Temporary works companion content 

On this page:

• News and legislation
• Temporary works document templates
• Simplified temporary works flowchart
• Case studies
• Further reading
• Glossary

News and legislation

BS 5975 is currently going through consultation. To keep informed of progress, follow these British Standards Institution standards development pages:

BS 5975-1 Code of Practice for Temporary Works – Procedures, General Information and Design of Falsework. Part 1: Management procedures for the control of temporary works

BS 5975-2 Code of Practice for Temporary Works – Procedures, General Information and Design of Falsework. Part 2: The design of falsework

Temporary works document templates

These templates are designed to support the exercises from the training courses and represent what is typically required from such documents:

• Design brief (PDF, 715KB)
• Temporary works register (PDF, 708KB)
• Inspection checklist and record (PDF, 1.2MB)
• Design and checks certificate (PDF, 708KB)
• Permit to load (PDF, 667KB)
• Permit to unload (PDF, 661KB)

It can be helpful to see forms used ‘in action’ to understand the level and type of information that is expected. These forms are completed examples based on the blank templates above. They are based on a scenario that is outlined in the first document in this list.

• Completed example - Scenario brief (PDF, 96KB)
• Completed example - Design brief (PDF, 130KB)
• Completed example - Temporary works register (PDF, 172KB)
• Completed example - Inspection checklist and record (PDF, 139KB)
• Completed example - Design and checks certificate (PDF, 161KB)
• Completed example - Permit to load (PDF, 157KB)
• Completed example - Permit to unload (PDF, 189KB)

The following forms may apply to any construction project, they are therefore relevant to temporary works. These forms come from a wider collection of checklists and forms that accompany the GE700 publication.

• GA08 Method statement (PDF, 243KB) 
• GA09: Method statement  review (PDF, 572KB)
• GA10: Risk assessment and method statement review (PDF, 127KB) 

Simplified temporary works flowchart

A simplified temporary works flowchart has been developed with the support of Andun Engineering Consultants, the flowchart breaks the project steps down into:

• Role appointment
• Process 
• Key TW document

Download a copy of the simplified flowchart (PDF, 163KB)

The full flowchart, on which this is based, can be found at http://andun.co.uk/temporary-works-flowchart.

Case studies

This below accordion contains links to articles relating to 11 key incidents,  that trainers may choose to develop into case studies or scenarios to support exercises or the wider scheme of work.

Further Reading

The below accordion contains a selection of further reading that includes standards and guidance. Where the document is freely available a direct link has been included.

Glossary

This list was developed in collaboration with industry stakeholders and trainers to determine the common technical terms that should be covered to help fulfil the courses’ schemes of work.