Last edited 12 Aug 2025

Construction industry acronyms - V

This article presents a list of construction industry acronyms beginning with 'V'.

For other letters click on the list below:

A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L - M - N - O - P - Q - R - S - T - U - V - W - X - Y - Z

[edit] V

V/A - Visual Aid

VA - Value Analysis

VA - Virtual Assistant

VAC - Constant Air Volume

VAC - Variance At Completion

VAD - Visual Alarm Device

VAG - Vernacular Architecture Group

VAPP - Value Added Per Person

VFD - Variable frequency drives

VAT - Value Added Tax

VAV - Variable Air Volume

VaW - Vehicle As a Weapon

VAWT - Vertical Axis Wind Turbine

VCD - Volume Control Damper

VCL - Vapour Control Layer

VCM - Vinyl Chloride Monomer

VCO - Voluntary and Community Organisation

VCP - Vitrified Clay Pipe

VCP - Volume Change Potential (of ground clays)

VCS - Verified Carbon Standard

VCSE - Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprises

VCT - Vinyl composition tile

VCU - Verified Carbon Unit

VDC - Virtual Design and Construction

VDU - Visual Display Unit

VDV - Vibration Dose Value

VE - Value Engineering

VEH - Vibration Energy Harvesters

VER - Verified Emission Reduction

VET - Vocational Education and Training

VFD - Variable Frequency Drive

VFM/VfM - Value for Money

VHR - Ventilation Heat Recovery

VHS - Video Home System

VI - Visual Inspection

VIF - Verify In Field

VIG - Vacuum Insulated Glazing

VKT - Vehicle Kilometres Travelled / Vehicle-Kilometres of Travel

VLM - Vertical Land Motion

VM - Value Management

VMI - Vendor Managed Inventory

VMU - Vehicle Maintenance Unit

VMU - Vertical Mixed Use

VMU - Visual Mock-Up

VNMS - Variable Wall Mining System

VO - Variation Order

VOA - Valuation Office Agency

VoC - Voice of the Customer

VOC - Volatile Organic Compound

VP - Vacant Possession

VP - Vent pipe

VPA - Voluntary Partnership Agreement

VPC - Veterinary Products Committee

VPN - Virtual Private Network

VPP - Virtual Power Plant

VPT - Vibration Panel Technology

VRE - Variable Renewable Energy.

VRF - Variable Refrigerant Flow

VRLA - Valve Regulated Lead-Acid (battery)

VRMP - Value and Risk Management Protocol

VRP - Value-Retention Processes

VRS - Vehicle Restraint System

VRS - Virtual Reference Station

VRV - Variable Refrigerant Volume (condenser unit)

VSC - Vertical Sky Component

VSC - Voluntary Safety Cases

VSD - Variable Speed Drive

VSLS - Very Short-Lived Halogenated Substances

VSM - Value Stream Mapping

VST - Vicat Softening Temperature

VTG - Variable Transmission Glazing

VWF - Vibration White Finger

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