Construction industry acronyms - A
This article presents a list of construction industry acronyms beginning with 'A'.
For acronyms beginning with other letters, click on the list below.
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A - Area
A2A - Air-To-Air
A2W - Air-To-Water
AA - Alkali-Activated (binders)
AA - annual average
AABC - Architects Accredited in Building Conservation
AACO - Association of Architectural Conservation Officers
AADT - Annual Average Daily Traffic
AAR - annual average rainfall
AAV - Air Admittance Valve (sometimes referred to as a Durgo valve)
AAWT - annual average weekday traffic
AB - Acoustic Brace
AB - Airbrick
AB - Alarm Bell
AB - Anchor Bolt
AB - As Built
ABC - Above Ceiling
ABE - Association of Building Engineers
ABR - Alternative Bars Reversed
ABS - Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene
AC - Air Conditioning
AC - Alternating Current.
AC - Annual Cost.
AC - Appeal Case
AC - Asbestos cement
ACA - Association of Consultant Architects
ACA 3 - Form of Building Agreement
ACAS - Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service
ACASFA - Association of Consultant Architects Standard Form of Agreement CA - Conditions of Appointment
ACD - Accredited Construction Detail
ACE - Association for Consultancy and Engineering
ACFM - Alternating Current Field Measurement
ACSM - Alternating Current Stress Measurement
ACM - Asbestos Containing Materials
ACO - Architectural Conservation Officer
ACS - Average Cold Spell
ACT - Action Counters Terrorism
ACT - Advanced Curtain Walling Technology
ACWP - Actual Cost of Work Performed
AD - Anno Domini
AD - Anaerobic Digestion
AD - Approved Document
AD - Aspirated Detector
ADA - Association of Drainage Authorities
ADCAC - Approval of Details (relating to CAC)
ADFULL - Approval of Details (relating to FULL)
ADH - Adhesive
ADLBC - Approval of Details (relating to LBC)
ADQ - Actual Digital Questions
ADR - Alternative Dispute Resolution
ADV - Advert Application
AEA - Allowed Enforcement Appeal
AEC - Annual Equivalent Cost.
AEC - Architectural, Engineering and Construction
AECB - Association for Environment Conscious Building
AECO - Architecture, Engineering, Construction and Operation
AECOO - Architecture, Engineering, Construction, Owner and Operator
AEDET - Achieving Excellence in Design Evaluation Toolkit (healthcare buildings)
AEP - Annual Exceedance Probability
AES - Afflux Estimation System
AEV - Annual Equivalent Value.
AFF - Above Finished Floor
AFFL - Above Finished Floor Level
AHERA - Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act
AHU - Air Handling Unit
AHVLA - Animal Health and Veterinary Laboratories Agency
AI - Approved Inspector
AIA - Asbestos International Association
AIB - Asbestos Insulation Board
AIL - Abnormal Indivisible Load
AIM - Architectural Information Model
AIM - Asset Information Model
AIOSH - Associate of the Institute of Occupational Safety and Health
AIR - Asset Information Requirements.
ALARP - As Low As Reasonably Practicable
ALB - Arm's Length Body
ALC - Agricultural Land Classification
ALC - Alliance Contract
ALG - Association of London Government
ALGAO - Association of Local Government Archaeological Officers
ALGE - Association of Local Government Ecologists
ALM - Alarm
ALO - Architectural Liaison Officer
ALOS - Average Length of Stay
ALR - All Lane Running (ALR) motorways
ALUM - Aluminium
AM - Additive Manufacturing (3D printing)
AM - Asset Management
AMF - Automatic Mains Failure (detection)
AMF - Above Main Floor
AMIN - Annual Minium Flow
AMP5 - Asset management plan for the 5-year period 2010-2015
AMT - Automatic Monitoring and Targeting
ANC - Association of Noise Consultants
ANOD - Anodised
ANSI - American National Standards Institute
AOB - Any Other Business
AoC - Attestation of Conformity
AOCTs - Associated Overseas Countries and Territories
AOD - above Ordnance Datum
AoE - Audio over Ethernet
AOM - Asset Optioneering Model
AONB - area of outstanding natural beauty
AoS - appraisal of sustainability
AOV - Automatic Opening Vent
AoV - Angle of View
AP - Access Panel
AP - Accredited Professional (BREEAM)
AP130 - 30-day antecedent precipitation index
APAD - Application for Prior Approval to Demolish
APC - Aminopolycarboxylate
APC - Assessment of Professional Competence
APE - Association of Planning Engineers
APF - Assigned Protection Factor
APF - Assured Performance Framework
API - antecedent precipitation index
APPG - All Party Parliamentary Group
APQP - Advanced Product Quality Planning
APS - Association of Planning Supervisors
APUDG - All Party Urban Development Group
APW - available profile water
APX - Approx.
AQAP - air quality action plan
AQMA - air quality management area
AQMA - Air Quality Management Area
AQMP - Air Quality Management Plan
AQP - Academically Qualified Person
ARB - Architects Registration Board
ARC - Alarm Receiving Centre
ARCA - Asbestos Removal Contractors Association
ARL - Asset Remaining Life
ARPT - Annual Residential Property Tax
ARS - Average Risk Score
AS - AcouStud
AS - Aspirated Detector
AS - Audio Speaker
ASBA - Association of Self-Build Architects
ASBU - Advanced Social Building Unit
ASC - Above Suspended Ceiling
ASC - Asset support contractor
ASD - Allowable Strength Design
ASD - Aspirated Detector
ASFP - Association for Specialist Fire Protection
ASHP - Air Source Heat Pump
ASHRAE - American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air Conditioning Engineers
ASI - Architect and Surveying Institute
ASL - advanced stop line
ASLIC - Asbestos (Licensing) Regulations
ASME - American Society of Mechanical Engineers
ASP - Application service provider
AST - Assured Shorthold Tenancy.
ASTM - ASTM International (originally American Society for Testing and Materials).
AStSWF - area susceptible to surface water flooding
ASZ - archaeological sub-zone
ATC - automatic traffic count
ATC - Assessment of Technical Competence
ATC - Automatic Temperature Control
ATE - Actual Time Expended
ATH - Aluminium Trihydrate
ATO - accumulated temperature above 0°C
ATS - Aerobic Treatment System
ATS - Automatic Transfer Switch
AURN - Automatic Urban and Rural Network
AV - Air Vent
AV - Audio Visual (equipment)
AVCL - Air and Vapour Control Layer
AVH - AV Hub
AVS - Automated vendor selection
AWC - available water capacity
AWS - Automatic warning system
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