Construction Monitoring (CM)

ShipRight procedures are a comprehensive system of procedures aimed at ensuring high standards of safety, quality and reliability at the design stage and during construction. These procedures also extend, via Linked Supporting Services, to ensure that these standards are met through the operational lifetime of the ship.

Construction Monitoring procedure

This procedure is mandatory in new ships where the SDA or FDA procedures have been applied. It is also mandatory for oil tankers and bulk carriers over 190 metres in length which have been approved in accordance with the Common Structural Rules. The procedure verifies that appropriate construction tolerances at critical joints are not exceeded during construction. These tolerances reflect the constructional quality necessary to ensure that a fatigue life commensurate with predictions from the fatigue design assessment is achieved.