Construction industry acronyms - D

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

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• 8D - Eight Disciplines of Problem Solving
• D - Diameter
• D&O - Directors and Officers (insurance)
• D&T - Design and technology
• DA - Daylight Autonomy
• DA - Drainage Assessment
• DaaS - Drones as a Service
• DAB - Dispute Adjudication Board
• DAC - Design Allocation Checklist
• DAC - Direct Air Capture
• DACC - Direct Air Carbon Capture
• DACCS - Direct Air Carbon Capture and Storage
• DAHPSE - Domestic Annual Heat Pump System Efficiency
• DAI - Directly Affected Individual
• DALI - Digital Addressable Lighting Interface
• DALY - Disability
• DAM - Digital Asset Management
• DAMP - Drainage Asset Management Plan
• DAO - Dear Accounting Officer
• DAP - Dispute avoidance procedures or dispute avoidance protocols
• DAR - Dressed All Round (timber finish)
• DAS - Deliverable Approach Statement
• DAS - Design and access statement
• DAS - Defined Area Survey
• dB - Decibel
• DB - Design and Build
• DB - Door Bell
• DB - Dry bulb
• dB(A) - Decibels on the A weighted scale
• DBA - Design Basis Accident
• DBFM - Design Build Finance and Manage
• DBFMO - Design Build Finance Maintain Operate.
• DBFO - Design Build Finance Operate
• DBFOM - Design Build Finance Operate Maintain.
• DBFT - Design Build Finance Transfer
• DBL - Double
• DBM - dense bitumen macadam
• DBO - Design Build Operate
• DBOT - Design Build Operate Transfer
• DBP - Design Best Practice
• DBR - Design Brief Report
• DBT - Dry Bulb Temperature
• DC - Deep Flange
• DC - Development Control
• DC - Direct Chill
• DC - Direct Current
• DC - Drain Cock
• DC/DA - Data Collection & Aggregation
• DCA - Demographic Character Area
• DCC - Data Communication Company
• DCD - Duty of Care Deed
• DCF - Discounted Cash Flow
• DCIA - Digital Connectivity Infrastructure Accelerator
• DCLG - Department For Communities And Local Government
• DCLG - Department for Communities and Local Government (Now the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG))
• DCMI - Dublin Core Metadata Initiative
• DCMS - Department for Culture Media and Sport
• DCMS - Department Of Digital Culture Media And Sport
• DCO - Development Consent Order
• DCOA - Deregulation and Contracting Out Act 1994
• DCP - Defects Correction Period
• DCQ - Detailed Contractors Quotation
• 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
• DDE - depth-duration-frequency
• DDI - Direct Dialling In
• DDMS - Design Deliverables Monitoring Schedule
• DDMS - Drainage Data Management System
• DDS - Due Diligence System
• DE - District Energy
• DEA -Domestic Energy Assessor
• DEC - Display Energy Certificate
• DECC - Department Of Energy And Climate Change
• DEEP - Decentralised Energy Enabling Project
• DEEP - Design Excellence Evaluation Process
• DEFRA - Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
• DEHO - District Environmental Health Officer
• DEHS - Director of Environmental Health Services
• DEL - Departmental Expenditure Limit
• DEM - Digital Elevation Model
• DEM - Domestic Energy Model
• DEMO - Demolition
• DEP - Digital Execution Plan
• DER - Design (carbon dioxide) Emission Rate
• DER - Distributed Energy Resources
• DER - Dwelling Emission Rate (see emission rates)
• DESNZ - Department for Energy Security and Net-Zero
• DET - Detail (drawing)
• DF - Daylight Factor
• DfD - Design for Deconstruction
• DfD - Design for Disassembly
• DFE - Decorative Fuel Effect fire
• DFEE - Design Fabric Energy Efficiency
• DFG - Disabled Facilities Grants
• DfI Department for Infrastructure
• DFM - Dust, Fume and Mist
• DfMA - Design for Manufacture and Assembly
• DFMEA - Design Failure Mode and Effects Analysis
• DfP - Design for Performance.
• DFP - Douglas Fir Plywood
• DfT - Department For Transport
• DFTG - Digital Framework Task Group
• DFV - Desirability Feasibility and Viability
• DGGS - Discrete Global Grid System
• DGNB - Deutsche Gesellschaft für Nachhaltiges Bauen (German Sustainable Building Council)
• DGP - Daylight Glare Probability
• dGPS - differential code GPS
• DH - Duty Holder
• DHS - Design for Health & Safety
• DHSC - Department of Health and Social Care
• DHW - Domestic Hot Water
• DHWS - Domestic Hot Water Services
• DI - Digital Input.
