Construction industry acronyms - F

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

For other letters click on the list below:

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F&RA - Fire and Rescue Authority

FA - Floor Above

FA - Forms of Appointment

FAAP - Fitzrovia Area Action Plan

FAD - Fresh Air Duct

FAME - Fatty Acid Methyl Esters

FAO - For attention of

FAOLU - Farming, Agriculture and Other Land Uses

FAP - Fire Alarm Panel

FAR - Floor Area Ratio

FARL - Feh Index Of Flood Attenuation Due To Reservoirs And Lake

FARL - Flood attenuation due to reservoirs and lakes

FAS - Fall Arrest System

FAST - Function Analysis System Technique (value management)

FAT - Factory Acceptance Test

FAT - Full agricultural tenancy

FB - Footing Beam

FB - From Below

FBC - Full Business Case

FBT - Farm business tenancy

FBTA - From Below To Above

FC - False Ceiling

FC - Fixing Channel

FC - Flexible Connection

FC - Foot Candle.

FC - Tuflow Flow Constriction Layer

FC(SP)R - Fire Certificate (Special Premises) Regulations 1976

FCA - Facility Condition Assessment

FCA - Flood Consequence Assessment

FCCP - Fire Curtain Control Panel

FCD - Field Capacity Days

FCEC - Federation of Civil Engineering Contractors (dissolved in November 1996 and superseded by the Civil Engineering Contractors Association (CECA))

FCERM - flood and coastal erosion risk management

FCEV - Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle

FCI - Facility Condition Index

FCL - Finished Ceiling Level

FCRM - Flood & Coastal Risk Management

FCU - Fan Coil Unit

FD - Fire Door

FD - Floor Drain

FDAS - Fire Detection and Alarm Systems

FDC - FLow Duration Course

FDFAS - Fire Detection and Fire Alarm System

FDIS - Final Draft International Standard

FDM - Foundational Data Model

FEC - Factory Engineered Concrete

FEED - Front End Engineering and Design (contract)

FEES - Fabric Energy Efficiency Standard

FEF - Fire and Emergency File

FEH - Flood Estimation Handbook

FEM - Finite Element Method (simulation techniques)

FER - Fundamental Expenditure Review

FERA - Fera Science Limited (Formerly Food And Environment Research Agency)

FES - Fabric Energy Storage

FES - Future Energy Scenarios

FESS - Fire, Emergency and Security Systems

FETA - Federation of Environmental Trade Associations

FF - Far Face

FF - Floor Finishes (plan)

FF - Fridge Freezer

FF&E / FFE - Furniture Fittings & Equipment

FFC - Flat Flexible Cables

FFHH - Fitness For Human Habitation.

FFI - Fee for Intervention (Health and Safety Executive)

FFL - Finished Floor Level

FFOG - Food, Fats, Oils and Grease

FFP - Filtering Facepieces

FFP - Finished Floor Plan

FFP - Fit For Purpose

FFR - Firm Frequency Response

FFU - Fan Filter Unit

FG - Floor Gully

FGD - Flue-Gas Desulphurisation

FGL - Finished Ground Level

FGRS - Flue Gas Recovery Systems

FH - Fire Hydrant

FHC - Fully Hydraulically Calculated

FHS - Future Homes Standard

FI - Fire Investigation

FIA - Fire Industry Association

FICE - Fellow of the Institution of Civil Engineers

FID - Final Investment Decision

FIDIC - Fédération Internationale des Ingénieurs-Conseils

FIM - Facilities Information Model

FIS - Finishes and Interiors Sector.

