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Acronyms

Acronym	Meaning
ACostE	Association of Cost Engineers
AD	Approved Document
AIQS	Australian Institute of Quantity Surveyors
AJ	Architects' Journal
APS	Association of Project Safety
BBA	British Board of Agrement
BCIS	Building Cost Information Service
BCO	Building Control Officer
BDP	Building Design Partnership
BEAB	British Electrotechnical Approvals Board
BIM	Building information model
BOOT	Build-own-operate-transfer
BQ	Bill of quantities
BR AD	Building Regulations Approved Document
BRE	Building Research Establishment
BS	British Standard
BSI	British Standards Institution
CA	Contract Administrator
CAD	Computer Aided Design
CAWS	Common Arrangement of Work Sections
CD	Compact Disc
CDM	Construction (Design and Management) Regulations
CEN	European Committee for Standardization
CFC	Chloro-fluoro-carbon
CIBSE	Chartered Institute of Building Service Engineers
CIC	Construction Industry Council
CIL	Construction Information Ltd
CIOB	Chartered Institute of Building
CIS	Construction Information Service
CITES	Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species
CMAA	Construction Management Association of America
CoP	Code of Practice
CPI	Co-ordinated Project Information
CPIC	Construction Project Information Committee
CPRE	Campaign to Protect Rural England
CSC	Construction Specifications Canada
CSI	Construction Specifications Institute
CSIRO	Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization
D&B	Design and build
DCLG	Department of Communities and Local Government
DETR	Department of the Environment, Transport and Regions
DLSS	Davis Langdon Schumann Smith
ECI	European Construction Institute
EN	Euronorm
EOTA	European Organisation for Technical Approvals
FFP	Fitness-for-purpose
H&S	Health and safety
HSE	Health & Safety Executive
ICIS	International Construction Information Society
ISO	International Organization for Standardization
IStructE	Institution of Structural Engineers
JCT	Joint Contracts Tribunal
LABC	Local Authority Building Control
LDA	Lead Development Association
LPCB	Loss Prevention Certification Board
LSA	Lead Sheet Association
M&E	Mechanical and electrical
MoD	Ministry of Defence
NBS	National Building Specification
NHSS	National Highways Sector Schemes
NIMBY	not in my back yard
NMS	National Master Specification
NVQ	National Vocational Qualification
OLS	Office Library Service
PACE	Property Advisers to the Civil Estate
PDF	Portable Document Format
PFI	Private Finance Initiative
PSA	Property Services Agency
QA	Quality assurance
QL	Quality level
QS	Quantity surveyor
QSMRC	Quality Scheme for Ready Mixed Concrete
RAIA	Royal Australian Institute of Architects
REACH	Registration, evaluation and assessment of chemicals
RFI	Request for information
RIAS	Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland
RIBA	Royal Institute of British Architects
RICS	Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors
RTPI	Royal Town Planning Institute
SFA	Standard Form of Agreement
SMM7	Standard Method of Measurement 7
SWOT	Stengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats
UFF	Urea formaldehyde foam
UK	United Kingdom
UKAS	United Kingdom Accreditation Service
US	United States of America
UXB	Unexploded bomb
WTO	World Trade Organisation
WWF	World Wild Fund for Nature