• DIA - Diameter
• DIA - Diversity Impact Assessment
• DIA - Drainage Impact Assessment
• DIM - Dimension
• DIM - Document Issue Matrix
• DIO - Defence Infrastructure Organisation
• DIOHAS - Designers’ Initiative on Health and Safety
• DIP - Document Image Processing
• DIR - Design Input Requirements
• DIS - Draft International Standard
• DIT - Department for Business and Trade‎
• DIT - Do it together
• DIY - Do it yourself
• DJ - Denotes Joist
• DJSI - Dow Jones Sustainability Indices
• DKE - Dynamic Kinematic Envelope
• DL - Dead Load
• DL - Drawing List
• DLF - Distribution Loss Factor
• DLR - Digital Line Rating
• DLT - Distributed Ledger Technology
• DM - Demolition
• DM - Design Manager
• DMA - Delivery Model Assessment
• DMAIC - Define Measure Analyse Improve Control
• DMC - Domestic Material Consumption
• dMEV - Decentralised Mechanical Extract Ventilation
• DMP - Design Management Plan
• DMP - Drainage Management Plan
• DMO - Deposit Management Organisation
• DMPO - Development Management Procedure Order (2010)
• DMRB - Design Manual For Roads And Bridges
• DMS - Definitive Map and Statement
• DMS - Document Management System
• DMV - Deserted Medieval Village
• DN - DOWN
• DNO - Distribution Network Operator.
• DNO - District Network Operator
• DO - Digital Output.
• DO - Dissolved Oxygen.
• DO - Door Opening
• DOCO - Designing Out Crime Officer
• DOI - Digital object identifier
• DoP - Declaration of Performance
• DoPC - Declaration of Performance and Conformity
• DoS - Degree of Saturation
• DoS - Denial-of-service
• DOV - Drain Off Valve
• DP - Damp Proofing
• DP - Depth
• DP - Development proposal
• DP - Dimmer Panel
• DP - Disabled person
• DP - Distribution Panel
• DP - Down Pipe
• DPA - Delegated Purchasing Authority
• DPA - Dispatchable Power Agreement.
• DPC - Damp Proof Course
• DPC - Draft for Public Comment
• DPCV - Differential Pressure Control Valve
• DPD - Development Plan Document
• DPDT - Double Pole Double Throw Switch
• DPF - Diesel Particulate Filter
• DPLBAR - Index Describing Catchment Size And Drainage Path Configuration (Km)
• DPM - Damp Proof Membrane
• DPP - Design & Procurement Programme
• DPS - Differential Pressure Sensor
• DPS - Dynamic Purchasing Systems
• DPSBAR - Index Of Catchment Steepness (M/Km)
• DPST - Double Pole Single Throw Switch
• DPT - Dew Point Temperature
• DPT - Dye Penetrant Testing
• DQI - Design Quality Indicator
• DQRA - Detailed Quantitative Risk Assessment
• DR - Demand- Response
• DR - Door
• DR - Dryer
• DRAM - Director of Route Asset Management
• DRB - Dispute Resolution Board
• DRC - Depreciated Replacement Cost
• DRG - Drawing
• DRL - Data Requirements Library
• DRM - Design Responsibility Matrix
• DRM - Design Risk Management
• DRN - Detailed River Network
• DRR - Dispute Resolution Review
• DRS - Document Release Schedule
• DRS - Deposit Return Scheme
• DRS - Debarment Review Service
• DRV - Double Regulating Valve
• DRY - Design Reference Year
• DS - Design Services
• DS - District Surveyor
• DSA - Delivery And Site Allocation
• DSA - Delivery Schedule Achievement
• DSAC - Design Safety Analysis and Control
• DSC - Design Safety Case
• DSDM - Dynamic System Development Method
• DSE - Display Screen Equipment (Form)
• DSER - Doorset Energy Rating
• DSI - Demand-Side Integration
• DSI - Designer's Site Instructions
• DSIT - Department for Science, Innovation and Technology‎
• DSL - Digital Subscriber Line.
• DSM - Digital Surface Model
• DSM - Dynamic Simulation Models (see National Calculation Method)
• DSMP - Drainage and sewerage management plan
• DSO - Distribution System Operator
• DSR - Demand Side Response
• DSSO - Double Switched Socket Outlet
• DST - Decision Support Tool
• DT - Design and technology
• DT - Digital Twin
• DTA - Differential Thermal Analysis
• DTL - Detail
• DTM - Design Team Meeting
• DTM - Digital Terrain Model
• DTM - Dynamic Thermal Modelling
• DTR - Diurnal Temperature Range
• DTS - Deemed to Satisfy
• DTS - Dynamic Thermal Simulation
• DU - Discharge Unit
• DU - Dobson Unit
• DUKES - Digest of UK Energy Statistics
• DUoS - Distribution Use of System.
• DVP&R - Design Verification Plan and Report
• DVR - Digital Video Recorder
• DW - Dishwasher
• DW - Dry Weight
• DW - Ductwork
• DWF - Design Web Format
• DWG - Drawing (AutoCAD file format)
• DWI - Drinking Water Inspectorate.
• DWPP - Diffuse Water Pollution Plan
• DWQR - Drinking Water Quality Regulator for Scotland.
• DWS - drinking water standard
• DWV - Drain Waste Vent
• DX - Direct Exchange
• DX - Direct Expansion
• DX - Refrigerant piped between split units (often reverse-cycle)