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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2PV - Two-port control valve

3PV - Three-port control valve

4PV - Four-port control valve

P - Post

P & I - Piping and Instrumentation

P(VdF-HFP) - Poly(vinylidene difluoride-co-hexafluoropropylene)

P/A - Presence/Absence

P2P - Procure to Pay

Pa - Pascal (S.I. Unit of Pressure)

PA - Planning Authority

PA - Polyamide (nylon) (electrical fittings, washers, ropes)

PAC - Procurement Assessment Criteria

PACE - Project Acceleration in a Controlled Environment

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 - Polynuclear Aromatic Hydrocarbons

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

PAWS - Plantation On Ancient Woodland Site

PAWS - Plantations on Ancient Woodland Sites

PAYE - Pay As You Earn

PB - Payback

PB - Polybutalene

PBA - Project Bank Account

PBB - Polybrominated Biphenyl

PBS - Product Breakdown Structure

PBSA - Purpose-Built Student Accommodation

PC - Parish Council

PC - Passenger Car

PC - Personal Computer

PC - Polycarbonate

PC - Portland Cement

PC - Practical Completion

PC - Precast Concrete

PC - Prime Cost

PC - Principal Contractor.

PC - Process control

PC - Pull Chain

PCA - Pre-Construction Agreement

PCA - Public Contractors Association

PCAH - Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon

PCB - Polychlorinated Biphenyl

PCB - Polychlorinated Biphenyls

PCB - Printed Circuit Boards

PCBs - Polychlorinated Biphenylenes

PC - Principal Contractor

PCC - Parochial Church Council

PCC - Portland Cement Concrete

PCC - Professional Conduct Committee

PCC - Professional Consultants Certificate

PCC - Principal Contractor Competency

PCCC - Principal Contractor Competency Certification

PCCCS - Principal Contractor Competency Certification Scheme

PCDB - Product Characteristics Database

PCE - Project Cost Estimate

PCF - Product Carbon Footprint

PCF - Project Control Framework

PCG - Parent Company Guarantee

PCI - Pre-Construction Information

PCM - Phase Change Material

PCM - Project Controls Manager

PCN - Personnel Certification for Non-destructive Testing

PCO - Photocatalytic oxidation

PCP - Precast Concrete Pad

PCP - Precast Concrete Pavement

PCP - Precast Concrete Product

PCP - Provision, Criterion or Practice

PCR - Product Category Rules

PCR - Public Contracts Regulations

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

PCZ - Preferred Conservation Zone

PD - (BSI) Published Document

PD - Permitted Development

PD - Principal Designer

PDCA - Plan, Do, Check, Act

PDF - Portable Document Format

PDF - Probability Density Function

PDFH - Passenger Demand Forecasting Handbook

P-DfMA - Platform Approach to Design for Manufacture and Assembly

PDH - Principal duty holder

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

PDPAC - Practice Direction Pre-Action Conduct

PDR - Permitted Development Rights

PDR - Product Design Specification

PDS - Personnel Distancing Systems

PDS - Private Developer Scheme

PDS - Product Data Sheet

PDS - Project Definition Statement

PDT - Product Data Template

PE - Photo-Electric

PE - Polyethylene

PE - Primary Energy

PEA - Preliminary Ecological Appraisal

PEA - Predicted Energy Assessment

PEDL - Petroleum Exploration And Development Licence

PEDR - Professional Experience and Development Record

PEEP - Personal Emergency Evacuation Plan

PEFC - Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification

PEMD - Power Electronics, Machines and Drives

PEMS - Predictive Emissions Monitoring System

PEP - Project Execution Plan

PER - Primary Energy Renewable

PE-RT - Polyethylene Raised Temperature

PERT - Programme Evaluation and Review Technique

PES - Programmable Electronic Systems

PEST - Political, Economic, Social, Technological

PESTLE - Political, Environmental, Social, Technological, Legal, Economic

PET - Polyethylene Terephthalate

PF - Phenol-formaldehyde (Bakelite)

