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What checking method statements (RAMS) costs in PlanOps

Put in your own numbers to see what it costs to check each subcontractor's risk assessment and method statement (RAMS) in PlanOps, and what the reviewer time you get back is worth. Checking a single document on this website stays free.

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From all your subcontractors, across your jobs.

Your estimate. Each one is counted as one re-check.

An assumption. Change it to what a competent review takes your team.

An assumption. Change it to suit.

An assumption. Someone still has to make the call.

Fully loaded: salary, on-costs and overheads.

What it works out at

IU credits a month

96 IU credits

20 first checks × 4 credits
80 credits
8 re-checks × 2 credits40% of 20 RAMS, to the nearest whole RAMS
16 credits

Cost per RAMS

£2.40

To get each RAMS accepted, re-checks included: 4.8 IU credits on average at £0.50 per credit. A first check works out at £2.00 and a re-check at £1.00.

Monthly cost

£100

Single User plan at £100 with 200 IU credits. The cheapest way to cover your RAMS on today's prices.

Left over for other work

104 IU credits a month

Your RAMS use 96 of the 200 credits you pay for each month. The other 104 credits are yours for anything else in PlanOps. On their own, they'd cover:

  • 52 drawing revision comparisons2 credits each
  • 104 plant hire tickets added to the plant register1 credit each
  • 52 plant off-hires closed out and the register updated2 credits each
  • 34 design checks that find the gaps and raise the RFIs3 credits each

Or any mix of them, on any of your jobs.

Reviewer time

Checking by hand
24.0 hrs
Reading PlanOps reports
2.3 hrs
Hours back each month
21.7 hrs

Worth £1,300 a month at £60 an hour.

Net saving
£1,200 a month
Plus 104 credits (£52) left for other work
Return
13.0×Value of the time back for every £1 spent

The time saved covers the monthly cost after the first 2 RAMS each month.

Start free in PlanOps

Start on the free plan with 50 IU credits. No card needed.

These are your numbers, not ours. A competent person still decides whether each RAMS is right for the site, so the calculator counts the time your reviewer spends reading each report.

What's included in 4 IU credits

  • Up to 20 documents in the RAMS pack, all read and sorted, with no per-document charge
  • The scored report
  • A toolbox talk for the job
  • Follow-up actions to send back to the subcontractor

Re-checks are 2 IU credits. When the subcontractor resubmits, checking the new version costs 2 credits, not another 4.

  • Manual pass or fail review: no credits used
  • Issuing the RAMS sign-off to operatives: no credits used
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