Appendix B

Appendix B
R.S. Means Abbreviations
This chapter provides a list of the abbreviations used in the R.S. Means databases viewed in the Assemblies and Unit Prices resource windows.

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A ABS A.C. Area Square Feet; Ampere Acrylonitrile Butadiene Stryrene; Asbestos Bonded Steel Alternating Current; Air-Conditioning; Asbestos Cement; Plywood Grade A & C American Concrete Institute Plywood, Grade A & D Additional Adjustable Audio-frequency American Gas Association Aggregate Ampere Hours Ampere-hour Air Handling Unit American Institute of Architects Ampere Interrupting Capacity Allowance Altitude Aluminum Ante Meridiem Ampere Anodized Approximate Apartment Asbestos American Standard Building Code Asbestos Worker American Society of Civil Engineers American Society of Heating, Refrig. & AC Engineers American Society of Mechanical Engineers American Society for Testing and Materials Attachment Average American Wire Gauge American Water Works Assoc. Barrel Grade B and Better; Balled & Burlapped Bell and Spigot Black and White Body-centered Cubic Bank Cubic Yards Bevel End Board Feet Bag of Cement Boiler Horsepower; Brake Horsepower Black Iron Bituminous Bituminous Concrete Backed Breakers Building Block Beam Boilermaker Blows per Minute Bedroom Bearing Bricklayer Helper Bricklayer Brick Bearing Brass Bronze Basin Better British Thermal Unit BTUH B.U.R. BX C c C C/C C-C Cab. Cair. Calc Cap. Carp. C.B. C.C.A. C.C.F. cd cd/sf CD CDX Ce. Cem. CF C.F. CFM c.g. CHW C.I. C.I.P. Circ. C.L. Clab. Clam C.L.F. CLF CLP cm CMP C.M.U. CN Col. CO2 Comb. Compr. Conc. Cont. Corr. Cos Cot Cov. C/P CPA Cplg. C.P.M. CPVC C.Pr. CRC Creos. Crpt. CRT CS Csc C.S.F. CSI C.T. CTS Cu Cu. Ft. cw C.W. BTU per Hour Built-up Roong Interlocked Armored Cable degree centegrade Conductivity, Copper Sweat Hundred; Centigrade Center to Center, Cedar on Cedar Center to Center Cabinet Air Tool Laborer Calculated Capacity Carpenter Circuit Breaker Chromate Copper Arsenate Hundred Cubic Feet Candela Candela per Square Foot Grade of Plywood Face & Back Plywood, Grade C & D, exterior glue Cement Finisher Cement Hundred Feet Cubic Feet Cubic Feet per Minute Center of Gravity Chilled Water; Commercial Hot Water Cast Iron Cast in Place Circuit Carload Lot Common Laborer Common maintenance laborer Hundred Linear Feet Current Limiting Fuse Cross Linked Polyethylene Centimeter Corr. Metal Pipe Concrete Masonry Unit Change Notice Column Carbon Dioxide Combination Compressor Concrete Continuous; Continued, Container Corrugated Cosine Cotangent Cover Cedar on Paneling Control Point Adjustment Coupling Critical Path Method Chlorinated Polyvinyl Chloride Hundred Pair Cold Rolled Channel Creosote Carpet & Linoleum Layer Cathode-ray Tube Carbon Steel, Constant Shear Bar Joist Cosecant Hundred Square Feet Construction Specications Institute Current Transformer Copper Tube Size Copper, Cubic Cubic Foot Continuous Wave Cool White; Cold Water Cwt. C.W.X. C.Y. C.Y./Hr. Cyl. d D Dis., Disch. Db. Dbl. DC DDC Demob. d.f.u. D.H. DHW DI Diag. Diam., Dia Distrib. Div. Dk. D.L. DLH