Construction industry acronyms - P
This article presents a list of construction industry acronyms beginning with 'P'.
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2PV - Two-port control valve
3PV - Three-port control valve
4PV - Four-port control valve
P - Post
P & I - Piping and Instrumentation
P(VdF-HFP) - Poly(vinylidene difluoride-co-hexafluoropropylene)
P/A - Presence/Absence
P2P - Procure to Pay
Pa - Pascal (S.I. Unit of Pressure)
PA - Planning Authority
PA - Polyamide (nylon) (electrical fittings, washers, ropes)
PAC - Procurement Assessment Criteria
PACE - Project Acceleration in a Controlled Environment
PACE - Property Advisers to the Civil Estate (no longer in existence)
PADHI - Planning Advice For Developments Near Hazardous Installations
PADP - Project Supervisor Design Portion
PAH - Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon
PAH - Polynuclear Aromatic Hydrocarbons
PAN - Planning Advice Note
PAO - Procurement Assessment Options
PAR - Planning Application Requirements
PAR - Polished All-Round
PARL - Percentage Asset Remaining Life
PAS - Publicly Available Specification
PAS 1192-2 - Publicly Available Specification: Specification for information management for the capital/delivery phase of construction projects using building information modelling.
PAS 91 - Publicly Available Specification: Construction prequalification questionnaires
PAT - Portable Appliance Testing
PAVA - Public Address & Voice Alarm system
PAWS - Plantation On Ancient Woodland Site
PAWS - Plantations on Ancient Woodland Sites
PB - Payback
PB - Polybutalene
PBA - Project Bank Account
PBB - Polybrominated Biphenyl
PBS - Product Breakdown Structure
PBSA - Purpose-Built Student Accommodation
PC - Parish Council
PC - Passenger Car
PC - Personal Computer
PC - Polycarbonate
PC - Portland Cement
PC - Practical Completion
PC - Precast Concrete
PC - Prime Cost
PC - Principal Contractor.
PC - Process control
PC - Pull Chain
PCA - Pre-Construction Agreement
PCA - Public Contractors Association
PCAH - Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon
PCB - Polychlorinated Biphenyl
PCB - Polychlorinated Biphenyls
PCB - Printed Circuit Boards
PCBs - Polychlorinated Biphenylenes
PC - Principal Contractor
PCC - Parochial Church Council
PCC - Portland Cement Concrete
PCC - Professional Conduct Committee
PCC - Professional Consultants Certificate
PCC - Principal Contractor Competency
PCCC - Principal Contractor Competency Certification
PCCCS - Principal Contractor Competency Certification Scheme
PCDB - Product Characteristics Database
PCE - Project Cost Estimate
PCF - Product Carbon Footprint
PCF - Project Control Framework
PCG - Parent Company Guarantee
PCI - Pre-Construction Information
PCM - Phase Change Material
PCM - Project Controls Manager
PCN - Personnel Certification for Non-destructive Testing
PCO - Photocatalytic oxidation
PCP - Precast Concrete Pad
PCP - Precast Concrete Pavement
PCP - Precast Concrete Product
PCP - Provision, Criterion or Practice
PCR - Product Category Rules
PCR - Public Contracts Regulations
PCSA - Pre-Construction Services Agreement / Pre-Contract Services Agreement
PCSR - Pre-Construction Safety Report
Pct - Polychlorinated Triphenyls
PCT - Pre-Cast Construction Technology
PCT - Pre-Completion Testing
PCU - Passenger Car Unit
PCZ - Preferred Conservation Zone
PD - (BSI) Published Document
PD - Principal Designer
PDCA - Plan, Do, Check, Act
PDF - Portable Document Format
PDF - Probability Density Function
PDFH - Passenger Demand Forecasting Handbook
P-DfMA - Platform Approach to Design for Manufacture and Assembly
PDH - Principal duty holder
PDL - Previously Developed Land
PDLC - Polymer Dispersed Liquid Crystal
PDM - Post Development Model
PDM - Precedence Diagram Method.
