Construction industry acronyms - D
This article presents a list of construction industry acronyms beginning with 'D'.
For other letters click on the list below:
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D - Diameter
D&A - Design & Access Statement
DA - Daylight Autonomy
DAB - Dispute Adjudication Board
DAC - Design Allocation Checklist
DALI - Digital Addressable Lighting Interface
DAMP - Drainage Asset Management Plan
DAR - Dressed All Round (timber finish)
DAS - Design & Access Statement
dB - Decibel
DB - Design and Build
DB - Door Bell
DB - Dry bulb
dB(A) - Decibels on the A weighted scale
DBA - Design Basis Accident
DBFO - Design Build Finance Operate
DBL - Double
DBO - Design Build Operate
DBP - Design Best Practice
DBR - Design Brief Report
DBT - Dry Bulb Temperature
DC - Deep Flange [British Gypsum]
DC - Direct Chill
DC - Direct Current
DC - Drain Cock
DCD - Duty of Care Deed
DCF - Discounted Cash Flow
DCLG - Department for Communities and Local Government (Now the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG))
DCMS - Department for Culture Media and Sport
DCO - Development Consent Order
DCOA - Deregulation and Contracting Out Act 1994
DCP - Defects Correction Period
DCV - Demand Controlled Ventilation
DCV - Double Check Valve
DD - Draft for Development
DDA - Disability Discrimination Act ( now repealed and replaced by the Equality Act)
DDC - Direct Digital Control
DDI - Direct Dialling In
DDMS - Design Deliverables Monitoring Schedule
DDS - Due Diligence System
DE - District Energy
DEC - Display Energy Certificate
DECC - Department of Energy and Climate Change
DEEP - Design Excellence Evaluation Process (for defence projects).
DEFRA - Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
DEHO - District Environmental Health Officer
DEHS - Director of Environmental Health Services
DEL - Departmental Expenditure Limit
DEM - Domestic Energy Model
DEMO - Demolition
DER - Design (carbon dioxide) Emission Rate
DER - Dwelling Emission Rate (see emission rates)
DET - Detail (drawing)
DF - Daylight Factor
DfD - Design for Deconstruction
DFE - Decorative Fuel Effect fire
DFEE - Design Fabric Energy Efficiency
DFG - Disabled Facilities Grants
DFM - Dust, Fume and Mist
DfMA - Design for Manufacture and Assembly
DFP - Douglas Fir Plywood
DH - Duty Holder
DHS - Design for Health & Safety
DHWS - Domestic Hot Water Services
DIA - Diameter
DIM - Dimension
DIM - Document Issue Matrix
DIP - Document Image Processing
DIR - Design Input Requirements
DIS - Draft International Standard
DJ - Denotes Joist
DL - Dead Load
DL - Drawing List
DM - Demolition (plan)
DM - Design Manager
DMC - Domestic Material Consumption
DMP - Design Management Plan
DMP - Drainage Management Plan
DMPO - Development Management Procedure Order (2010)
DMS - Document Management System
DN - DOWN
DNO - Distribution Network Operator.
DNO - District Network Operator
DO - Door Opening
DoP - Declaration of Performance
DOV - Drain Off Valve
DP - Damp Proofing
DP - Depth
DP - Dimmer Panel
DP - Disabled person
DP - Distribution Panel
DP - Down Pipe
DPC - Damp Proof Course
DPD - Development Plan Document
DPDT - Double Pole Double Throw Switch
DPM - Damp Proof Membrane
DPP - Design & Procurement Programme
DPS - Dynamic Purchasing Systems
DPST - Double Pole Single Throw Switch
DPT - Dew Point Temperature
DQI - Design Quality Indicator
DQRA - Detailed Quantitative Risk Assessment
DR - Demand- Response
DSL - Digital Subscriber Line.
DR - Door
DR - Dryer
DRAM - Director of Route Asset Management
DRB - Dispute Resolution Board
DRG - Drawing
DRM - Design Responsibility Matrix
DRM - Design Risk Management
DRR - Dispute Resolution Review
DRS - Document Release Schedule
DS - Design Services
DS - District Surveyor
DSAC - Design Safety Analysis and Control
DSC - Design Safety Case
DSE - Display Screen Equipment (Form)
DSER - Doorset Energy Rating
DSM - Approved Dynamic Simulation Models (see National Calculation Method)
DSSO - Double Switched Socket Outlet
DST - Decision Support Tool
DTA - Differential Thermal Analysis
DTL - Detail
DTM - Design Team Meeting
DTM - Dynamic Thermal Modeling
DTS - Deemed to Satisfy
DTS - Dynamic Thermal Simulation
DU - Discharge Unit
DVR - Digital Video Recorder
DW - Dishwasher
DW - Ductwork
DWF - Design Web Format
DWG - Drawing (AutoCAD file format)
DX - Direct Exchange
DX - Direct Expansion
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