2W-B |
Two Wire, Base mounted smoke detector |
|
2WT-B |
Two Wire, Base mounted smoke detector with Thermal detector |
|
4W-B |
Four Wire, Base mounted smoke detector |
|
4WA |
Type 4 White Ash Lumber |
|
4WP |
Four-inch Wellpoint Pump |
|
A |
Area |
|
A |
Ampere |
|
A&E |
Architecture and Engineering |
|
A&E |
Accident & Emergency |
|
AA |
Anchor Assembly |
|
aaa |
l'American Arbitration Association |
|
AAC |
Autoclave Aerated Concrete |
|
AAC |
Autoclaved Aerated Concrete |
|
AAC |
Acute Angle Closure |
|
AACE |
American Association of Cost Engineers |
|
AAEC |
Australian Atomic Energy Commission |
|
AAH |
Academy on Architecture for Health |
|
AAM |
Application Activity Model |
|
AAMA |
American Architectural Manufacturer's Association |
|
AASHTO |
American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials |
|
AB |
Asbestos Board |
|
AB |
Anchor Bolt |
|
ABC |
activity based costing |
|
ABS |
Anchor Bolt Stabilizer |
|
ABS |
Acrylonitrile, Butadiene, and Styrene |
|
ABV |
Above |
|
AC |
Acre |
|
AC |
Asphalt Concrete |
|
aca |
Australian Communications Authority's |
|
ACC |
Accessible Congregations Campaign |
|
ACC |
Accessory |
|
ACC |
Access Control Center |
|
ACCEL |
Accelerate |
|
ACCL |
American College of Construction Lawyers |
|
ACCMP |
Asphalt-Coated Corrugated Metal Pipe |
|
ACCU |
Air Cooled Condensing Unit |
|
ACI |
American Concrete Institute |
|
ACI |
Allied Construction Industries |
|
ACN |
Australian Company Number |
|
ACOSS |
Australian Council of Social Service |
|
ACPA |
American Concrete Pipe Association |
|
Acr |
acrylic |
|
ACSM |
American Congress on Surveying and Mapping |
|
ACSP |
Aluminized (Type 2) Round Corrugated Steel Pipe |
|
ACT |
Actual |
|
ACTU |
Australian Council of Trade Unions |
|
ADAAG |
Americans with Disabilities Act Accessibility Guidelines |
|
ADAAG |
Americans with Disabilities Act Architectural Guidelines |
|
ADAB |
Australian Development Assistance Bureau |
|
ADACT |
Associate Degree in Architecture Construction Technology |
|
ADC |
Automatic Data Collection |
|
ADC |
Analogue to Digital Converter |
|
ADD |
Addendum |
|
add |
Additional Degree of Difficulty |
|
ADD |
Addition |
|
add |
Additional Download Details |
|
ADD |
Additional Driver Discovery |
|
ADDL |
Additional |
|
ADF |
Approved Deposit Fund |
|
ADF |
Australian Defence Force |
|
ADFP |
Australian Defence Force Publication |
|
ADH |
ADaptive Hydraulics |
|
ADH |
Adhesive |
|
ADJ |
Adjust |
|
ADL |
Aerially Deposited Lead |
|
ADO |
ActiveX Data Objects (Microsoft) |
|
ADR |
Alternative Dispute Resolution |
|
AEC |
Architecture, Engineering, Construction |
|
AECO |
Architectural Engineering Construction and Owner |
|
AECOM |
Architecture Engineering Construction Operations and Management |
|
AESS |
Architecturally Exposed Structural Steel |
|
AEW&C |
Airborne Early Warning and Control |
|
AF |
All Flat |
|
AF |
After Foundation |
|
AF |
Agreed Framework |
|
AF |
Audio Frequency |
|
AFC |
Approved For Construction |
|
AFD |
Approval for Design (AFD) |
|
AFF |
Above Finish Floor |
|
Afnor |
Association Francaise De Normalisation |
|
Ag |
Aggregate Grizzly |
|
AGA |
American Gas Association |
|
AGC |
Associated General Contractors of America |
|
AGCR |
Assurex Global Construction Risks |
|
AGD |
Australian Geodetic Datum |
|
Aggr |
Aggregate |
|
AGM |
Annual General Meeting |
|
AGP |
Accelerated Graphics Port |
|
AGPS |
Australian Government Publishing Service |
|
AGSO |
Australian Geological Survey Organisation |
|
AGST |
Above Ground Storage Tank |
|
AH |
After Hours |
|
AHA |
Australian Hotels Association |
|
AHAM |
Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers |
|
AHD |
Australian Height Datum |
|
AI |
Articulation Index |
|
AIA |
American Insurance Association |
|
AIA |
American Institute of Architecture |
|
AIBD |
American Institute of Building Design |
|
AIDC |
Australian Industry Development Corporation |
|
AIIA |
Australian Information Industry Association |
|
AIM |
Application Interpreted Model |
|
AIMP |
Impervious Area |
|
AINF |
Infiltration Area |
|
AISC |
American Institute of Steel Construction, Inc. |
|
AISI |
American Iron and Steel Institute |
|
AITC |
American Institute of Timber Construction |
|
AL |
Aluminium |
|
AL |
Alabama |
|
ALA |
American Lung Association |
|
ALM |
Alarm Local Mode |
|
ALM |
Alarm List Manager |
|
ALM |
Alarm Module |
|
ALO |
Architectural Liaison Officer |
|
ALRC |
Australian Law Reform Commission |
|
ALT |
Alternate |
|
ALT |
Altitude |
|
ALT |
Alteration |
|
AM |
Amplitude Modulation |
|
AMB |
Ambient |
|
AMBER |
Atlas Muon Barrel and Endcap Reconstruction |
|
AMCA |
Air Movement and Control Association International, Inc. |
|
amcu |
Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union |
|
AMCU |
Association of Mining and Construction Union |
|
AMDEL |
Australian Mineral Development Laboratories |
|
AMG |
Australian Map Grid |
|
AMO |
Aircraft Maintenance Officer |
|
AMP |
Ampere |
|
AMT |
Amount |
|
AN |
Ammonium Nitrate |
|
AN |
Anode |
|
ANCA |
Australian Nature Conservation Agency |
|
ANCR |
Australian National Construction Review |
|
ANFO |
Ammonium Nitrate and Fuel Oil |
|
ANMC |
American National Metric Council |
|
ANN |
Annunciator |
|
ANSI |
American National Standards Institute, Inc. |
|
ANT |
Antenna |
|
ANU |
Australian National University (Canberra, Australia) |
|
AP |
Access Panel |
|
AP |
Application Protocol |
|
APAC |
Ashland Paving and Construction |
|
APEO |
alkylphenol ethoxylates |
|
APHA |
American Public Health Association |
|
APHA |
Australian Private Hospitals Association |
|
APHC |
Association of Plumbing Heating Contractors |
|
API |
Application Programming Interface |
|
appd |
Approved |
|
approx |
Approximate |
|
APRC |
Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction |
|
APT |
Apartment |
|
apwa |
American Public Works Association's |
|
AQ |
Air Quality |
|
AQL |
Acceptable Quality Level |
|
AQMD |
Air Quality Management District |
|
AR |
As Required |
|
AR |
Approved Roofing |
|
AR |
Aluminum Roofing |
|
Ar. |
Architect |
|
Arch |
Architect |
|
ARM |
Application Reference Model |
|
ARO |
Abrasion Resistant Overlay (Pipeline Coating) |
|
ARS |
United States Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service |
|
ARSE |
Analysis and Reconstruction Sound Engine |
|
AS |
Australian Standard |
|
ASAP |
As Soon As Possible (pronounced AY-sap) |
|
ASC |
Associated Schools of Construction |
|
asce |
l'American Society of Civil Engineers |
|
ASD |
Allowable Stress Design |
|
ASE |
Alliance to Save Energy |
|
ASHRAE |
American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers |
|
ASIC |
Australian Securities & Investments Commission |
|
ASME |
American Society of Mechanical Engineers |
|
asnt |
American Society for Nondestructive Testing's |
|
ASSOC |
Associate(d) |
|
ASSY |
Assembly |
|
ASTM |
American Society for Testing and Materials (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
|
AT |
Atmosphere |
|
AT |
Air Temperature |
|
ATC |
Air traffic control |
|
ATM |
Automatic Teller Machine |
|
atm |
atmospheric pressure |
|
ATM |
Alternative Test Method |
|
ATM |
Asynchronous Transfer Mode |
|
ATS |
Abstract Test Suites |
|
ATTEN |
Attenuation |
|
AU |
Astronomical Unit |
|
auth |
authorized, authority |
|
AUTO |
Automatic |
|
AV |
Audio-visual aids |
|
AVB |
Atmospheric Vacuum Breaker |
|
Ave. |
Avenue |
|
AVG |
Average Voltage Gain |
|
AW |
Acid Waste |
|
AWCI |
Association of the Wall and Ceiling Industry |
|
AWF |
Animal Welfare Foundation |
|
AWG |
American Wire Gage |
|
AWG |
American Wire Gauge |
|
AWI |
Architectural Woodwork Institute |
|
AWIC |
Advancing Women in Construction |
|
aws |
American Welding Society's |
|
AWT |
Abstract Windowing Toolkit |
|
AWWA |
American Water Works Association (Denver) |
|
AX |
Axis |
|
B&B |
Bed and Breakfast |
|
B&W |
Babcock & Wilcox - Black And White - Bowers & Wilkins |
|
BA |
Building Approval |
|
BAA |
Business Area Analysis |
|
BAC |
Building Automation and Controls |
|
Baf |
Baffle |
|
BAL |
Ballast |
|
BAL |
Balance |
|
BAPI |
Business Application Programming Interface (SAP) |
|
BASA |
British Adhesives and Sealants Association |
|
BASE |
Buildings, Antennas, Spans, and Earth |
|
BAT |
Best Available Technology |
|
BB |
Ball Bearing |
|
BB |
Bulletin Board |
|
BBL |
Barrel |
|
BBS |
Bulletin Board Service |
|
BC |
The Best Construction |
|
BC |
Bituminous Concrete |
|
BCA |
Building and Construction Authority |
|
BCATS |
Building Construction and Allied Trades Skills |
|
BCC |
Blind Carbon Copy |
|
BCC |
Bearings, Chains, and Cables |
|
BCCM |
Building Construction Core Model |
|
BCCMP-FP |
Bituminous-Coated Corrugated Metal Pipe - Fully Paved |
|
BCCSP-FP |
Bituminous-Coated Corrugated Steel Pipe - Fully Paved |
|
BCT |
Best Conventional Technology |
|
BCT |
Building and Construction Technology |
|
BCTC |
Building and Construction Trades Council |
|
BD |
Board |
|
BDCA |
Bronx Design and Construction Academy |
|
BDY |
Boundary |
|
BETEC |
Building Environment & Thermal Envelope Council |
|
betw |
between |
|
Bev |
Bevel |
|
BF |
Board Foot |
|
BF |
Back Face |
|
BFP |
Bonded Fiber Matrix |
|
BFP |
Boiler Feed Pump |
|
bifr |
Board for Industrial Financial Reconstruction |
|
BIFR |
Bureau of Industrial Financial Reconstruction |
|
BIOS |
Basic Input Output System |
|
BKR |
Breaker |
|
BL |
Base Line |
|
BLDG |
Building |
|
BLEVE |
Boiling Liquid Expanding Vapour Explosion |
|
BLF |
Builders Labourers Federation |
|
BLK |
Block |
|
Blvd. |
Boulevard |
|
BM |
Beam |
|
BM |
Building Materials |
|
BMP |
Best Management Practice |
|
BMT |
Bellamuel Motoradd Triada |
|
BMTPC |
Building Materials & Technology Promotion Council |
|
Bncc |
Babbit Neuman Construction Company |
|
BO |
Business Object |
|
BOCA |
Building Officials and Code Administrators International, Inc. |
|
BOCA |
Building Officials Code Administrators International |
|
BOD |
Biochemical Oxygen Demand |
|
BOM |
Build of Material |
|
BOP |
Bottom of Pipe |
|
BOT |
Bottom |
|
BOWEC |
Building Operations and Work of Engineering Construction |
|
BP |
Beam Pipe |
|
BP |
Bypass |
|
BP |
Boiling Point |
|
BPAC |
Building Performance Assessment Centre |
|
BPF |
British Property Federation |
|
BR |
Bedroom |
|
BRA |
Breast Reconstruction Awareness |
|
BRD |
Bureau for Reconstruction and Development |
|
BRDG |
Bridge |
|
BRE |
Building Research Establishment |
|
BRG |
Bearing |
|
BRI |
Building Related Illnesses |
|
BRK |
Brick |
|
BRKR |
Breaker |
|
BRKT |
Bracket |
|
BS |
British Standard |
|
BSC |
Business Steering Committee |
|
BSI |
British Standards Institution |
|
Bsmnt. |
Basement |
|
BSMT |
Basement |
|
BSOD |
Blue Screen Of Death |
|
BSR |
Basic Semantic Repository |
|
BSU |
Basic Structural Unit |
|
BSU |
Basic Semantic Unit |
|
BTCS |
Bard's Tale Construction Set |
|
BTR |
Better |
|
BTU |
British Thermal Unit |
|
BU |
Bushel |
|
BUDF |
BUilder Data Form |
|
BUR |
Built-Up Roof |
|
BUREC |
BUReau d'Etudes et de Construction |
|
BV |
Brick Veneer |
|
BYO |
Bring Your Own |
|
C |
Coulomb |
|
C |
Centigrade |
|
C of Q |
Certificate of Qualification |
|
C/min |
Cycles Per Minute |
|
C/O |
Care Of (postal Code Indicating Temporary Address Change) |
|
C/S |
Cycles Per Second |
|
CA |
Catchment Area |
|
CA |
Cellulose Acetate |
|
CA |
Contractor Activities |
|
CA |
Compressed Air |
|
CAA |
Civil Aviation Authority |
|
CAB |
Cabinet |
|
CABO |
Council of American Building Officials |
|
CABO (ICC) |
Conference of American Building Officials (International Code Council) |
|
CACP |
Chinese American Construction Professionals |
|
CAD |
Computer-Aided Drafting |
|
cad |
Computer Aided Designer |
|
CADM |
Computer-Aided Document Management |
|
CADP |
Construction and Analysis of Distributed Processes |
|
CAE |
Computer-Aided Engineering |
|
CAL |
Calorie |
|
CAL-EPA |
