Construction Phase Plan Software
Construction phase plan software
Featherstone Safety Hub helps UK contractors and principal contractors produce a construction phase plan for every project, from a guided structure rather than a reused Word document. Build the plan against the project it belongs to, take it through review, approval and issue, keep earlier versions as the work changes, and hold it alongside the RAMS, inspections and inductions for the same job.
Built by Thomas Featherstone, NEBOSH IGC-qualified and IOSH Managing Safely trained. Part of the Construction & CDM add-on at £99 per month on top of a Starter or Professional plan, with a 14-day free trial of the platform and no long-term contract.
Written by Thomas Featherstone, NEBOSH IGC-qualified and IOSH Managing Safely trained · Reviewed June 2026
A construction phase plan without the blank page
Under CDM 2015 a construction phase plan must be drawn up before the construction phase begins on every project. On a project with a single contractor that duty falls to the contractor; where there is more than one, it falls to the principal contractor. The plan sets out the health and safety arrangements, site rules and specific measures for the work, and it is meant to be a living document, reviewed and updated as the job progresses, not written once and filed.
Featherstone Safety Hub gives you a guided construction phase plan structure that prompts for the arrangements a plan is expected to cover, so a competent person can produce a proportionate, professional plan without starting from an empty document. You take it from draft to issued, and each issued version is kept, so the plan reflects the project as it actually is.
- Guided CPP structure: prompts for project details, arrangements, site rules and specific measures rather than a blank page.
- Draft, review, approve, issue: take the plan through a clear workflow instead of emailing versions around.
- Version history: keep issued versions so the plan can be updated as the work changes and you can show what applied when.
- Linked to the project: the plan sits with the RAMS, inspections, inductions and permits for the same job.
- PDF output: issue a clean, branded plan to the client, principal contractor or team.
Proportionate to the project
A construction phase plan should be proportionate to the risks of the work, not padded with boilerplate that no one reads. Because the plan is built from a structure and linked to the actual RAMS and site arrangements for the project, it reflects the real hazards and controls rather than generic text, which is both better practice and more useful to the people doing the work.
Part of your wider CDM record keeping
The construction phase plan does not stand alone. In Featherstone Safety Hub it sits within the project alongside RAMS, site inspections and corrective actions, workforce competence and inductions, subcontractor approvals, plant and permits, so the plan and the evidence that it is being followed live together. The software supports your record keeping; the CDM duties, and the decision that a plan is suitable, remain yours.
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A construction phase plan is a document required under CDM 2015 that sets out the health and safety arrangements, site rules and specific measures for a construction project. It must be drawn up before the construction phase begins and kept up to date as the work progresses.
On a project with a single contractor, the contractor draws up the plan. Where there is more than one contractor, the principal contractor is responsible for preparing and updating it. Featherstone Safety Hub supports whoever holds that duty; it does not take it on.
It is more than a static template. You build the plan from a guided structure inside the software, take it through review and issue, and keep versions, so it stays a living document rather than a one-off Word file.
Yes. The plan is designed to be reviewed and updated as work progresses, and issued versions are kept so you can show what arrangements applied at each stage.
The construction phase plan builder is part of the Construction & CDM add-on at £99 per month on top of a Starter or Professional plan, with a 14-day free trial of the platform and no long-term contract.
Yes. The plan sits within the project alongside the RAMS, site inspections, inductions and permits for the same job, so everything for that project is in one place.
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