Construction industry acronyms - R
This article presents a list of construction industry acronyms beginning with 'R'.
For other letters click on the list below:
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R - Render
R & R - Remove & Replace
R&D - Research and Development.
R&D&i - Research, Development and Innovation
R/E - Return / Exhaust
R22 - HCFC Refrigerant
R408A - HCFC Refrigerant
RA - Route Availability
RAB - Resource Accounting and Budgeting
RAC - Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning
RACI - Responsible for, Authorize, Contribute to, Informed about
RAD - Radiator
RAM - Route Asset Manager
RAMP - Route Asset Management Plan
RAMS - Risk Assessment Method Statements
Rats - Remote Access Terminals
RB - Resilient Bar [British Gypsum]
RBD - River Basin District
RBKC - Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
RBM - Reinforced Bituminous Membrane (roofing)
RBP - Relationship-based project procurement
RBR - Rubber
RBU - Relay Base Unit
RC - Recycled Content
RC - Reflected Ceiling (plan)
RC - Reinforced Concrete
RC - Room Criteria (acoustics)
RCA - Recycled Crushed Aggregate
RCBO - Residual-Current Circuit Breaker with Overload Protection
RCC - Regional control centre
RCCB - Residual-Current Circuit Breaker
RCD - Residual Current Device
RCP - Reflected Ceiling Plan
RCS - Respirable Crystalline Silica
RD - Roof drain
RDA - Regional Development Agency (replaced by Local Enterprise Partnerships)
RDA - Regional Development Assembly
RDP - Registered Disabled Person
RdSAP - Reduced Data SAP
RE - Rodding Eye
REACH - Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation & Restriction of Chemicals
REGS - Regulations
REI - Request for Employer's Instruction
REIT - Real Estate Investment Trust
REJ - Reinforced Elastomeric Joints
REL - Recommended Exposure Limit
REP - Real Estate Partnership
REQD - Required
RF - Radio Frequency
RFC - Request for Change
RFC - Request for Comments
RFP - Request for Proposal (also possibly Package or Price)
RFQ - Request for quote
RGB - Red Green Blue (LED)
RH - Relative Humidity
RHI - Renewable Heat Incentive
RHPC - Rapid Hardening Portland Cement
RHS - Rectangular Hollow Section
RHS - Revitalising Health and Safety
RHS - Right Hand Side
RHS - River Habitat Survey
RI - Railway Inspectorate
RIA - Regulatory Impact Assessment
RIAS - Royal Incorporation of Architects In Scotland
RIBA - Royal Institute of British Architects
RICS - Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors
RICS - Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors
RICT - River Invertebrate Classification Tool
RIDDOR - Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations
RIGS - regionally important geological and geomorphological site
RIM - Reservoir Inundation Mapping
RISKAT - Risk Assessment Tool
RM - Repair and Maintenance
RM - Room
RMC - Ready Mix Cement
RMP - Relationship Management Plan
RMP - Risk Management Plan
RNCP - Request for Notification for change to Cost & Program
RNCP - Request for Notification of Cost & Programming Impact
RNG - Renewable Natural Gas (biogas)
RO - Renewables Obligation
RO - Rough Opening
ROC - Renewables Obligation Certificate
ROI - Return on Investment
RoL - Rights of Light
Rospa - Royal Society For The Prevention of Accidents
RPA - Risk potential assessment
RPC - Regional Prime Contracts
RPC - Regulatory Policy Committee
RPD - Resources and Planning Directorate
RPE - Respiratory Protective Equipment
RPG - Registered Park and Garden
RPP - Responsible Purchasing Policy
RPZ - root protection zone
RRC - Reducing Regulation Committee
RRO - Regulatory Reform Order
RSA - Rolled Steel Angle
RSB B - Road Sound Barrier Board
RSHI - Rock Slope Hazard Index
RSI - Repetitive Strain Injury
RSL - Registered Social Landlords
Rsls - Registered Social Landlords
RSMD - rolling stock maintenance depot
RSPB - Royal Society for the Protection of Birds
RSS - Regional Spatial Strategy
RSSB - Rail Safety Standards Board
RSSB - Railway Safety and Standards Board
RT - Reverberation Time
RTD - River Terrace Deposits
RTMC - Regional technology maintenance contractor
RTN - Return
RTPI - Royal Town Planning Institute
RTS - Robotic Total Station
RTU - Rooftop unit
RUDI - Resource for Urban Design Information
RUS - Route Utilisation Strategies
RV - Return Valve
R-value - thermal Resistance value of a material
RWA - Regional Water Authority
RWC - Responsible Welding Co-ordinator
RWH - Rainwater Harvesting
RWO - Rain Water Outlet
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