Do. Dp. D.P.S.T. Dr. Drink. D.S. D.S.A. D.S.B. Dty. DWV DX dyn e E Ea. E.B. Econ. E.C.Y EDP EIFS E.D.R. Eq. EL Elec. Elev. EMT Eng. EPDM EPS Eqhv. Eqlt. Eqmd. Eqmm. Eqol. Equip. ERW E.S. Est. esu E.W. EWT Excav. Exp. Ext. Extru. f. F Fab. 100 Pounds Cool White Deluxe Cubic Yard (27 cubic feet) Cubic Yard per Hour Cylinder Penny (nail size) Deep; Depth; Discharge Discharge Decibel Double Direct Current Direct Digital Control Demobilization Drainage Fixture Units Double Hung Domestic Hot Water Ductile Iron Diagonal Diameter Distribution Division Deck Dead Load; Diesel Deep Long Span Bar Joist Ditto Depth Double Pole, Single Throw Drive Drinking Double Strength Double Strength A Grade Double Strength B Grade Duty Drain Waste Vent Deluxe White, Direct Expansion Dyne Eccentricity Equipment Only; East Each Encased Burial Economy Embankment Cubic Yards Electronic Data Processing Exterior Insulation Finish System Equiv. Direct Radiation Equation elevation Electrician; Electrical Elevator; Elevating Electrical Metallic Conduit; Thin Wall Conduit Engine, Engineered Ethylene Propylene Diene Monomer Expanded Polystyrene Equip. Oper., Heavy Equip. Oper., Light Equip. Oper., Medium Equip. Oper., Master Mechanic Equip. Oper., Oilers Equipment Electric Resistance Welded Energy Saver Estimated Electrostatic Units Each Way Entering Water Temperature Excavation Expansion, Exposure Exterior Extrusion Fiber stress Fahrenheit; Female; Fill Fabricated

A.C.I. AD Addit. Adj. af A.G.A. Agg. A.H. A hr. A.H.U. A.I.A. AIC Allow. alt. Alum. a.m. Amp. Anod. Approx. Apt. Asb. A.S.B.C. Asbe. ASCE. A.S.H.R.A.E. A.S.M.E. A.S.T.M. Attchmt. Avg.,Ave. A.W.G. AWWA Bbl. B&B B.&S. B.&W. b.c.c. B.C.Y. BE B.F. Bg. cem. BHP B.I. Bit., Bitum. Bit., Conc. Bk. Bkrs. Bldg. Blk. Bm. Boil. B.P.M. BR Brg. Brhe. Bric. Brk. Brng. Brs. Brz. Bsn. Btr. Btu

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FBGS F.C. f.c.c. fc. F.E. FEP F.G. F.H.A. Fig. Fin. Fixt. Fl. Oz. Flr. F.M. Fmg. Fdn. Fori. Foro. Fount. fpm FPT Fr. F.R. FRK FRP FS FSC Ft. Ftng. Ftg. Ft lb. Furn. FVNR FXM Fy. g G Ga. Gal., gal. gpm, GPM Galv. Gen. G.F.I. Glaz. GPD GPH GPM GR Gran. Grnd. H H.C. H.D. H.D.O. H.D.P.E. Hdr. Hdwe. Help. HEPA Hg HIC HM HMWPE H.O. Horiz. Fiberglass Footcandles Face-centered Cubic Compressive Stress in Concrete; Extreme Compressive Stress Front End Fluorinated Ethylene Propylene (Teon) Flat Grain Federal Housing Administration Figure Finished Fixture Fluid Ounces Floor Frequency Modulation; Factory Mutual Framing Foundation Foreman, Inside Foreman, Outside Fountain Feet per Minute Female Pipe Thread Frame Fire Rating Foil Reinforced Kraft Fiberglass Reinforced Plastic Forged Steel Cast Body; Cast Switch Box Foot; Feet Fitting Footing Foot Pound Furniture Full Voltage Non-Reversing Female by Male Minimum Yield Stress of Steel Gram Gauss Gauge Gallon Gallon per Minute Galvanized General Ground Fault Interrupter Glazier Gallons per Day Gallons per Hour Gallons per Minute Grade Granular Ground High Henry High Capacity Heavy Duty; High Density High Density Overlaid high density polyethelene Header Hardware Helper Average High Efciency Particulate Air