California Environmental Protection Agency |
|
CAL-OSHA |
California Division of Occupational Safety and Health Administration |
|
CALP |
Constructionist Approaches to Language Pedagogy |
|
CAM |
Computer Aided Manufacture |
|
CAM |
Content Addressable Memory |
|
cam |
Construction Association of Michigan |
|
CANS |
Construction Association of Nova Scotia |
|
CAP |
Capacity Assurance Plan |
|
CAP |
Capacity |
|
cap |
Capacity Assurance Program |
|
CAP |
Cellulose Acetate Propionate |
|
CAP |
Capacity Market Programs |
|
CAPPS |
Clearance Assessment Program for Power Systems |
|
CAR |
Contract Acceptance Review |
|
CAS |
Chemical Abstract Service |
|
CAS |
Complete Active Space |
|
CASA |
Civil Aviation Safety Authority |
|
CASF |
Construction Association of South Florida |
|
CASQA |
California Stormwater Quality Association |
|
CAT |
Catalog |
|
CAT |
Computer Aided Testing |
|
CAT |
Computer-Aided Tomography |
|
CAT |
Compact All Terrain |
|
CAV |
Cavity |
|
CB |
Construction Battalion |
|
CBA |
Cost Benefit Analysis |
|
CBB |
Construction and Business Bank |
|
CBC |
Construction Building Committee |
|
CBC |
Construction By Cosets |
|
CBC |
California Building Code |
|
CBD |
Cash Before Delivery |
|
CBI |
Confidential Business Information |
|
CBI |
Confederation of British Industry |
|
CBM |
Construction Building Materials |
|
CBO |
Common Business Object |
|
CBR |
Construction Build Rating |
|
CBR |
California Bearing Ratio |
|
CBR |
Case-Based Reasoning |
|
CBT |
Center for Building Technology |
|
CC |
construction chemicals |
|
cc |
with food, (but also cubic centimetre) |
|
CC |
Carbon Copy |
|
CC |
City Council |
|
CC |
Cubic Centimeter |
|
CC |
Cooling coil |
|
CCA |
Canadian Construction Association |
|
CCB |
China Construction Bank |
|
ccb |
Contractors Construction Board |
|
CCB |
Construction Criteria Base |
|
CCB |
Connecticut Community Bank |
|
CCB |
Charpentes Constructions Bois |
|
CCBFC |
Canadian Commission on Building and Fire Codes |
|
CCCP |
Cosmic Communist Constructions Photographed |
|
CCDC |
Canadian Construction Documents Committee |
|
CCDI |
China Construction Design International |
|
CCHT |
Canadian Centre for Housing Technology (part of NRC) |
|
CCI |
Construction Cost Index |
|
CCIA |
Connecticut Construction Industries Association |
|
CCIR |
Centre for Construction Innovation and Research |
|
CCMC |
Canadian Construction Materials Centre |
|
CCN |
Contract Change Notification |
|
CCN |
Contract Change Notice |
|
CCPR |
Certified Construction Product Representative |
|
CCQ |
Commission de la Construction du Québec |
|
CCR |
California Code of Regulations |
|
CCS |
Cellular Confinement System |
|
CCS |
Corinthian Cast Stone (New York) |
|
CCT |
Compatible Construction Technology |
|
cct |
Closed-Circuit Television |
|
CCT |
Closed Circuit Test |
|
CCT |
Circuit Configuration Table |
|
CCT |
Circuito Cerrado de Televisión |
|
CCT |
Circuit |
|
CCT |
Court Circuit Team |
|
CCT |
Circuit Connection Table |
|
CCU |
Coronary Care Unit |
|
CCW |
Counter Clockwise |
|
CD |
Cadmium |
|
CD |
Cold Drawn |
|
CD |
Compact Disc |
|
CD |
Committee Draft |
|
CDA |
Copper Development Association Inc. |
|
CDA |
Cofficient of Dynamic Augment |
|
CDAO |
Construction and Design Alliance of Ontario |
|
CDL |
Component Description Language |
|
CDM |
Cement Deep Mixing |
|
CDM |
Construction Design and Management |
|
CDMCS |
Council for Dredging and Marine Construction Safety |
|
CDR |
Concept Design Report |
|
CDS |
Cold Drawn Steel |
|
CDW |
Construction and Demolition Waste |
|
CE |
Cost Estimate |
|
CE |
Civil Engineer |
|
CE |
Concurrent Engineering |
|
CEA |
Cost Effective Analysis |
|
CEA |
Construction Employers Association |
|
CEC |
Civil Engineering Corporation |
|
CEC |
Construction Equipment Company |
|
CEC |
Cation Exchange Capacity |
|
CEC |
Canadian Electrical Code |
|
CECCO |
Construction Employers Coordinating Council of Ontario |
|
cefa |
Construction Education Foundation of Alabama |
|
CEMP |
Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan |
|
CEMT |
Construction Engineering Management Technology |
|
CEO |
Consulting Engineers of Ontario |
|
CEO |
Chief Executive Officer |
|
cep |
Construction Electrical Products |
|
CEPI |
Construction Equipment Parts Inc |
|
CEQA |
California Environmental Quality Act |
|
CERL |
Construction Engineering Research Laboratory |
|
CEWA |
Critical Equipment Work Authorization |
|
CF |
Complete Finisher |
|
CF |
Cold Finish |
|
CF |
Cubic Feet |
|
CFD |
computational fluid dynamics |
|
CFD |
Centre for Design |
|
CFM |
Construction Facilities Management |
|
CFM |
Cubic Feet per Minute |
|
CFMEU |
Construction Forestry Mining and Energy Union |
|
CFMO |
Construction And Facilities Management Office |
|
CFMO |
Construction and Facilities Maintenance Office |
|
CFMS |
Construction Finance Management System |
|
CFP |
call for papers |
|
CFR |
Code of Federal Regulations |
|
CFRD |
Concrete Face Rockfill Dams |
|
CFRP |
Carbon Fibre Reinforced Panel |
|
CFS |
Cubic Feet per Second |
|
CG |
centre of gravity |
|
CG |
Computer Graphics |
|
CGI |
Common Gateway Interface |
|
CGMP |
Current Good Manfacturing Practice |
|
CGP |
Construction General Permit |
|
cgs |
Centimetre-gram-second |
|
CGT |
Capital Gains Tax |
|
CHAN |
Channel |
|
CHASE |
construction health and safety excellence |
|
CHICO |
Cámara Hondureña de la Industria de la Construcción |
|
CHIP |
Conical Hull Intersection Property |
|
CHMM |
Construction Hazardous Material And Management |
|
CHST |
Construction Health Safety Technician |
|
CHT |
Ceiling Height |
|
CHW |
Chilled Water |
|
CI |
Construction Index |
|
CI |
Cast Iron |
|
CIA |
Cold Inducted Air |
|
CIACO |
Construction Industry Advisory Council of Ontario |
|
CIB |
Construction Industries Board |
|
CIC |
Construction Industry Council |
|
CICC |
Construction Industry Computing Council |
|
CICC |
Construction Industry Coalition Council |
|
CICC |
Construction Industry Coalistion Council |
|
CICU |
Construction Industries Credit Union |
|
CID |
Construction Industries Division |
|
CIDB |
Construction Industry Development Board |
|
CIE |
Construction Information Executives |
|
CIF |
Construction Innovation Forum |
|
CII |
Confederation of Indian industry |
|
CIIC |
Construction in Indian Country |
|
CIM |
Computer Integrated Manufacturing |
|
CIM |
Construction Industries of Massachusetts |
|
CIP |
Construction In Progress |
|
CIP |
Cast Iron Pipe |
|
CIPE |
Certified In Plumbing Engineering |
|
CIPG |
Construction Industry Practice Group |
|
CIPP |
Cast Iron Pressure Pipe |
|
CIR |
Circular |
|
CIR |
Circle |
|
Circ |
Circumference |
|
CIRIA |
Construction Industry Research and Information Association |
|
CISC |
Canadian Institute of Steel Construction |
|
CISCA |
Ceilings Interior Systems Construction Association |
|
CISP |
Cast-Iron Soil Pipe |
|
CISP |
Construction Industry Service Program |
|
CITC |
Canadian Institute for Timber Construction |
|
CITC |
Construction Industry Training Council |
|
CKT |
Circuit |
|
Cl |
Closing |
|
Cl |
closure |
|
CL |
Clearance |
|
CL |
Classic |
|
CL |
Class |
|
CLG |
Ceiling |
|
CLGHT |
Ceiling Height |
|
Clk/Rm |
Cloakroom |
|
Clo. |
Closet |
|
CLP |
Clamp |
|
CLR |
Clear |
|
CLSAB |
Canadian Lumber Standards Accreditation Board |
|
CM |
Construction Management |
|
CM |
Corrective Maintenance |
|
CM |
Corrugated Metal |
|
CM |
Configuration Management |
|
CMA |
Congestion Management Program |
|
CMB |
Construction Materials Board (DND, Canada) |
|
CMC |
computer-mediated communication |
|
CMCEF |
Canadian Mechanical Contractors Education Foundation |
|
CMIE |
Construction Management and Industrial Engineering |
|
CMMA |
Corrugated Metal - Metal Arch |
|
CMMAC |
Corrugated Metal-Metal Arch Culvert |
|
CMMS |
Computerized Maintenance Management System |
|
CMOS |
Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductors |
|
CMP |
Corrugated Metal Pipe |
|
CMP |
Corrugated Metal Pipe (Round) |
|
CMPA |
Construction Material Processors Association |
|
CMST |
Construction Management Skills Training |
|
CMU |
Concrete Masonry Unit |
|
CN |
Change Notice |
|
CN |
Cellulose Nitrate |
|
CN |
Construction Number |
|
CNB |
Construction Navale Bordeaux |
|
CNCS |
Cherokee Nation Construction Services |
|
CNG |
Compressed natural gas |
|
CNSTR |
Construction |
|
CNTR |
Center |
|
CO |
Company |
|
CO |
Change Order |
|
COAA |
Construction Owners Association of Alberta |
|
COAA |
Construction Owners Association of America, Inc |
|
COAX |
Coaxial Cable |
|
COAX |
Coaxial Machinegun |
|
COCA |
Council of Ontario Construction Associations |
|
COCA |
Council of Owners and Construction Associates |
|
COCP |
Code of Construction Practice |
|
COD |
Chemical Oxygen Demand |
|
COE |
Creek Corps of Engineers |
|
COE |
Army Corps of Engineers |
|
COEF |
Coefficient |
|
COL |
Column |
|
COM |
Common |
|
COMB |
Combustion |
|
COMB |
Combination |
|
COML |
Commercial |
|
COMP |
Composition |
|
COMP |
Compressed |
|
COMPT |
Compartment |
|
COND |
Condenser |
|
CONN |
Connection |
|
CONST |
Under Construction |
|
CONSTRUCT |
Computer-Aided Knowledge Engineering for Construction Tasks |
|
CONT |
Control |
|
CONT |
Continue |
|
COP |
Code of Practice |
|
COP |
Coefficient of Performance |
|
COR |
Corner |
|
CORBA |
Common Object Request Broker Architecture |
|
CORR |
Corrugate |
|
COSA |
Construction Open Software Alliance |
|
COTS |
Commercial Off the Shelf Software |
|
COV |
Cover |
|
CP |
Constant Pressure |
|
CP |
Construction Planning |
|
CP |
Cathodic Protection |
|
CP |
Cost Proposal |
|
CP-ES |
Clay Pipe - Extra Strength |
|
CPA |
Critical Path Analysis |
|
CPAM |
Construction Project Administration Manual |
|
CPAP |
Construction Premium Adjustment Program |
|
CPAR |
Construction Productivity Advancement Research |
|
CPB |
Construction Programs Bureau |
|
CPCI |
Canadian Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute |
|
CPCK |
Class Poppy Construction Kit |
|
CPCS |
Construction Plant Competence Scheme |
|
CPD |
Continuous Professional Development |
|
CPDM |
Comprehensive Pavement Design Manual |
|
CPE |
Chlorinated Polyethylene |
|
CPI |
Consumer Price Index |
|
CPI |
Coalescing Plate Interceptor |
|
CPIBC |
Centre for Process Innovation in Building and Construction |
|
CPIC |
Construction Project Information Committee |
|
CPM |
Critical Path Method |
|
CPMIS |
Construction Project Management Information System |
|
CPRS |
Construction Progress Reporting Surveys |
|
CPSISC |
Construction & Property Services Industry Skills Council |
|
CPT |
Carpet |
|
CPTC |
Constructioncentral Passenger Terminal Complex |
|
CPU |
Central Processor Unit |
|
CQ |
Commercial Quality |
|
CR |
Control Room |
|
CR |
Chromium |
|
CRAR |
Construction Regulations And Rules |
|
CRAW |
Construction Risk Assessment Workshop |
|
CREWS |
Construction Recruitment External Workers Services |
|
CRIS |
Construction Risk and Insurance Specialist |
|
crm |
Customer Relationship Management |
|
CRPH |
Cross Recess Pan Head |
|
CRS |
Cold Rolled Steel |
|
CRS |
Course |
|
CRS |
Course Request System |
|
crs |
Coursed Rubble Stone |
|
CRS |
Commonwealth Rehabilitation Service |
|
CRSI |
Concrete Reinforcing Steel Institutetute |
|
CRT |
Cathode Ray Tube (type of TV) |
|
CS |
Carbon Steel |
|
CS |
Corrugated Steel |
|
CS |
Cast Steel |
|
CS |
compressive strength |
|
CSC |
Construction Specifications Canada |
|
CSCS |
Construction Skills Certification Scheme |
|
csct |
Colombo School of Construction Technology |
|
CSCW |
Computer Supported Collaborative Work |
|
CSDFMA |
Canadian Steel Door and Frame Manufacturers' Association |
|
CSEA |
Construction Safety and Excellence Awards |
|
CSG |
Casing |
|
CSI |
Construction Specifications Institute |
|
CSIC |
Centre for Smart Infrastructure and Construction |
|
CSIRO |
