SWMS review — read against the work actually being done

Who this is for

• Builders receiving subcontractor SWMS they have to accept or reject.
• Subcontractors whose SWMS keep getting knocked back.
• Project teams standardising what "acceptable" means across trades.
• Anyone who has downloaded a generic template and suspects it will not hold up.

The problem it solves

The common failures are consistent: steps written so broadly they describe no particular job; hazards listed without the controls that match them; high-risk construction work not identified where it plainly applies; controls that name a hierarchy level but not an actual control; and nothing site-specific at all. None of that is visible from a signature on the front page.

What Obras does

• Read the steps against the work, in the order the work happens.
• Check hazards are identified at the step where they arise, not gathered in a list at the end.
• Check controls follow the hierarchy and name something real.
• Check high-risk construction work is identified where it applies.
• Check consultation, review and sign-on sections are usable rather than decorative.
• Check the document is specific to a site rather than to an industry.

What you receive

• A marked-up review of each SWMS with what is missing and why it matters.
• A short, plain statement of whether it is fit to work from as written.
• Where you want it, a rewritten controlled Obras SWMS for that activity.