While you may not have much to do with the architectural drawing side of construction acronyms, it can still prove very valuable for any one working in the industry.
FD - Floor drain or fire department - make sure you know which acronyms it means here. FND - Foundation - one of the most 'foundational' acronyms in the business of construction. HVAC - Heating, ventilating and air conditioning - an acronym which has become mainstream.
NIC - Not in contract, some acronyms are related to outside forces and not materials or designs. SSTL - Stainless steel - sometimes acronyms across the construction industry can be a little different. Even floor plan diagrams and architectural drawings can use different acronyms for the same thing. Architectural drawing diagrams can take a lifetime to get to know, and most architects start them early. But having a basic understanding can prove helpful and inform other areas of your construction knowledge.
The common theme of construction blueprints being front and centre of drawing and diagram related construction documents continues. Blueprints also have a bunch of acronyms which need decoding:.
J-box - Junction box, and important and commonly used construction acronym for electricians and related trades. B - Top of beam - Similar to the bottom of acronyms B. There are a number of other blueprint acronyms of course, but many of them have been covered in previous construction acronym sections.
As you become more and more knowledgable about your construction acronyms, you'll see more and more overlap across activities. The civil engineering 'part' of the construction industry has some of its own construction acronyms, but many of them are of course related to or covered by the other sectors as well.
Civil engineers are often working off the architectural drawings and blueprints, so many of their acronyms feed off of these prior activities. Some of the more common construction acronyms and abbreviations used in civil engineering include:.
AE - Assistant engineer, not an account executive in construction acronyms, which is the more common business abbreviation. Construction project management is at the heart of the construction industry, and it has its fair share of construction acronyms. While not as technical or drawing focused as some of the other acronym categories, construction project management and the people who work in this area essentially everyone have figured out a number of ways to simplify and abbreviate some of the more common project management words:.
The acronym may be more of a mouthful than the words. CPPC - Cost plus percentage of cost. Any time you see a construction acronym with CP, it's most often cost-plus something. CWBS - A common and important acronym for project management - the contract work breakdown structure. EMV - Expected monetary value - project management acronyms can mean the difference between failure and success. PMIS - Project management information system.
To some companies, this is folders and papers, to others, the information management system is software-based. QA and QC - Quality assurance and quality control - two of the main components of project quality. RFP - Request for proposal or request for quotation - The buying and bidding process has its own fair share of acronyms. SOW - Statement of work - a document used to outline and schedule a project. SWAG - Sophisticated wild ass guess, one of the more informal but still useful construction acronyms.
TQM - Total quality management. As you can see, many of these project management acronyms are slightly different to the engineering and drawing focused acronyms. You will see much more crossover and overlap in design and engineering related fields than you do between them and project and site based work. Understanding the office design, engineering and the site project management, supervision, labour is the holy grail of construction acronym mastery, as then you can converse and sound in the know no matter where you are working.
Archway Lintel Access hatch Recessed object - an object recessed into a particular wall or surface. Surface-mounted object - an object mounted directly on a wall or surface. Free-standing object - an object not connected to the adjacent wall or surface. Object mounted over - an object mounted over the area shown. Object sittting above the plane of the depicted section - a surface mounted object sitting higher than the plane of the diagram. What's the difference between an architect and a building designer?
How to choose an architect How to consult with an architect or building designer. Floor level note: the floor level is provided as a figure relative to a datum, or universal reference point. Job datum level - indicates the altitude at a specific point, relative to a universal reference point known as a ' datum '. Special area reference - a reference to a separate diagram detailing a special area numbers indicate which diagram. Elevation reference - a reference to an elevation diagram numbers indicate which diagram.
Section reference - a reference to a separate section diagram numbers indicate which diagram.
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