VGB-S-831-00:2015

The provision of an energy supply unit its plant sections and their individual components in the context of projects and under the scope of individual orders entails the supply of the documentation required for operation and maintenance.
This is necessary to ensure safe and efficient operation of the energy supply unit and equipment.
Although projects very clearly describe the scope of a supply of energy supply unit and equipment, when it comes to the documentation often substantial differences exist between the employer's expectations and the contractor´s actual deliveries.
This is partly due to the documentation structure not being laid down in advance, a lack of definition of the documentation scope of supply, and the wide variety of terms used when describing documentation.
The purpose of this Guideline is to establish a framework for the:
documentation contents (requirements for documents and data),
documentation structure and form,
designation of documents,
assignment of documents to reference designations (KKS, RDS-PP®1)
delivery periods, handing over and taking over procedures, and
plant labelling.
With the revised edition of the VGB-Standard VGB-S-831-00 (Former VGB-R 171e) created in 2010 the above mentioned requirements were met. The experience gained in its application however revealed a need to further detail the stipulations and explicitly integrate the topic of provision of technical plant data as an increasingly prioritized part of the documentation.