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Guide for Crew Habitability on Offshore Facilities Now Available
This new Guide from ABS provides criteria for living and working conditions aboard offshore structures.
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represents an industry first for a single-source document addressing crew member performance, and quality of life aboard offshore facilities.
Increased demands for energy are significantly augmenting offshore exploration and development opportunities, particularly in deepwater, while also creating expanded needs for quality crew accommodation and habitability aboard new facilities, which are increasingly farther from shore and existing infrastructure.
As a result, the length of stay aboard for crews offshore may increase, potentially impacting crew productivity, performance and safety. The application of human factors engineering (HFE) to issues of crew habitability is one tool to meet these challenges, says Denise B. McCafferty, Manager of Safety Assessment and Human Factors for ABS.
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"Efficient and safe operation of new and existing facilities necessitates an advanced understanding of HFE, incorporating best practices to answer crew concerns and address living and working conditions," says McCafferty.
She adds that as the industry moves into new frontiers and remote environments, operators and service companies alike need to re-examine the health, safety and comfort levels of crews aboard offshore installations.
To address these issues, ABS has released the industry’s first comprehensive Guide for Crew Habitability on Offshore Installations. This Guide provides criteria for living and working conditions that will improve productivity, morale and overall safety.
"The ABS Guide for Crew Habitability on Offshore Installations provides industry with a single-source document addressing crew performance and quality of life aboard offshore installations, including Mobile Offshore Drilling Units (MODUs), fixed facilities and floating installations," says McCafferty.
She adds that the design of accommodations can influence human performance, with commonly used accommodation design criteria addressed in more than 40 separate documents and publications. The release of the Guide, however, condenses design criteria into a single document.
The new Guide provides quantifiable assessment criteria and describes the measurement methodology for obtaining a "Habitability" (HAB or HAB+) notation or certification. These assessments are voluntary and optional and can assist offshore operators in improving crew member performance and their living and working conditions. We invite you to our newsroom to read more...
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