Construction industry acronyms - U
This article presents a list of construction industry acronyms beginning with 'U'.
For other letters click on the list below:
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U/S - Underside
UAD - Urban Archaeological Database
UAS - Unmanned Aerial System
UAV - Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
UB - Universal Beam
UBC - Uniform Building Code
UC - Universal Column
UCATT - Union of Construction, Allied Trades and Technicians
UCC - Universal Copyright Convention
UCD - Unregistered Community Design
UCITS - Undertakings for Collective Investment in Transferable Securities
UCO - Town and Country (Use Classes) Order
UCO - Use Classes Order
UCR - Union Connectivity Review
UCTA - Unfair Contract Terms Act
UCWI - urban catchment wetness index
UCZ - Utilities Construction Zone
UDC - Universal Decimal Classification
UDI - Useful Daylight Illuminance
UDL - Uniformly Distributed Load
UDP - Unitary Development Plan
UE - Urban exploration
UE - User experience
UEAV - Upper Exposure Action Value
UEC - Unit Energy Consumption
UEL - Upper Exposure Limit
UF - Under Floor
UF - Urea Formaldehyde
UFAD - Underfloor Air Distribution
UFAS - Unwanted Fire Alarm Signal
UfH - Underfloor Heating
uFMfSW - Updated Flood Map For Surface Water
UHI / UHIE - Urban Heat Island Effect
UHM - Ultra High Modulus
UHPC - Ultra High-Performance Concrete / Ultra high performance fibre concrete.
UI - Universal Input
UID - Unique Gazetteer Identifier
UIT - Ultrasonic Impact Testing
UK - United Kingdom
UKAPIS - Uk Air Pollution Information System
UKAPIS - United Kingdom Air Pollution Information System
UKAS - United Kingdom Accreditation Service
UKCCRA - Uk Climate Change Risk Assessment
UKCCRA - United Kingdom Climate Change Risk Assessment
UKCIP - United Kingdom Climate Impacts Programme
UKCP - UK Climate Projections
UKCP09 - United Kingdom Climate Projections 2009
UKFS - Uk Forestry Standard
UK-GBC - UK Green Building Council
UKIB UK - Infrastructure Bank
UKSIF - UK Sustainable Investment and Finance Association
UKTA - UK Thermography Association
UKWAS - UK Woodland Assurance Standard
UKWIR - UK Water Industry Research
UL - Upper Level
ULD - Using Less Material by Design
ULEV - Ultra Low Emission Vehicle
ULS - Ultimate Limit State
UNECE - United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
UNESCO - United Nations Educational Scientific And Cultural Organization
UNFCCC - United Nations Framework Convention On Climate Change
Uniclass - Unified Classification for the Construction Industry
UNO - Unless Noted Otherwise
UO - Universal Output
UP - Ultrasonic Peening
UP - Unsaturated Polyester (paint, powder coatings, & bituminous felt)
UPC - Unacceptable Professional Conduct
UPF - Uranium Processing Facility
UPIN - Universal Persistent Identification Number
UPRN - Unique Property Reference Number
UPS - Uninterrupted Power Supply
uPVC - Unplasticated Polyvinyl Chloride (rainwater, soil & waste pipes, & roof sheeting)
UR - Urinal
URBAN - Flood Studies Report Index Of Fractional Urban Extent
URBEXT1990 - Feh Index Of Fractional Urban Extent
URBEXT2000 - Revised Index Of Urban Extent Measured Differently From Urbext1990
URBEXT2000 - Revised index of urban extent, measured differently from URBEXT1990
URL - Uniform Resource Locator
US - Ultimate State
USB - Universal Serial Bus
USD - Universal Scene Description
USF - Usable Square Feet / Footage
USFB - Ultra Shallow Floor Beam
USP - Unique Selling Point
USRN - Unique Street Reference Numbers
UST - Underground Storage Tank
UT - Ultrasonic Testing
UTCCR - Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts Regulations
UTL - Unable To Lift
UTL - Utility
UTM - Universal testing machine
UTM - Universal transverse mercator
UTS - Ultimate Tensile Strength
UV - Ultra Violet
U-value - energy efficiency value of a material
UVGI - Ultraviolet germicidal irradiation
UWC - User Worked Crossing
UWED - Use of Work Equipment Directive (EC)
UWFS - Unwanted Fire Signal
UX - User experience
UXO - Unexploded Ordnance
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