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Site Logistics & Deliveries Method Statements & Risk Assessments

Logistics RAMS are often treated as an administrative formality and then rejected because the vehicle-pedestrian interface is asserted rather than designed. Reviewers want to see a traffic management arrangement that reflects the actual site layout at the actual phase of works.

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Activities covered

Each document is written for the specific activity, site and programme — not adapted from a template for the trade.

Delivery scheduling and booking systems
Vehicle routing, marshalling and turning
Offloading by crane, forklift and lorry loader
Material distribution and storage
Waste segregation and removal
Pedestrian route management
Temporary works to hardstanding and access routes
Site security and gate control

Hazards the assessment must address

  • Vehicle striking pedestrians on site
  • Reversing vehicles and blind spots
  • Load instability during offloading
  • Vehicle overturning on soft or uneven ground
  • Falls from vehicles during sheeting and unsheeting
  • Public interface at site entrances and on the highway
  • Overhead services on delivery routes
  • Manual handling during distribution

Regulations that apply

CDM 2015Regulation 27 — traffic routes and vehicle-pedestrian segregation.
Workplace Transport (HSG136)Safe workplace transport — the benchmark guidance for site traffic.
LOLER 1998Offloading by lorry loader, forklift or crane is a lifting operation.
PUWER 1998Site vehicles, forklifts and telehandlers — suitability and driver competence.
Chapter 8 / NRSWAWhere works affect the public highway.
Road Traffic ActVehicles entering and leaving the site, and wheel wash requirements.

Why site logistics RAMS get rejected

These are the findings that come up repeatedly on the reviewing side for this trade. If your document has been returned, the reason is very likely in this list.

No traffic management plan or site layout drawing accompanying the method statement
Segregation described in words with no physical barrier arrangement specified
Banksman and marshal roles not named or trained-competence not evidenced
Reversing described as "avoided where possible" with no turning arrangement designed
Offloading described without recognising it as a lifting operation under LOLER
Public highway interface not addressed where vehicles queue or reverse from the road
Ground bearing for delivery vehicles and crane offloading not considered
No arrangement for out-of-hours or unbooked deliveries

Already been rejected? Send the document and the reviewer's comments. We diagnose exactly why it failed, rewrite it against your site information, and support the resubmission until it is accepted — at no extra charge.

The lifting element people miss

Offloading is the part reviewers most often find missing. A delivery lifted off by lorry loader, telehandler or forklift is a lifting operation under LOLER 1998 and needs planning by a competent person — generic delivery lift plans cover repetitive deliveries efficiently.

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