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization |
|
CSK |
Countersink |
|
CSLM |
Controlled Low Strength Material |
|
CSMA |
Corrugated Steel - Metal Arch |
|
CSMAC |
Galvanized Corrugated Steel - Metal Arch Culvert |
|
CSP |
Corrugated Steel Pipe |
|
CSPI |
Corrugated Steel Pipe Institute |
|
CSS |
Cascade Style Sheet |
|
CSS |
Complete Sewer Separation |
|
CSSBI |
Canadian Sheet Steel Building Institute |
|
CSSD |
Central Sterile Supply Department |
|
CSTC |
Construction Skills Training Center |
|
CSW |
Critical Structural Weakness |
|
CSW |
Certified Structural Welder |
|
CTB |
Cement Treated Base |
|
CTC |
Centralized Traffic Control |
|
CTL |
Construction Technology Laboratories, Inc. |
|
CTR |
Center |
|
cts |
Construction Testing Services |
|
CU |
Copper (Latin Cuprum) |
|
CU |
Cubic |
|
CUC |
Currently Under Construction |
|
CUP |
Construction Of Useful Parsers |
|
CUR |
Current |
|
CUSUM |
cumulative summation |
|
CV |
Check Valve |
|
CV |
Control Valve |
|
CVC |
Conventional Concrete |
|
CVDG |
Construction Vibration Damage Guide |
|
CW |
Clockwise |
|
CWA |
Clean Water Act of 1982 |
|
CWC |
Canadian Wood Council |
|
CWDS |
Cold Water Down Service |
|
CWIP |
Construction Work in Process |
|
CWT |
Copper Water Tube |
|
CY |
Cubic Yard |
|
CY |
Cycle |
|
CYL |
Cylinder |
|
CZAR |
Construction Zone Accident Reduction |
|
d |
Dayton |
|
D |
Drain |
|
D |
Day |
|
DAC |
Digital to Analogue converter |
|
DAS |
Department of Administrative Services |
|
dB |
Decibel |
|
DB |
Dry Bulb |
|
DB |
Distribution Box |
|
DBFO |
Design, Build, Finance, and Operate |
|
DBL |
Double |
|
DBST |
Double Bituminous Surface Treatment |
|
DBT |
Dry Bulb Temperature |
|
DC |
Direct Current |
|
DCD |
Document Content Definition |
|
DCD |
Deputy Construction Director |
|
DCE |
Distributed Computing Environment |
|
DCEN |
Direct Current Electrode Negative |
|
DCEP |
Direct-Current Electrode Positive |
|
DCF |
discounted cash flow rate |
|
DCG |
Dominion Construction Group |
|
DCI |
Darex Corrosion Inhibitor |
|
DCIA |
Directly Connected Impervious Area |
|
DCK |
Diversified Construction Knowledge |
|
DCK |
Doom Construction Kit |
|
DCM |
Design Construction Maintenance |
|
DCM |
Design and Construction Management |
|
dcn |
Design and Construction Network |
|
DCN |
Direction des Constructions Navales (France) |
|
DCN |
Daily Commercial News |
|
DCOM |
Distributed Component Object Model |
|
DCS |
Distributed Control System |
|
DD |
degree day |
|
DDC |
Department of Design and Construction |
|
DDC |
Direct Digital Control |
|
DDE |
Dynamic Data Exchange (in software parlance) |
|
DEFRA |
Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs |
|
DEG |
Degree |
|
DEPR |
Depression |
|
Dept |
Department |
|
DES |
Data Exchange Standard |
|
DET |
Detail |
|
DFI |
Defining Formula for Inhabitation |
|
DFL |
Doug Fir Lumber |
|
DFLC |
Dan Fix Landscape Construction |
|
DFRCC |
Ductile Fiber Reinforced Cementitious Composites |
|
DFS |
Decayed and Filled Surfaces |
|
DGH |
District General Hospital |
|
DGW |
Double-Glazed Window |
|
DH |
Drill Hole |
|
DI |
Ductile Iron |
|
DIA |
Diameter |
|
DIAG |
Diagonal |
|
DIAM |
Diameter |
|
DiBt |
Deutsches Institut für Bautechnik |
|
DIM |
Dimension |
|
DIP |
Ductile Iron Pipe |
|
DIR |
Direction Interdépartementale des Routes |
|
DIS |
Draft International Standard |
|
Div |
Divisionsion |
|
DIY |
Do-It-Yourself |
|
DL |
Drawing List |
|
DL |
Drainage Layer |
|
DL |
Dead Load |
|
DLT |
Discharge Line Temperature |
|
DM |
Document Management |
|
DMA |
Dead Man Anchor |
|
DMH |
Drainage Manhole |
|
DMU |
Digital Mock-Up |
|
DN |
Down |
|
DNV |
Det Norske Veritas |
|
DO |
Ditto |
|
DO |
Do Over |
|
DOAS |
Dedicated Outdoor Air System |
|
dod |
Department of Defence |
|
DOE |
United States Department of Energy (government) |
|
DOM |
Document Object Model |
|
DP |
drain point |
|
DP |
Dew Point |
|
DP |
Down Pipe |
|
DPA |
Digital Pre-Assembly |
|
DPC |
Damp Proof Course |
|
DPC |
Dredging and Port Construction |
|
DPDT |
double pole double throw switch |
|
DPI |
Differential Pressure Indicator |
|
DPST |
double pole single throw switch |
|
dr |
drain |
|
DR |
Door |
|
DRA |
Differential Reinforcement of Alternative |
|
DS |
Disconnect Switch |
|
DS |
Double Strength |
|
DS |
Door Switch |
|
DSA |
Division of the State Architect (California) |
|
DSA |
Department of State Architects |
|
DSC |
Differential Scanning Calorimetry |
|
DSEAR |
Dangerous Substances and Explosive Atmospheres Regulations 2002 |
|
DSS |
Decision Support System |
|
DST |
Drill Stem Test |
|
dsto |
Defence Science and Technology Organisation's |
|
DTA |
Differential Thermal Analysis |
|
DTD |
Document Type Definition (XML) |
|
DTI |
Direct Tension Indicator |
|
DTSC |
California Department of Toxic Substances Control |
|
DVD |
Dual View Display |
|
DW |
Distilled Water |
|
DW |
Drinking Water |
|
DWG |
Drawing |
|
dwr |
Drawer |
|
DX |
Duplex |
|
dyn |
dyne |
|
E |
East |
|
E&C |
Engineering & Construction |
|
E&OE |
Errors and Omissions Excepted |
|
E-E |
End-To-End |
|
E-MAIL |
Electronic Mail |
|
EA |
Each (as in a unit of measurement - one each) |
|
EAI |
Enterprise Application Integration |
|
EBV |
Exhaust Back-pressure Valve |
|
EC |
ethyl cellulose |
|
ECA |
Electrical Contractors Association |
|
ECAO |
Electrical Contractors Association of Ontario |
|
Ecc |
Eccentric |
|
ECCI |
Engineering and Construction Cost Index |
|
ECCI |
Elite Custom Construction Inc |
|
ECD |
Estimated Completion Date |
|
ECDA |
External Corrosion Direct Assessment |
|
ECK |
Entity Construction Kit |
|
ECM |
Electronic Counter Measures |
|
ECMS |
Engineering and Construction Management |
|
ECWC |
Employers' Council on Workers' Compensation |
|
ED&P |
Engineering Design and Procurement |
|
EDC |
Environmental Design Construction |
|
EDI |
Electronic Data Interchange |
|
EDM |
Electronic Data Management |
|
EDM |
Electronic distance measurement |
|
EDP |
Electronic Data Processing Plc (London Stock Exchange [LSE]) |
|
EDR |
Equivalent Direct Radiation |
|
EEBA |
Energy and Environmental Building Association |
|
EEC |
Eggart Engineering Construction |
|
EEC |
Effect Effluent Concentration |
|
EECC |
Enron Engineering And Construction Company |
|
EEIG |
European Economic Interest Group |
|
EEMAC |
Electrical and Electronic Manufacturers Association of Canada |
|
EEO |
Equal Employment Opportunity |
|
EERE |
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Clearing House (DOE program) |
|
EF |
earliest finish |
|
EF |
Exhaust Fan |
|
EFT |
Electronic Funds Transfer |
|
EGA |
Evolved Gas Analysis |
|
EGA |
Enhanced Graphics Array |
|
EGM |
Extraordinary General Meeting |
|
EH |
Extremely High |
|
EHV |
Extra High Voltage |
|
EI |
Engineering and Installation |
|
EI |
Enterprise Integration |
|
EI SIT |
Engineering and Installation Site Implementation Team |
|
EIA |
Environmental impact assessment (international) |
|
EIA |
Extended Interaction Amplifier |
|
EIB |
European Installation Bus (home automation) |
|
EINECS |
European Inventory Of Existing Commercial Chemical Substances |
|
EIR |
Environmental Impact Report |
|
EIS |
Environmental Impact Statement (US) |
|
EJB |
Enterprise Java Bean |
|
EL |
Elevator |
|
EL |
Elastic Limit |
|
EL |
Elevation Limit |
|
ELB |
Elbow |
|
ELCB |
Earth Leakage Circuit Breaker |
|
ELEC |
ELECTRICAL, ELECTRIC, ELECTRICIAN |
|
ELEV |
Elevator |
|
ELSA |
European Laboratory for Structural Assessment |
|
ELV |
Extra Low Voltage |
|
EM |
Emergency |
|
EM |
Emergency Medicine |
|
EMC |
Equilibrium Moisture Content |
|
EMC |
Event Mean Concentration |
|
EMER |
Emergency |
|
EMER |
Emergency Monitoring Equipment Room |
|
EMER |
Emergency Medical Expense Requirement |
|
EMP |
Energy Management Program |
|
EMP |
Environmental Management Plan |
|
ENCL |
Enclosure |
|
ENG |
Engineering Department |
|
Engr |
Engineer |
|
ENTR |
Entrance |
|
EO |
Explosive Ordnance |
|
EOD |
Explosive Ordnance Device |
|
EOR |
Engineer of Record |
|
EOS |
Equivalent Opening Size |
|
EPA |
Environmental Protection Agency (US) |
|
EPC |
Engineering Procurement and Construction |
|
EPC and BOP |
Engineering, Procurement, and Construction, and Balance of Plants |
|
EPCC |
Engineering Procurement Construction Contractor |
|
EPCC |
Engineering Procurement Construction and Commissioning |
|
EPCM |
Engineering, Procurement, Construction, and Management |
|
EPCT |
Engineering Procurement and Construction |
|
epdm |
Ethylene Propylene Diene Monomere |
|
EPIC |
Excavation Pipeline Inspection And Construction |
|
EPP |
Environmentally Preferable Product |
|
EPR |
Earth Potential Rise |
|
EPR |
Ethylene-Propylene Rubber |
|
EPROM |
Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory |
|
EPS |
Expanded Polystrene |
|
EPS |
Emergency Power Supply |
|
EPSCA |
Electrical Power Systems Construction Association |
|
EPSCC |
Engineering Procurement Supply Construction and Commissioning |
|
EQP |
Equipment |
|
EQPT |
Equipment |
|
EQUIP |
Equipment Usage Information Program |
|
EQUIP |
Equipment |
|
EQUIP |
Equipment Query User Interface Program |
|
ER |
Epoxy Resin |
|
ER |
Emergency Room |
|
ERA |
Environmental Risk Assessment |
|
ERD |
Entity Relationship Diagram |
|
ERP |
Enterprise Resource Planning |
|
ES |
Edge Split |
|
ES |
earliest start |
|
ESA |
Equipment Stop Area |
|
ESA |
Electrical Safety Authority |
|
ESA |
Environmentally Sensitive Area |
|
ESC |
Erosion and Sedimentation Control |
|
ESD |
Ecologically Sustainable Development |
|
ESD |
Electrostatic Discharge |
|
ESDV |
Emergency Shutdown Valve |
|
ESP |
Exchangeable Sodium Percentage (soils) |
|
ESP |
Electrical Submersible Pump |
|
EST |
Estimate |
|
EST |
Energy Saving Trust |
|
est |
Estimated Ship Time |
|
EST |
Estimated Starting Time |
|
EST |
Earliest Start Time |
|
ET |
Effective Temperature |
|
ETABS |
Extended Three-dimensional Analysis of Building Systems |
|
EU |
European Union (1994; formerly referred to as the EEC or EC) |
|
EVAP |
Evaporator |
|
EWI |
External Wall Insulation |
|
EWS |
Emergency Warning System |
|
EXEC |
Executive |
|
EXH |
Exhaust |
|
EXP |
Expansion |
|
EXT |
Exterior |
|
F |
Farad (SI Unit Of Capacitance) |
|
F/I |
Furnish and Install |
|
FA |
Fire Alarm |
|
FAA |
Federal Aviation Administration |
|
FAC |
Federal Airports Corporation |
|
FACP |
Fire Alarm Control Panel |
|
FAD |
Fresh Air Damper |
|
FAHU |
Fresh Air Handling Unit |
|
Fam/Rm |
Family Room |
|
FAQ |
Fair Average Quality |
|
FAQ |
Frequently Asked Questions (sometimes Pronounced Fak) |
|
FBE |
Fusion Bonded Epoxy |
|
FBM |
Foot Board Measure |
|
FC |
Flexi Crete |
|
FCAW |
Flux-cored Arc Welding |
|
FCCC |
FALLS CHURCH CONSTRUCTION CORPORATION |
|
FCD |
Field Change Document |
|
FCFG |
Facing Gauge for Fiber Cement |
|
FCR |
Fast Cast Rate |
|
FD |
Forced Draft |
|
fdt |
Field Density Test |
|
FEA |
Finite Element Analysis |
|
FEMA |
Federal Emergency Management Agency |
|
FENSA |
Fenestration Self-Assessment Scheme |
|
FEP |
Fluorinated Ethylene Propylene |
|
FF |
Free Float |
|
FGL |
Finish Ground Level |
|
FH |
Fire Hydrant |
|
FHWA |
Federal Highway Administration |
|
FI |
Flow Indicator |
|
Fil |
Fillet |
|
FIN |
Finished |
|
FIRM |
Flood Insurance Rate Map |
|
FIS |
Flood Insurance Study |
|
FLIC |
Flexible Learning in Construction |
|
FLK |
Fritiof Larssons Konstruktionsbyrå |
|
FLT |
Flowline Lifting Tool |
|
fm |
Field Memorandum |
|
FM |
Force Main |
|
fm |
Force Maintenance |
|
fm |
Field Memory |
|
FMA |
Final Mechanical Art |
|
FMC |
Facility Management Centre |
|
Fnc.Rm. |
Furnace Room |
|
FO |
Field Order |
|
FOU |
Foundation |
|
FR |
Fire Retardant |
|
FRC |
Fire Resistant Construction |
|
FRC |
Flow Rate Controller |
|
FRP |
Fiberglass Reinforced Plastics |
|
FSEC |
Florida Solar Energy Center |
|
FT |
Frame Thickness |
|
FWD |
Field Work Directive |
|
