Construction industry acronyms - P
This article presents a list of construction industry acronyms beginning with 'P'.
For other letters click on the list below:
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P - Post
P & I - Piping and Instrumentation
P-DfMA - Platform Approach to Design for Manufacture and Assembly
Pa - Pascal (S.I. Unit of Pressure)
PA - Planning Authority
PA - Polyamide (nylon) (electrical fittings, washers, ropes)
PAC - Procurement Assessment Criteria
PACE - Property Advisers to the Civil Estate (no longer in existence)
PADHI - Planning Advice For Developments Near Hazardous Installations
PADP - Project Supervisor Design Portion
PAH - Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon
PAH - polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons
PAH - Polynuclear Aromatic Hydrocarbines
PAN - Planning Advice Note
PAO - Procurement Assessment Options
PAR - Planning Application Requirements
PAR - Polished All-Round
PARL - Percentage Asset Remaining Life
PAS - Publicly Available Specification
PAS 1192-2 - Publicly Available Specification: Specification for information management for the capital/delivery phase of construction projects using building information modelling.
PAS 91 - Publicly Available Specification: Construction prequalification questionnaires
PAT - Portable Appliance Testing
PAVA - Public Address & Voice Alarm system
PB - Payback
PB - Polybutalene (pipe fittings)
PBA - Project Bank Account
PBB - Polybrominated Biphenyl
PC - Parish Council
PC - Personal Computer
PC - Polycarbonate (anti-vandal glazing)
PC - Portland Cement
PC - Pull Chain
PC - Practical Completion
PC - Precast Concrete
PC - Prime Cost
PC - Principal Contractor.
PCA - Pre-Construction Agreement
PCA - Public Contractors Association
PCAH - Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon
PCB - Polychlorinated Biphenyl
PCB - Polychlorinated Biphenyls
PCB - Printed Circuit Boards
PCBP's - Polychlorinated Biphenylenes
PCC - Parochial Church Council
PCC - Portland Cement Concrete
PCC - Professional Conduct Committee
PCC - Professional Consultants Certificate
PCDB - Product Characteristics Database
PCE - Project Cost Estimate
PCF - Project control framework
PCG - Parent Company Guarantee
PCI - Pre-Construction Information
PCM - Phase Change Material
PCN - Personnel Certification for Non-destructive Testing
PCP - Precast Concrete Pad
PCP - Precast Concrete Pavement
PCP - Precast Concrete Product
PCP - Provision, Criterion or Practice
PCR - Product Category Rules
PCSA - Pre-Construction Services Agreement / Pre-Contract Services Agreement
PCSR - Pre-Construction Safety Report
Pct - Polychlorinated Triphenyls
PCT - Pre-Cast Construction Technology
PCT - Pre-Completion Testing
PCU - passenger car unit
PD - (BSI) Published Document
PD - Principal Designer
PDF - Portable Document Format
PDL - Previously Developed Land
PDLC - Polymer Dispersed Liquid Crystal
PDM - post development model
PDM - Precedence Diagram Method.
PDO - Permitted Development Order
PDP - Personal Development Planning
PDR - Permitted Development Rights
PDS - Private Developer Scheme
PDS - Product Data Sheet
PDT - Product Data Template
PE - Photo-Electric
PE - Polyethylene
PEDR - Professional Experience and Development Record
PEFC - Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification
PEP - Project Execution Plan
PERT - Programme Evaluation and Review Technique
PE-RT - Polyethylene Raised Temperature
PES - Programmable Electronic Systems
PEST - Political, Economic, Social, Technological
PESTLE - Political, Environmental, Social, Technological, Legal, Economic
PET - Polyethylene Terephthalate
PF - Phenol-formaldehyde (Bakelite) (electrical fittings, door furniture)
PF - Picket Fence
PF2 - Private Finance Initiative version 2
PFA - Pulverised Fuel Ash
PFC - Parallel Flange Channel (C-channel)
PFI - Private Finance Initiative
PFM - (also referred to as PLANET) PLANET Framework Model
PFRA - preliminary flood risk assessment
PGI - Protected Geographical Indication
PH - Property Holdings
PH - Public Health
PHD - Product Health Declaration
PHE - Progressive Horizontal Evacuation
PHI - Passive House Institute
PHO - Public Health officer
PHPP - Passive House Planning Package
PHSA - Planning (Hazardous Substances) Act 1990
PI - Principal Inspector
PIA - personal injury accident
PIA - Proprietary Information Agreement
PICG - Project investment control group
PICV - Pressure Independent Control Valves
PII - Pollutant Ingress Index
PII - Professional Indemnity Insurance
PILON - Pay in lieu of notice
PIM - Package Interface Matrix
PIM - Project Information Model
PIMP - percentage impermeability
PIN - Prior Information Notice (OJEU procedures)
PIN - Publication Information Notice
PINS - Planning Inspectorate
PIP - Project Implementation Plan
PIR - Passive Infrared (sensor)
PIR - Polyisocyanurate (insulation)
PIT - Partners in Technology
PIX - Project Information eXchange (Protocol)
PL - Plain Line (track without switches and crossings)
PLA - Polylactide / Poly(lactic acid)
PLA - Port of London Authority
PLA - Property Litigation Association.
