Engineering Procedure

SAEP-148 12 February 2019

Mandatory Engineering Standards and Codes
for Non-Industrial, Public and Government Facilities
Document Responsibility: Onshore Structure Standards Committee

Content
1 Scope ................................................................ 2
2 Conflicts and Deviations ................................... 3
3 Applicable Documents ...................................... 3
4 Definitions ......................................................... 4
5 Instructions........................................................ 5
Revision Summary................................................... 6

Appendix…………………… ..................................... 7

Previous Issue: 25 November 2015 Next Planned Update: 12 February 2022

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Document Responsibility: Onshore Structure Standards Committee SAEP-148
Issue Date: 12 February 2019 Mandatory Engineering Standards and Codes
Next Planned Update: 12 February 2022 for Non-Industrial, Public and Government Facilities

1 Scope

This Saudi Aramco Engineering Procedure (SAEP) controls the use of an established
list of Standards and Codes required for Non-Industrial, Public and Government
facilities. The definitions of such facilities are listed in Section 4, Definitions. This
procedure is not intended for Joint Venture projects. Special purpose facilities such as
gasoline stations,laboratories and aviation hangers are not covered by this procedure.
Waiving of Inspection Department roles and responsibilities and all related GI’s and
MSAER’s is not covered by this procedure. Waiving of Environmental MSAER’s is
not covered by this procedure. Architectural, Safety and Security, Fire Protection, and
Loss Prevention MSAER’s are not waived using this procedure for any Saudi Aramco
owned and operated or leased facilities.

2 Conflicts and Deviations

2.1 Any request for deviations from the requirements of the standards listed in the
Appendix for non-Saudi Aramco owned facilities shall be directed for approval
to the Project Owner. Such requests for Saudi Aramco owned facilities shall
follow the waiver process described in SAEP-302. See paragraph 5.8 below.
2.2 All deviations from the requirements of the standards listed in the Appendix
shall be documented and approved. The scope of an approved waiver request
shall specific and limited to the facility, project and standard or code it was
requested for.

3 Applicable Documents

Unless otherwise noted, the latest edition of the following documents/references shall
be used as referenced in this engineering procedure:

 Saudi Aramco Engineering Procedures

SAEP-301 Instructions for Establishing and Maintaining
Mandatory Saudi Aramco Engineering
Requirements
SAEP-302 Instructions for Obtaining a Waiver of a Mandatory
Saudi Aramco Engineering Requirement
SAEP-44 Instructions for Commodity Material Management
SAEP-85 Suppliers Evaluation and Approval
SAES-L-460 Pipeline Crossings under Roads and Railroads

 Saudi Aramco Engineering Standards

SAES-B-014 Safety Requirements for Plant and Operations
Support Buildings
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SAES-B-062 Onshore Wellsite Safety

SAES-B-064 Onshore and Nearshore Pipeline Safety

 Saudi Aramco Inspection Procedures

GI-0002.710 Mechanical Completion and Performance
Acceptance of Facilities
GI-0400.001 Quality Management Roles and Responsibilities

4 Definitions

Appropriate Saudi Aramco Technical/Engineering Organizations: Organizations

with Subject Matter Experts (SME’s) within Saudi Aramco who develop MSAERs
and/or review MSAERs.

Government: Saudi Arabian Government.

Government Facilities: Any facility owned and /or operated by the Government
including, but not limited to infrastructure, residential facilities, maritime facilities, etc..
Note: Government Industrial Facilities shall follow the industrial standards referenced in the
Appendix.
International Standards: Standards developed outside of the Kingdom, but supported
by Kingdom standards organizations such as the Saudi Arabian Standards Organization
(SASO), and/or referenced in Saudi Aramco MSAER’s.

MSAERs: Mandatory Saudi Aramco Engineering Requirements that include

engineering procedures and standards, material specifications and standard drawings.

Municipal and Local Jurisdictions Having Authority: Governmental organizations

such as Civil Defense, Baladiyah (local municipality) and others who review and certify
projects for construction.

Project Owner: The owner of the facility. This may be Saudi Aramco, the
Government, a municipality, or another entity that will assume ownership and operation
of the facility.

National Standards and Codes: Primarily the Saudi Building Code (SBC) and
referenced design standards.

Non-Industrial Facilities: Saudi Aramco owned and operated non-oil & gas facilities
located at least 500 meters outside the plant perimeter fence and outside a zone
predicted to receive at least 3.5 kPa gauge (0.5 psig) peak side-on overpressure (as a
result of a blast), or the occupants will not be affected by a toxic material release or
flammable vapor cloud (see SAES-B-014).

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Issue Date: 12 February 2019 Mandatory Engineering Standards and Codes
Next Planned Update: 12 February 2022 for Non-Industrial, Public and Government Facilities

Note: Access roads and facilities that directly support plant operations, such as
communications facilities, centralized computer facilities, and electrical substations are
considered part of the facility for the purpose of this Standard.

Public Facilities: Any facility executed by Saudi Aramco, but will not be owned,
operated and/or maintained by Saudi Aramco, such as community schools, military
housing, sport complex, and homeownerships.

SBC: Saudi Building Code

5 Instructions
5.1 Unless noted otherwise below, Non-Industrial Facilities, Public Facilities and
facilities executed by Saudi Aramco for the Government shall be exempt from
MSAERs and shall be based on the SBC and other international standards listed
in the Appendix to this procedure. The standards to be used shall be the most
recent versions included in the Issue for Bid (IFB) package. Blanket waivers of
MSAERs are not required. Any proposal to resolve conflicting requirements
between these standards shall be addressed to the appropriate Saudi Aramco
Technical/Engineering Organization.

