As part of the continuous improvement strategy in the home building sector, members of the HBF Health and Safety Committee (HBF HSC) have developed this “Temporary Works Guidance”.

This document outlines the Temporary Works process from initial design, construction, erection, installation, pre-use inspection, in use inspection then subsequent decommissioning, dismantling, removal etc. This Guidance is for all organisations who are HBF members. The Guidance is also free to use by other organisations who do not have their own Temporary Works processes.

This Guidance is applicable to the process associated with Temporary Works across all home building operations and outlines the appointment of Designated Individuals and other defined roles, the actual TW Process focusing primarily on TW associated with standard home building or refurbishment operations.