Office/Division Program
TAP
Project Number
782
Research Performing Activity
American Bureau of Shipping (ABS)
Research Principal Investigator
David Stalfort
Research Contracting Agency
Research Contract Award Value
$866,477.00
Description
The activity of the six tasks of this project includes comparing IEC electrical standards to NEC, API, ANSI/UL and other standards, examining Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratories, and examining standards used in International Regulator's Forum (IRF) countries. The contractor will also provide exhibits of BSEE personnel using new and improved standards, including the provision of new/alternate Potential Incidents of Non-Compliance (PINCs). BSEE may use any recommendations made by the contractor to make its electrical-related regulations easier to understand by industry, more robust, and easier to enforce.
Latest progress update
Project completed May 2018.
Final report attached