PDO - Permitted Development Order
PDP - Personal Development Planning
PDPAC - Practice Direction Pre-Action Conduct
PDR - Permitted Development Rights
PDR - Product Design Specification
PDS - Personnel Distancing Systems
PDS - Private Developer Scheme
PDS - Product Data Sheet
PDS - Project Definition Statement
PDT - Product Data Template
PE - Photo-Electric
PE - Polyethylene
PE - Primary Energy
PEA - Preliminary Ecological Appraisal
PEA - Predicted Energy Assessment
PEDL - Petroleum Exploration And Development Licence
PEDR - Professional Experience and Development Record
PEEP - Personal Emergency Evacuation Plan
PEFC - Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification
PEMD - Power Electronics, Machines and Drives
PEMS - Predictive Emissions Monitoring System
PEP - Project Execution Plan
PER - Primary Energy Renewable
PE-RT - Polyethylene Raised Temperature
PERT - Programme Evaluation and Review Technique
PES - Programmable Electronic Systems
PEST - Political, Economic, Social, Technological
PESTLE - Political, Environmental, Social, Technological, Legal, Economic
PET - Polyethylene Terephthalate
PF - Phenol-formaldehyde (Bakelite)
PF - Picket Fence
PF2 - Private Finance Initiative version 2
PFA - Pulverised Fuel Ash
PFI - Private Finance Initiative
PFM - PLANET Framework Model (also referred to as PLANET)
PFMEA - Process Failure Mode Effects Analysis
PFP - Passive Fire Protection
PFR - Property Flood Resilience
PFRA - Preliminary Flood Risk Assessment
PFT - Pre-Functional Test
PGI - Protected Geographical Indication
PGO - Planning Gateway One
PHD - Product Health Declaration
PHE - Progressive Horizontal Evacuation
PHE - Public Health England
PHEV - Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles
PHI - Passive House Institute
PHO - Public Health officer
PHPP - Passive House Planning Package
PHPP - Passivhaus Planning Package
PHSA - Planning (Hazardous Substances) Act 1990
PI - Principal Inspector
PIA - personal injury accident
PIA - Proprietary Information Agreement
PIBI - Pre-installation building inspection
PICG - Project investment control group
PICV - Pressure Independent Control Valves
PII - Professional Indemnity Insurance
PIL - Preferred Industrial Location
PILON - Pay in lieu of notice
PIM - Package Interface Matrix
PIM - Product Information Management
PIM - Project Information Model
PIMP - percentage impermeability
PIN - Pre Information Notice
PIN - Prior Information Notice
PIN - Publication Information Notice
PINS - Planning Inspectorate
PIP - Project Implementation Plan
PIR - Polyisocyanurate
PIR - Premises Information Box
PIT - Partners in Technology
PIU - Pending Issuance Unit
PIX - Project Information eXchange
PKT - Passenger Kilometre Travelled
PL - Peak Load
PL - Plain Line
PLA - Polylactide / Poly(lactic acid)
PLA - Port of London Authority
PLA - Property Litigation Association.
PLANET - (also referred to as PFM) Planning network transport forecast model
PLBE - Principal Load Bearing Element
PLC - Public Limited Company
PLCS - Product Life Cycle Support
PLD - Planet Long Distance
PLDV - Passenger Light-Duty Vehicle
PLM - Persons With Limited Mobility
PLM - Product Lifecycle Management
PLPR - Plain Line Pattern Recognition
PLQ - Plain Language Questions
PLUMB - Plumbing
PLYD - Plywood
PM - Planet Midlands
PM - Project manager
PM10 - particulate matter (with aerodynamic diameter of less than 10)
PM2.5 - particulate matter (with aerodynamic diameter of less than 2.5)
PMA - Paintmakers Association (of Great Britain)
PMA - Private Means Of Access
PMBOK - Project Management Body of Knowledge
PMI - Purchasing Managers Index
PMMA - Poly(methyl methacrylate) See Acrylic
PMO - Programme / Project Management Office
PMO - Project Management Office.
PMP - Planned Maintenance Programme.
PMP - Project Management Plan.
PMV - Predicted Mean Vote
PMV - Pre-Manufactured Value
PN - Planet North
PN - Prohibition Notice
PNG - Portable Network Graphics
PNT - Paint/Painted
PO - Private office
PO - Purchase Order
POA - Price on Application
PoaP - Policy on a Page
PoC - Point of Contraflexure
PoE - Point of Entry
POE - Post Occupancy Evaluation
POE - Power Over Ethernet.
POG - Planning Oversight Group
POMI - Principles of Measurement (International)
POPE - Post Opening Project Evaluation
PORV - Power-Operated Relief Valve
POS - Planning Officers Society
POS - Public Open Space
POT - Peak Over A Threshold
PoW - Plan of Work
PoWs - Places of Worship
PP - People Productivity
pp - Percentage Point
PP - Planning Package
PP - Polypropylene
PP - Product Platform
PPA - Planning Performance Agreement
PPA - Power Purchase Agreement
PPAP - Production Part Approval Process
PPC - Permanent Painted Coatings
PPC - Pollution Prevention and Control
PPC - Polyester Powder-Coated
PPC - Portland Puzzolana Cement
PPC - Post Practical Completion
PPC - Project Partnering Contract
PPC 2000 - Standard Form of Contract for Project Partnering
PPD - Percentage People Dissatisfied
PPE - Personal Protective Equipment
PPG - Planning Policy Guidance
PPG - Pollution Prevention Guidelines
PPGN - Planning Guidance On Noise
PPK - Post processed kinematic
PPLV - Positively Pressurised Ventilated Lobby
Ppm - Parts Per Million
PPM - Planned Preventative Maintenance
PPM - Public Performance Measure
PPM - Pump Performance Monitoring (sheets)
PPN - Procurement policy note.
