Construction industry acronyms - O
This article presents a list of construction industry acronyms beginning with 'O'.
For other letters click on the list below:
A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L - M - N - O - P - Q - R - S - T - U - V - W - X - Y - Z
[edit] O
02 - oxygen
O&M - Operations and Maintenance (See Building Owner's Manual)
O/A - On or About
OA - On or About
OAPF - opportunity area planning framework
OBC - Outline Business Case
Obs - Obsolete/Obsolescent
OBS - Organisation Breakdown Structure
OBST - Operational Business Systems Team
OC - On Centre
OC - Open Crossing
OCDEA - On Construction Domestic Energy Assessor
OCIP - Owner-controlled insurance programme
OCR - Opportunity Cost Rent
OCT - Overseas Countries and Territories
OD - Ordnance Datum
OD - Original Datum
OD - Outside Diameter
ODA - Olympic Delivery Authority
ODP - Ozone Depletion Potential
ODS - Ozone Delpleting Substances.
OECD - Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development
OEE - Overall Equipment Effectiveness
OEL - Occupational Exposure Limit
OELS - Organic Entry Level Stewardship
OES - Occupational Exposure Standard
OES - Optical Emission Spectrometry
OF - Overflow
OFGEM - Office of Gas and Electricity Markets
OFL - Over-Flow alarm
OFS - Oil Fired Appliance Standard
OFWAT - Office of Water Services
OfWAT - The Water Services Regulation Authority
OGC - Office of Government Commerce (no longer in existence)
OGC - Open Geospatial Consortium
OGD - Other Government Departments
OGSF - Overall Gross Square Footage
OH - Occupational Health
OH - Over Head
OH&P - Overhead and Profit
OHAC - Occupational Health Advisory Committee
OHP - Overhead Projector
OIL - Open Items List
OIL - Outstanding Items List
OIOO - One In One Out
OIR - Oganisational Information Requirements
OITO - One In Two Out
OJEU - Official Journal of the European Union
OLA - Occupiers' Liability Act
OLB - Timber Origin and Legality (Origine et Légalité des Bois)
OLC - Open Level Crossing
OLE - Object Linking and Embedding
OM - Operating & Maintenance (Manual)
OM - Operations Manager
OM - Organic Matter
OML - Ordinary Maternity Leave
OMM / O&MM Operation & Maintenance Manual
ONS - Office for National Statistics
OPA - Output and Performance Analysis
OPAS - Operational Property Asset System
OPC – Ordinary Portland Cement
OPEX - Operational Expenditure
OPIP - Operational Process Improvement Project
OPM - Output and Performance Measures
OPO - One Person Operated
OPPI - Owners' Protective Professional Insurance
OPR - Owner's Project Requirements
ORC - Organic Rankine Cycle
ORR - Office of Rail Regulation
OS - Ordnance Survey
OSB - Oriented Strand Board
OSC - Offsite Construction
OSC - Operational Safety Case
OSD - Over Site Development
OSHA - Occupational Safety and Health Administration
OSI - Open Systems Interconnection (model)
OSRPA - Offices Shops and Railway Premises Act
OTL - Object Type Library
OV - Oven
OZ - Outer Zone
Featured articles and news
Prioritising tax considerations.
Reviewing the Double Diamond Design model
The four D creative process: discover, define, develop and deliver.
National Cyber Security Centre initiative is announced.
The impact of COVID-19 on global HVAC&R markets
Reviewing trends and projections.
Legislation will establish initiatives to move towards net zero.
Status determination statement
How to document contractor employment status.
Social distancing goes high tech
Tech tools to help manage people and space post-pandemic.
Eclectic Edwardian architecture
A style that ranges from mock Tudor to arts and crafts to the 'Wrenaissance'.
Free guide from Secured by Design.
Building Back Better: Circularity
BREEAM strategy for sustainability and the circular economy.
Free tool to improve the construction programming process.
Building services verification
Are buildings doing what they're supposed to be doing?
Cities with quick access to everything by foot or bike.
The pressures and pinch points of global destinations.