G1S |
Good One Side |
|
GBC |
Green Building Council |
|
GC |
General Contractor |
|
GCL |
Geometry Construction Language |
|
GFRC |
Glass Fiber Reinforced Composite |
|
GFS |
Ground floor slab |
|
GIRI |
GirryRigged |
|
GIS |
Geographical Information System |
|
GLCM |
Global Leaders in Construction Management |
|
GLULAM |
Glue-Laminated Beam |
|
GMP |
Goat Manure Plaster |
|
GR |
Galvanized Roofing |
|
GRCS |
Ground Rigging Control System |
|
Grt/Rm |
Large Formal Reception Room |
|
GS |
Grid Standpipe |
|
GS |
Grade Stamped |
|
GSFT |
Glazed Structural Facing Tile |
|
Gst/BR |
Guest Bedroom |
|
GTAW |
gas tungsten arc welding |
|
GVCA |
Grand Valley Construction Association |
|
GWB |
Gypsum Wall Board |
|
HAZMAT |
Hazardous Material |
|
HBC |
house building construction |
|
HCA |
Hamilton Construction Association |
|
HCME |
Hitachi Construction Machinery Europe |
|
HCSS |
Hand Cut Shingle Shakes |
|
HDO |
High Density Overlaid |
|
hdpe |
High Density Polyethylene Electrical |
|
HET |
High-Efficiency Toilet |
|
HFS |
High-Friction Surfacing |
|
HGS |
Hurricane Gate Structure |
|
HGS |
Horizontal General Purpose Standard |
|
HICC |
Heavy Industry Construction Co |
|
HOA |
Height of Attachment |
|
HOW |
head-of-wall |
|
HPFRCC |
High Performance Fiber Reinforced Cement Composites |
|
HPFS |
Hign Point of Finished Surface |
|
hrf |
Haiti Reconstruction Fund |
|
hs |
Home Sitemap |
|
Hs |
Home Site |
|
Hs |
Hard Surface |
|
HSG |
hydrologic soil group |
|
HVEC |
Hudson Valley Environmental Construction |
|
IAQA |
Indoor Air Quality Association |
|
IBACOS |
Integrated Building and Construction Solutions |
|
IBC |
International Building Code |
|
IBC |
Insurance Bureau of Canada |
|
IBRC |
Innovative Bridge Research and Construction |
|
IBRD |
International Bank of Reconstruction and Development |
|
ICA |
Industrial Construction Association |
|
ICBO |
International Conference of Building Officials |
|
ICC |
International Code Council |
|
ICCT |
Image Construction and Composition Tool |
|
ICET |
Institute for Construction Education and Training |
|
ICG |
Interior Construction Group |
|
ICIS |
International Construction Information Society |
|
ICK |
Invocation Construction Kit |
|
ICPM |
Innovative Construction Project Management |
|
ID |
Inside Dimensions |
|
IFDC |
International Facade Design and Construction |
|
IGU |
Insulated Glass Units |
|
IHC |
Interstate Highway Construction |
|
IIRP |
Iraq Infrastructure Reconstruction Program |
|
ILS |
Intense Lighting System |
|
IMC |
In Mold Cutting |
|
IMPACT |
International Missions Projects And Construction Teams |
|
IMR |
Iterative Model Reconstruction |
|
IMT |
Immersed Tube Tunnel |
|
IP |
Internet Protocol |
|
IP |
Intellectual Property |
|
IPCS |
International Programme on Chemical Safety |
|
IPD |
Integrated Product Development |
|
IPM |
Integrated Pest Management |
|
IPO |
Initial Public Offering |
|
IPS |
Iron Pipe Size |
|
IPT |
Integrated Product Teams |
|
IR |
Industrial Relations |
|
IR |
Inspection Request |
|
IR |
Infrared |
|
IRR |
Internal Rate of Return |
|
IS |
International Standard |
|
ISDN |
Integrated Services Digital Network |
|
ISES |
International Solar Energy Society |
|
ISMB |
Indian Standard Medium-weight Beam |
|
ISOP |
Interim Structural and Operational Plan |
|
ISP |
Internet Service Provider |
|
ISP |
Information Strategy Planning |
|
IT |
Information Technology |
|
ITP |
Inspection And Test Plan |
|
ITU |
Intensive Therapy Unit |
|
IUPAC |
International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry |
|
IW |
Induction Welding |
|
J |
Joule |
|
JAE |
Journal of Architectural Education |
|
JAL |
Jaiprakash Associates Limited |
|
JB |
Junction Box |
|
jcdc |
Journal of Construction in Developing Countries |
|
JCT |
Junction |
|
JDAC |
Joint Development and Adjacent Construction |
|
JFCC |
Japan Federation of Construction Contractors, Inc. |
|
JHSC |
Joint Health and Safety Commission |
|
JISC |
Japanese Industrial Standards Committee |
|
JIT |
Just in time |
|
JO |
Job Order |
|
JOD |
Joint Occupancy Date |
|
JRC |
Jewish Reconstructionist Congregation |
|
JSM |
Job Site Measurement |
|
jt |
Joint |
|
JURMP |
Jurisdictional Urban Runoff Management Program |
|
JVM |
Java Virtual Machine |
|
JWC |
Jon Wayne Construction |
|
K |
Kelvin (absolute temperature scale) |
|
k |
Kilogram |
|
K |
Kilo- |
|
K3U |
Keep Three Units |
|
KB |
Knee Brace |
|
KBC |
Kliewer Brothers Construction |
|
KBS |
Knowledge Based System |
|
KC |
Kilocycle |
|
KCI |
Keesling Construction Inc |
|
kg |
Kilogram |
|
Kgf |
Kilogram Force |
|
KHz |
kilohertz (1000 cycles per second) |
|
KIF |
Knowledge Interchange Format |
|
KIP |
Kilopound |
|
KIT |
Kitchen |
|
kJ |
kilojoule (energy measure) |
|
Km |
Kilometer (1,000 meters) |
|
kN |
Kilonewton |
|
kPa |
kiloPascal (pressure above ambient (100 kPa = 1 atmosphere excess)) |
|
KS |
Kum Shing |
|
KSC |
Knowledge Sharing and Construction |
|
KSI |
Kips Per Square Inch |
|
kV |
Kilovolt (one thousand volts) (measurement) |
|
KVA |
Kilovolt-Ampere |
|
Kw |
Kilowatt (one thousand watts) (measurement) |
|
KWC |
Kurt Wimberg Construction |
|
kWh |
Kilowatt hour (one thousand watt hours) (measurement) |
|
L |
Line |
|
L |
Left |
|
L |
Length |
|
L |
Litre |
|
L |
Long |
|
LA |
Lightning Arrester |
|
LA |
Local Authority |
|
LA |
Lambert |
|
lab |
Laboratory Accreditation Board |
|
LAB |
Laboratory |
|
Lab |
Laboratory Animals Bureau |
|
lab |
Laboratory Assessments Board |
|
LADC |
Library of Architecture Design and Construction |
|
LAN |
Local Area Network |
|
LARS |
Ligament Augmentation Reconstruction System |
|
LAT |
Latitude |
|
Lat |
Lateral |
|
LAV |
Lavatory |
|
lb |
Pound |
|
lbf |
pound force |
|
LBL |
Label |
|
LC |
Level Compressed |
|
LCA |
Life cycle assessment for steel construction |
|
LCC |
Life Cycle Costing |
|
LCD |
Liquid Crystal Diode |
|
LCD |
Liquid Crystal Display |
|
LCI |
Lean Construction Institute |
|
LCL |
Lower Confidence Limit |
|
LDPE |
Low-Density Polyethylene (#4 plastic) |
|
LED |
law enforcement desk; light emitting diode |
|
LEED |
Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design |
|
LEL |
Lower Explosive Limit |
|
LENI |
Lighting Energy Numeric Indicator |
|
LF |
Low Frequency |
|
LF |
latest finish |
|
LF |
Load Factor |
|
LFL |
Lower Flammability Limit |
|
LGA |
Local Government Area |
|
LH |
Left Hand |
|
LHD |
Left Hinged Door |
|
LHS |
Left Hand Side |
|
LIB |
Object Code Library |
|
Liby |
Library |
|
LIN |
Linear |
|
LINAC |
Linear Accelerator |
|
LIQ |
Liquid |
|
LISA |
LCA (Life Cycle Assessment) In Sustainable Architecture |
|
LL |
Live Load |
|
LLDPE |
Linear Low Density Polyethylene |
|
LLT |
Liquid Line Temperature |
|
LLV |
Long Leg Vertical |
|
LM |
Lumen |
|
LN |
length |
|
Ln. |
Lane |
|
LNDG |
Landing |
|
LNG |
Liquefied Natural Gas |
|
LOA |
Length Overall |
|
LOC |
Locate |
|
loc. |
location |
|
LOD |
Level Of Detail |
|
LONG |
Longitude |
|
LP |
Low Pressure |
|
LP |
Level Points |
|
LP |
Loft Plan |
|
LPM |
Litres Per Minute |
|
LPS |
Low Pressure Sodium |
|
lpW |
lumens per watt |
|
LR |
Living Room |
|
LR |
Long Radius |
|
LRFD |
Load and Resistance Factor Design |
|
LRTI |
Ligament Reconstruction and Tendon Interposition |
|
LS |
Low Speed |
|
LS |
Loud Speaker |
|
LSAW |
Longitudinally Submerged Arc Welding |
|
LSL |
Laminated Strand Lumber |
|
LSS |
Logistics Support Squadron |
|
LSSB |
Large Secondary Side Break |
|
LT |
Light |
|
LT |
Line Termination |
|
LTB |
Lateral Torsional Buckling |
|
LUCR |
Land Use Construction Review |
|
LUTR |
lower urinary tract reconstruction |
|
LV |
Low Voltage |
|
LVF |
Low Velocity Fasteners |
|
LW |
Light Weight |
|
LWM |
Low Water Mark |
|
LX |
Lux |
|
M |
Motor |
|
M |
Motorsport |
|
m |
Meter |
|
M |
Million |
|
M&E |
Mechanical & Electrical |
|
M&F |
Male & Female |
|
M&R |
Maintenance & Repair |
|
M/BR |
Master Bedroom |
|
M/F |
male to female |
|
M/S |
Meter(s) per Second |
|
M/Supp Rm |
Maintennance Supply Room |
|
MAC |
Metal Arc Cutting |
|
MAF |
Minimum Audible Field |
|
MAH |
Mahogany |
|
MAID |
Mandatory Asset Information Database |
|
MAINT |
Maintenance |
|
MAN |
Metropolitan Area Network |
|
MAP |
Manufacturing Automation Protocol |
|
MAR |
Marble |
|
MARS |
Monotone Advection and Reconstruction Scheme |
|
MASCOT |
Modular Appproach to Software Construction Operation and Test |
|
MAT |
Material |
|
MATL |
Material |
|
MAWL |
Maximum Allowable Working Load |
|
MAX |
Maximum |
|
MB |
Millibar(s) |
|
MB |
Megabyte |
|
MBR |
Master Bedroom Real |
|
MBS |
Management Board Secretariat |
|
MC |
Moisture Content |
|
MC |
Megacycle |
|
MCA |
Metal Construction Association |
|
MCAA |
Mechanical Contractors Association of America, Inc. |
|
MCAC |
Mechanical Contractors Association of Canada |
|
MCC |
Motor Control Center (JSC) |
|
MCCI |
Mark Carrier Construction Inc |
|
MCCPAP |
Massachusetts Construction Classification Premium Adjustment Program |
|
MCGP |
Maine Construction General Permit |
|
MCIOB |
Membership of the Chartered Institute of Building |
|
MCM |
Marine Construction Management |
|
MCS |
Maintenance Control Section |
|
MD |
Medium Density |
|
MDF |
Main Distribution Frame |
|
MDF |
Medium Density Fibreboard |
|
MDO |
Medium Density Overlaid |
|
MDPE |
Medium Density Polyethylene |
|
MDS |
Microwave Distribution System |
|
ME |
Metal Edge |
|
ME |
Mechanical Engineer |
|
MEC |
Materials Energy and Constructions |
|
MEC |
Model Energy Code |
|
Mech |
Mechanical Equipment |
|
MechC |
Mechanisation Credit |
|
MED |
Medium |
|
MEK |
Methyl Ethyl Ketone (butanone) |
|
Memb |
Membrane |
|
MEP |
Maximum Extent Practicable |
|
MES |
Manufacturing Execution System |
|
MEWP |
Mobile Elevating Work Platform |
|
MF |
Medium Frequency |
|
MF |
Melamine-Formaldehyde |
|
MFG |
Manufacturers Focus Group |
|
MFG |
Manufacturer |
|
MG |
Motor Generator |
|
MG |
milligram; 1/1000 gram |
|
MGP |
Machine Graded Pine |
|
MH |
Manhole |
|
MHZ |
Megahertz (Megacycles Per Second) |
|
MI |
Mile |
|
MIA |
Marble Institute of America |
|
MIAC |
Mechanical Industry Advisory Committee |
|
MICE |
Member of the Institution of Civil Engineers |
|
MIEE |
Member of the Institute of Electrical Engineers |
|
MIKE |
Microphone |
|
MILCON |
Military Construction |
|
MILTFD |
Make It Like The Frigging Drawing |
|
MIN |
Minute |
|
MIN |
Minimum |
|
MIPS |
Millions of Instructions Per Second |
|
MIR |
Mirror |
|
MIS |
Management Information System (OSHA) |
|
MISC |
Miscellaneous |
|
MJ |
Megajoule |
|
MK |
Mark (Navy weapon designation) |
|
MK |
Market |
|
MLS |
Multi-Layered Steel |
|
mm |
Millimeter |
|
mm3 |
Cubic Millimetre |
|
MMAW |
Manual Metal Arc Welding |
|
MMC |
Maximum Material Condition |
|
MMU |
Memory Management Unit |
|
MN |
Magnetic North |
|
MNECH |
Model National Energy Code of Canada for Houses |
|
MOC |
Materials Of Construction |
|
MOD |
Module |
|
MOL |
Mole |
|
MOL |
Ministry of Labour |
|
MOR |
Modulus of Rupture |
|
MOU |
Memorandum of Understanding (an MOU between Food & Drug Administratin and a regulatory agency in another country allows mutual recognition of inspections) |
|
MP |
Medium Pressure |
|
MP |
melting point |
|
MPE |
Male Plain End |
|
MPG |
Miles Per Gallon |
|
MPH |
Miles Per Hour |
|
MPMS |
Maintenance Painting Management System |
|
MPR |
Multi Planar Reconstruction |
|
MRI |
Magnetic Resonance Imaging |
|
MRRD |
Ministry Of Rural Reconstruction And Development |
|
MRRR |
Ministry of Rehabilitation Reintegration and Reconstruction |
|
MRT |
Mean Radiant Temperature |
|
ms |
Millisecond |
|
MS4 |
Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System |
|
MSB |
Main Switch Board |
|
MSCE |
Master of Science in Civil Engineering |
|
MSDS |
Material Safety Data Sheets |
|
MSHA |
Mine Safety and Health Administration (US) |
|
MSL |
Mean Sea Level |
|
MSSS |
Multi-Span Simply Supported |
