The following list is a source of ready reference, particularly for students and beginning practitioners. As with all such lists, this list is by no means either complete or comprehensive. We caution that some of the references may be undergoing revision. One is always cautioned to obtain and use the latest information in such cases. In this regard, website addresses are given wherever possible.

ABS (American Bureau of Shipping: http://www.eagle.org)

1. ABS Rules for building and classing mobile offshore drilling units (column-stabilized units)

2. ABS Rules for building and classing single-point moorings

3. ABS Rules for building and classing steel vessels

4. ABS Guide for certification of drilling systems

5. ABS Guide for building and classing facilities on offshore installations

6. ABS Guide for building and classing floating production, storage, and offloading systems

7. ABS Guide for underwater inspection in lieu of a dry-docking survey

8. ABS Guide for construction of shipboard elevators

9. ABS Guide for cranes

10. ABS Guide for undersea pipeline systems and risers

11. ABS Guide for surveys using risk-based inspection for the offshore industry

12. ABS Guidance notes on reliability-centered maintenance

13. ABS Guidance notes on risk and reliability

14. ABS Guidance notes for synthetic rope

15. ABS Guidance notes on nonlinear finite-element analysis of side structures subject to ice loads

16. ABS Guidance notes on ice class

AISC (American Institute of Steel Construction: http://www.aisc.org)

1. AISC Standard specification for structural steel for buildings, ASD

ANSI (American National Standards Institute: http://www.ansi.org)

1. ANSI Z41.Personal protection – protective footwear

2. ANSI Z87.1.Practice for occupational and educational eye and face protection

3. ANSI Z88.2.Respiratory protection

4. ANSI Z359.1.Safety requirements for personal fall – arrest systems, subsystems, and components

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