Free tools for UAE construction HSE teams

Daily summer check against the MOHRE midday break decision: work stopped 12:30–15:00, shade, cool water, rehydration salts and a heat-illness response.

Camp walk against Ministerial Resolution 44 of 2022: room occupancy and floor area, sanitation ratios, kitchens, potable water, fire safety and welfare records.

Abu Dhabi entity walk against the ADOSH-SF System Framework: management elements, risk assessment, heat stress, height, PPE, signage and reporting.

Dubai site walk against the Code of Construction Safety Practice: HSE plan and officer ratio, hoarding, height and scaffold, excavation, lifting, power and statistics.

Fire and life safety walk against the UAE Fire and Life Safety Code of Practice: firefighting provision, hot work, flammable storage, escape and drills.

Abu Dhabi environmental walk against the CEMP requirements: PM10 monitoring against 150 µg/m³, dust suppression, wheel wash, spill control and waste manifests.

Trakhees-jurisdiction walk: registered officers, permit regime, height and confined space controls, equipment colour coding, welfare ratios and reporting.

Everything that must exist before the first work front opens: approvals, boundary, utilities, logistics and emergency arrangements.

Weekly welfare walk covering toilets, washing, rest and eating areas, drinking water and prayer facilities.

Verifies every person on site has been inducted, is competent for their task and that high-risk roles hold valid third-party cards.

Checks PPE is issued, recorded, fit for the hazard, in condition and actually being worn.

Height walk covering access, edge protection, openings, fall arrest, rescue and dropped objects.

Weekly scaffold inspection covering foundation, tie-in, platforms, tagging and modifications.

Daily excavation check covering services, support, access, edge loading, water, atmosphere and public protection.

Lift-day check covering the lift plan, appointed persons, certification, gear, ground conditions and exclusion zones.

Entry-day check covering permits, isolation, gas testing, ventilation, attendants, communication and rescue.

Audit of the permit system itself: issue, display, cross-checks, suspension, handback and register accuracy.

Pre-start and daily checks for demolition: survey, isolation, structural sequence, exclusion, dust and waste.

Verifies temporary works are designed, checked, loaded and struck under control.

Traffic and plant walk covering routes, segregation, reversing, operator competence and daily inspections.

Pre-use checks for mobile elevating work platforms and materials-handling plant, including rescue from height.

Electrical safety walk covering distribution, RCDs, cables, generators, portable tools and isolation.

Daily hot work and fire prevention check for a construction site, including cylinders, watch periods and escape.

Chemical and dust controls: register, SDS, labelling, storage, exposure control and health surveillance.

Tests that the site can actually respond: alarm, muster, roll call, first aid, medical route and drills.

The walk that prevents most slips, trips, fires and dropped objects: access, storage, waste and cleanliness.

Site environmental walk usable in any Emirate, covering dust, noise, water, spills, wildlife and complaints.

Checks for night shifts: approvals, lighting, supervision, fatigue, communication and handover.

Office-side audit closing the loop: legal register, risk assessments, inspections, incidents, actions and review.