Construction industry acronyms - B
This article presents a list of construction industry acronyms beginning with 'B'.
For other letters click on the list below:
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B/ - Bottom (of)
BaBCWT - Birmingham and Black Country Wildlife Trust
BACNET - Building Automation and Control NETwork
BACS - Building Automation and Control System
BAF - Biological Aerated Filters
BAFO - Best And Final Offer
BAILII - British and Irish Legal Information Institute
BAP - biodiversity action plan
BAS - Building Automation System
BASIR - Built Asset Security Information Requirements
BASMP - Built Asset Security Management Plan
BASS - Built Asset Security Strategy
BATNEEC - Best Available Techniques Not Entailing Excessive Cost
BB - Building Bulletin
BBA - British Board of Agrément
BBP - Better Buildings Partnership
BBSBD - British Bryological Society Bryophyte Database
BC - Before Christ
BC - Base Coat (paint)
BC - Building Control (by Statute Law & Regulation) - See BCB
BCA - British Cement Association.
BCA - Building Control Authority
BCAM - Bridges Condition Asset Management
BCB - Building Control Body. (an Approved inspector or the Local Authority Building Control)
BCC - British Ceramic Confederation
BCECA - British Chemical Engineering Contractors Association
BCF - BIM Collaboration Format
BCIS - Building Cost Information Service
BCMC - British Cable Makers Confederation
BCMI - Bridge Condition Marking Index
BCO - British Council of Offices
BCO - Building Control Officer
BCR - benefit-cost ratio
BCW - Boosted Cold Water
BCWS - Boosted Cold Water Services
BDY - Boundary
BECI - Built Environment Construction Industry
BEM - Building Energy Management.
BEMS - Building Energy Management Systems
BEP - BIM Execution Plan
BER - Building Emission Rate
BFI - Base Flow Index
BFIHOST - Base Flow Index derived using the HOST soil classification
BFRC - British Fenestration Rating Council
BG - British Gypsum
BGL - below ground level
BGS - British Geological Survey
BH - Beam Height
BH - Bore Hole.
BHSS - British Health and Safety Society
BHW - Boosted Hot Water
BHWS - Boosted Hot Water Services
BIAT - British Institute of Architectural Technologists
BIFM - British Institute of Facilities Management
BIG - Back Inlet Gully
BILD - Building Insurance Latent Defects
BIM - Building Information Modelling
BINDT - British Institute of Non-Destructive Testing
BIPV - Building Integrated Photovoltaic Ventilation
BIS - Department for Business Innovation and Skills
BLK - Blockwork
BM - Bending Moment.
BMGV - Biological Monitoring Guidance Values (See COSHH)
BMS - Building Management Services/ System
BMTA - British Measurement and Testing Association
BMU - Building Maintenance Units
BMV - best and most versatile (agricultural land)
BMWP - Biological Monitoring Working Party
BNS - biological notification site
BoCC - birds of conservation concern
BOD - Basis of Design.
BOD - Biochemical Oxygen Demand
BOD - Bottom of Duct
BOD - Burden of Disease
BOH - Back of House
BOM - Bill of Materials
BOOT - Build Own Operate Transfer
BOP - Balance of plant
BOP - Bottom of Pipe
BOQ - Bill of Quantities
BOT - Bottom
BOT - Build Operate Transfer
BOTDA - Brillouin Optical Time Domain Analysis
BOTDR - Brillouin Optical Time Domain Reflectometer
BPA - British Pipeline Agency
BPE - Building Performance Evaluation
BPEO - Best practicable environmental option
BPF - British Property Federation
BPG - Best Practice Guidance.
BPM - Best practicable means
BPN - Building Preservation Notice
BPRA - Business Premises Renovation Allowance
BQ - Bills of Quantities (sometimes BoQ or Bills)
BRAC - Building Regulations Advisory Committee
BRE - Building Research Establishment
BREDEM - BRE Domestic Energy Model
BREEAM - Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method
BRIC - Brazil, Russia, India and China
BriM - Bridge Information Model
BRT - Bus Rapid Transit
BRUKL - Building Regulation UK Part L report
BRW - Brick Retaining Wall
BS - British Standard
BS - Base Speaker
BS - British Standard
BS EN - British Standard European Norm
BSF - Building Schools for the Future
BSI - British Standards Institute
BSIM - Building Services Information Model
BSL - Basic Safety Limit
BSMT - Basement
BSRIA - Building Services Research and Information Association
BSTSA - British Surface Treatment Suppliers Association
BT - British Telecommunications plc
BTM - Bathroom (drawing)
BTO - British Trust for Ornithology
BUG - Building User's Guide
BUS - Building Use Study
BW - Block Wall / Brick Wall
BWF - Barbed Wire Fence.
BWF - British Woodworking Federation
BWIC - Builder's Work in Connection (building services)
BWICS - Builder's Work In Connection with Services
BWL - Brickwork
BxP - BIM Execution Plan
BYND - Beyond
BYOH - Build Your Own Home
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