PLANET - (also referred to as PFM) Planning network transport forecast model
PLBE - Principal Load Bearing Element
PLC - Public Limited Company
PLPR - Plain Line Pattern Recognition
PLQ - Plain Language Questions
PLUMB - Plumbing
PLYD - Plywood
PM - Project manager
PM10 - particulate matter (with aerodynamic diameter of less than 10)
PM2.5 - particulate matter (with aerodynamic diameter of less than 2.5)
PMA - Paintmakers Association (of Great Britain)
PMBOK - Project Management Body of Knowledge
PMI - Purchasing Managers Index
PMMA - Poly(methyl methacrylate) See Acrylic
PMP - Project Management Plan.
PMS - Paint Mixing System(s)
PMV - Predicted Mean Vote (thermal comfort)
PMV - Pre-Manufactured Value
PN - Prohibition Notice
PNG - Portable Network Graphics
PNT - Paint/Painted
PO - Private office
PO - Purchase Order
PoaP - Policy on a Page
PoC - Point of Contraflexure
POE - Post Occupancy Evaluation
POE - Power Over Ethernet.
POG - Planning Oversight Group
POMI - Principles of Measurement (International)
PORV - Power-Operated Relief Valve
POS - Planning Officers Society
POS - Public Open Space
POT - Peak Over a Threshold
POV - Privately Owned Vehicle
PoW - Plan of Work
PP - Polypropylene
PPA - Planning Performance Agreement
PPC - Permanent Painted Coatings
PPC - Pollution Prevention and Control
PPC - Polyester Powder-Coated (steel/aluminium)
PPC - Portland Puzzolana Cement
PPC - Post Practical Completion
PPC - Project Partnering Contract
PPC 2000 - Standard Form of Contract for Project Partnering
PPD - Percentage People Dissatisfied (thermal comfort)
PPE - Personal Protective Equipment
PPG - Planning Policy Guidance
PPG - Pollution Prevention Guidelines
PPG - pollution prevention guidelines (Environment Agency)
PPLV - Positively Pressurised Ventilated Lobby
Ppm - Parts Per Million
PPM - Planned Preventative Maintenance
PPM - Public Performance Measure
PPM - Pump Performance Monitoring (sheets)
PPP - Public Private Partnership
PPPP/4Ps - Public-Private Partnership Programme
PPS - Package Procurement Schedule
PPS - Planning Policy Statement
PPV - Peak Particle Velocity
PPW - Planning Policy Wales
PQ - Parliamentary Question
PQP - Project Quality Plan
PQPSP - Project Quality Plan for Small Projects
PQQ - Pre-Qualification Questionnaire
PQS - Professional Quantity Surveyor
PR - Proposed Plan
PRA - Paint Research Association
PRA - Probabilistic Risk Analysis / Assessment
PRE - Pitting Resistance Equivalent
PRIME - Private sector Resource Initiative for the Management of the Estate
PRINCE - PRojects IN Controlled Environments
PRISM - Policy Responsive Integrated Strategy Model
PRM - Person with Reduced Mobility
PRN - Primary Route Network
PROBE - Post Occupancy Review of Buildings and their Engineering
PROPWET - Index of proportion of time that soils are wet
PRoW - public right of way
PRS - Pressure Reduction System
PRS - Private Rented Sector.
PRS - Property Repayment Scheme
PRV - Pressure Reducing Valve
PRV - Pressure Relief Valve
PS - Planning Supervisor
PS - Polystyrene (insulation & suspended ceilings)
PS - Project Sponsor
PS - Provisional Sum
PSA - Public Service Agreements
PSBP - Priority School Building Programme
PSBP2 - Priority School Building Programme - phase 2
PSBR - Public Sector Borrowing Requirement
PSC - Personal Services Company
PSC - Professional Services Contract
PSC - Public Sector Comparator
PSCP - Public Sector Partnering Contract
PSCS - Project Supervisor Construction Stage
PSD - particle size distribution
PSDP - Project Supervisor Design Process
PSDS - Product Safety Data Sheet
PSF - Professional Service Firm
PSG - Project Steering Group
Psi - Pounds Per Square Inch
PSI - proportion of sediment-sensitive invertebrates
PSNCR - Public Sector Net Cash Requirement
PSP - Post/Shoring/Polyethylene
pSPA - potential Special Protection Area
PSS - Public Sector Scheme.
PSV - Passive Stack Ventilation
PSYM - Predictive SYstem for Multimetrics
PT - Paper towel Dispenser
PT - Pressure Treated
PTAC - Packaged Terminal Air Conditioner
PTAL - Public Transport Accessibility Level
PTD - Product Transparency Declaration
PTE - Pre-Tender Estimate
PTF - Perfluorocarbon Tracer Gas (air infiltration testing)
PTF - Printed Electronics, including Polymer Thick Film Circuits
PTFE - Polytetrafluoroethylene
PTFE - Polytetrafluoroethylene (Teflon)
PTM - Patch To Match
PTM - Project Team Meeting
PTW - Permit To Work
PU - Policy Unit
PU - Polyurethane
PUE - Power Usage Effectiveness
PUF - Polyurethane Foam
PUK - Partnerships UK
PUR - Polyurethane (foam insulation, paints & coatings)
PV - Photovoltaic
PV - Present Value
PVA - Polyvinyl Acetate (latex emulsion) (emulsion paint, bonding agents)
PVB - Polyvinyl Butyral (laminated glass)
PVC-U - Unplasticated Polyvinyl Chloride
PVF - Polyvinyl Fluoride (protective film)
PVS - Primary Vent Stack
PVT - Combined Photovoltaic and solar Thermal
PW - Party Wall
PWD - Permanent Works Designer
PWR - Pressurised Water Reactor
PWS - Public Water Supply
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