Quality control on new buildings Role and authority of Class

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Quality control on new buildings- Role and
authority of Class
Agenda Item 2.1.4

• Speaker Robert SmartLR IACS Council Member

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Quality control on new buildings - Role and
authority of ClassTripartite Discussions -
31/10/05 to 01/11/05, Beijing

• Background for initiating the work
• From the discussion on GBS
• OCIMF (MSC 77/2/4) a Newbuilding Survey
  Program (NSP) be developed, with the purpose of
  establishing transparent survey and inspection
  guidelines and requirements for all vessels under
  construction.
• IACS, Bahamas, Greece (MSC 78/6/2) The ship
  construction quality procedures should include
  specifications for material manufacturing,
  assembling, joining and welding procedures, steel
  surface preparation and coating.   
• IMO MEPC 49 Bahamas (on the topic of CAS)
• lack of new building survey requirements
• the need to have them developed to match the ESP
  requirements in resolution A.744(18) for existing
  ships. 

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• Recognising responsibilities
• Class responsibility to verify that ships are in
  accordance with the relevant Rule and Statutory
  requirements as part of the certification process
  during the new building phase, by ensuring clear,
  comprehensive and consistent application of
  classification rules and statutory requirements
  at the shipyards and their sub-contractors.
• Nothing removes the responsibility from the
  shipbuilder to ensure and demonstrate that a
  satisfactory level of quality has been achieved.
• Assumes that shipbuilder has the primary
  contractual responsibility to ensure that ships
  are built to meet the functional requirements and
  safety objectives of the Rule Regulations and
  that it is the role of the classification society
  to verify this through survey which supposes that
  the shipbuilder will bring to the attention of
  the classification society any deviations from
  the rules and statutory requirements found during
  construction.

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• Initial IACS work
• In response IACS established AHG/New Construction
  Survey Requirements
• Chair LR, Members ABS, BV, CCS, DNV, GL, KR,
  NK, RINA, RS
• Target to deliver the draft Unified Requirement
  to the General Policy Group in November 2004
• Presented at Tripartite in November 2004.
• Discussed at IACS Council in December 2004 where
  it was noted that the IMO GBS will require a
  robust set of prescriptive rules.
• Revised TOR discussed to reflect Councils
  discussions.

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• Initial IACS work (Cont/)
• Due to changes in the working allocations within
  IACS, the revised TOR were given to an Expert
  Group (EG/NCSR).
• EG/NCSR were advised that the draft UR had to be
  designed to meet IACS response to EU
  expectations, .. To amalgamate the highest
  standards of the individual IACS Members into a
  new IACS Unified Requirement.
• Redrafted UR submitted to IACS Council at the end
  of September 2005 and is presently under
  discussion.

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Quality control on new buildings - Role and
authority of ClassTripartite Discussions -
31/10/05 to 01/11/05, Beijing

• IACS EG/NCSR
• Objectives
• Develop comprehensive Unified Requirements for
  surveys, focusing on hull structures, as part of
  the classification and statutory certification
  process of a new building to verify that ships
  comply with the relevant Rules and Regulations
  (i.e. before being put into service for the first
  time). .
• Establish a link between the classification and
  statutory surveys (where delegation applies), the
  developed URs and draft goal based standards
  being developed at the IMO, aiming at ensuring
  the clear, comprehensive and consistent
  application of classification rules and relevant
  statutory requirements, including UIs, at the
  shipyards and their sub-contractors .

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Quality control on new buildings - Role and
authority of ClassTripartite Discussions -
31/10/05 to 01/11/05, Beijing

• IACS EG/NCSR (Cont/..)
• Objectives
• With reference to the draft UR developed by
  AHG/NCSR, ensure that a more comprehensive and
  more robust UR, meeting the expectations of
  industry (i.e. shipbuilders and shipowners) and
  flag Administrations, is developed. In order to
  meet these expectations the new UR shall ensure
  that all survey items contained in individual
  Members Rules and the relevant statutory
  requirements are covered .

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• Scope
• The scope of work for developing this UR should
  include the following main activities -
• whilst appreciating the importance of materials
  and equipment used for ship construction and
  their inspection at works, their inclusion into
  this UR can be delayed until consensus has been
  achieved for the ships structure.
• examination of parts of the ship covered by
  classification rules for hull structures, to
  obtain appropriate evidence that assure they have
  been built in compliance with the classification
  rules taking account of the relevant approved
  drawings
• appraisal of the manufacturing, construction,
  control and qualification procedures, including
  welding consumables, weld connections and
  assemblies, with indication of relevant approval
  tests

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• Scope (Cont/..)
• witnessing shipyard inspections, tests and trials
  as required in the classification rules for
  materials used for ship construction, welding and
  assembling, specifying the items to be examined
  and/or tested and how (e.g. by hydrostatic, hose
  or leak testing or NDT, or measurement of
  dimensions, verification of geometry, etc.) and
  by whom
• specific lists and definition of appropriate
  evidence to be prepared and given to the surveyor
• utilization of URs, UIs, PRs and Recommendations
  which are available for this task

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Quality control on new buildings - Role and
authority of ClassTripartite Discussions -
31/10/05 to 01/11/05, Beijing

• Scope (Cont/..)
• Establish a link between the classification and
  statutory surveys, the developed URs and draft
  goal based standards being developed at the IMO,
  aiming at ensuring consistency in the application
  of standards at the shipyards. Address concerns
  expressed by Industry (MSC 77/2/4).
• Carry out a review of Members practices with a
  view to achieving a robust working practice of
  the Society classing the vessel, the shipyard and
  its subcontractors compatible with the
  expectations of Industry
• Review the current practice of Members in the use
  of surveyors in the shipyards. Establish
  requirements for the use of exclusive surveyors
  of the Society or Societies classing the
  newbuilding, or exclusive surveyors of another
  Society with which such Societies have a
  bilateral cooperation agreement

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Quality control on new buildings - Role and
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• Scope (Cont/..)
• Recommend amendments to PR 7, if deemed
  necessary, addressing aspects related to training
  and qualification of surveyors involved in the
  process of verification of compliance under the
  UR referred to in paragraph 2 above.
• Report the outcome to GPG by 1 August 2005, with
  a view to GPG obtaining review by Survey Panel in
  time for consideration of the UR by GPG at GPG 59
  (4-6 Oct 05). (Subsequently decided to report
  directly to Council, which occurred at the end of
  September 2005).

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• Contents of draft UR
• Defines the scope of survey
• For the purposes of the UR, the hull structure
  and survey methods are defined
• Provides the definition of the application of the
  UR
• Reviews qualification and monitoring of personnel
• Provides a list of surveyable items for the hull
  structure
• Provides guidance on the assessment of
  construction facilities
• Provides guidance on newbuilding survey planning
• Provides guidance on the examination and test
  plan for newbuilding activities
• Describes the requirements to demonstrate
  consistency of surveys
• Defines the requirements for the Ship
  Construction File