|
MT |
Mountain |
|
MTBC |
Mechanical Trades Bargaining Committee |
|
MTBE |
Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether |
|
MTBF |
Mean Time Before Failure |
|
MTBM |
Mean Time Between Maintenance |
|
MTD |
Mounted |
|
MTL |
Material Technology Laboratory |
|
MTL |
Materials Testing Laboratory |
|
MTL |
Material |
|
MTR |
Motor Technical Reference |
|
MTR |
MOTORCRAFT |
|
MTR |
Motorized Transportation Regiment |
|
MTR |
Motor Transport Regiment |
|
MTTR |
Mean Time To Repair |
|
MUC |
Mud Under Construction |
|
MV |
Medium Voltage |
|
mV |
Millivolt |
|
MW |
Megawatt (one million watts) |
|
mW |
Milliwatts |
|
MWO |
Modification Work Order |
|
MWP |
Maximum Working Pressure |
|
N |
North |
|
N |
Nitrogen |
|
N |
Newton |
|
N.E. |
North East or Northeast |
|
N.W. |
North West or Northwest |
|
N/A |
Not Applicable |
|
NA |
Not Available |
|
NACE |
National Association of Corrosion Engineers |
|
NAHB |
National Association of Home Builders |
|
NAHBRC |
National Association of Home Builders Research Center |
|
NAPHCC |
National Association of Plumbing Heating & Cooling Contractors |
|
NAT |
Natural |
|
NATA |
National Association of Testing Authorities |
|
NAVD |
North American Vertical Datum |
|
NAVFAC |
Naval Facilities Engineering Command |
|
NB |
Nota Bene. Abbreviation of the Latin expression commonly used to emphasise the importance of a statement, literally meaning 'observe well'. Or less politely and more amusingly, No Bullshit. |
|
NBC |
National Building Code of Canada |
|
NBCC |
National Buildings Construction Corporation |
|
NBS |
National Bureau of Standards (US) |
|
NC |
Noise Criteria |
|
NC |
Nitrocellulose |
|
NC |
Normally Closed |
|
NC |
Non-Collapse |
|
NC |
No Change |
|
NCC |
Naval Construction Contractr |
|
NCCER |
National Center for Construction Education and Research |
|
NCCI |
National Council For Construction Information |
|
NCCT |
Northern California Construction Training |
|
NCIDQ |
National Council for Interior Design Qualification |
|
NCMA |
National Concrete Masonry Association |
|
NCO |
Non-Commissioned Officer |
|
NCPDP |
National Construction Productivity Development Project |
|
NCSA |
National Centre for Supercomputing Applications |
|
NDE |
Non-Destructive Evaluation |
|
NDI |
Non-Destructive Inspection |
|
NDT |
Nondestructive Test |
|
NE |
North-East |
|
NEAT |
Novel Environmental Advanced Technology |
|
NEC |
National Electrical Code |
|
NECB |
National Energy Code of Canada for Buildings |
|
NEF |
Noise Exposure Forecast |
|
NEMA |
National Electric Manufacturer's Association |
|
NER |
National Evaluation Report |
|
NES |
National Evaluation Service |
|
NEUT |
Neutral |
|
Nf |
Noise Frequency |
|
NFBC |
National Farm Building Code of Canada |
|
NFC |
National Fire Code (Canada) |
|
NFPA |
National Fire Protection Association |
|
NFRC |
National Federation of Roofing Contractors |
|
NFS |
Not Frigging Stable |
|
NG |
Natural Gas |
|
NG |
No Good |
|
NGC |
National Guidelines Clearinghouse |
|
NGS |
United States National Geodetic Survey |
|
NGVD |
National Geodetic Vertical Datum |
|
NHBRC |
National Home Builders Regulatory Council (South Africa) |
|
NI |
Nickel |
|
NIBS |
National Institute of Building Sciences |
|
NIC |
Not In Contract |
|
NIIIP |
National Industrial Information Infrastructure Protocols |
|
NIST |
National Institute of Standards and Technology |
|
NL |
Noise Level |
|
NL |
No Liability |
|
NLTF |
North LPG Tank Farm (Kuwait) (project name) |
|
NMFS |
National Marine Fisheries Services |
|
NNF |
Not Normally Flowing |
|
NNI |
Nederlands Normalisatie-instituut |
|
NNW |
North North-West |
|
NO |
Number |
|
NO |
Normally Open |
|
NOAA |
National Oceanographic & Atmospheric Administration |
|
NOI |
Notice of Intent |
|
NOM |
Nominal |
|
NPC |
Net Present Cost |
|
NPCP |
National Photovoltaic Construction Partnership |
|
NPDES |
National Pollution Discharge Elimination System |
|
NPS |
Non-Point Source pollution |
|
NPT |
National Pipe Taper (thread); (cf. NPS) |
|
NPV |
Net Present Value {economics} |
|
NR |
Noise Reduction |
|
NR |
Not Recommended |
|
NRC |
Noise Reduction Coefficient |
|
NRC |
National Response Center |
|
NRC |
National Research Council (Canada) |
|
NRCS |
Natural Resources Conservation Service |
|
NS |
Near Side |
|
NSAI |
National Standards Authority of Ireland |
|
NSW |
New South Wales |
|
NT |
Northern Territory |
|
NTC |
Negative Temperature Coefficient |
|
NTS |
Not To Scale |
|
NUC |
Neutral Unit of Construction |
|
NURP |
National Urban Runoff Program |
|
NVD |
Night Vision Device |
|
NVLAP |
National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program |
|
NVSD |
Non-Vibration Sand Drain |
|
NW |
North West |
|
NW |
Northwest Wisconsin |
|
NW |
Northwest Airlines |
|
NW |
Northwest Women's |
|
NWSP |
North West Shelf Project |
|
NWT |
Noise When Tapped |
|
NYS |
Not Yet Started |
|
O |
Oxygen |
|
O&G |
Oil and Grease |
|
O/C |
On Centre |
|
O/M |
Operations and Maintenance |
|
O/S |
Out Of Service |
|
OA |
Overall |
|
OA |
Office Automation |
|
OASIS |
Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Systems |
|
OBC |
Ontario Building Code |
|
OBDC |
Ontario Bid Depository Council |
|
Obix |
Open Building Information Exchange |
|
OBS |
Organizational Breakdown Structures |
|
OBSROV |
Observation class Remotely Operated Vehicle |
|
OC |
On Center |
|
OC |
Operation Center |
|
OCA |
Ottawa Construction Association |
|
OCB |
Oil Circuit Breaker |
|
OCCA |
Ontario Control Contractors Association |
|
OCCA |
Offsite Contemporary Construction for Accommodation |
|
OCCM |
Office of Court Construction and Management |
|
OCEW |
On Center Each Way |
|
OCI |
Orascom Construction Industries |
|
OCR |
Optical Character Recognition |
|
OCS |
Olori Construction Services |
|
oCS |
Ontario Construction Secretariat |
|
OCSA |
Ohio Construction Suppliers Association |
|
OD |
Outside Diameter |
|
ODA |
Open Document Architecture |
|
ODAC |
Open Distributed Application Construction |
|
ODBC |
Open Database Connectivity |
|
ODIF |
Office Document Interchange Format |
|
ODL |
Object Definition Language |
|
ODMA |
Open Document Management API |
|
ODP |
Ozone Depletion Potential |
|
OEA |
Office of the Employers' Advisory (for WCB) |
|
OEM |
Original Equipment Manufacturer (usually in reference to car parts) |
|
OESC |
Ontario Electrical Safety Code |
|
OF |
Outside Face |
|
OFC |
Ontario Fire Code |
|
OFCC |
Ohio Facilities Construction Commission |
|
OFL |
Ontario Federation of Labour |
|
OGCA |
Ontario General Contractors Association |
|
OGIS |
Open Geodata Interoperability Specification |
|
OH |
Over Hang |
|
OH |
Overhead |
|
OH&S |
Occupational Health and Safety |
|
OHBA |
Ontario Home Builders' Association |
|
OHSA |
Occupational Health and Safety Act |
|
OHTR |
optimal Hankel Transform Reconstruction |
|
OHW |
Oil-fired Hot Water heater |
|
OIRCA |
Ontario Industrial Roofing Contractors Association |
|
OITAB |
Ontario Industry Training & Adjustment Board |
|
OJSPC |
Ontario Joint Standard Practice Committee |
|
OLE |
Object Linking and Embedding (Microsoft communication protocol) |
|
OLRB |
Ontario Labour Relations Board |
|
OM |
Operational Maintenance |
|
OMA |
Object Management Architecture |
|
OMC |
Odhisa Mining Corporation |
|
ON |
Osterreichisches Normungsinstitut |
|
ONO |
Or Near Offer |
|
OO |
Object Oriented |
|
OOPL |
Object Oriented Programming Language |
|
OOTW |
Out Of This World |
|
OP |
Opaque |
|
OPC |
Ordinary Portland Cement |
|
OPCEA |
Ontario Pollution Control Equipment Association |
|
Opg |
Opening |
|
OPIA |
Ontario Plumbing Inspectors Association, Inc. |
|
OPP |
Opposite |
|
OPSD |
Ontario Provincial Standard Drawing |
|
OPSS |
Ontario Provincial Standard Specification |
|
OPTC |
Ontario Pipe Trades Council |
|
or |
outside radius |
|
OR |
Operations research |
|
ORB |
Object Request Broker |
|
OREL |
Overload Relay Elevator Loading |
|
ORP |
Operational Readiness Platform |
|
ORSA |
Orbit Reconstruction Simulation and Analysis |
|
OSCV |
Offshore Subsea Construction Vessel |
|
OSCV |
offshore support and construction vessel |
|
OSDS |
On-Site Disposal System |
|
OSHA |
Occupational Safety & Health Administration |
|
OSM&AHG |
Ontario Sheet Metal & Air Handling Group |
|
OSV |
Outside Stop Valve |
|
OT |
Occupational Therapy |
|
OTAB |
Ontario Training Adjustment Board |
|
OTW |
'OFF THA WALL' |
|
OUT |
Outlet |
|
OVFL |
OVerFLow |
|
OWST |
Organic Waste Storage Tanks |
|
OZ |
Ounce |
|
P |
Poise |
|
P |
Pitch |
|
P2 |
Pollution Prevention |
|
Pa |
Pascal (1N/m2) |
|
PA |
Public Addresses |
|
PA |
Per Annum |
|
PAC |
Plasma Arc Cutting |
|
PAC |
Provincial Advisory Committee |
|
PAF |
Plant Availability Factor |
|
PAGERR |
plan for Albay Glenda early recovery and reconstruction |
|
PAH |
Polyaromatic Hydrocarbon |
|
PAM |
Poly-Acrylamide |
|
PAP |
permit application package |
|
PAPI |
Precision Approach Path Indicator (aviation) |
|
PAR |
Parallel |
|
PASC |
Pacific Area Standards Congress |
|
PASS |
Passenger |
|
Pat. |
Patio |
|
PATCH |
Public Art Through Construction Hoarding |
|
PAW |
Plasma Arc Weld |
|
PAX |
Private Automatic Exchange |
|
PAYE |
Pay-As-You-Earn |
|
Pb |
Push-button |
|
PB |
Pull Box |
|
PC |
Personal computer (host) |
|
PC |
Primary Circuit |
|
PC/Rm |
Computer Room |
|
PCA |
Printed Circuit Assembly |
|
PCB |
printed circuit board |
|
PCB |
Poly-chlorinated biphenyl |
|
PCC |
Portland cement concrete |
|
PCCA |
Pennsylvania Construction Codes Academy |
|
PCcM |
Prestressed Concrete Construction Manual |
|
PCCO |
Prime Contract Change Order |
|
PCE |
Prestressed Concrete Erection |
|
PCEPC |
Personal Computer for EPC |
|
PCEPC |
Petrochemical engineer of Phuong Company |
|
Pch |
Porch |
|
PCHWP |
Process CHilled Water Pump |
|
PCM |
Per Calendar Month |
|
PCM |
Providing for Construction Management |
|
PCN |
Pre-Construction Notification |
|
PCO |
Potential Change Order |
|
PCO |
Proposed Change Order |
|
PCR |
Project Completion Report |
|
PCRA |
Pre-Construction Risk Assessment |
|
PCRD |
Post-Conflict Reconstruction and Development |
|
PCS |
Portable Construction Systemâ„¢ |
|
pctfe |
Polychlorotrifluoroethylene |
|
PCWBS |
Preliminary Control Work Breakdown Structure |
|
PD |
Potential Difference |
|
PD |
pump discharge |
|
PDA |
Personal Digital Assistant |
|
PDE |
Product Data Exchange |
|
PDES |
Product Data Exchange Using Step |
|
PDF |
Portable Document Format (created by Adobe Acrobat) |
|
PDM |
Product Data Management |
|
PDM |
Precedence Diagramming Method |
|
PDML |
Product Data Markup Language |
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PDO |
Project Design Outline |
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PDP |
Positive Displacement Pump |
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PDS |
Project Data Sheet |
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PE |
Protective Earth |
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PED |
Preconstruction Engineering and Design |
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PED |
Pedestrian and Evacuation Dynamics |
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PED |
Pedestal |
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PED |
Pedestrian |
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PEEK |
Polyetheretherketone |
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PEI |
PolyEtherImide |
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PEP |
PolyEthylene Pipe |
|
PEP |
Project Execution Plan |
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PERF |
Performance |
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PeRF |
Performance Requirements Framework |
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Perp |
Perpendicular |
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PET |
Pile Echo Tester |
