Section 5 Additional requirements for Part 2 of the Scheme

5.1.1 The procedures detailed in Pt 3, Ch 15, 4.7 The Quality Management System are to be submitted for approval.

5.2.1 Quality Plans for ships which are to be classed by LR are to be submitted for approval well in advance of commencement of work, irrespective of any submissions that may have been made for sister ships under Part 1 of the Scheme. Such Quality Plans are to outline all of the manufacturing, testing and inspection operations to be performed by the Shipbuilder and by which personnel they will be carried out. The Quality Plans are then to be submitted to the LR Surveyors who will indicate all the stages at which they will perform system monitoring, carry out direct inspection and participate in hold point inspections. These hold points will include, but not be limited to, the following:

1. Radiographs and other test records of non-destructive examinations as required for Classification purposes, see Ch 13, 2.12 Non-destructive examination of steel welds of the Rules for Materials.

2. The items described in Pt 3, Ch 1, 8 Inspection and workmanship relevant to the scope of this Chapter.

5.2.2 Notwithstanding what may have been agreed in the Quality Plans, the LR Surveyors have the discretion to increase their involvement, see also Pt 3, Ch 15, 8.1 General 8.1.5.

5.3.1  The Shipbuilder is to ensure that hull construction materials and consumables used are selected from manufacturers who are approved by LR.

5.4.1 The procedure required by Pt 3, Ch 15, 4.13 Identification and traceability 4.13.1 is to be submitted for approval.

5.5.1 The information required by Pt 3, Ch 15, 4.14 Fabrication control 4.14.1.(b) will be examined for acceptability.

5.5.2 Procedures for material treatment, forming, weld preparation and welding are to be submitted for approval.

5.5.3 Procedures required by Pt 3, Ch 15, 4.14 Fabrication control 4.14.3 are to be submitted to the LR Surveyors for approval.

5.6.1 The inspection stages incorporated into the Scheme are to include specific checks for fit-up and welding which are to be carried out at each sub-assembly, assembly, pre-erection and erection stage as well as self-checking by the operator. The number of recorded checks to each stage will be agreed with the LR Surveyor, after consideration of documentary evidence of quality being achieved. Repairs, where required, are to be effected after each check. Collated Quality Control data to demonstrate the efficiency of the above self-check system are to be made available to the LR Surveyor by the Shipbuilder. The Quality Plans referred to in Pt 3, Ch 15, 4.7 The Quality Management System 4.7.3.(b) provide the opportunity for the Shipbuilder and the LR Surveyor to consider the structural design and ship type fully in order to determine the most efficient and effective inspection stages.

5.7.1 All predetermined repair procedures are to be consistent with the requirements of Pt 3, Ch 15, 4.7 The Quality Management System 4.7.3 and are to be to the satisfaction of the LR Surveyor. Where a defect is found, whether by the LR Surveyor or through shipyard inspection, for which no agreed repair procedure exists, approval is to be obtained from the LR Surveyor before any corrective action is effected.

5.8.1 The shipyard is to make data available to the LR Surveyor, to demonstrate the efficiency of the inspection system, see Pt 3, Ch 15, 5.6 Control of inspection and testing 5.6.1.

5.9.1 The competence of the welding operators, non-destructive examination and other personnel involved in special processes and inspection are to be to the satisfaction of the LR Surveyor.

5.10.1 The requirements of the Scheme are not applicable to those services operating at locations outside the shipyard. It will be necessary for inspections to be carried out by the LR Surveyor using conventional survey methods.

5.10.2 The methods of control for the requirements of Pt 3, Ch 15, 4.24 Sub-contracted personnel, services and components 4.24.1 are to be submitted to the LR Surveyor.