Filter Mercury High Interrupting Capacity Hollow Metal high molecular weight polyethylene High Output Horizontal H.P. H.P.F. Hr. Hrs./Day HSC Ht. Htg. Htrs. HVAC Hvy. HW Hyd.;Hydr. Hz. I. IBC I.C. ID I.D. I.F. I.M.C. In. Incan. Incl. Int. Inst. Insul. I.P. I.P.S. I.P.T. I.W. J J.I.C. K K.A.H. KCMIL KD K.D.A.T. kg kG kgf kHz Kip. KJ K.L. K.L.F. Km K.S.F. K.S.I. kV kVA K.V.A.R. KW KWh L Lab. lat Lath. Lav. lb.; # L.B. L. & E. lb./hr. lb./L.F. lbf/sq.in. L.C.L. L.C.Y. Ld. Horsepower; High Pressure High Power Factor Hour Hours per Day High Short Circuit Height Heating Heaters Heating, Ventilation & AirConditioning Heavy Hot Water Hydraulic Hertz (cycles) Moment of Inertia International Building Code Interrupting Capacity Inside Diameter Inside Dimension; Identication Inside Frosted Intermediate Metal Conduit Inch Incandescent Included; Including Interior Installation Insulation/Insulated Iron Pipe Iron Pipe Size Iron Pipe Threaded Indirect Waste Joule Joint Industrial Council Thousand;Thousand Pounds; Heavy Wall Copper Tubing, Kelvin Thousand Amp. Hours Thousand Circular Mils Knock Down Kiln Dried After Treatment Kilogram Kilogauss Kilogram Force Kilohertz 1000 Pounds Kiljoule Effective Length Factor Kips per Linear Foot Kilometer Kips per Square Foot Kips per Square Inch Kilovolt Kilovolt Ampere Kilovar (Reactance) Kilowatt Kilowatt-hour Labor Only; Length; Long; Medium Wall Copper Tubing Labor Latitude Lather Lavatory Pound Load Bearing; L Conduit Body Labor & Equipment Pounds per Hour Pounds per Linear Foot Pound-force per Square Inch Less than Carload Lot Loose Cubic Yard Load LE LED L.F. L.F. Nose L.F. Rsr Lg. L&H LH L.H. L.L. L.L.D. lm lm/sf lm/W L.O.A. log L-O-L long. L.P. L.P.F. LR L.S. Lt. Lt. Ga. L.T.L. Lt. Wt. L.V. M M2CA m/hr.; M.H. mA Mach. Mag. Str. Maint. Marb. Mat; Matl. Max. MBF MBH MC M.C.F. M.C.F.M. M.C.M. M.C.P. MD M.D.O. Med. MF M.F.B.M. Mfg. Mfrs. mg MGD MGPH MH, M.H. MHz Mi. MI mm Mill. Min., min. Misc. ml M.L.F. Mo. Mobil. Mog. MPH MPT Lead Equivalent Light Emitting Diode Linear Foot Linear Foot of Stair Nosing Linear Foot of Stair Riser Long; Length; Large Light and Heat Long Span Bar Joist Labor Hours Live Load Lamp Lumen Depreciation Lumen Lumen per Square Foot Lumen per Watt Length Over All Logarithm Lateralolet longitude Liqueed Petroleum; Low Pressure Low Power Factor Long Radius Lump Sum Light Light Gauge Less than Truckload Lot Lightweight Low Voltage Thousand; Material; Male; Light Wall Copper Tubing Meters Squared Contact Area Man-hour Milliampere Machine Magnetic Starter Maintenance Marble Setter Material Maximum Thousand Board Feet Thousand BTUs per hr. Metal Clad Cable Thousand Cubic Feet Thousand Cubic Feet per Minute Thousand Circular Mils Motor Circuit Protector Medium Duty Medium Density Overlaid Medium Thousand Feet Thousand Feet Board Measure Manufacturing Manufacturers Milligram Million Gallons per Day Thousand Gallons per Hour Manhole; Metal Halide; Man-Hour Megahertz Mile Malleable Iron; Mineral Insulated Millimeter Millwright Minimum, minute Miscellaneous Milliliter, Mainline Thousand Linear Feet Month Mobilization Mogul Base Miles per Hour Male Pipe Thread