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PF |
Picofarad |
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PFC |
Power Factor Correction/Correcting |
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PG |
Paving Grade |
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PG |
Pressure Gauge (Report) |
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PGCA |
Prince George Construction Association |
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PGML |
Precision Graphics Markup Language |
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PGP |
Pretty Good Privacy (encryption) |
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PH |
Phase |
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PHCT |
Primary Health Care Team |
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PI |
Performance Indicator |
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PIA |
Peripheral Interface Adaptor |
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PIB |
PolyIsoButylene |
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PIC |
Programmable Interrupt Controller |
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PII |
PROFESSIONAL INDEMNITY INSURANCE |
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PIM |
Personal Information Manager |
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PIN |
Personal Identification Number |
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PKWY |
Parkway |
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PL |
Plate |
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Pl |
plastic |
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PLC |
Power Line Carrier |
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PLD |
Programmable Logic Device |
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PLF |
Plant Load Factor |
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PM |
Preventive Maintenance |
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PM |
Project Manager |
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PMCS |
Project Management Control System |
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PME |
Participatory Monitoring and Evaluation |
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PMG |
Project Management Group |
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PMI |
Project Management Institute |
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PMMA |
Polymethyl Methacrylate |
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PMP |
Project Management Plan |
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PMS |
Power Management System |
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PMV |
Plant Machinery and Vehicles |
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PN |
Part Number (P/N Preferred) |
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PNC |
Preferred Noise Criteria |
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PNEU |
Pneumatic |
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PNL |
Panel |
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PO |
Post Office |
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PO |
Project Originals |
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POC |
Point of Creation |
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POD |
Position, Orientation, and Direction |
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PORT |
Portable |
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POTW |
Publicly Owned Treatment Works |
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PP |
Pages |
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PPC |
Portland Pozzolona Cement |
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PPFA |
Plastic Pipe and Fittings Association |
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PPP |
Public Private Partnership |
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PPS |
Polyphenylene Sulfide |
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PPSU |
polyphenylene sulfone |
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PPT |
Pollution Prevention Team |
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PPVC |
Prefabricated Pre-finished Volumetric Construction |
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PQ |
Pre-Qualification |
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PR |
Pair |
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PRES |
Pressure |
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PRESS |
Pressure |
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PRI |
Primary |
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PROT |
Protection |
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PRV |
Pressure Reducing Valve |
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PSIG |
Pounds per square inch gage |
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PSTC |
Pressure Sensitive Tape Council |
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PT |
Point |
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PT |
Potential Transformer |
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PT |
Pint |
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PT |
Part |
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PTBA |
Professional Trail Builders Association |
|
PTC |
Positive Temperature Coefficient [elec. Conducting Material] |
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PTO |
Please Turn Over |
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PVA |
Polyvinyl Acetate |
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PVB |
PolyVinyl Butyral |
|
PVC |
Polyvinyl Chloride |
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PVCA |
polyvinyl chloride acetate |
|
PVCP |
PolyVinyl Chloride Pipe |
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PVD |
Prefabricated Vertical Drain |
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PVDC |
Polyvinylidene Chloride |
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PVDF |
Polyvinylidene Fluoride |
|
PVF |
Poly(vinyl Fluoride) |
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PVK |
Polyvinyl Carbazole |
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PVP |
Polyvinylpyrrolidone |
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PVT |
Private |
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pW |
Picowatt |
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PW |
Per Week |
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PW |
Poured Wall |
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PWC |
Professional Women in Construction |
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PWGSC |
Public Works and Government Services Canada |
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PWR |
Power |
|
Q&A |
Questions & Answers |
|
Q&T |
Quench and Temper |
|
Qa |
Center for Quality Assurance in International Education |
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QAD |
Quick And Dirty |
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QC |
Quality Control |
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QDVC |
Qatari Diar Vinci Construction |
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QI |
Quality Improvement |
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QM |
Quality Management |
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QPL |
qualified products list |
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QS |
quantity surveyor |
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QS |
Quality System |
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QSAR |
Quantitative Structure-activity Relationship(s) |
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QT |
Quart |
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QTR |
Quarter |
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QTY |
Quantity |
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QUAL |
Quality |
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QUANT |
Quantity |
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QWC |
Quality West Construction |
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QWC |
Q Williams Construction |
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R |
Reduction |
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R |
Required |
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R |
Resist |
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R |
Red |
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R |
Radius |
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R&M |
Refurbishment & Maintenance |
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R&R |
Remove & Replace |
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RA |
Return Air |
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RAAF |
Royal Australian Air Force |
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RABS |
Restricted Access Barrier System |
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RAC |
Régime d'Apprentissage en Construction |
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Rad |
Radiator |
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RAD |
Radius |
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RAD |
Return Air Damper |
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Rad |
Radiant |
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RADHAZ |
Radiation Hazard |
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RAME |
Rush Architectural Metal Erectors |
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RAP |
Regimental Aid Post |
|
RBEC |
Registered Building Envelope Consultant |
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RC |
Reinforced Concrete |
|
rCA |
Reinforced Concrete Arch |
|
RCC |
Reinforced Cement Concrete |
|
RCC |
Residential Construction Certified |
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RCD |
Residual Current Device |
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RCF |
Relative Centrifugal Force |
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RCHE |
Reinforced Concrete Horizontal Elliptical |
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RCP |
Reinforced Concrete Pipe |
|
RCP |
Round Reinforced Concrete Pipe |
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RCP |
Reflected Ceiling Plans |
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RCPA |
Reinforced Concrete Pipe-Arch |
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RCPHE |
Reinforced Concrete Pipe Horizontal Elliptical |
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RCRA |
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (1976, 1984) |
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RD |
Relative Density |
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RDO |
Rostered Day Off |
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Rec |
Receiver-Exciter-Controller |
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REC |
Receiver |
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RECD |
Real Estate Construction Design |
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RECP |
Receptacle |
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Ref |
Refer |
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REG |
Register |
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REG |
Regular |
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REHC |
Real Estate Hospitality And Construction |
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REM |
Remove |
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Req |
Require |
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REQD |
Required |
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RET |
Return |
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REV |
Revision |
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REV |
