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What is holding the structure up while you have it open, who inspected the trench this morning, and who signs both back.

From section 3 of the file10 numbered sections
General building and refurbishment risk assessment and method statementEvery row starts with a score
Collapse of a structure you have made weak: openings, underpinning, needling and propping15 5Demolition and soft strip: an unplanned collapse or a wall taken out of sequence10 5Excavation collapse: foundations, underpinning pits, drainage and reduced dig15 5Buried services struck by a digger, a breaker or a hand tool20 5Site vehicles and plant moving where people are walking20 10

Risk without controls, then with them.

16 hazard rows · 15 method steps · 30 source links

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What is in the general building file?

Part of the fileAlready writtenYou add
Risk assessment16 hazard rows, each scored 5 x 5Scores you disagree with
Method statement15 steps, survey to handoverYour sequence and hold points
Temporary worksA register with permit to load and permit to strikeThe engineer and the scheme
RecordsExcavation, scaffold and close-down inspection sheetsThe signatures
Sources30 linksYour document reference

When must an excavation be inspected?

CDM 2015, reg 22(4), where the sides are supported or battered. Three triggers, and no work in the excavation until an unsatisfactory result is put right.

TriggerThe regulation’s words
Every shiftAt the start of the shift in which the work is to be carried out
After an eventAfter any event likely to have affected the strength or stability of the excavation
After a fallAfter any material unintentionally falls or is dislodged

A satisfactory inspection owes no report. Where the inspector is not satisfied, reg 24 gives them 24 hours to hand one over; whoever it was done for keeps it on site until the work is finished, then for 3 months.

Is the propping section a temporary works design?

No. Reg 19(2) wants a support that withstands any foreseeable load on it, and that comes from your engineer. The file names the scheme, the coordinator and who signs the permit to strike.

What does it not know?

It cannot see the structure. It does not know what is carrying the wall you are opening, and it does not make a principal contractor accept your file.