Construction industry acronyms - P
This article presents a list of construction industry acronyms beginning with 'P'.
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P - Post
PA - Polyamide (nylon) (electrical fittings, washers, ropes)
PAC - Procurement Assessment Criteria
PACE - Property Advisers to the Civil Estate (no longer in existence)
PADP - Project Supervisor Design Portion
PAH - Polynuclear Aromatic Hydrocarbines
PALF - Palisade Fence
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
PC - Parish Council
PC - Polycarbonate (anti-vandal glazing)
PC - Portland Cement
PC - Practical Completion
PC - Precast Concrete
PC - Prime Cost
PC - Principal Contractor.
PCA - Pre-Construction Agreement
PCB - Polychlorinated Biphenyls
PCB - Printed Circuit Boards
PCC - Portland Cement Concrete
PCC - Professional Conduct Committee
PCF - Project control framework
PCG - Parent Company Guarantee
PCI - Pre-Construction Information
PCM - Phase Change Material
PCN - Personnel Certification for Non-destructive Testing
PCP - Provision, Criterion or Practice
PCR - Product Category Rules
PCSA - Pre-Construction Services Agreement / Pre-Contract Services Agreement
PCT - Pre-Cast Construction Technology
PCT - Pre-Completion Testing
PD - (BSI) Published Document
PD - Principal Designer
PDCA - Plan, Do, Check, Act
PDF - Portable Document Format
PDL - Previously Developed Land
PDLC - Polymer Dispersed Liquid Crystal
PDM - Precedence Diagram Method.
PDO - Permitted Development Order
PDP - Personal Development Planning
PDR - Permitted Development Rights
PDS - Product Data Sheet
PDS - Private Developer Scheme
PDT - Product Data Template
PE - Polyethylene
PEDR - Professional Experience and Development Record
PEFC - Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification
PEP - Project Execution Plan
PE-RT - Polyethylene Raised Temperature
PEST - Pest Analysis - "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
PHD - Product Health Declaration
PHE - Progressive Horizontal Evacuation
PHI - Passive House Institute
PHPP - Passive House Planning Package
PIA - Proprietary Information Agreement
PICG - Project investment control group
PICV - Pressure Independent Control Valves
PII - Professional Indemnity Insurance
PII - Pollutant Ingress Index
PILON - Pay in lieu of notice
PIM - Package Interface Matrix
PIM - Project Information Model
PIN - Prior Information Notice (OJEU procedures)
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.
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
PMBOK - Project Management Body of Knowledge
PMI - Purchasing Managers Index
PMMA - Polymethyl methacrylate (Perspex) (sanitary ware, transparent sheet)
PMP - Project Management Plan.
PMV - Predicted Mean Vote (thermal comfort)
PMV - Pre-Manufactured Value
PNG - Portable Network Graphics
PO - Purchase Order
PoaP - Policy on a Page
POE - Post Occupancy Evaluation
POE - Power Over Ethernet.
POG - Planning Oversight Group
POMI - Principles of Measurement (International)
POS - Planning Officers Society
POV - Privately Owned Vehicle
PoW - Plan of Work (RIBA)
PP - Polypropylene (electrical insulation & piping)
PPA - Planning Performance Agreement
PPC - Permanent Painted Coatings (rust preventative paint)
PPC - Polyester Powder-Coated (steel/aluminium)
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
PPL - Piling Platform Level
PPLV - Positively Pressurised Ventilated Lobby
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
PQP - Project Quality Plan
PQPSP - Project Quality Plan for Small Projects
PQQ - Pre-Qualification Questionnaire
PQS - Professional Quantity Surveyor
PR - Proposed Plan
PRE - Pitting Resistance Equivalent
PRIME - Private sector Resource Initiative for the Management of the Estate
PRINCE - PRojects IN Controlled Environments
PRM - Person with Reduced Mobility
PROBE - Post Occupancy Review of Buildings and their Engineering
PRS - Pressure Reduction System
PRS - Private Rented Sector.
PRV - Pressure Reducing Valve
PS - Planning Supervisor
PS - Polystyrene (insulation & suspended ceilings)
PS - Project Sponsor
PS - Provisional Sum
PSBP - Priority School Building Programme
PSBP2 - Priority School Building Programme - phase 2
PSBR - Public Sector Borrowing Requirement
PSC - Public Sector Comparator
PSCP - Public Sector Partnering Contract
PSCS - Project Supervisor Construction Stage
PSDP - Project Supervisor Design Process
PSDS - Product Safety Data Sheet
PSNCR - Public Sector Net Cash Requirement
PSP - Post/Shoring/Polyethylene
pSPA - potential Special Protection Area
PSS - Public Sector Scheme.
PSU - Power Supply Unit
PSV - Passive Stack Ventilation
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 (Teflon)
PTM - Project Team Meeting
PUE - Power Usage Effectiveness
PUI - Peri-Urban Interface
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
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