ORGANIzATION AND RESPONSIBILITIES AT DAHULL

revision of 25 September 2024

PURPOSE

Purpose

The purpose of the present procedure is to introduce DAHull section, duty, responsibility within Recognised Organisation (RO) Marine and Offshore Head Office as well as in the network.

DEFINITION AND ABBREVIATIONS

Definition and Abbreviation

  • Admin: Design assessment administration,

  • Recognised Organisation (RO): Recognised Organisation (RO),

  • RO: Recognised Organisation (RO) Solution company

  • DA: Design Assessment Department for Marine and Offshore Units

  • DAElec: Design assessment section for Electrical/Automation system for Marine and Offshore Units

  • DAERS: Emergency respond section

  • DAHull: Design assessment section for Hull/Structure for Marine and Offshore Units

  • DAMach: Design assessment section for Machinery system for Marine and Offshore Units

  • DASafe: Design assessment section for Safety system for Marine and Offshore Units

  • DAStab: Design assessment section for Stability and Tonnage for Marine and Offshore Units

  • DATonnage: Design assessment section for Tonnage

  • DCM: Recognised Organisation (RO) Marine commercial section

  • DCO: Recognised Organisation (RO) Offshore (classification project) commercial section

  • DR: Recognised Organisation (RO) Research department

  • DV: Recognised Organisation (RO) Development department

  • DAEMC: Recognised Organisation (RO) Equipment Material Certification department

  • HO: Recognised Organisation (RO) Head Office

  • IACS: International Association of Classification Societies

  • IMO: International Marine Organization

  • LPO: Recognised Organisation (RO) Local Plan approval Office

  • M&O: Recognised Organisation (RO) Marine & Offshore Division

  • MO_FM: Recognised Organisation (RO) Marine Operation-Fleet management department for ships in service

  • NC: Recognised Organisation (RO) Surveyor center for new construction projects

  • NS: Recognised Organisation (RO) Surveyor center for Ship in service

  • PMO: Project management section for Marine and Offshore Units

  • Rule: Recognised Organisation (RO) Rules and Regulation

  • TC: Recognised Organisation (RO) Technical center for offshore design assessment (non-class projects)

  • TAC: Recognised Organisation (RO) Type Approval Certificate

MISSION AND SCOPE

Activity

DAHull ensures following tasks, within their scope of work:

  • Ships, units and equipment structure design approval

  • Type approval certification of equipment, where applicable

  • Technical assistance to clients and to Recognised Organisation (RO) network (FM, DCM, DCO, LPOs, etc.)

  • Contribution to development and maintenance of Recognised Organisation (RO) Rules and associated calculation tools and methodologies in relation with DV and DR.

  • Internal auditing of the LPO network

Types of Ships

The scope covered in DAHull includes:

  • All ship types within the limit of individual delegations, and in particular:

    • Passenger ships

    • Naval ships

    • Gas carriers

    • Oil and chemical tankers

    • Container ships

    • Floating docks

  • Offshore units such as:

    • FSO, FPSO, FSRU

    • Self-elevating units

    • Offshore special units

  • Structural equipment such as:

    • Lifting appliances

    • Lashing systems

    • Rudders and steering gears

    • Mooring and anchoring outfitting (anchors*, deck fittings)

    • Ship doors*, windows* and hatches*, access ramps and other RoRo equipment

    • Offshore specific equipment (fix anchors, etc.)

Items marked with * in the above list are commonly dealt with using type approval 

Scope Activity

DAHull scope a work is mainly related to the following Recognised Organisation (RO) Rule parts:

  • Classification of Steel Ships – Hull and Stability

  • Classification of Steel Ships – Additional requirements for ship types and additional class notations

  • Classification of Naval Ships – Hull and Stability

  • Structural Rules for Container-ships

  • IACS Common Structural Rules for Bulk Carriers and Oil Tankers

  • Rules for the Classification of Offshore Units

  • Rules for the certification of Lifting Appliances on board Ships and Offshore Units

ADMINISTRATIVE PROCESS

Administrative Process

The 2 main communication channels for DAHull are:

  • DAHull section mail box: All correspondences and jobs request are to be sent & received via section marinehull.paris@bureauveritas.com generic mail box;

Each incoming email is assigned by the head of section or a delegate to a section staff who is then in charge of providing an answer

  • VeriSTAR Project Management (VPM): All drawings and related comments are managed through VPM system

The handling of the correspondence and management of the generic Section mailbox are detailed in the administrative handling of correspondence procedure.

ORGANIzATION and interface

Organization and interface

  • With the exception of Lifting appliance and Equipment team members (see after), the section members work on projects in the limit of their delegations and depending on their experience and on the needs of the sections with no ship, unit or equipment type “exclusive specialisation”

  • The section organization includes a team dedicated to lifting appliances and hull equipment, under the management of the Lifting Appliance and Equipment Manager. The Lifting Appliance and Equipment team exclusively deals with lifting appliances and equipment design reviews, with the support from other surveyors from DAHull as necessary (for resource or technical knowledge).

The section organization chart may be found at: G:\DA_Management\_DA\4-Chart DA

roles and responsabilities

Head and Managers of Section

DAHull section is headed by the section Head, assisted by Subteam Managers (Non Cargo, Cargo, Offshore & Lifting Appliance and equipment). They are in charge of:

  • Management of the section and its staff

  • Ensuring the follow up and the coordination of the projects 

  • Providing technical support and decisions to the section

  • Managing technical delegations for the section and the LPO network

  • Managing the financial objectives of the section

  • Managing the quality procedures of the section 

Absence of Head of Section

In case of absence of the head of section, an appointed Subteam manager takes over the corresponding tasks and responsibilities, with involvement of DA Director where necessary.

Technical Leads

DAHull Technical Leads are assisting the Section head and his deputy in technical management of the section, in particular by:

  • Managing projects dealt with in the section

  • Providing supervision of jobs under the limits of their personal delegations

Surveyors

The Surveyors carry out the following actions:

  • Examine the documents submitted for approval, within the scope of their delegation

  • Make the relevant comments and carry out their follow-up.

  • Follow project they are tasked on: contribute to the quote preparation, act as technical point of contact for the client (whether internal or external), participate to meeting related to the project, as needed, trigger invoicing when task is completed

In addition, as member of the Head Office, they carry out the following functional tasks:

  • Participate to the regulatory watch & update the Recognised Organisation (RO) rules

  • Support the Recognised Organisation (RO) network by responding to questions, when tasked by the deputy head of section

  • Participate to different meeting as representative of Recognised Organisation (RO) (IMO, IEC, …)

  • Participate to the training delivered by Recognised Organisation (RO)

INTERFACES WITH OTHER SECTIONS

Generalities

There are 2 types of interfaces:

  • Systematic, which comes from DA internal organization

  • Occasional, which happens unregularly, and depends on specific technical tasks

Occasional Interfaces

Occasional interfaces are subject to a note written by the section in charge with the following details:

  • Reference of the project

  • Scope of work

  • Standards to be applied

  • Organisation

Quality assurance

Quality Assurance

All Quality documents are stored in the Marine Quality database (https://quality-marine.bureauveritas.com/).

HEALTH, SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENT

Health, Safety and Environment

Following Recognised Organisation (RO) Marine quality procedures such as HSE procedures and circulars.