PF - Picket Fence

PF2 - Private Finance Initiative version 2

PFA - Pulverised Fuel Ash

PFC - Parallel Flange Channel

PFI - Private Finance Initiative

PFM - PLANET Framework Model (also referred to as PLANET)

PFMEA - Process Failure Mode Effects Analysis

PFP - Passive Fire Protection

PFR - Property Flood Resilience

PFRA - Preliminary Flood Risk Assessment

PFT - Pre-Functional Test

PG - Process Guidance

PGI - Protected Geographical Indication

PGM - Platinum Group Metals

PGO - Planning Gateway One

PH - Property Holdings

PH - Public Health

PHD - Product Health Declaration

PHE - Progressive Horizontal Evacuation

PHE - Public Health England

PHEV - Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles

PHI - Passive House Institute

PHO - Public Health officer

PHPP - Passive House Planning Package

PHPP - Passivhaus Planning Package

PHSA - Planning (Hazardous Substances) Act 1990

PI - Principal Inspector

PIA - personal injury accident

PIA - Proprietary Information Agreement

PIBI - Pre-installation building inspection

PICG - Project investment control group

PICV - Pressure Independent Control Valves

PII - Pollutant Ingress Index

PII - Professional Indemnity Insurance

PIL - Preferred Industrial Location

PILON - Pay in lieu of notice

PIM - Package Interface Matrix

PIM - Product Information Management

PIM - Project Information Model

PIMP - percentage impermeability

PIN - Pre Information Notice

PIN - Prior Information Notice

PIN - Publication Information Notice

PINS - Planning Inspectorate

PIP - Project Implementation Plan

PIR - Passive Infrared

PIR - Polyisocyanurate

PIR - Premises Information Box

PIT - Partners in Technology

PIU - Pending Issuance Unit

PIX - Project Information eXchange

PKT - Passenger Kilometre Travelled

PL - Peak Load

PL - Plain Line

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 Level Crossing

PLC - Public Limited Company

PLCS - Product Life Cycle Support

PLD - Planet Long Distance

PLDV - Passenger Light-Duty Vehicle

PLM - Persons With Limited Mobility

PLM - Product Lifecycle Management

PLPR - Plain Line Pattern Recognition

PLQ - Plain Language Questions

PLUMB - Plumbing

PLYD - Plywood

PM - Planet Midlands

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)

PMA - Private Means Of Access

PMBOK - Project Management Body of Knowledge

PMI - Purchasing Managers Index

PMMA - Poly(methyl methacrylate) See Acrylic

PMO - Programme / Project Management Office

PMO - Project Management Office.

PMP - Planned Maintenance Programme.

PMP - Project Management Plan.

PMS - Paint Mixing System

PMV - Predicted Mean Vote

PMV - Pre-Manufactured Value

PN - Planet North

PN - Prohibition Notice

PNG - Portable Network Graphics

PNT - Paint/Painted

PO - Private office

PO - Purchase Order

POA - Price on Application

PoaP - Policy on a Page

PoC - Point of Contraflexure

PoE - Point of Entry

POE - Post Occupancy Evaluation

POE - Power Over Ethernet.

POG - Planning Oversight Group

POMI - Principles of Measurement (International)

POPE - Post Opening Project Evaluation

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

PoWs - Places of Worship

PP - People Productivity

pp - Percentage Point

PP - Planning Package

PP - Polypropylene

PP - Product Platform

PPA - Planning Performance Agreement

PPA - Power Purchase Agreement

PPAP - Production Part Approval Process

PPC - Permanent Painted Coatings

PPC - Pollution Prevention and Control

PPC - Polyester Powder-Coated

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

PPE - Personal Protective Equipment

PPG - Planning Policy Guidance

PPG - Pollution Prevention Guidelines

PPGN - Planning Guidance On Noise

PPK - Post processed kinematic

PPL - Piling Platform Level

PPLV - Positively Pressurised Ventilated Lobby

Ppm - Parts Per Million

PPM - Planned Preventative Maintenance

PPM - Public Performance Measure

PPM - Pump Performance Monitoring (sheets)

PPN - Procurement policy note.

