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The Red Book
Foreword
Part 1: Basic Principles
Using this Code
Responsibilities
Training and Competence
Planning
Risk Assessment
Part 2: Operations
Before going to site
Works Instructions
Equipment
At the work site
Before you start
Arriving on site
Advanced signing
Coned area
Information board
End sign
Variable message signs
Setting out the works
Sequence for setting out signs
Footway and footpath works – look after pedestrians
Cycle routes – look after cyclists
Equestrian routes – look after horse riders
Carriageway works
Works on single carriageway roads
Works on dual carriageways with a speed limit of 50 mph or more
Works on dual carriageways with a speed limit of 40 mph or less
Works at road junctions
Works at roundabouts
Works at pedestrian, cycle (Toucan) and equestrian crossings
Works in a bus lane
Traffic control
Traffic control near railway level crossings
Works at or near traffic signal controlled junction or pedestrian crossing
Traffic control by ‘give and take’
Traffic control by priority signs
Traffic control by Stop/Go boards
Traffic control by portable traffic signals
Traffic control and speed reduction
Use of convoy working
Traffic control by road closure
Traffic control for temporary obstruction of the carriageway
Tramways and railways
Working near tramways
Works at or near railway level crossings
Works over and under railways
Works adjacent to railways
Checking and maintaining sites
Attended sites
Unattended sites (England, Wales and Northern Ireland)
Unattended sites (Scotland)
Removing the works
Mobile works and short-duration works
Mobile works
Short-duration works
Risk assessment
Vehicle requirements
Signing
Part 3: Equipment and vehicles
High visibility clothing
Signs and cones
Warning lights
Pedestrian barriers
Pedestrian barriers (Scotland)
Footway ramps
Footway boards
Temporary covers over excavations
Road plates
Vehicles
Vehicles (England and Northern Ireland)
Vehicles (Scotland and Wales)
Basic signs and equipment you will need
Other signs that you may need
Glossary
Setting out site
Activity Checklist
Alerts and Documents
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