Reverse |
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RF |
Radio Frequency |
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RFI |
Radio Frequency Interference |
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RFID |
Radio Frequency Identification |
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RFP |
Request For Proposal |
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RFP |
Request for Pricing |
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RFPR |
REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL REQUIREMENTS |
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RFS |
Regardless of Feature Size |
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RFSW |
Raised Face Socket Weld (i.e., face of a pipe flange) |
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RFT |
Request for Tender |
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RGS |
Rigid Galvanized Steel |
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RH |
Right Hand |
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RH |
Relative Humidity |
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RHC |
Robert Heely Construction |
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RHD |
Right Hinged Door |
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RHS |
Rectangular Hollow Section |
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RHS |
Right Hand Side |
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RI |
Radio Interference |
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RIA |
Regulatory Impact Assessment |
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RISC |
Reduced Instruction Set Computing |
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RLR |
Reciprocal Licensing Review Board |
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RM |
Room |
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RMI |
Remote Method Invocation |
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RMO |
Resident Medical Officer |
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RMV |
Remove |
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RO |
Reverse Osmosis |
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ROH |
RUNNING OPERATING HOURS |
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ROJ |
Required On Job site |
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ROM |
Rough Order of Magnitude |
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ROR |
Repair Of Repairables |
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ROW |
Right-Of-Way |
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RPA |
Radiant Professionals Alliance |
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RPM |
Resale Price Maintenance. The UK Net Book Agreement, as was. Means by which retail prices are controlled by primary suppliers. (Alternatively, Revolutions Per Minute, as in engine speed and 78, 33 and 45 records. In years to come how many people will know |
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RPM |
Revolutions Per Minute, (Rotations Per Minute) |
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rps |
revolutions per second |
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RPT |
Repeat |
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RR |
Railroad |
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RR |
Rolled Roofing |
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RRN |
Rural Reconstruction Nepal |
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RRP |
Recommended Retail Price |
|
RS |
Roof Shingles |
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RSPC |
Regulated Set Portland Cement |
|
RSW |
Resistance Spot Welding |
|
RT |
Right |
|
RTA |
Ready-To-Assemble |
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RTAH |
Roof-Top Air Handler |
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RTAU |
Round Tapered Aluminum with Upswept mast |
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RTF |
Revision Task Force |
|
RTFO |
Rolling Thin Film Oven |
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RTRC |
Reinforced Thermosetting Resin Conduit |
|
RTRP |
Reinforced Thermosetting Resin Pipe |
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RTS |
Recessed Toe Space |
|
RTU |
Remote Terminal Unit |
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RV |
Roughing Valve |
|
RV |
Relief Vent |
|
RVA |
Recorded Voice Announcement |
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RVE |
R Value Equivalency of insulation |
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RW |
Rotary Wing |
|
RW |
Resistance Welding |
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RWDP |
Rain Water Drain Pipe |
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RWQCB |
Regional Water Quality Control Board |
|
RWY |
Runway |
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s |
second (do NOT use "sec" for "second;" use "sec" for "secant") |
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S |
South |
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S.E. |
South East or Southeast |
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S.W. |
South West or Southwest |
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SA |
Standards Australia |
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SAA |
Standards Association of Australia |
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SABS |
South African Bureau of Standards |
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SAD |
Supply Air Duct |
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SAD |
supply air diffuser |
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SADT |
Self-accelerating Decomposition Temperature |
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SAF |
supply air filter |
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SAG |
Supply Air Grills |
|
SAH |
Society of Architectural Historians |
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san |
Sanitary |
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SANZ |
Standards Association of New Zealand |
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SAP |
Sampling and Analysis Plan |
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SAPS |
Site Assessment Prioritization System |
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SAR |
Structure-Activity Relationship |
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SARA |
Superfund Amendment And Reauthorization Act |
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SARFAESI |
Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interests |
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SATCO |
Senior Air Traffic Control Officer |
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SAW |
Submerged Arc Welding |
|
SB |
Storage Battery |
|
SB |
Square Bracket |
|
SBCCI |
Southern Building Codes Congress International |
|
SBCCI |
Southern Building Code Congress International, Inc. |
|
SBR |
styrene-butadiene rubber production |
|
SBS |
Sick Building Syndrome |
|
SC |
Short Circuit |
|
SC |
Sliding Clamp |
|
SCA |
School Construction Authority |
|
SCADA |
Supervisory Control And Data Aquisition |
|
SCBA |
Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus |
|
SCC |
Standards Council of Canada |
|
SCC |
Sodor Construction Company |
|
SCH |
Schedule |
|
SCHED |
Schedule |
|
SCIP |
Shuswap Construction Industry Professionals |
|
SCM |
Supply Chain Management |
|
SCME |
School of Construction Management and Engineering |
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SCO |
State Construction Office |
|
SCP |
Sand Compaction Piles |
|
sCr |
State Construction Registry |
|
SCRMU |
Sustainable Construction Research Management Unit |
|
SCS |
Soil Conservation Service (Anchorage, Alaska) (USDA and DOA) |
|
SD |
Smoke Detector |
|
SD |
Sand Drain |
|
SDC |
School of Design and Construction |
|
SDF |
Single Degree of Freedom |
|
SDR |
Standard Dimension Ratio |
|
SDS |
Safety Data Sheet |
|
SDSS |
Super Duplex Stainless Steel |
|
SE |
Southeast |
|
SE |
Southeast Euro |
|
SEC |
Second |
|
SECT |
Section |
|
secy |
secretary |
|
SEL |
Select |
|
SELV |
Safety Extra Low Voltage |
|
SERC |
Science and Engineering Research Council |
|
SERV |
Service |
|
SET |
Secure Electronic Transaction |
|
SF |
Square Foot |
|
SFFC |
Strategic Forum for Construction |
|
SFHA |
Special Flood Hazard Area |
|
SFL |
Structural Floor Level |
|
SFPM |
Surface Feet Per Minute |
|
SFRC |
Steel Fiber Reinforced Concrete |
|
SG |
Specific Gravity |
|
She |
Safety, Health and Environmental |
|
SI |
Super Insulation |
|
SI |
safety index |
|
SIC |
Standard Industrial Classification (Code) |
|
SICA |
Southern Interior Construction Association |
|
SIG |
Special Interest Group |
|
SIG |
Signal |
|
SIL |
Speech Interference Level |
|
SINA |
Safety Is No Accident |
|
SIP |
Structural Insulated Panel |
|
SJI |
Steel Joist Institute |
|
SK |
Skein = Hank |
|
SL |
Sea Level |
|
SLC |
Self-Leveling Compound |
|
SLT |
Suction Line Temperature |
|
SMC |
Sheet molding compound |
|
SMIL |
Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language |
|
SMK |
Stone Mastic Kerosene |
|
SMPS |
Switched Mode Power Supplies |
|
SMS |
Site management system |
|
SMS |
Steel Making Section |
|
SMT |
Surface Modification Technology |
|
snc |
Sierra Nevada Construction |
|
SNEBRN |
Smart Net-Zero Energy Buildings Strategic Research Network |
|
SNG |
Synthetic Natural Gas |
|
SOR |
Specifications of Requirements |
|
SOV |
Shut Off Valve |
|
SP |
Single Pole |
|
SP |
Static Pressure |
|
SP |
Steel Pipe |
|
SP |
Special Purpose |
|
SPCC |
Spill Prevention Control And Countermeasures |
|
SPDT |
Single Pole Double Throw |
|
SPEC |
Specification |
|
Specs |
Specifications |
|
SPI |
Society of the Plastics Industry |
|
SPL |
Special |
|
SPL |
Sound Pressure Level |
|
SPST |
Single Pole, Single Throw |
|
SPT |
Standard Penetration Test (soil science) |
|
Sq |
Square shield |
|
sq |
square Quadrat |
|
SQ |
Square |
|
SQL |
Structured Query Language |
|
SR |
Steradian |
|
SR |
Sod Roofing |
|
SRW |
Segmental Retaining Wall |
|
SS |
Stainless Steel |
|
SSHO |
Site Safety and Health Officer |
|
SSL |
Stainless Steel Look |
|
SSL |
Secure Socket Layer |
|
SSPC |
Steel Structures Painting Council (1950–1997) |
|
SSPC |
Society for Protective Coatings |
|
SSW |
Solid-State Welding |
|
ST |
Stokes |
|
STA |
Station Line |
|
STA |
Station |
|
STC |
Sound Transmission Class |
|
STD |
Standard |
|
STD |
Secondary Telecom District |
|
STEL |
Short Term Exposure Limit |
|
stg |
Storage |
|
STMS |
Site Traffic Management Supervisor |
|
stor |
Storage |
|
STP |
standard temperature and pressure (0° and 1 atm) |
|
STR |
Straight |
|
STRL |
Structural |
|
STRUCT |
Structural |
|
STW |
Sewage Treatment Works |
|
STWY |
Stairway |
|
SUC |
A Site Under Construction |
|
SUD |
Stretched Upper Deck |
|
SUP |
Support |
|
SUPT |
Superintendent |
|
SUSMP |
Standard Urban Stormwater Mitigation Plan |
|
SUSP |
Suspend |
|
SV |
Safety Valve |
|
SV |
Solenoid Valve |
|
SV |
Stop Valve |
|
SVG |
Scalable Vector Graphics |
|
sw |
Southwest Wings |
|
SW |
South West |
|
sw |
Southwest Washington |
|
sw |
Southwest Waterfront |
|
sw |
Southwest Welcome |
|
SW |
Sea Water |
|
SW |
Switch |
|
SWBD |
Switchboard |
|
SWL |
Safe Working Load |
|
SWMP |
StormWater Management Program |
|
SWP |
Safe Working Pressure |
|
SWPCP |
StormWater Pollution Control Plan |
|
SWPPP |
Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan |
|
SWRCB |
State Water Resource Control Board |
|
SY |
Square Yard |
|
SYM |
Symmetric |
|
SYN |
Synthetic |
|
SYS |
System |
|
T |
tonne |
|
T |
Tesla |
|
T&G |
Tar and Gravel |
|
tacc |
Tennessee Association of Construction Counsel |
|
TAN |
Tangent |
|
Tan |
Tangent Delta |
|
TARO |