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MRT ms M.S.F. Mstz. M.S.Y. Mtd., mtd. Mthe. Mtng. Mult. M.V.A. M.V.A.R. MV MW MXM MYD N nA NA N.B.C. NC N.E.M.A. NEHB N.L.B. NM nm No. NO N.O.C. Nose. N.P.T. NQOD N.R.C. N.R.S. ns nW OB OC OD O.D. ODS O.G. O.H. O&P Oper. Opng. Orna. OSB O.S.&Y. Ovhd. OWG Oz. P. p. Pape. P.A.P.R. PAR Pc., Pcs. P.C. P.C.F. P.C.M. P.E. Perf. PEX Ph. P.I. Pile. Pkg. Mile Round Trip Millisecond Thousand Square Feet Mosaic & Terrazzo Worker Thousand Square Yards Mounted Mosaic & Terrazzo Helper Mounting Multi; Multiply Million Volt Amperes Million Volt Amperes Reactance Megavolt Megawatt Male by Male Thousand Yards Natural; North Nanoampere Not Available; Not Applicable National Building Code Normally Closed National Electrical Manufacturers Assoc. Bolted Circuit Breaker to 600V. Non-Load-Bearing Non-Metallic Cable Nanometer Number Normally Open Not Otherwise Classied Nosing National Pipe Thread Combination Plug-on/Bolt on Circuit Breaker to 240V. Noise Reduction Coefcient/ Nuclear Regulator Commission Non Rising Stem Nanosecond Nanowatt Opposing Blade On Center Outside Diameter Outside Dimension Overhead Distribution System Ogee Overhead Overhead and Prot Operator Opening Ornamental Oriented Strand Board Outside Screw and Yoke Overhead Oil,Water or Gas Ounce Pole;Applied Load; Projection Page Paperhanger Powered Air Purifying Respirator Parabolic Reector Piece, Pieces Portland Cement;Power Connector Pounds per Cubic Foot Phase Contrast Microscopy Professional Engineer; Porcelain Enamel; Polyethylene; Plain End Perforated Cross linked polyethylene Phase Pressure Injected Pile Driver Package Pl. Plah. Plas. Pluh. Plum. Ply. p.m. Pntd. Pord. pp PP, PPL P.P.M. Pr. P.E.S.B. Prefab. Pren. Prop. PSF, psf PSI, psi PSIG PSP Pspr. Psst. P.T. P. & T. Ptd. Ptns. Pu PVC Pvmt. Pwr. Q Qt. Quan., Qty. Q.C. r R R.C.P. Rect. Reg. Reinf. Reqd. Res. Resi. Rgh. RGS R.H.W. rms Rnd. Rodm. Rofc. Rofp. Rohe. Rots. R.O.W. RPM R.S. Rsr RT S. SC SCFM Scaf. Sch., Sched. S.C.R. S.D. S.D.R. S.E. Sel. S.E.R., S.E.U. S.F. Plate Plasterer Helper Plasterer Plumbers Helper Plumber Plywood Post Meridiem Painted Painter, Ordinary Pages Polypropylene Parts per Million Pair Pre-engineered Steel Building Prefabricated Prenished Propelled Pounds per Square Foot Pounds per Square Inch Pounds per Square Inch Gauge Plastic Sewer Pipe Painter, Spray Painter, Structural Steel Potential Transformer Pressure & Temperature Painted Partitions Ultimate Load Polyvinyl Chloride Pavement Power Quantity Heat Flow Quart Quantity Quick Coupling Radius of Gyration Resistance Reinforced Concrete Pipe Rectangle Regular Reinforced Required Resistant Residential Rough Rigid Galvanized Steel Rubber, Heat & Water Resistant; Residential Hot Water Root Mean Square Round Rodman Roofer, Composition Roofer, Precast Roofer Helpers (Composition) Roofer,Tile & Slate Right of Way Revolutions per Minute Rapid Start Riser Round Trip Suction; Single Entrance; South Screw Cover Standard Cubic Feet per Minute Scaffold Schedule Modular Brick Sound Deadening Standard Dimension Ratio Surfaced Edge Select