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Glossary 
Glossary 
General 
Implementation plan 
This contains the planning documents that are ready for implementation on the basis of the basic 
design approved by the BSH for realising an offshore wind farm. The main emphasis of implemen 
tation planning lies in preparing works plans, usually on a relatively large scale. The objective of im 
plementation planning is to achieve a set of plans that can be released for construction. The tested 
implementation plan approved by the BSH concludes the design phase. 
Basic design 
This contains the definitive basis for taking planning decisions when realising an offshore wind farm. 
The objective is to achieve a coherent and achievable planning concept that takes account of all 
project-specific issues. The checked basis design approved by the BSH concludes the first subsec 
tion of the design phase. 
Design basis 
This contains all data and figures required for the particular element of the offshore wind farm at its 
particular location that are necessary for designing a structurally stable and serviceable construc 
tion in accordance with the generally recognised state of the art or, failing that, the state of current 
scientific progress. It is based on qualified investigations and expert reports. 
Conformity 
This refers to a match with defined requirements. 
Preliminary draft 
This contains several planning variants which are already significant parts of the realisation of an 
offshore wind park. The checked preliminary draft approved by the BSH forms the conclusion of the 
development phase. 
Foundation elements 
Ground 
This is the system consisting of one or more layers of soil. 
Soil (loose rock) 
This is the general material designation for the various layers of the ground. 
Characteristic values of the soil parameters 
These are carefully selected mean values of a typical bandwidth of these values for the particular 
soil type under the circumstances to be considered, the magnitude of which is to be viewed as as 
sured for the service life of the foundation. The geotechnical engineering model in which they are to 
be used shall also be taken into account when defining them. 
Design values of the soil parameters 
These are values derived from the characteristic values of the soil parameters by reduction (if ne 
cessary by augmentation) with safety factors. It is necessary to use them in calculations in which 
the safety factors cannot be used or cannot be exclusively used on the loading values (calculated 
with characteristic values of the soil parameters). In each case, they shall be defined with reference 
to the geotechnical engineering model in which they are to be used.