FISP - Financial Systems and Payments

FIStructE - Fellow of the Institution of Structural Engineers

FIT - Feed-In Tariff

FIXT - Fixture

FL - Floor Level

FL - Floor Light

FLOW - Floating Offshore Wind

FLOWMIS - Floating Offshore Wind Manufacturing Investment Scheme

FLP - Flameproof

FLR - Floor

FLS - Flygt Leakage Sensor

FLS - Funding for Lending Scheme

FLT - Fork Lift Truck

FM - Facilities Management

FMA - Facilities Management Administrator

FMA - Facilities Management Audit

FMAS - Financial Management Accounting System

FMB - Federation of Master Builders

FMCG - Fast-moving consumer goods

FMD - Foot And Mouth Disease

FMD - Fuel Mix Disclosure

FMEA - Failure Mode and Effects Analysis

FMECA - Failure Mode, Effects and Criticality Analysis

FMfSW - Flood Map For Surface Water

FMU - Field Management Unit

FND - Foundation

FO - Fibre Optic

FOAK - First of a kind

FOC - Face of Concrete

FOC - Fibre Optic Cable

FOD - Field Operations Directorate

FoE - Friends Of The Earth

FOF - Face of Finish

FOG - Fat Oil and Grease

FOG - Flat over Garage

FoMLG - Friends Of Marie Louise Gardens

FOPS - Falling Object Protective Structure

FORS - Fleet Operator Recognition Scheme

FOS - Face of Stud

FoS - Factor of Safety

FOU - For official Use

FoV - Field of View

FP - Field Professional

FP - Foamed Polyethylene

FP(W)R - Fire Precautions (Workplace) Regulations 1997

FPA71 - Fire Precautions Act 1971

FPC - Factory Production Control

FPC - Flat Printed Circuits

FPE - Fan Pressurisation Equipment

FPEXT - Floodplain Extent The Fraction Of The Catchment Inundated By A 1 In 100

FPEXT - Floodplain extent, the fraction of the catchment inundated by a 1 in 100

FPL - Fireplace

FPN - Fixed Penalty Notice

FPO - Fire Prevention officer

FPS - Functional Performance Specification

FPT - Functional Performance Testing

FR - Fire Rated

FR - Fire-Resistant

Fr - Froude number

FRA - Fire and Rescue Authority

FRA - Fire Risk Assessor

FRA - Flood Risk Assessment

FRAEW - Fire Risk Appraisal of External Walls

FRAP - Flood Risk Activity Permit

FRCM - fabric-reinforced cementitious matrix

FRCM - fibre-reinforced cementitious mortars

FRD - Fire Rated Ductwork

FRe - Flood Resilience (technologies)

FRI - Full Repairing and Insuring (Lease)

FRL - Fibre Reinforced Laminate

FRM - Flood Risk Management

FRMP - Flood Risk Management Plan

FROOF (T4) - Lowest UK / Euro Fire resistance class for roofs (see also BROOF, CROOF and DROOF)

FRP - Fibre Reinforced Plastic

FRP - Fibre Reinforced Polymer

FRR - The Flood Risk Regulations 2009

FRS - Fire and Rescue Service

FRSD - Fire and Rescue Service Directorate

FS - Fire Strategy (drawing)

FS - Fixing Strap

FS - Fused Spur

FSA - Fire and Security Association

FSC - Federal Standard Colour

FSC - Forest Stewardship Council

FSD - Fire and Smoke Damper

FSD - Full Scale Deflection

FSI - Floor Space Index

FSM - Frequency Sensitive Mode

FSMS - Field Survey Methods And Standards

FSNR - Future Systems and Network Regulation

FSO - Fire Safety Order

FSO - Formal Second Opinion

FSO - Fire Safety Officer

FSO - Future System Operator

FSR - Filter Self-Rescuer (Mining)

FSR - Flood Studies Report

FSR - Floorspace Ratio

FSSR - flood studies supplementary report

FSSU - Field Scientific Support Unit Now Field Services Unit

FSU - Field Services Unit

FSU - Floating Storage Unit

FSV - Free Steered Vehicle

FTA - Fault Tree Analysis

FTA - Federal Transit Administration

FTE - Full

FTE - Full-Time Equivalent

FTG - Footing

FTN - Fixed Telecommunications Network

FTP - Framework Travel Plan

FTTC - Fibre to the cabinet

FTTP - Fibre to the premises

FWH - Flexible Working Hours

FWMA - Flood and Water Management Act

FWR - Functional Work Recording System

FYI - Fabrication Yield Improvement

5YHLS - Five Year Housing Land Supply.

FZM - Flood Zone Map (Environment Agency)