(a) The CVA must use good engineering judgment and practice in conducting an independent assessment of the installation activities.
(b) Primary duties of the CVA during the installation phase include the following: ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(1) Verify, as appropriate, (i) Loadout and initial flotation operations;
(i) Loadout and initial flotation operations;
(ii) Towing operations to the specified location, and
review the towing records;
(iii) Launching and uprighting operations;
(iv) Submergence operations;
(v) Pile or anchor installations;
(vi) Installation of mooring and tethering systems;
(vii) Final deck and component installations; and
(viii) Installation at the approved location according to
(i) The loadout of the jacket, decks, piles, or structures
from each fabrication site;
(ii) The actual installation of the platform or major
(i) The loadout of the platform;
(ii) The installation of drilling, production, and
pipeline risers, and riser tensioning systems (at least
for the initial installation of these elements);
(iii) The installation of turrets and turret-and-hull
interfaces;
(iv) The installation of foundation pilings and templates,
and anchoring systems; and
(v) The installation of the mooring and tethering systems.(4) Conduct an onsite survey, Survey the platform after transportation to the approved
location.(5) Spot-check as necessary to determine compliance (i) Equipment;
with the applicable documents listed in Sec. (ii) Procedures; and
250.901(a); the alternative codes, rules and (iii) Recordkeeping.
standards approved under Sec. 250.901(b); the
requirements listed in Sec. 250.903 and Sec.
Sec. 250.906 through 250.908 of this subpart and
the approved plans,----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(c) The CVA must submit interim reports and a final report to the Regional Supervisor, and to you, during the installation phase in accordance with the approved schedule required by Sec. 250.911(d). In each interim and final report the CVA must:
(1) Give details of how, by whom, and when the independent monitoring activities were conducted;
(2) Describe the CVA's activities during the verification process;
(3) Summarize the CVA's findings;
(4) Confirm or deny compliance with the approved installation plan;
(5) In the final report, make a recommendation to accept or reject the installation unless such a recommendation has been previously made in an interim report; and
(6) Provide any additional comments that the CVA deems necessary.
Inspection, Maintenance, and Assessment of Platforms