PPP - Public Private Partnership

PPP Purchasing Power Parity

PPPP/4Ps - Public-Private Partnership Programme

PPS - Package Procurement Schedule

PPS - Planning Policy Statement

PPRS - Public Procurement Review Service

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 - Plot Ratio

PR - Proposed Plan

PRA - Paint Research Association

PRU - Procurement Review Unit

PRA - Preliminary Risk Assessment

PRA - Probabilistic Risk Analysis / Assessment

PRE - Pitting Resistance Equivalent

PRE - public rescue equipment

PREP - Personal Rescue Emergency Plan

PRF - Post and Rail Fence

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

PRP - Private Registered Provider

PRR - Production Readiness Review

PRS - Pressure Reduction System

PRS - Private Rented Sector

PRS Regulations - Energy Efficiency (Private Rented Property) (England and Wales) Regulations 2015

PRS MEES - Private Rented Sector Minimum Energy Efficiency Standard

PRS - Property Repayment Scheme

PRU - Pupil Referral Unit

PRU - Procurement Review Unit

PRV - Pressure Reducing Valve

PRV - Pressure Relief Valve

PS - Planet South

PS - Planning Supervisor

PS - Polystyrene

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

PSDS - Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme

PSC - Personal Services Company

PSC - Population Size Class

PSC - Professional Services Contract

PSC - Public Sector Comparator

PSCP - Public Sector Partnering Contract

PSCRF - Private Sector ACM Cladding Remediation Fund

PSCS - Project Supervisor Construction Stage

PSD - particle size distribution

PSDP - Project Supervisor Design Process

PSDS - Product Safety Data Sheet

PSE - Power Supply Equipment

PSED - Public Sector Equality Duty

PSF - Professional Service Firm

PSG - Project Steering Group

Psi - Pounds Per Square Inch

PSI - Proportion Of Sediment

PSI - proportion of sediment-sensitive invertebrates

PSL - Parallel Strand Lumber

PSNCR - Public Sector Net Cash Requirement

PSP - Post/Shoring/Polyethylene

pSPA - potential Special Protection Area

PSRA - Public Safety Risk Assessment

PSS - Public Sector Scheme.

PSS - Protected Site Strategy

PSTN - Public switched telephone network

PSU - Power Supply Unit

PSV - Passive Stack Ventilation

PSW - Part Submission Warrant / Product Submission Warrant

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

PTF - Printed Electronics, including Polymer Thick Film Circuits

PTFE - Polytetrafluoroethylene

PTFE - Polytetrafluoroethylene (Teflon)

PTM - Patch To Match

PTM - Project Team Meeting

PTNB - Plan Transition Numérique dans le Bâtiment

PTSD - Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

PTW - Permit To Work

PTZ - Pan, tilt, zoom (CCTV camera)

PU - Planning Unit

PU - Policy Unit

PU - Polyurethane

PU - Public Utility

PUC - Pre-fabricated Utility Cupboard

PUE - Power Usage Effectiveness

PUF - Polyurethane Foam

PUI - Peri-Urban Interface

PUK - Partnerships UK

PUR - Polyurethane

PUWER - Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations

PV - Photovoltaic

PV - Present Value

PVA - Polyvinyl Acetate

PVB - Polyvinyl Butyral

PVB - Present Value Of Benefits

PVC - Polyvinyl Chloride

PVC - Present Value Of Costs

PVC-U - Unplasticated Polyvinyl Chloride

PVF - Polyvinyl Fluoride

PVR - Project Validation Review

PVS - Primary Vent Stack

PVT - Combined Photovoltaic and solar Thermal

PW - Party Wall

PWD - Permanent Works Designer

PWF - Post and Wire Fence

PWR - Pressurised Water Reactor

PWS - Public Water Supply