Construction industry acronyms - G

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

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G - Girth

G - Gully

GA - General Arrangement

GAB - GypLyner Acoustic Brace

GACP - Generally Accepted Accounting Practice

GPDO - General Permitted Development Order

GAD - Gas Appliances Directive

GAE - General Administrative Expenditure

GAI - Guild of Architectural Ironmongers

GAS - Generic Assessment Criteria

GB - Glass Block

GB - Gypsum Board

GBL - China Green Building Label (also called Three Star)

GBN - Great British Nuclear

GBR - general binding rules

GC - Government Conditions of contract (GC Works, no longer being updated)

GCB - Green Construction Board

GCL - geocomposite clay liners

GCN - Great Crested Newt

gCO2e/kWh - Grams of carbon dioxide equivalent per kilowatt-hour of electricity

GCP - Ground control points

GCR - Geological Conservation Review site

GCR - Great Central Railway

GCS - Government Construction Strategy

GCV - Gross Calorific Value

GDA - Green Deal Assessor

GDA - Gross Development Area

GDA - Generic Design Assessment

GDL - Geometric Description Language

GDN - Gas Distribution Network

GDO - General Development Order

GDP - Gross Domestic Product

GDPO - General Development Procedure Order

GDPO - Town and Country Planning (General Development Procedure) Order

GDPR - General Data Protection Regulations.

GDV - Gross Development Value

GEA - Gross External Area

GEML - Galvanised Expanded Metal Lath

GFA - Gross Floor Area

GFP - General Fire Precautions

GFP - Guaranteed Fixed Price

GGBS - Ground Granulated Blast furnace Slag

GGF - Glass and Glazing Federation

gglass - centre-of-glass g-value

GGRA - Ground Gas Risk Assessment

GGT - Gas Tracer Tests

GHEU - Government Historic Estates Unit

GHG - Greenhouse Gas

GHG - greenhouse gas(es)

GHP - Geothermal Heat Pump

GI - galvanised iron

GI - Green Infrastructure

GI - Ground Investigation Or Galvanised Iron

GIA - Gross Internal Area

GIE - Groupement d'Interet Economique

GIF - Graphics Interchange Format

GIFA - Gross Internal Floor Area

GIFOV - Ground projected instantaneous field of view

GIGA - Green Industries Growth Accelerator

GiGL - Greenspace Information for Greater London

GJDG - Green Jobs Delivery Group

GIS - Geographical Information System

GL - Ground Level

GL - GypLyner [British Gypsum]

GLA - Gangmaster Licensing Authority

GLA - Greater London Authority

GLAAS - Greater London Archaeological Advisory Service

GLC - Gas Liquid Chromatography

GLHER - Greater London Historic Environmental Record

GLVIA - Guidelines for Landscape and Visual Impact Assessment

GLW - Gross Laden Weight

GM - Guidance Memoranda

GMAW - Gas Metal Arc Welding

GMB - common name for General, Municipal, Boilermakers' and Allied Trade Union (GMBATU)

GMBATU - General, Municipal, Boilermakers' and Allied Trade Union

GML - Geography Markup Language (ISO19136)

GMO - Genetically Modified Organism

GMP - Guaranteed Maximum Price

GMPP - Government Major Projects Portfolio

GN - Guidance Note

GNSS - Global Navigation Satellite System

GNVQ - General National Vocational Qualification

GoO - Guarantees of Origin

GP - General Practitioner

GP3 - Groundwater projection: principles and practice

GPA - Agreement On Government Procurement

GPA - Government Procurement Agreement

GPM - Good Practice Measures.

GPR - Green Plot Ratio

GPR - Ground Penetration Radar - Ground Penetrating Radar

GPS - Global Positioning System

GPVS - Gas Protection Verification Accreditation Scheme

GQRA - Generic Quantitative Risk Assessment

GR - Gyproc

GRESB - Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark

GRG - Glass-Reinforced Gyproc

GRI - Global Reporting Initiative

GRIHA - Green Rating for Integrated Habitat Assessment

GRIP - 3 Governance for Railway Investment Projects (Stage 3) process

GRIP - Governance For Railway Investment Projects

GRO - Green Roof Organisation

GRP - Glass Fibre Reinforced Polymers

GRP - Glass Reinforced Plastic

GRP - Glass-Reinforced Polyester

GS1 - Global Standards 1

GSCU - Government Skills and Curriculum Unit

GSD - Ground sample distance

GSF - Gross Square Footage

GSHP - Ground Source Heat Pump

GSI - Ground projected sample interval

GSIUR - The Gas Safety (Installation and Use) Regulations 1998

GSL - Government Soft Landings

GSMR - Gas Safety Management Regulations

GSP - Grid Supply Point

GSPZ - groundwater source protection zone

GSR - General Safety Requirement

GSS - Guaranteed standards scheme

GT - Globe Thermometer

GTA - Government Technical Adviser

GTAW - Gas Tungsten Arc Welding

GTIN - Global Trade Item Number

GTL - Gas-To-Liquids

GUC - Grand Union Canal

GUI - Graphical User Interface

GUID's - Global Unique ID’s

GVA - Gross Value Added

G-value - solar heat Gain value of glazing

GVD - General Vesting Declaration (see compulsory purchase order)

GW - Gigawatt

GWB - Gypsum Wall Board

GWDTE - Groundwater Dependent Terrestrial Ecosystem

GWH - Gas Water Heater

gwindow - whole window g-value

GWL - Ground Water Level

GWML - Great Western Main Line

GWP - Global Warming Potential

GWR - Great Western Railway

GWR - GypWall Rapid (Channel)

GWSI - Generic Written Scheme Of Investigation