Temporary Onshore Accommodation

IOGP 541 / 542

Eelco Sixma – CGG
2016 April IOGP/IAGC HSE Forum
Temporary Onshore Accommodation
A true multi parameter challenge!
541: Selecting Camp Type and Site
542: Design, Layout, Facilities and Services

Does not cover:

- Operation of camps
- Engineering of structures, decommissioning methods
- Specifics of work areas such as warehouses or workshops.

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Key principles:
- No comfort at the expense of HSE!
- Recognize transport as the most significant risk!
-Temporary = < 5 years use expected
- Duration: few days to 5 years
- Longer duration: higher quality and more comfort
- Also recognize need for advance parties to build the camp,
with more primitive conditions
As such not prescriptive, rather imposing risk assessment and
common sense, with a lot of flexibility: “fit for purpose”

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541: Camp Type and Site Selection:

Types considered:
• Trailers, Portacabins
• Tents
• Cat trains
• Barges and Houseboats
• Other construction (brick, concrete, wood,
containers)
• Use of existing structures:
– Hotels
• Checklist includes verification of how these are
operated!
– Rented buildings

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Type selection considerations:

• Climate
• Terrain
• Number of Personnel
• Duration
• Transportation / access (also during operations supported by
camp, which feeds back into Mobility considerations)
• Mobility
• Decommissioning

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Site selection considerations:

• General considerations
• Physical factors
• Accessibility and transport risk
• Environmental factors
• Social and Cultural factors
• Location of infrastructure and resources
Note Type and Site selection go hand in hand,
not sequentially!

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542: Design and Layout

• Minimize impact
• Areal footprint
• Layout Plans
• Security
• Access, walkways, roads, parking
• Durability / Maintenance
• Stability (wind)
• Mobility
• Drainage

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542: Accommodation, Facilities and Services

• Sleeping areas
• Toilet and sanitary facilities
• Wastewater and sewage
• Water supply
• Kitchens and mess
• Laundry
• Electricity
• Gas
• Fire safety

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542: Continued
• Fuel storage and transfer
• Waste management
• Recreation and well being
• Places of worship
• Camp commissary
• Health and hygiene
• Pest and insect control

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