Construction industry acronyms - T
This article presents a list of construction industry acronyms beginning with 'T'.
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T - Tonne(s)
T&D - Transmission and Distribution
T&G - Tongued and Grooved
T&M - Taps and Mixers
T&M - Time and Materials
TA - Technical Advisor
TA - To Above
TA - To Above (services)
TA - Transaction form
TA - Transport Assessment
TABS - Thermal Active Building System / Thermo Active Building System
TAC - Task / Ambient Conditioning
TAG - Technical Advisory Group
TAM - Technical Assurance of Metering
TAN - Technical Advice Note
TB - Tie Beam
TB - To Below
TBA - To Be Arranged / Approved
TBC - To Be Confirmed
TBM - Technical Building Management
TC - Town council
TCA - Townscape Character Area
TCA - Transforming Construction Alliance
TCC - Technology and Construction Court
TCMI - Tunnel Condition Marking Index
TCO - Total Cost of Ownership
TCPA - Town and Country Planning Association
TCPSA - Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1972
TCT - Townscape Character Type
Tdb - Dry Bulb Temperature
TDD - Tubular Daylight Devices
TDM - Technical Design Manual
TDS - Tenancy Deposit Scheme
TDS - Total Dissolved Solids
TEAM - Technically Evaluated Advisory Materials
TEMPro - Trip End Model Presentation Program
TEOM - Tapered Element Oscillating Monitor
TER - Target Emission Rate (see emission rates)
TES - Total Energy Supply
TET - Total Energy Transmittance
TFA - Total Floor Area.
TFA - Treated Floor Area.
TFC - Total Final Consumption
TFEC - Total Final Energy Consumption.
TFEE - Target Fabric Energy Efficiency
TFL - Thermally Fused Laminate
TfN - Transport For The North
TfSE - Transport for the South East
tg - Globe Temperature.
TG - Tongue and Groove
TGA - Thermogravimetric analysis
TGR - Things Gone Right
TGV - Train À Grande Vitesse (English: ‘High
TGW - Things Gone Wrong
TGWU - Transport and General Workers Union
TGWU - Transport and General Workers' Union
THC - Thermohaline Circulation
THI - Townscape Heritage Initiative
THK - Thick
TIA - Telecommunications Industry Association
TIC - Total Installed Capacity
TIDP - Task Information Delivery Plan
TIF - Tax Incremental Financing
TIG - Tungsten Inert Gas
TIM - Transparent Insulation Materials
TIN - Technical Information Note
TiO2 - Titanium dioxide
TIP - Traditional Infrastructure Procurement
TIRA - Technical Independent Risk Assuror
TIStructE - Technician of the Institution of Structural Engineers
TLD - Transport led development
TLT - Toilet
TLTV - Timber Traceability & Traceability Verification
TM - Traffic Management
TM - Technical Memorandum
TMC - Total Material Consumption
TMCSD - European Temporary or Mobile Construction Sites Directive
TME - Track Maintenance Engineer
TMICE - Technician Member of the Institution of Civil Engineers
TMO - Tenant Management Organisation
TMP - Thermal Mass Parameter
TMP - Traffic Management Plan
TMR - Total Material Requirements
TMV - Thermostatic Mixer Valve
TNUoS - Transmission Network Use of System.
TO - Top of
TOB - Top of Beam
TOBY - The Outstanding Building of the Year
TOC - Taking Over Certificate
TOC - Top Of Concrete
TOC - Total Organic Carbon
TOD - Transport oriented development
ToE - Terms (and Conditions) of Engagement
TOF - Top of Footing
TOW - Top of Wall
TOX - Toxicological Reports
TOMs - National TOMs - the National Themes Outcomes and Measures Framework
TP - Thermoplastic
TP - Travel Plan
TP - Trial Pit
Tp(0) - Time To Peak Of The Instantaneous Unit Hydrograph
TPC - Travel Plan Coordinator
TPED - Total Primary Energy Demand
TPER - Target Primary Energy Rate
TPH - Total Petroleum Hydrocarbon
TPI - Tender Price Indices
TPI - Third Party Intermediaries
TPO - Thermoplastic Olefin
TPO - Tree Preservation Order
TPP - Timber Procurement Policy
TQ - Technical Query
TQ - Total Quality
TQM - Total Quality Management
TR - Technology Readiness
TRaCCA - Tomorrow’s Railway And Climate Change Adaptation
TRaCCA - Tomorrow's Railway and Climate Change Adaptation
TRANSEC - Transport Security And Contingencies Directorate (Regulator)
TRANSEC - TRANsport SECurity regulator
TRAS - Transformational Regeneration Areas
TRL - Technology Readiness Level
TRL - Transport Research Laboratory
TRM - Technical Reference Manual
TRM - Textile-reinforced mortars
TRO - Traffic Regulation Order
TRUE - Total Resource Use and Efficiency
TRV - Thermostatic Radiator Valve
TSA - Tenant Services Authority (now absorbed into Homes England)
TSC - Term Services Contract
TSC - Total Shading Coefficient.
T-Sheet - Technical Reference Sheet
TSI - Technical Specification For Interoperability
TSO - Third Sector Organisation
TSP - Total Suspended Particles
TSR - Time Series Rainfall
TSRGD - Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions
TSS - Total Suspended Solids
TSS - Train Service Specification
TST - Total Station Theodolite
TSVOC - Total Semi-Volatile Organic Compound
TTD - Transformative transport development.
TTRO - Temporary Traffic Regulation Order
TTWA - Travel To Work Area
TU - Trade Union
TUC - Trades Union Congress
TUFLOW - Two-dimensional hydraulic modelling software built by BMT WBM
TUPE - The Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 1981
TVC - Total Viable Count
TVOC - Total Volatile Organic Compound (levels)
TW - Thames Water
TWA - Time-Weighted Average
TWAO - Transport and Works Act order
Twb - Wet Bulb Temperature
TWC - Temporary Works Co-ordinator
TWI - Training Within Industry
TWR - Travelling Wave Reactor
TWS - Temporary Works Supervisor
TXV - Thermal Expansion Valve
TYP - Typical
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