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| A: |
| AB |
air brick |
| ABR |
alternate bars reversed (reinforcement) |
| AC |
alternating current or air conditioning |
| ACoP |
approved code of practice |
| AIStructE |
Associate of the Institution of Structural Engineers |
| ALT |
alternate, alternately (reinforcement) |
| AMIStructE |
Associate Member of the Institution of Structural Engineers |
| AMICE |
Associate Member of the Institution of Civil Engineers |
| B: |
| BBA |
British Board of Agrément |
| BCA |
British Cement Association |
| BCO |
building control officer |
| BCSA |
British Constructional Steelwork Association |
| BCWS |
boosted cold water service (services) |
| BH |
bore hole or beam height (survey) |
| BHWS |
boosted hot water service (services) |
| BIG |
back inlet gully |
| BLK |
blockwork |
| BM |
bending moment or bench mark |
| BOQ |
bill of quantities |
| BRW |
brick retaining wall (survey) |
| BS |
British Standard |
| BSI |
British Standards Institution |
| BW |
brick wall (survey) or builders' work (services) |
| BWF |
barbed wire fence (survey) |
| BWIC |
builders' work in connection with (services) |
| BWK |
brickwork |
| C: |
| C |
cill height (survey) |
| CA |
contract administrator |
| CAD |
computer aided design |
| CAM |
computer aided manufacture |
| CBF |
close boarded fence (survey) |
| CBW |
concrete block wall (survey) |
| CC |
centre to centre |
| CDM |
Construction (Design and Management) Regulations |
| CE |
conformité européene |
| CEng |
chartered engineer |
| CGI |
corrugated galvanized iron |
| CH |
ceiling height |
| CHS |
circular hollow section |
| CI |
cast iron |
| CIF |
corrugated iron fence (survey) |
| CJ |
construction joint |
| CL |
cover level or centre line |
| CLF |
chain link fence (survey) |
| CP |
code of practice |
| CPF |
concrete panel fence (survey) |
| CPS |
concrete paving slabs (survey) |
| CR |
crown height of arch (survey) |
| CRS |
centres |
| CRW |
concrete retaining wall (survey) |
| CS |
Concrete Society |
| CV |
commissioning valve (services) |
| CW |
concrete wall (survey) |
| CWS |
cold water service (services) |
| CWT |
hundredweight |
| D: |
| D |
diameter |
| DC |
drain cock (services) |
| DCV |
double check valve (services) |
| DHW |
domestic hot water |
| DL |
dead load |
| DOV |
drain off valve (services) |
| DP |
down pipe |
| DPC |
damp-proof course |
| DPDT |
double pole double throw switch (electrical) |
| DPM |
damp-proof membrane |
| DPST |
double pole single throw switch (electrical) |
| DRG |
drawing |
| DS |
District Surveyor |
| DSSO |
double switched socket outlet (electrical) |
| E: |
| ECB |
electricity control box |
| ECUK |
Engineering Council United Kingdom |
| EL |
existing level |
| EngTech |
engineering technician |
| EPP |
expanded polypropylene or environmentally preferred product |
| ERV |
expansion relief valve (services) |
| F: |
| FB |
flower bed (survey) or from below (services) |
| FBTA |
from below to above (services) |
| FC |
flexible connection (services) |
| FF |
far face (reinforcement) |
| FFL |
finished floor level |
| FH |
fire hydrant (survey) |
| FICE |
Fellow of the Institution of Civil Engineers |
| FIStructE |
Fellow of the Institution of Structural Engineers |
| FL |
floor level |
| FoS |
factor of safety |
| FS |
full size or fused spur (electrical) |
| FSC |
forest stewardship council (timber) |
| G: |
| G |
gully (survey) |
| GGBS |
ground granulated blastfurnace slag |
| GS |
general structural (timber) |
| H: |
| H or HT |
window head height (survey) |
| HAC |
high alumina cement |
| HDF |
high density fibreboard |
| HL |
high level |
| HSFG |
high strength friction grip (steel connection) |
| HT |
high tensile |
| HWS |
hot water service (services) |
| I: |
| IC |
inspection cover (survey) or inspection chamber |
| ICE |
Institution of Civil Engineers |
| ID |
inside diameter |
| IEng |
incorporated engineer |
| IL |
invert level |
| INTER |
intermediate switch (electrical) |
