• Assessment of allowable environmental criteria for first-end initiation, initial lay, normal lay, curve lay, second-end approach, second-end installation; either end may be a subsea termination, an I/J tube pull-in operation or a landfall approach
• Assessment that planned handling routes and loads are within manufacturer's recommendations or limitations (combinations of bend radius, contact force, tension, squeeze load from caterpillar, internal pressure)
•Analysis of the installation scenario and comparison with assumptions used for the calculation of fatigue damage