Traffic Accident Reconstruction Origin |
|
TB |
Terminal Board |
|
TBM |
Tunnel Boring Machine |
|
TBP |
Technologies for Business Processes |
|
TBR |
Toleranced By References |
|
TBS |
To Be Supplied(by government) |
|
Tbto |
Tributyltin Oxide |
|
TC |
Technical Committee (HL7) |
|
TCA |
Toronto Construction Association |
|
TCRM |
Theory Construction and Research Methodology |
|
TD |
Tender Design |
|
TD |
Time Delay |
|
Tdc |
Time Delay Closing |
|
TDO |
Time Delay Opening |
|
TDS |
Total Dissolved Solids |
|
TE |
Terminal Equipment |
|
TEC |
Thermal Efficient Control |
|
TECHCON |
Technological Construction |
|
TEL |
Telephone |
|
Telarc |
Testing Laboratory Registration Council of New Zealand |
|
TEMP |
Temperature |
|
TERM |
Terminal |
|
TESC |
Temporary Erosion and Sedimentation Control |
|
TF |
Total Float |
|
TGA |
thermal gravimetric analysis |
|
THC |
Triple Hybrid Construction |
|
THK |
Thick |
|
THKNS |
Thickness |
|
THR |
Threshold |
|
THRU |
Through |
|
TI |
Temperature Indicator |
|
TIG |
Tungsten Inert Gas |
|
TIPS |
Temporary Interior Protection System |
|
TL |
Transmission Loss |
|
TLRTD |
Tube Latch Ready To Drill |
|
TLV |
Threshold Limit Value |
|
TMDL |
Total Maximum Daily Load |
|
TN |
Town |
|
TOC |
Total Organic Carbon |
|
TOC |
Theory of Constructions |
|
TOL |
Tolerance |
|
TOP |
Technical And Office Protocol |
|
TP |
True Position |
|
TPIF |
Two Point Incremental Forming |
|
TQA |
Trades Qualification Act |
|
TQM |
Total Quality Management |
|
TR |
Temperature Recorder |
|
TRACE |
Theft Reports of Agricultural and Construction Equipment |
|
Trans |
Transformer |
|
TS |
Tensile Strength |
|
TS |
Time Switch |
|
TSA |
Thermally Sprayed Aluminum |
|
TSP |
total suspended particles |
|
TSS |
Total Suspended Solids |
|
TT |
Turning Tree |
|
TTMAC |
Terrazzo, Tile & Marble Association of Canada |
|
TV |
Television |
|
twa |
Time Weighted Averages |
|
TWU |
Transport Workers Union of Malaysia |
|
TWU |
Transport Workers Union of America |
|
Typ |
Typical |
|
U&L |
Upper and lower |
|
UBC |
Uniform Building Code |
|
UC |
Universal Column |
|
UC |
Universityrsal Column |
|
UC |
Under Construction |
|
UCA |
Under Construction Always |
|
UCA |
Underground Construction Association |
|
UCC |
uniform construction code |
|
uct |
Underground Construction Technology |
|
UEL |
Upper Explosive Limit |
|
UFC |
Uniform Fire Code |
|
UFL |
Upper Flammability Limit |
|
UG |
User Group |
|
Uh |
Unit Heater |
|
UHF |
Ultra High Frequency (300-3000 MHz; 1m-10cm) |
|
UI |
User Interface |
|
UL |
Underwriters Laboratories |
|
ULC |
Underwriters Laboratories Canada |
|
Ulp |
Unleaded Petrol |
|
UMAC |
Upper Midwest Athletic Construction |
|
uml |
Unified Modelling Language |
|
UNEP |
United Nations Environment Program |
|
UON |
Unless Otherwise Noted |
|
UP |
Unsaturated Polyester |
|
UPCC |
Upper Peninsula Construction Council |
|
UPS |
Uninterruptible Power Supply |
|
UR |
Urinal |
|
USACE |
United States Army Corps of Engineers |
|
USBIC |
Sustainable Buildings Industry Coucil |
|
USDA |
United States Department of Agriculture |
|
USEPA |
United States Environmental Protection Agency |
|
USGBC |
United States Green Building Council |
|
USGS |
United States Geological Survey (DOI) |
|
USS |
United States Standard |
|
UTS |
Ultimate Tensile Strength |
|
UV |
Ultraviolet (Light) |
|
UVR |
Ultraviolet Radiation |
|
V |
Volt (measurement) |
|
V |
Valve |
|
V |
Virgin |
|
V/V |
Volume Per Volume |
|
VA |
Volt Ampere |
|
VAC |
Vacuum |
|
VAR |
Value Added Reseller |
|
vat |
Value-added taxes |
|
VAT |
Vinyl Asbestos Tile |
|
VAV |
Variable Air Volume |
|
VB |
Vapor Barrier |
|
VB |
Visual Basic |
|
VCCO |
VIRGINIA CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTING OFFICER |
|
VCD |
Volume Control Damper |
|
VCI |
Construction Inc |
|
VCM |
Vinyl Chloride Monomer |
|
VCP |
Visual Comfort Probability |
|
VCP |
Vitrified Clay Pipe |
|
VCR |
video cassette recorder/player |
|
VDC |
Virtual Design and Construction |
|
VDR |
Voltage Dependent Resistor |
|
VDT |
Visual Display Terminal |
|
VDU |
Visual Display Unit |
|
VE |
Virtual Enterprise |
|
VEC |
Value Engineering Cost |
|
VENT |
Ventilator |
|
VERT |
Vertical |
|
VESDA |
Very Early Smoke Detection Apparatus |
|
VF |
Voice Frequency |
|
VGC |
Very Good Condition |
|
VH |
Very High |
|
VHF |
Very High Frequency |
|
VHSIC |
Very High-Speed Integrated Circuit |
|
VI |
Vertical Injector |
|
VICE |
Veterans In Construction Electrical |
|
VIN |
Vinyl |
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VLF |
Very Low Frequency |
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VM |
Value Management |
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VM |
Volatile Matter |
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VM |
Virtual Manufacturing |
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VMB |
Valve Manifold Box(es) |
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VMC |
visual meteorological conditions |
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VML |
Vector Markup Language |
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VMS |
Variable Message Signboards |
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VO |
Virtual Organization |
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VO |
Variation Order |
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VOC |
Volatile Organic Compounds (air pollution) |
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VOICE |
Volunteer Organizer In Construction Empowerment |
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VOL |
Volume |
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VOR |
Variation Order Request |
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VOU |
voussoir(=arch brick) |
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VP |
Vacuum Pump |
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VPN |
Virtual Private Network (ATM) |
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VR |
Voltage Regulator |
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VR |
Virtual Reality |
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VRL |
Vertical Reference Line |
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vrml |
Virtual Reality Modelling Language |
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VRO |
VILLAGE RECONSTRUCTION ORGANISATION |
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VSD |
Variable Speed Drive |
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VSIC |
Vertical Spindle Impact Crusher |
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VTL |
Vertical Turret Lathe |
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VTS |
Vendor Technical Specification |
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VVMA |
Variable air-Volume Modular Assembly |
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W |
Watt |
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W |
West |
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W |
Width |
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W |
Wide |
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W/ |
With |
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W/O |
Without |
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WAJ |
Wipe A Joint |
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WAN |
Wide Area Network |
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WB |
Wet Bulb |
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WB |
Weber |
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WBS |
Work Breakdown Structure |
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wc |
Water Closet (in building plans) |
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WC |
Water Chiller |
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WC |
Water Capacity |
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WCAT |
Workers' Compensation Appeals Tribunal |
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WCCG |
Warehouse Cubed Consulting Group |
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WCID |
Whole Column Imaging Detection |
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WCK |
World Construction Kit |
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WCR |
Western Construction Resources |
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WEF |
Water Environment Federation (formerly WPCF) |
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WFM |
Work Flow Management |
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WG |
Water Gauge |
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WG |
Wire Gauge |
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WH |
Warnock Hersey Mark |
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WHMIS |
Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (Canada) |
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WHO |
World Health Organization |
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WHSA |
Workplace Health and Safety Association |
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WI |
Wrought Iron |
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WIC |
Walk In Closet |
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WIP |
Work In Progress (process) |
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WL |
Water Line |
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WMO |
World Meteorological Organization (ICSU) |
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WN |
Work Notification |
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WOCC |
Warwick Online Course Construction |
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WP |
Working Point |
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WP |
Working Pressure |
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WP |
Waterproof |
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WPB |
Wrought Pipe Bend |
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wpc |
Winter Park Construction |
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WPHY |
Wrought Pipe High-Yield |
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WS |
water-soluble |
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WS |
Water Supply |
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WSDC |
Web Site Design And Construction |
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WSIB |
Workplace Safety and Insurance Board |
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WT |
Weight |
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Wt |
Water Treatment |
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WTIA |
Welding Technology Institute of Australia |
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WTP |
Water Treatment Plant |
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wu |
Window Unit |
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WV |
Wing Valve |
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WW |
Waste Water |
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WWT |
Waste Water Treatment |
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WWW |
World Wide Web |
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XL |
Extra Large |
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XML |
Extensible Markup Language |
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XSL |
EXtensible Style Language |
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YD |
Yard |
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yd |
Yard Dyed |
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YD2 |
Square yard |
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YP |
Yield Point |
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YR |
Year |
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YS |
Yield Strength |
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