sharing
Share your full document pack with clients, principal contractors, or inspectors via a secure read-only link. No login needed on their end.
Common Hazards We Cover
These are the real risks drainage contractors face on site every day. Your RAMS will address each one with specific control measures.
- Trench collapse — drainage trenches are often deep (1m+) and in variable ground conditions; collapse can bury and kill workers
- Confined space entry — manholes, chambers, and tanks may contain toxic or oxygen-depleted atmospheres (hydrogen sulphide, methane)
- Biological hazards — contact with raw sewage, contaminated water, and soil carrying leptospirosis (Weil's disease)
- Plant operations near open excavations — excavators working close to trench edges and workers in trenches
- Striking buried services — drainage routes often run parallel to gas, water, and electricity services
- Manual handling of heavy components — manhole rings, inspection chambers, and drainage pipes
What's included at each tier
Starter
£0- Risk Assessments (RAMS)
- Construction Phase Plans (CPP)
- Site inductions
- Worker document signing (no per-signature charge)
Pro
£39/mo or £360/yr- Risk Assessments (RAMS)
- Construction Phase Plans (CPP)
- Site inductions
- COSHH assessments (standalone doc, SDS upload, site-specific register)
- Worker cert tracking and expiry alerts
- Right-to-work evidence records
- Subcontractor tracking
- Toolbox talks
- Worker document signing (no per-signature charge)
- Integrations (Drive, Xero, Zapier)
Business
£199/mo- Risk Assessments (RAMS)
- Construction Phase Plans (CPP)
- Site inductions
- COSHH assessments (standalone doc, SDS upload, site-specific register)
- Worker cert tracking and expiry alerts
- Right-to-work evidence records
- Subcontractor tracking
- Toolbox talks
- Worker document signing (no per-signature charge)
- Integrations (Drive, Xero, Zapier)
- Up to 10 internal team logins
- Site Supervisor: a field-only login for whoever runs the site
- Up to 50 active site portal users
- Site attendance check-in/check-out
- Multilingual worker inductions (9 languages)
- Optional 4-digit PIN for shared-link document sign-off
- Slack Site Ready readiness checks
Site Control
£675/site/mo- Risk Assessments (RAMS)
- Construction Phase Plans (CPP)
- Site inductions
- COSHH assessments (standalone doc, SDS upload, site-specific register)
- Worker cert tracking and expiry alerts
- Right-to-work evidence records
- Subcontractor tracking
- Toolbox talks
- Worker document signing (no per-signature charge)
- Integrations (Drive, Xero, Zapier)
- Up to 10 internal team logins
- Site Supervisor: a field-only login for whoever runs the site
- Up to 50 active site portal users
- Site attendance check-in/check-out
- Multilingual worker inductions (9 languages)
- Optional 4-digit PIN for shared-link document sign-off
- Slack Site Ready readiness checks
- Permanent entrance QR: guest sign-in and contractor self-join
- CSCS credential capture, review and expiry alerts
- Digital induction gating before check-in
- Live people-on-site, attendance and audit-grade exports
- Single sign-on (SSO) with Okta or Microsoft Entra
- Public REST API with scoped account keys
- Signed real-time webhooks into your own systems
Running live sites with subcontractors? Site Control is the per-site enterprise tier above Business — entrance QR sign-in, CSCS checks, induction gating, live attendance and audit-grade exports. From £675/site per month, plus £5,000 setup.
Frequently Asked Questions
- Do I need RAMS as a drainage contractor?
- Yes, and they must be thorough. Drainage work involves some of the highest-risk activities in construction — trench collapse, confined space entry, and biological hazards from sewage. Principal contractors and clients will require detailed RAMS that demonstrate you have planned for these risks. The Confined Spaces Regulations 1997 require a specific risk assessment for any confined space entry.
- How long does it take to create RAMS for drainage work?
- Under 5 minutes with The Site Book. Describe the job — for example, 'new foul drainage run with 3 manholes for a housing development' — and the AI generates RAMS covering trench support, confined space entry, buried services, biological hazards, and all relevant control measures.
- Does The Site Book cover confined space and trench safety?
- Yes. The Site Book generates RAMS that reference the Confined Spaces Regulations 1997, including atmospheric monitoring, rescue planning, and permit-to-enter systems. It also covers trench support requirements, battering angles, and edge protection under CDM 2015 and HSE guidance for excavation work.
Why The Site Book
- UK construction compliance tool that ships RAMS + CPP + COSHH + inductions (readable and acknowledgeable in 9 worker languages on Business, with the language audit-recorded) + worker sign-off, including optional 4-digit shared-link PIN evidence on Business, plus site attendance, portal users, site files, document reviews, subcontractor evidence and inspections/actions.
- Generate a site-specific RAMS first draft from a natural-language brief in under five minutes, ready for competent-person review - not a template library you hand-fill.
- Controlled document workflow without an enterprise contract: version history and a recorded issue confirmation before a document is shared with a client or downloaded in the app on every plan, re-sign on revision with superseded signatures preserved plus PCPP import, cert tracking and document checking from the £39/month Pro plan - and on Business, optional named-approver routing (a designated approver accepts or rejects each version, with recorded reasons, before it can be issued) plus client approve/reject/request-changes via share links.
- Transparent pricing: Starter £0, Pro £39/month or £360/year, Business £199/month with 10 management logins and 50 active site portal users. Worker document signing has no per-signature charge; project workers count as active portal users while assigned.
- Build RAMS for any trade - add your own work types and method statements alongside the built-in library, reusable across projects, including a ready-made Commercial Solar PV group. Save a finished job as a reusable project template, or clone it, so the next job of the same shape starts from your own setup.
- COSHH goes deep: a standalone COSHH assessment document, upload-a-Safety-Data-Sheet extraction, a site-specific substance register and an expert-reviewed library - plus per-worker RAMS sign-off and a one-click Audit Pack covering documents, sign-offs, worker evidence, attendance, incidents, COSHH, permits and up to the latest 500 live Site Diary entries.
Ready to stop writing RAMS by hand?
Describe your job, get professional RAMS, CPP, and COSHH assessments in minutes. No credit card required.