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HHI changes approach to systems

EPIC and software on semi-sub newbuilding our understanding grows and the more pliers and DNV—will have to work

Hyundai Heavy Industries activities are progressed, the more we very closely as a team for successful and Fred. Olsen Energy are feel positive about ISDS.” implementation, he says. He believes implementing DNV’s ISDS

The ISDS notation establishes change will be progressive. class notation for integrated a methodology that aims to mini- “We are aware that the current software dependent mize software integration errors edition of the Offshore Standard and delays in projects that involve for ISDS has been a bit academic systems on the semisub integrating software dependent and not very well structured,” says newbuilding

Bollsta Dolphin. systems. The notation includes the Knut Ording, the Head of Section for

Key stakeholders discuss development of quality assurance Systems and Software Reliability in expectations and challenges.

processes that will last throughout DNV and responsible for DNV’s ISDS the semisub’s operational lifetime. classifcation services. “In order to

Seong Cho, project manager at Hyundai Heavy Industries improve this, the OS-D203 have been

Hyundai Heavy Industries, ad- (HHI) is Korea’s largest yard revised this year based on inputs mits reticence about taking on and DNV is providing the full from owners, yards and suppliers,

DNV’s ISDS standard for com- ISDS package including train- with the aim of offering a clearer plex systems in the building of ing for yard personnel with scope and improved ease of use. The

Fred. Olsen Energy’s new semi- the expectation that it will be revised standard was launched this submersible, Bollsta Dolphin. adopted for future projects. December.” “At the beginning, some of us Cho is positive about the So far, Cho has found DNV to be were not very positive about potential benefts. “We very supportive, and Einar Tyssen, this program because we had expect a clearer interface technical director for Fred. Olsen lots of new activities to perform between systems and Energy agrees. “They appear very and many documents needed to fewer problems proactive and dedicated to make the be prepared,” he says. “But as during com- project a success,” says Tyssen. “Be- missioning.” ing involved in various other proj-

All the ects without ISDS, I have been very parties— positive from the offset. Even though owner, the project is in the early phases yard, sup- our main goal was to defne a scope for the project so that the constraints could be fulflled and we could estab- lish better planning for each system, which to now has not been the case.”

This will be the second project that Dolphin Drilling, the drilling contracting business of Fred. Olsen

Energy, has had with HHI. “ISDS for the Bollsta Dolphin has provided so far, a very good re- lationship between all parties,

Dolphin, HHI and DNV. HHI has appeared to be more proac- tive than the frst project (Bolette

Bolsta Dolphin, currently under construction at Hyundai Heavy

Industries yard in South Korea, is a Moss Maritime CS 60 E design, sixth-generation semisub.

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