Part B - Verifications and approval requirements 
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The monitoring services shall be commissioned by the applicant and carried out by the ap 
pointed inspector. These serve the purpose of ensuring that the design requirements and 
specifications contained in the design documentation and the underlying standards and regu 
lations on the production, transport, storage, installation, commissioning and operation of the 
structures are accordingly complied with. 
In the run-up phase, a monitoring schedule must be agreed between the applicant, 
manufacturer(s) and the appointed inspector. During the design phase, a verified version of 
this plan shall be submitted to the approval authority prior to taking up production. This mon 
itoring schedule must specify the components to be monitored and also include the scope of 
the spot checks. At all events, this plan must take account of all components and structural 
elements the failure of which could impair the structural integrity of the whole offshore struc 
ture (please refer to chapter B2.4.2.1). 
The qualifications of the respective production facilities shall be examined prior to commenc 
ing production. 
The monitoring schedule for the production facilities producing the main components is based 
on an initial audit to be carried out by the appointed inspector prior to commencing produc 
tion. This shall also include an assessment of the production facilities with respect to their 
ability to achieve the required production quality. 
The applicable standards and regulations as well as the verified implementation documents 
shall be given due consideration. The special requirements pertaining to “offshore” locations 
must receive due consideration with respect to all quality-securing measures. 
Planning the implementation of the installation phase includes all loading, transport and in 
stallation procedures - from the quayside at the base port to the location at sea. The applicant 
is responsible for ensuring that the interfaces between those involved in designing the com 
ponents are accordingly set up and maintained. 
The installation phase (as understood in this standard) starts with the physical implementation 
of the wind farm, i.e. when the foundation elements and substructures are laid, and ends 
when operation commences. 
The installation manual must be presented at the time of applying for the 3 rd release (please 
refer to chapter B2.3.4). It must be submitted for the offshore structure as well as for the sub 
marine cables at least 3 months prior to commencing work. 
The applicant is the erector of the structure and thus bears full responsibility for the installa 
tion manual and ensuring that it is accordingly updated as implementation progresses, for 
conformity with the specified site-specific data and the implementation thereof, in particular 
with regard to the subsoil and the environment, the site-specific design and the test regula 
tions right up to the point of actual installation. 
The electrical connection of the subsea cabling within the park to the electrical infrastructure 
of the offshore wind turbine, resp. the connection of the power transmission submarine cable 
to the respective offshore substation, is no longer subject to the documentation contained in 
the installation manual. 
The installation manual requires no further updates once the 3 rd release has been awarded; 
once installation has commenced, all deviations and modifications must be documented as 
implementation progresses and accordingly agreed with the approval authority.