atc/filer/DNV Standard 2-7-3 May 2011.pdf

Standard for Certification - 2.7-3, May 2011Page 182.4 Summary of ProceduresThe procedures for individual and type approval are outlined below.2.4.1 Procedure for individual approval and certification:1) Application sent to DNV.2) Order confirmed and fees agreed.3) Drawings, documentation and calculations reviewed and approval given by the approval office.4) Prototype PO Unit manufactured under supervision of DNV's Surveyor.5) PO Unit tested according to prototype test requirements, witnessed by DNV's Surveyor.6) Production proceeds according to the agreed Quality Plan or Manufacturing Survey Arrangement.Production tests according to list in Section 4.5.7) DNV surveyor issues ‘Certificate for Portable Offshore Unit’ (form 49.01a – See Appendix B) and affixesemblem.2.4.2 Procedure for type approval and certification:1) Application sent to DNV.2) Order confirmed and fees agreed.3) Drawings, documentation and calculations reviewed and approval given by the approval office.4) Prototype PO Units manufactured under supervision of DNV's Surveyor.5) PO Units tested according to prototype test requirements, witnessed by DNV's Surveyor.6) Test report reviewed by the approval office.7) A “Type Approval Certificate”, valid for 4 years, issued to the Manufacturer.8) Type approved PO Unit entered in our “Register of Type Approved Products, no. 3".9) Production proceeds according to the agreed Manufacturing Survey Arrangement. Production testsaccording to list in Section 4.5.10) DNV surveyor issues ‘Certificate for Portable Offshore Unit’ (form 49.01a) and affixes emblem.2.4.3 Procedure for design assessment for type approval and certification:1) Application sent to the approval office.2) Order confirmed and fees agreed.3) Drawings, documentation and calculations reviewed and approval given by the approval office.4) A “Design Assessment for Type Approval Certificate”, valid for 4 years, issued to the Designer by DNV.A design assessment for type approval certificate enables the designer to type-approve the product with morethan one manufacturer without repeating the design review process. In order to obtain a “Type ApprovalCertificate” and certificates for each PO Unit being built, the procedure described in Section 2.6.2 shall befollowed. The “Type Approval Certificate” will contain a reference to the “Design Assessment for TypeApproval Certificate”3. Design3.1 Design Conditions3.1.1 GeneralPO Units shall be designed in accordance to a set of main principle and pre-established criteria to promotemeans for safe handling and transportation.These principles and criteria shall be selected to ensure the structural integrity of the PO Units during it’sexposure to dynamic conditions that are common for an offshore transportation event involving;— sea voyages,— lifting to and from vessels offshore, and— if applicable, lifting into (and out of) the sea.3.1.2 Sea transportationThe design condition for sea transportation is based on unrestricted (i.e. in any weather) transportation in anywaters on any suitable vessel. However, special precautions may apply and if applicable a reduced criteriaDET NORSKE VERITAS