5.2 Electrical and Communications MSAER’s are not waived for Saudi Aramco
owned and operated office buildings and medical facilities.

5.3 Safety requirements detailed in SAES-B-014 supersede Sections 5.1 and 5.2
above for out-of-plant buildings within 500 meters of a Saudi Aramco plant
perimeter fence. Safety requirements detailed in SAES-B-062 and SAES-B-064
also apply to all facilities covered by this procedure.

5.4 For the purpose of this procedure, National Standards and Codes listed in the
Appendix shall be mandatory; therefore, listed as Mandatory / Primary.
International Standards listed in the Appendix shall be the only acceptable
supporting standards to the National standards, therefore listed as Mandatory /
Supporting. The listed MSAERs can still be used as optional standards but not
mandatory. MSAER’s waived by this procedure remain waived despite being
referenced in the Appendix.

5.5 The requirements and standards of Municipal and Local Jurisdictions Having
Authority shall be considered as additional requirements where they exceed the
requirements of the standards and codes listed in the Appendix. Standards and
codes of Municipal and Local Jurisdictions Having Authority shall not be
considered a replacement for those listed in the Appendix.

5.6 The appropriate Saudi Aramco Technical/Engineering Organization shall be

contacted to approve standards to be used for scope items not included in the
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Appendix. The Appropriate Saudi Aramco Technical/Engineering Organization

shall also be contacted to approve essential supplementary requirements to
relevant International Standards listed in the Appendix, as applicable, to ensure
safe and reliable operation. The final list of selected standards and / or
supplementary requirements to be used for any project shall be documented and
transmitted officially to the office of the Chief Engineer for information.

5.7 The Inspection Department shall inspect in alignment with the mandatory
standards list in the Appendix, and the instructions of this procedure, which
shall be part of the construction/fabrication Inspection & Test Plans and
associated Checklists. Associated inspection & test plans and corresponding
checklists shall be developed by the project execution agency (i.e., PMT), and
reviewed and approved by Saudi Aramco Inspection Department.

5.8 Any request for deviations from the requirements of the standards listed in the
Appendix for non-Saudi Aramco owned projects shall be directed for approval
to the Project Owner. The waiver process for such projects shall be determined
and agreed upon by the Project Owner, SA Project Management and the
Appropriate Saudi Aramco Technical/Engineering Organizations. Such
requests for Saudi Aramco owned projects shall follow the waiver process
described in SAEP-302 for evaluation and approval by the technical and
management authorities described in SAEP-302.

5.9 Procurement Instructions: Non-inspectable materials as defined by SAEP-44

shall be procured in agreement with governing ISO/SASO requirements and
standard or purchase order specifications. For Inspectable materials as defined
by SAEP-44, Regulated Vendors List (RVL) approved Saudi Aramco sources
shall be used. If other than Saudi Aramco approved sources are to be used, then
one time basis source approvals shall follow SAEP-85 procedures.

5.10 For inspectable materials with no 9COM code, the following shall apply:

5.10.1 Critical materials shall be identified based on the material’s

manufacturing complexity, operation conditions, and impact of
failure. SAEP-1151 Section 5 “Procurement Risk Management” or
equivalent risk identification method may be used to identify material
criticality.

5.10.2 For materials classified as critical by the project team and Engineering
Services, the contractor’s selected and pre-qualified vendor(s) shall be
proposed to the ES Vendor Review Committee (VRC) for assessment
and decision to approve or reject the proposal. No SAP workflows
will be required.

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Next Planned Update: 12 February 2022 for Non-Industrial, Public and Government Facilities

5.10.3 For non-critical materials, vendor selection will be subject to project

team approval with the assistance of the assigned Saudi Aramco
Inspection Representative (SAIR) as per the contractual Supplier
Selection Requirements.

Revision Summary
25 November 2015 New Saudi Aramco Engineering Procedure. Experience, over the past 7 years, of waiving
SA standards for non-oil & gas projects and using a specific list of international and local
codes has matured. Introducing a permanent list of the alternative standards allows the user
(PM) to proceed with projects without processing special waivers as required at the moment.
This also drives consistency across all projects using this list of standards.
10 December 2015 Editorial revision as “Scope” modified in agreement with CE during a meeting with HO, LPD
and EPD.
12 February 2019 Major revision.

Summary of Change Form for SAEP-148

Paragraph Change Type

No. (New, Modification,..) Technical Change
No.
Added English translation of the word Baladiyah to the
1 4 Clarification definition of “Municipal and Local Jurisdictions Having
Authority”
Added applicable SAEP for one time vendor approvals
2 5.9 Modification
Added procedure for procurement of inspectable materials
3 5.10 New that do not have a 9COM code to avoid having to create
9COM codes for unique items
Clarified wording of Note for “Government Facilities” to clarify
4 4 Modification
that industrial standards apply to industrial facilities
Added reference to SAES-L-460 that is referenced in the body
5 3 Addition
of the standard

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Document Responsibility: Onshore Structure Standards Committee SAEP-148
Issue Date: 12 February 2019 Mandatory Engineering Standards and Codes
Next Planned Update: 12 February 2022 for Non-Industrial, Public and Government Facilities

Appendix

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