Fabora FAQ
RAMS Software FAQ for UK Steelwork Teams
The questions steelwork teams ask when they first weigh up Fabora RAMS, plus the basics on what RAMS is and whether it is legally required. Answers kept plain and specific, no waffle.
What is RAMS?
RAMS stands for Risk Assessment and Method Statement. The risk assessment lists the hazards on a job and the controls that bring them down. The method statement sets out the safe step-by-step way to do the work. Most UK steelwork and construction sites ask for RAMS before work starts.
Answers for buyers, users, and reviewers
What Fabora is, what the RAMS tool does, who it's built for, how to get going, and why it's never a stand-in for proper compliance sign-off.
What is Fabora?
Fabora is software for UK steel fabrication, welding, and site delivery firms. It started with Fabora RAMS, which gets your method statements and risk assessments drafted faster and reading more consistently from one job to the next.
What is Fabora RAMS?
It's a RAMS drafting tool for fabrication shops, erection crews, and site welding outfits. You get a first draft up quickly, pull in your own saved wording, then edit it down to the actual job in front of you.
What is RAMS?
RAMS stands for Risk Assessment and Method Statement. The risk assessment lists the hazards on a job and the controls that keep people safe; the method statement sets out the step-by-step safe way to carry the work out. Putting them together as a RAMS lets the whole job be reviewed and issued as one document.
Is a RAMS legally required?
RAMS is not named as a single document in UK law, but the parts behind it are. Risk assessments are required under the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999, and a safe system of work is required under the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974. In practice most principal contractors ask for a RAMS before they let a team on site. Fabora RAMS helps you draft these faster, but the final review and suitability for the job stay with a competent person in your business.
What is the difference between a risk assessment and a method statement?
A risk assessment identifies the hazards on a task and the controls that reduce the risk. A method statement describes the sequence of work, how it is done safely, and what plant, access and PPE are used. A RAMS combines the two so the controls and the method read together for one job.
Who is Fabora for?
UK steel fabricators, steel erectors, site welders, and the metal trades working alongside them. It's shaped around how a steelwork team actually delivers, not bent out of some all-purpose admin package.
Is Fabora RAMS for steel fabricators, erectors, and site welders?
Yes. That's exactly who we built it for, plus similar site-working metal firms turning out RAMS week in, week out.
How do editable templates work in Fabora RAMS?
A template is a ready-made starting point for the work types and activities you do most. So instead of opening last month's pack and stripping out what doesn't fit, you start from a clean structure and edit from there.
How do company libraries work in Fabora RAMS?
Your repeat wording lives in one place: hazards, control measures, plant, common activities. Drop the entries you need into a job, then tweak them for that site. Write it once, reuse it, adjust as you go.
How much does Fabora RAMS cost?
One launch plan, £24.99 a month. No tiers to pick through.
What's included in Fabora RAMS?
Site and workshop RAMS, branded PDF exports, and shareable links. Saved RAMS with revisions, reusable method presets, and built-in hazard, COSHH, PPE, and equipment libraries. You can also store your customers, sites, contacts, and operatives, then pull them in from dropdowns instead of retyping.
Does Fabora RAMS run in the browser on desktop, tablet, and mobile?
Yes. Any modern browser, whether you're at the desk, on a tablet, or checking something on your phone.
Does Fabora RAMS guarantee legal compliance?
No, and we won't pretend otherwise. It gets documents drafted faster and more consistently, but a competent person in your business still has to review, approve, and apply judgement to the specific job. That part stays with you.
How do you get started with Fabora RAMS?
New customers sign up on the Fabora website and check out to start the 7-day free trial, then set a password from the setup email. Already with us? Use the login link to get into the live app.
Is this public website the hosted app?
No. This is the public website for Fabora and Fabora RAMS. The hosted product is a separate thing and we're rolling it out in stages.
Will Fabora add more tools over time?
Yes. Fabora is growing into a wider software brand for steelwork firms. RAMS is live now, LEV Ready handles your LEV and extraction asset records, and more trade tools will follow as they're properly ready, not before.