Posted By Rich Bannister
OK then, here is my issue:

We are building a module for the offshore oil and gas industry at a fabricator's yard in the UK.

The module is an accommodation module (i.e. no hydrocarbon will be present on the module) and will be built on the quay side and shipped offshore when complete.

The regional fire officer is requesting a temporary dry riser be installed during construction as he states that he won't send his men in there to fight a fire without it.
He is basing his claims on the Building Regs in that anything over 18m high needs a dry riser. [The module roof will be approx 60m from grade when complete].

Is there any guidance or regulations on the fire protection for such a module during construction as it is not a permanent structure (and therefore not subject to the Building Regs).

If there is no over-riding regulation, would it therefore be sensible just to conduct a fire risk assessment with the fire service to determine the level of protection required?
(Bearing in mind that all construction materials will be steel/aluminium and all internal fixings will be fire retardant according to the relevant offshore O&G spec's)