Guides
Construction quality guides
Practical guides on the documents that get reviewed, written by the people who review them.
ITP Template for Construction: Why ITPs Get RejectedWhat a construction inspection and test plan must contain, the five reasons reviewers reject ITPs, and a free worked example to measure yours against.
ISO 9001 for Construction CompaniesWhat ISO 9001:2015 actually requires of a UK construction contractor, the documents an auditor expects, and what a bought-in QMS can and cannot do.
Project Quality Plan Template to ISO 10005How to structure a construction project quality plan to ISO 10005:2018, section by section, and why Tier 1 reviewers reject the ones they are sent.
Construction Toolbox Talks That Stand Up to an AuditorHow to deliver a construction toolbox talk that satisfies MHSWR 1999 and CDM 2015, what the record must show, and the mistakes auditors find in the file.
RAMS Template for ConstructionWhat a construction RAMS must contain to be accepted by a principal contractor: risk assessment structure, method statement sequence, and the reasons RAMS get rejected.
Construction Handover Documents ChecklistA checklist of construction handover documents: O&M manuals, as-builts, the CDM health and safety file, Regulation 38 information and the certificates by discipline.
Commissioning Plan Template for Building ServicesHow to structure a building services commissioning plan to CIBSE Commissioning Code M, section by section, with the ITPs, test records and witnessing behind it.
The Construction Site Diary: Why It Wins ClaimsWhy the construction site diary decides delay and disruption claims, what a diary entry must record every day, and the habits that make it stand up a year later.
ISO 45001 for Construction CompaniesWhat ISO 45001:2018 asks of a UK contractor, how it sits on top of HSWA and CDM 2015, what an auditor expects, and what a bought-in system can and cannot do.
ISO 14001 for Construction: The EMS on SiteWhat ISO 14001:2015 requires of a UK contractor, the compliance obligations an auditor expects on the register, and how the system and the site CEMP fit together.
Temporary Works Register to BS 5975-1:2024What a temporary works register must record under BS 5975-1:2024 and CDM 2015, the status ladder from brief to strike, and the columns that catch overdue checks.
Gateway 2 Building Safety Act ChecklistWhat a Gateway 2 application for a higher-risk building must contain, how the Building Safety Regulator decides it, and what the contractor needs before and after.
Subcontractor PQQ Questions for ConstructionThe questions a subcontractor PQQ should ask under each Common Assessment Standard area, the pass/fail gates, a defensible scoring method, and the checks after.
Construction Quality Audit ChecklistHow to build a construction quality audit checklist: audit versus inspection, evidence-led questions cited to the standard, scoring, grading findings and close-out.
Non-Conformance Report (NCR) in ConstructionWhat a construction non-conformance report must record, the five dispositions and who authorises each, NCR versus corrective action, and why most are closed wrongly.
Construction Quality Alerts and Lessons LearnedWhat a construction quality alert is, when to issue one, the one-page format, and how a lessons learned register turns NCR trends into briefings for the next project.
Certificate of Conformity Tracker for ConstructionWhich materials certificate proves what: certificates of conformity, Declarations of Performance, UKCA and CE marking, mill certificates, and how to track them.
New Homes Quality Code Pre-Completion InspectionWhat the New Homes Quality Code V2 requires at pre-completion inspection, the developer's own inspection first, the certificates, the demonstration and the clocks after.