Service Entrance Cable Square Foot S.F.C.A. S.F. Flr. S.F.G. S.F. Hor. S.F.R. S.F. Shlf. S4S Shee. Sin. Skwk. SL S.L. Sldr. SLH S.N. S-O-L sp S.P. Spri. spwg S.P.D.T. SPF S.P.S.T. SPT Sq. Sq. Hd. Sq. In. S.S. S.S.B. sst, ss Sswk. Sswl. St.;Stl. S.T.C. Std. Stg. STK STP Stpi. Str. Strd. Struct. Sty. Subj. Subs. Surf. Sw. Swbd. S.Y. Syn. S.Y.P. Sys. t. T Tan T.C. T&C T.D. Tdd T.E.M. TFE T. & G. Th.,Thk. Thn. Thrded Tilf. Tilh. THHN THW. Square Foot Contact Area Square Foot of Floor Square Foot of Ground Square Foot Horizontal Square Feet of Radiation Square Foot of Shelf Surface 4 Sides Sheet Metal Worker Sine Skilled Worker Saran Lined Slimline Solder Super Long Span Bar Joist Solid Neutral Socketolet Standpipe Static Pressure; Single Pole; SelfPropelled Sprinkler Installer Static Pressure Water Gauge Single Pole, Double Throw Spruce Pine Fir Single Pole, Single Throw Standard Pipe Thread Square; 100 Square Feet Square Head Square Inch Single Strength; Stainless Steel Single Strength B Grade Stainless Steel Structural Steel Worker Structural Steel Welder Steel Sound Transmission Coefcient Standard Staging Select Tight Knot Standard Temperature & Pressure Steamtter, Pipetter Strength; Starter; Straight Stranded Structural Story Subject Subcontractors Surface Switch Switchboard Square Yard Synthetic Southern Yellow Pine System Thickness Temperature;Ton Tangent Terra Cotta Threaded and Coupled Temperature Difference Telecommunications Device for the Deaf Transmission Electron Microscopy Tetrauoroethylene (Teon) Tongue & Groove; Tar & Gravel Thick Thin Threaded Tile Layer, Floor Tile Layer, Helper Nylon Jacketed Wire Insulated Strand Wire

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THWN T.L. T.M. Tot. T-O-L T.S. Tr. Transf. Trhv. Trlr Trlt. TTY TV T.W. UCI UF UGND U.H.F. U.I. U.L. Uld. Unn. URD US Nylon Jacketed Wire Truckload Track Mounted Total Threadolet Trigger Start Trade Transformer Truck Driver, Heavy Trailer Truck Driver, Light Teletypewriter Television Thermoplastic Water Resistant Wire Uniform Construction Index Underground Feeder Underground Feeder Ultra High Frequency United Inch Underwriters Laboratory unloading Unnished Underground Residential Distribution United States USP UTP V V.A. V.C.T. VAV VC Vent. Vert. V.F. V.G. V.H.F. VHO Vib. V.L.F. Vol. VRP W w/ W.C. W.F. W.G. Wldg. W. Mile W-O-L W.R. United States Primed Unshielded Twisted Pair Volt Volt Amperes Vinyl Composition Tile Variable Air Volume Veneer Core Ventilation Vertical Vinyl Faced Vertical Grain Very High Frequency Very High Output Vibrating Vertical Linear Foot Volume Vinyl Reinforced Polyester Wire;Watt;Wide;West With Water Column;Water Closet Wide Flange Water Gauge Welding Wire Mile Weldolet Water Resistant Wrck. W.S.P. WT.,Wt. WWF XFER XFMR XHD XHHW, XLPE XLP Y yd yr % @ # < > Z Wrecker Water, Steam, Petroleum Weight Welded Wire Fabric Transfer Transformer Extra Heavy Duty Cross-Linked Polyethylene Wire Insulation Cross-linked Polyethylene Wye Yard Year Delta Percent Approximately
Phase; diameter

At Pound; Number Less Than Greater Than zone

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