PPP - Public Private Partnership
PPPP/4Ps - Public-Private Partnership Programme
PPS - Package Procurement Schedule
PPS - Planning Policy Statement
PPRS - Public Procurement Review Service
PPV - Peak Particle Velocity
PPW - Planning Policy Wales
PQ - Parliamentary Question
PQP - Project Quality Plan
PQPSP - Project Quality Plan for Small Projects
PQQ - Pre-Qualification Questionnaire
PQS - Professional Quantity Surveyor
PR - Plot Ratio
PR - Proposed Plan
PRA - Paint Research Association
PRU - Procurement Review Unit
PRA - Preliminary Risk Assessment
PRA - Probabilistic Risk Analysis / Assessment
PRE - Pitting Resistance Equivalent
PREP - Personal Rescue Emergency Plan
PRIME - Private sector Resource Initiative for the Management of the Estate
PRINCE - PRojects IN Controlled Environments
PRISM - Policy Responsive Integrated Strategy Model
PRM - Person with Reduced Mobility
PRN - Primary Route Network
PROBE - Post Occupancy Review of Buildings and their Engineering
PROPWET - Index Of Proportion Of Time That Soils Are Wet
PRoW - Public Right Of Way
PRP - Private Registered Provider
PRR - Production Readiness Review
PRS - Pressure Reduction System
PRS - Private Rented Sector
PRS Regulations - Energy Efficiency (Private Rented Property) (England and Wales) Regulations 2015
PRS MEES - Private Rented Sector Minimum Energy Efficiency Standard
PRS - Property Repayment Scheme
PRU - Pupil Referral Unit
PRU - Procurement Review Unit
PRV - Pressure Reducing Valve
PRV - Pressure Relief Valve
PS - Planet South
PS - Planning Supervisor
PS - Polystyrene
PS - Project Sponsor
PS - Provisional Sum
PSA - Public Service Agreements
PSBP - Priority School Building Programme
PSBP2 - Priority School Building Programme - phase 2
PSBR - Public Sector Borrowing Requirement
PSDS - Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme
PSC - Personal Services Company
PSC - Population Size Class
PSC - Professional Services Contract
PSC - Public Sector Comparator
PSCP - Public Sector Partnering Contract
PSCRF - Private Sector ACM Cladding Remediation Fund
PSCS - Project Supervisor Construction Stage
PSD - particle size distribution
PSDP - Project Supervisor Design Process
PSDS - Product Safety Data Sheet
PSE - Power Supply Equipment
PSED - Public Sector Equality Duty
PSF - Professional Service Firm
PSG - Project Steering Group
Psi - Pounds Per Square Inch
PSI - proportion of sediment-sensitive invertebrates
PSL - Parallel Strand Lumber
PSNCR - Public Sector Net Cash Requirement
PSP - Post/Shoring/Polyethylene
pSPA - potential Special Protection Area
PSRA - Public Safety Risk Assessment
PSS - Public Sector Scheme.
PSTN - Public switched telephone network
PSU - Power Supply Unit
PSV - Passive Stack Ventilation
PSW - Part Submission Warrant / Product Submission Warrant
PSYM - Predictive System For Multimetrics
PT - Paper towel Dispenser
PT - Pressure Treated
PTAC - Packaged Terminal Air Conditioner
PTAL - Public Transport Accessibility Level
PTD - Product Transparency Declaration
PTE - Pre-Tender Estimate
PTF - Perfluorocarbon Tracer Gas
PTF - Printed Electronics, including Polymer Thick Film Circuits
PTFE - Polytetrafluoroethylene
PTFE - Polytetrafluoroethylene (Teflon)
PTM - Patch To Match
PTM - Project Team Meeting
PTNB - Plan Transition Numérique dans le Bâtiment
PTSD - Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
PTW - Permit To Work
PTZ - Pan, tilt, zoom (CCTV camera)
PU - Polyurethane
PU - Public Utility
PUC - Pre-fabricated Utility Cupboard
PUE - Power Usage Effectiveness
PUF - Polyurethane Foam
PUI - Peri-Urban Interface
PUK - Partnerships UK
PUR - Polyurethane
PUWER - Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations
PV - Photovoltaic
PV - Present Value
PVA - Polyvinyl Acetate
PVB - Polyvinyl Butyral
PVB - Present Value Of Benefits
PVC - Present Value Of Costs
PVC-U - Unplasticated Polyvinyl Chloride
PVF - Polyvinyl Fluoride
PVR - Project Validation Review
PVS - Primary Vent Stack
PVT - Combined Photovoltaic and solar Thermal
PW - Party Wall
PWD - Permanent Works Designer
PWR - Pressurised Water Reactor
PWS - Public Water Supply
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