ACRONYMS IN CIVIL ENGINEERING

NO. ACRONYM MEANING NO. ACRONYM MEANING

1 AADT Annual Average Daily Traffic 26 CSHO Construction Safety Health Official

2 AM Additive Manufacturing 27 CWP Construction Work Package

3 APE Association of Planning Engineers 28 DPC Damp Proof Course

4 BAC Bids and Awards Committee 29 ECCI Engineering and Construction Cost Index

5 BEP BIM Execution Plan 34 ETABS Extended Three-dimensional Analysis of Building System

6 BOOT Build Own Operate Transfer 35 FAS Fire Alarm System

7 BOQ Bill of Quantities 36 FDT Field Density Test

8 BRT Bus Rapid Transit 37 GFRC Glass Fiber Reinforced Composite

9 GPPB Government Procurement Policy Board 30 GIS Geographical Information System

10 GSF Gross Square Footage 38 CHB Concrete Hollow Block

11 HOPE Head of Procuring Entity 31 LCA Life Cycle Assessment

12 ITB Instructions to Bidders 32 LTB Lateral Torsional Buckling

13 LS Lump Sum 39 ROW Right of Way

14 PBD Philippine Bidding Document 33 NHA National Housing Authority

15 PPE Personal Protective Equipment 41 NSCP National structural Code of the Philippines

16 RFP Request for Proposal 40 LWUA Local Water and Utilities Administration
AASHTO American Association of State Highway and Transportation 42 MWCI Manila Water Company Inc.
17 Officials
18 ASTM American Society of testing and Materials 43 MWSI Manila Water Services, Inc.

19 BRBF Buckling restrained Brace Frame 44 MWSS Metropolitan Water works and Sewerage System

20 BSU Basic structural Unit 45 NWRB National Water Resource Board

21 CBR California Bearing Ratio 46 OHSA Occupational Health & Safety Act

22 CCI Construction Cost Index 47 PRA Proposed Roadway Access

23 CFRP Carbon Fibre Reinforced Panel 48 PVC PolyVinyl Chloride

24 CIAP Construction Industry Authority of the Philippines 49 QASHE Quality Assurance, Safety and Health

25 CRIS Construction Risk Insurance Specialist 50 RFI Request for Information