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The process on one page

This is the order things normally happen in. Your own procedure may use slightly different words.

• 1. Appoint. The company names a Temporary Works Coordinator for the project, and Temporary Works Supervisors for the work.
• 2. Register. Each item of temporary works goes on a register.
• 3. Brief. A design brief tells the designer what they need to know.
• 4. Design and check. The designer designs it. A checker checks it, at a level suited to its complexity and risk.
• 5. Permit to proceed (where your procedure uses one). The go-ahead to start building.
• 6. Build and inspect. It is built to the design and inspected.
• 7. Permit to load. The coordinator's written go-ahead to load it.
• 8. Use and monitor. Regular inspections while it is in use.
• 9. Permit to unload. The go-ahead to take it out of use, strike it or remove it.

Permit names here follow BS 5975-1:2024. Some sites say permit to pour or permit to strike, but permit to load and permit to unload are the formal names.