Section 2 Design team

201. General

1. The design team is the entity (e.g. yard, supplier, owner and operator) that carries out the design development and analyses for the risk-based design.

2. They need to be in a position to assess safety and environmental protection holistically and will al- so be responsible for the education of operations personnel, documentation on board and the safety management system relevant with construction and operation.

3. Operational and technical experts in the relevant field or from similar operations are to be involved and assist the design team in the review of hazards as well as supply expertise to the initial risk assessment sessions.

202. Designer

1. The designer is the developer of the design seeking approval.

2. The designer is to be familiar with risk-based design approaches in order to utilize them.

203. Yard and subcontractor

1. Yard and subcontractor are mainly responsible for construction of ship and manufacture of equip- ment which is installed in the vessel.

2. The yard and subcontractor are to provide information for the analyses carried out in order to ach- ieve the approval by the Society.

3. The yard and subcontractor's main concern will be to have concise information at an early stage because contract is normally promoted based on information at early stage and depending on the contract, an risk-based design may have both advantages and disadvantages.

4. Since the new building schedule process and milestones will invariably be influenced by decisions made in the process, yards and subcontractors need to be able to account for the differences in time allocation compared to conventional designs in order to be able to optimize their building.

204. External experts

1. External experts perform tests, analyses, calculation, simulation and development and validation of software and reviews of modeled used.

2. It is to be ensured that external experts obtain the relevant experiences, research accomplishments and credentials for performing the analyses, the tests or simulation. For certain types of tests, the recognized institutes and personnel may also be required. It may equally be considered whether ad- equate supervision is available and whether the provided supervision warrants a sound review of results.

3. They are to be able to provide references and results from similar operations for the personnel in- volved in a project.

205. Crew

1. The crew is responsible for operating a ship applying risk-based design ship and performs voyage, operational tasks, maintenance and self-inspection in accordance with the prevalent requirements, as stated in the management system on board.

2. It is anticipated that the risk-base will be documented in the safety management system, and thus it is a part of familiarization routines. The crew needs to comprehend the nature of the risk-based safety management system and any differences in operation as well as in maintenance and in- spection routines compared to a conventional ships.