Guidelines for Shop Inspection Design and Construction Codes

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Common Design and Construction Codes

European Codes US Codes

General Pressure Equipment Directive 97/23/EC

Non fired vessels EN 13445: European standard for unfired pressure vessels
PD 5500 (ex BS 5500): British Specification for Unfired Fusion welded
pressure vessels
CODAP: French Code for Pressure Vessel Design
AD Merkblätter (ADM): German Pressure Vessel Code
Stoomwesen
ASME Section VIII, Division - 1: Rules for Construction of Pressure Vessels
ASME Section VIII, Division - 2: Alternative Rules for Construction of Pressure
Vessels
ASME Section VIII, Division - 3: Alternative Rules for Construction of High
Pressure Vessels
API 510: Pressure Vessel Inspection Code: Maintenance Inspection, Rating,
Repair & Alteration

Fired vessels, EN 12952: Water-tube boilers ASME Section I: Rules for Construction of Power Boilers
boilers EN 12953: Shell boilers API RP 573: Inspection of Fired Boilers and Heaters
TRD: German code (Technische Regeln für Dampfkessel)
Heat exchangers TEMA: Standards of Tubular Exchanger Manufacturers Association
Storage tanks DIN 4119: German code for tanks API 650: Welded Steel Tanks for Oil Storage
BS 2654: Specification for carbon steel welded horizontal cylindrical API 620: Design & Construction of large, welded, low pressure Storage Tanks
storage tanks AWWA D100-96: Welded Steel Tanks for Water Storage
CODRES: French code for the fabrication of cylindrical storage tanks ASME B96.1: Welded Aluminum-Alloy Storage Tanks
BS 7777: Flat-bottomed, vertical, cylindrical storage tanks for low
temperature service
LNG EN 1473: Installation & Equipment for LNG - Design of Onshore NFPA 59A: Standard for the Production, Storage, and Handling of Liquefied
Installations Natural Gas (LNG)
Piping EN 13480: Metallic industrial piping. Inspection and testing ASME B31.1: Power Piping
CODETI : French code for Industrial Piping ASME B31.3: Process Piping
ASME B31.4: Pipeline Transportation Systems
API 570: Piping Inspection Code: Inspection, Repair, Alteration & Rerating of
In-Service Piping Systems

Pipelines API 1104: Welding of Pipelines and Related Facilities

Fire protection, NFPA 54: National Fuel Gas Code
sprinkler systems
Valves API 598: Valve Inspection and Testing
Miscellaneous API 574: Inspection Practices for Piping System Components
API F.01: Inspection of Refining Equipment
API RP576: Inspection of Pressure Relieving Devices
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