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Construction Tools and Free downloads to help your project
We have some free resources for construction tools and free downloads that can help with your construction project. You may not have known about these, but they can be very useful. These downloads include information and examples that can assist you in planning, budgeting and executing your construction project. They are all available for free and can be easily accessible with a simple download. So, if you are looking for helpful resources to make your construction project a success, check out these downloads
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1. Free downloadable Construction Calculator tools
2. Free Templates to help the running of your Construction Project
3. Typical Standards and Regulations in Construction: direct links
4. List of professional bodies in Construction in the UK
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Download Free Online Calculator tools for your construction project
Next to the written information, you will find some helpful resources to download. These resources will assist you in estimating the cost of your construction project.
Discover the Best Free Construction Estimating Downloads
These downloads will help you get a rough idea of how much your construction project may cost.
Get a more detailed breakdown in the form of a Bill of Quantities for your project;
1. Example Bill or Quantities Summary Page
2. Example body of a Bill of Quantities Summary Page
You can use our professional free document downloads to work alongside your builder or contact us on 0800 009 6617 and/or upload your drawings in our Contact Us section.
Free downloads for the operational running of your construction project
We have some free resources available for download that can help with your construction project.
Get Access to High-Quality Free Construction Tools and Free downloads
You may not have known about these, but they can be very useful. These downloads include information and examples that can assist you in planning, budgeting and executing your construction project.
They are all available for free and can be easily accessible with a simple download.
Do you need more detailed paperwork for your construction project?
So, if you are looking for helpful resources to make your construction project a success, check out these downloads next to this written information. And/or, you can hire us to monitor the job on your behalf by calling us on 0800 009 6617 and/or uploading your drawings here.
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Monitor the costs
List of associated people
Interim payment certificates log
Variations to the job
Provisional Sums
Light Contract for your project
Options for disputes with your builder
18 Typical Standards and Regulations in UK Construction: including direct links
What are Building Regulations and Approved documents?
- Building Regulations: set out minimum standards for the design and construction of buildings to ensure health, safety, and welfare of the occupants. https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2010/2214/contents/made
- Health and Safety at Work Act: requires employers to ensure the health and safety of their employees and others who may be affected by their work. Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974
- Construction (Design and Management) Regulations: require designers and contractors to plan and manage construction projects to ensure health and safety. https://www.hse.gov.uk/construction/cdm/2015/index.htm
- Control of Asbestos Regulations: regulate the use, handling, and disposal of asbestos to protect workers and the public from the risks of exposure. https://www.hse.gov.uk/asbestos/regulations.htm
How can you reduce accidents in your workplace or construction site?
- Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations: set out requirements for the provision of a safe and healthy working environment, including ventilation, lighting, and space. https://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/books/l24.htm
- Electricity at Work Regulations: require employers to ensure that electrical equipment and systems are safe and to provide information, instruction, and training to employees. https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1989/635/contents/made
- Manual Handling Operations Regulations: require employers to assess and minimise the risk of injury from manual handling operations. https://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/books/l23.htm
- Personal Protective Equipment at Work Regulations: require employers to provide and maintain personal protective equipment where there is a risk of injury that cannot be controlled by other means. Personal protective equipment (PPE) at work regulations from 6 April 2022
Why is your back hurting every time you go on site?
- Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations: require employers to ensure that lifting operations are planned, supervised, and carried out safely, and that lifting equipment is suitable and maintained. https://www.hse.gov.uk/work-equipment-machinery/loler.htm
- Noise at Work Regulations: require employers to prevent or reduce the risk of noise-induced hearing loss among their employees. The Control of Noise at Work Regulations 2005
- Pressure Systems Safety Regulations: require the safe design, construction, examination, and use of pressure systems, and the provision of information, instruction, and training to employees. Pressure Systems Safety Regulations 2000
- Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations: require employers to ensure that work equipment is suitable for the intended use, is safe, and is maintained in a safe condition. Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998 (PUWER)
- Scaffolding Regulations: require scaffolding to be erected, altered, and dismantled safely, and to be maintained in a safe condition. Scaffolding Regulations
Does my workplace require a fire safety officer?
- Fire Precautions (Workplace) Regulations: require employers to take fire precautions to protect employees and property in the workplace. Fire Precautions (Workplace) Regulations
- Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations: require employers to report certain incidents, including accidents and near misses, to the enforcing authority. RIDDOR – Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 2013
- Construction (Head Protection) Regulations: require employers to provide head protection to employees working in areas where there is a risk of head injury. The Construction (Head Protection) Regulations 1989
- Construction (Eye Protection) Regulations: require employers to provide eye protection to employees working in areas where there is a risk of eye injury. Using personal protective equipment (PPE) to control risks at work
- Construction (Hand Protection) Regulations: require employers to provide hand protection to employees working in areas where there is a risk of hand injury. Hand Protection (PPE) to control risks at work
List of professional bodies in Construction
- Health and Safety Executive (HSE)
- Construction Industry Training Board (CITB)
- National House-Building Council (NHBC)
- Building Control bodies (local authorities or approved inspectors)
- Chartered Institute of Architectural Technologists (CIAT)
- Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA)
- Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS)
- Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB)
- Chartered Institute of Architect (CIA)
- Chartered Institute of Plumbing and Heating Engineering (CIPHE)
- Chartered Institute of Structural Engineers (CICE)
- Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE)
- Institute of Demolition Engineers (IDE)
- Institute of Lighting Professionals (ILP)
- Institute of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE)
- Institute of Acoustics (IOA)
- Institute of Gas Engineers and Managers (IGEM)
- Association of Consulting Engineers (ACE)
- Association of Project Safety (APS)
- Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH)
- Safety Assessment Federation (SAFed)
- British Safety Council (BSC)