| Description | Guidance on the inspection procedure for the platform to balance safety with a viable work schedule, and in particular highlighting areas considered most vulnerable to damage or deterioration. It justifies the recommendations for which parts of the platform are to be inspected, how and how often. It includes an introduction; a description of the platform and its construction statistics; governmental and Lloyd's Register inspection requirements; different types of deterioration potentially affecting the platform; 'critical' points considered from a design, construction and operational perspective; inspection standards and techniques; inspection schedules; and records of inspection. Includes three appendices concerning the calculation of crack widths (handwritten), and comments on the Dilger and Ghali Report (an independent check of the design of MCP-01 in 1975) and the 1977-78 inspections. Includes engineering drawings where appropriate. Revisions are indicated by pages marked 'Rev. 1'. Some annotation and highlighting. |