| IRF |
iron railing fence (survey) |
| IStructE |
Institution of Structural Engineers |
| IV |
isolating valve (services) |
| IWF |
interwoven fence (survey) |
| J: |
| JCB |
J C Bamford – manufacturer of wheeled excavators |
| JCT |
Joint Contracts Tribunal |
| K: |
| kg |
kilogramme |
| kN |
kiloNewton |
| L: |
| L |
light (survey) |
| LA |
local authority |
| LL |
live load |
| LOLER |
Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations 1998 |
| LP |
lamp post (survey) |
| LSL |
laminated strand lumber |
| LSV |
lockshield valve (services) |
| M: |
| m |
metre |
| MC |
mass concrete or moderately conservative |
| MCW |
mains cold water (services) |
| MDF |
medium density fibreboard |
| MH |
manhole |
| MHSW |
Management of health and Safety at Work Regulations |
| MICE |
Member of the Institution of Civil Engineers |
| MIStructE |
Member of the Institution of Structural Engineers |
| mm |
millimetre |
| MMMF |
man made mineral fibres |
| MS |
mild steel |
| N: |
| N |
Newton |
| NASC |
National Access and Scaffolding Confederation |
| NF |
near face (reinforcement) |
| NRV |
non return valve (services) |
| NTS |
not to scale |
| O: |
| OD |
outside diameter or Ordnance datum |
| OH |
over head |
| OPC |
ordinary Portland cement |
| P: |
| P |
post |
| PALF |
palisade fence (survey) |
| PC |
precast concrete |
| PCC |
Portland cement concrete |
| PF |
picket fence (survey) |
| PFA |
pulverised fuel ash |
| PFC |
parallel flange channel |
| PKT |
pocket (RC) |
| PL or PLT |
plate (steel connection) |
| PPE |
personal protective equipment, Personal Protective Equipment at Work Regulations |
| PRF |
post and rail fence (survey) |
| PWD |
Permanent Works Designer |
| PWF |
post and wire fence (survey) |
| Q: |
| QS |
quantity surveyor |
| R: |
| R |
render (survey) |
| RAD |
radiator |
| RC |
reinforced concrete |
| RE |
rodding eye (survey) |
| RHPC |
rapid hardening Portland cement |
| RHS |
rectangular hollow section |
| RIBA |
Royal Institute of British Architects |
| RICS |
Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors |
| RMC |
ready-mixed concrete |
| RSA |
rolled steel angle |
| RSJ |
rolled steel joist |
| RWP |
rain water pipe |
| S: |
| SC |
stop cock |
| SE |
structural engineer |
| SHS |
square hollow section |
| SI |
Systeme Internationale |
| SL |
soffite level or sky light or sill level |
| SOL |
setting-out line |
| SOP |
setting-out point |
| SP |
soil pipe (services); arch springer height (survey) |
| SPDT |
single pole double throw switch (electrical) |
| SPS |
stone paving slabs (survey) |
| SPST |
single pole single throw switch (electrical) |
| SRC |
sulphate resisting cement |
| SS |
stainless steel or simply supported or special structural (timber) |
| SSL |
structural slab level |
| SSSO |
single switched socket outlet (electrical) |
| STG |
staggered (RC) |
| STR |
strainer (services) |
| SV |
safety valve (services) |
| SVP |
soil and vent pipe |
| SW |
stone wall (survey) |
| T: |
| TA |
to above (services) |
| TBM |
temporary bench mark |
| TIStructE |
Technician of the Institution of Structural Engineers |
| TMICE |
Technician Member of the Institution of Civil Engineers |
| TOB |
top of beam |
| TOC |
top of concrete |
| TOS |
top of steel |
| TOW |
top of wall |
| TP |
town planning or trial pit |
| TPO |
tree preservation order |
| TPRV |
temperature/pressure relief valve (services) |
| TWC |
temporary works coordinator |
| TWS |
temporary works supervisor |
| T&G |
tongued and grooved |
| U: |
| UB |
universal beam |
| UC |
universal column |
| UF |
urea formaldehyde |
| UNO |
unless noted otherwise |
| U/S |
underside |
| UTL |
unable to lift (survey) |
| V: |
| V |
vent (survey) |
| VP |
vent pipe (survey) |
| W: |
| W |
window (survey) |
| WAHR |
Work at Height Regulations |
| WL |
water level (survey) |
| WMF |
wire mesh fence (survey) |
| WPF |
wooden panel fence (survey) |
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| Ø |
diameter |
