Qualifications for compiling special sections on safety facility design

The specialized design for safety facilities falls under the category of design work, so it must be carried out by entities with design qualifications; organizations with only safety assessment qualifications are not eligible to undertake this task.

"The specialized design for safety facilities falls under the category of design work, so it must be carried out by entities with design qualifications; organizations with only safety assessment qualifications are not eligible to undertake this task. "——Exactly! The units with safety assessment qualifications are responsible for conducting safety assessments, including the assessment of the \"special section on safety facility design\".

It was done by the design firm. But this involves an issue of qualifications. It is best for units that produce and store Class A hazardous materials to use Class A design institutes. This will make it easier to pass future fire and safety inspections. Safety assessment agencies only conduct preliminary safety assessments and current condition assessments. The design institute is also responsible for preparing the fire protection section, environmental protection section, and energy conservation section, in addition to the safety section. Regarding the qualification requirements for design firms to prepare safety reports, I asked the safety supervision department specifically, and they stated that **the laws and regulations do not specify that a Class A qualification is mandatory. Grade B is also fine. But considering issues such as acceptance at the time, Class A is preferable. Moreover, the requirements vary from place to place; at least, hazardous chemicals enterprises in Zhejiang Province are required to have Class A status.

The special section on safety facility design falls under the category of design work; it is usually carried out by the design firm appointed by the project owner, and the qualifications of such a firm must meet the requirements specified for design work

The requirement in Henan Province is that one must possess a qualification of Grade B or higher in the \"chemical, petrochemical, and pharmaceutical\" industry, as issued by the Ministry of Construction, in order to prepare a special safety design document. If it is a Class B leading process, it should be prepared in collaboration with a unit that has architectural design qualifications!

It requires a unit with specialized safety assessment qualifications to carry out the task

The special section on safety facility design should be prepared by a design firm with chemical engineering qualifications; this is unrelated to the safety assessment firms. However, the main basis for preparing this special section is the safety pre-assessment provided by the safety assessment firms. As for the qualification requirements for design institutes, a level of B or above is generally required. The distinction between level A and level B design institutes does not depend on whether they handle Class A hazardous chemicals; it is determined based on the project classification set by the National Development and Reform Commission. It’s not true that safety facility design documents prepared by level A institutes are easier to get approved; on the contrary, many companies choose level B design institutes because their fees are lower. As for the level of detail required in the design, initially, when Order No. 8 issued by the State Administration of Work Safety was first introduced, there were varying standards regarding this level of detail. Later, regions such as Zhejiang and Yantai issued their own guidelines; taking Zhejiang’s guidelines as an example, they required that the design work reach the level of preliminary design. However, according to the requirements set out in Order No. 225 issued by the Department of Hazardous Chemicals under the State Administration of Work Safety, the level of detail required from design firms should be that of construction drawings. It can be said that safety supervision agencies in different regions have varying understandings of the special section on safety facility design. In some areas, these agencies require that this special section serve as the final document for safety inspections, which means that the design firm must provide designs at a level equivalent to those used in actual construction; in other areas, it is only necessary to use it for record-keeping purposes, and in such cases, a design at the preliminary stage is generally sufficient. However, there is no uniform standard regarding this level of detail, so the requirements vary depending on the region. As for the special section on safety facility design, it is not required to be evaluated by the safety assessment agency; the agency only evaluates the safety conditions of the enterprise after it has been built.

What safety assessment agencies are not allowed to do is clearly stated in Order No. 8

For special sections on safety facility design, an evaluation by a safety assessment agency is not required; however, the presence of such an agency is generally expected during the safety facility review meeting