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DESIGN REVIEW
1.0 PURPOSE
DOCIMENT REVISION
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DESIGN REVIEW
The purpose of this procedure is to define the method of doing design review.
2.0 APPLICATION
3.0 DEFINITION
Design Review is compliance of design with contractual requirements and optimisation &
verification of design integrity
5.0 PROCEDURE
5.1 OBJECTIVE
The objectives of design reviews are to ensure:
The compliance of the design with contractual requirements,
Verification of design integrity,
Optimisation of the design to the extent required by project management, including
incorporation of all available experience and feed back from similar or comparable design
situations.
Compliance to the laid down procedures and guidelines.
Design reviews aim at providing reinforcement to the design activity from a source independent of
the project team, by obtaining assurance that all appropriate measures have been taken in the
design process. Design reviews should confirm that the design can advance from one stage to the
next, e.g. from conceptual to detailed design or from design to fabrication/ construction.
The intent of the Design Review is not to verify the individual calculation & drawings produced by the
Project team but to verify the overall integrity of design to avoid technical & financial risks.
5.2 REVIEWERS
Engineers who are of a level of qualification and experience equivalent to or higher than that of the
project lead discipline engineers carry out the design reviews. The review leaders are independent of
the project execution organization.
The participants in design reviews are:
Review leader
Project discipline leader
Engineers who are involved in the design activity, designated by the discipline leader .
Section / Department heads
Project engineering manager / project engineers (on their initiative).
DESIGN REVIEW
The input data on which the design activity are based (extracts from contract, discipline, design
basis, project basis of design, data sheets, job specifications, etc.),
The deliverables produced by the project team (drawings, calculations, requisitions, etc.).
It should be noted that:
The discipline leader should be selective in providing only the essential documentation to the
review leader, i.e. the quantity should be limited to avoid "submerging" the reviewer,
The review leader should be adequately familiarized with the documents before the review itself,
whose purpose is not to review documentation jointly with the project team but to enable an in-
depth exchange and recording of technical positions.
5.3.3 Review
During the review, the review leader interviews the project discipline leader and discipline team
members. Areas examined may typically include:
Specific context of the project / project management objectives
Degree of flexibility available at the outset and during the development of the design process
Translation of contractual requirements into design output
Exploring of potential areas of optimisation
Incorporation of feedback from similar / comparable projects
Impacts of design choices on constructability
Identification and measurement of areas of technical and financial risk.
The standard duration of a design review is half a day, which of course can vary depending on the
context / subject matter to be covered.
DESIGN REVIEW
6.0 RESPONSIBILITY
Sectional Heads / Discipline Lead Engineers
ANNEXURE - 1
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