VERIFICATION OF OFFSHORE PLATFORM DESIGN AND INSTALLATION: THE MARINE BOARD PANEL VIEW

At the request of the USGS, the Marine Board appointed a panel to determine whether or not independent third party verification of offshore structures would be of sufficient benefit to the Federal government, industry, and the public to warrant the time and costs involved. If the answer was yes, then the panel was asked to recommend the scope and detail for verification, the availability of suitable criteria and guidelines, and the relative merits of alternative organizational concepts for verification. The panel concluded that while the safety record of offshore structures has been excellent, an increased and formalized verification system should be undertaken in order to provide the government with a sound basis for assuring the public of the integrity of OCS structures, especially as they are extended to new frontier areas.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Paper presented at the 9th Annual OTC in Houston, Texas, May 2-5 1977.
• Corporate Authors:

  Offshore Technology Conference

  6200 North Central Expressway
  Dallas, TX  United States  45206
• Authors:
  • Gerwick, B
• Publication Date: 1977

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 7-13
• Serial:
  • Publication of: Offshore Technology Conference
  • Publisher: Offshore Technology Conference

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Design standards; Offshore construction; Offshore platforms; Structural design
• Old TRIS Terms: Offshore platform construction; Offshore platform design
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Design; Marine Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00158264
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Offshore Technology Conference
• Report/Paper Numbers: V2, OTC 2807 Proceeding
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 31 1977 12:00AM