ABSTRACT
ABSTRACT Commercial consideration and current legislation require 'state of the art' technical assurance that plant operating safety and product liability requirements are achieved. The assessment of structures to determine fitness for purpose for design life is a primary requirement. The development of the methodology for this activity has been a primary objective within the nuclear industry. The underlying principles are readily transferable to the safety and integrity assurance of engineering structures throughout construction, process and manufacturing industry in general. Indeed recent legislation and an increased public awareness of environmental issues have highlighted the need for such formal integrity assurance. This paper reviews the necessary strategy and procedures required to undertake a structural integrity assessment of engineering structures and provide the required documented safety assurance. The strategy includes the integration and management of contributions from many engineering and scientific disciplines working to specified quality assured procedures.
