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Project Number 80
Date of Summary June 30, 1989
Subject Development of a New Philosophy for Effective Underwater Inspection
Performing Activity Underwater Engineering Group
Principal Investigator Mr. Lena Negus
Contracting Agency Minerals Management Service
Estimated Completion Complete
Description The objective was to review and develop a `new` philosophy towards the underwater inspection process and to provide detailed guidance on the best available techniques and current limits of present day technology. This was a Joint Industry Project (JIP) composed of fifteen companies, the U.K. Department of Energy, and the Minerals Management Service. The objectives of the project are

(1) to provide a forum to discuss and develop a cogent philosophy for the underwater inspection of offshore installations and

(2) to prepare detailed guidelines for an inspection methodology.
Progress Complete
Reports
AA Implications of Design to Inspection and Maintenance of Offshore Installations and Pipelines, Final Report, Report 1455-ER-SUB002- 01, Earl and Wright, Ltd., London, England, September 20, 1985. Out of print.
AB Guidance for Inspection of Offshore Structures, Final Report, Volume 2, Inspection IQ Partners, Project No. A168, London, England, November 12, 1985. Out of print.
AC URP 72-Study 3, Inspection of Offshore Concrete Structures, Final Report, McAlpine Offshore Ltd., London, England, June 1986. Out of print.
AD (109 pages, 2,398 KB) File in Adobe's Portable Document Format (PDF) . URP 72/S55, Requirements for the Effective Planning, Scheduling, Reporting and Storage Applied to the Underwater Inspection of Offshore Installations, Pipelines and Subsea Systems, URP 72/SG/28, UEG, London, England, December 1, 1986.
AE Underwater Inspection of Steel Offshore Installations: Implementation of a New Approach, Final Report, UEG, London, England, June 1989. Out of print.
 

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