Acronyms and Abbreviations
Whether you are new to Procore, cloud-based technology or the construction industry, you might encounter some unfamiliar acronyms and abbreviations. This page is an alphabetized list of the acronyms and abbreviations we've encountered over the course of our construction journey. It is also a community effort—If you don't see what you are looking for, click the Feedback button on the right side of the page and ask us to add it.
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
A
AABC
Architects Accredited in Building Conservation
AABE
African American Business Enterprise
AB
As Built
ABC
Association of Builders and Contractors
ABE
Asian American Business Enterprise
ABN
Australian Business Number
AC
- Actual Cost
- Air Conditioning
A/C
- Air Conditioner
- Air Conditioning
ACM
Architecture and Construction Management
ACN
Australian Company Number
Annual Turnover
- Actual Cash Value
- Annual Contract Value
ADA
Americans with Disabilities Act
A/E
Architect/Engineer
AE
- Architect Engineer
- Account Executive
AEC
Architecture, Engineering and Construction
AECM
Architecture, Engineering and Construction Management
AECO
Architecture, Engineering and Construction Owner
AECOM
Architecture, Engineering and Construction Operations and Management
AF
Actual Finish (date)
AFC
- Accepted for Construction
- Approved for Construction
AFF
Above Finished Floor
AFG
Above Finished Grade
AFR
Architect Field Report
Agency CM
Agency Construction Managemen
AHERA
Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act
AI
- Approved Inspector
- Architect's Instruction
- Artificial Intelligence
AIA
American Institute of Architects
AIA CES
American Institute of Architects' Continuing Education System
AIBD
American Institute of Building Design
AIEE
American Institute of Electrical Engineers
AISC
American and Steel Institute
AMP
Agreed Maximum Price
ANSI
American National Standards Institute
ANZ
Australia and New Zealand
AOR
Architect of Record
APAC
Asia Pacific
API
Application Programming Interface
AQ
Actual Quantity
ARB
Architects Registration Board
ASA
- American Subcontractors Association
- Associated Subcontractors Alliance
ASCE
American Society of Civil Engineers
ASCII
American Standard Code for Information Interchange
ASME
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
ATC
- Acoustical Tile Ceiling
- Alternative Technical Concepts
- Automatic Temperate Control (HVAC)
- Average Total Cost
ATO
Australian Tax Office
AU
Australia
B
BAC
Budget At Completion
BBS
Bar Bending Programme
BCC
Blind Carbon Copy
BCWP
Budgeted Cost of Work Performed
BCWS
Budgeted Cost of Work Programmed
BI
Business Intelligence
ARB
Ball In Court
BIM
Building Information Modelling
BOF
Bottom of Footing
BOM
Bill of Material
BOQ
Bill of Quantities
BOW
Bottom of Wall
C
C.A.
- Contract Administration
CA
- California
- Canada
- Contract Administration
- Construction Administration
CAD
Computer-Aided Design
CBE
Certified Business Enterprise
CCAEA
California Counties Architects and Engineers Association
CC
- Carbon Copy
- Change Control
- Contractor Client
CCV
Client Contract Variation
CCD
Construction Change Directive
CCIFP
Certified Construction Industry Financial Professional
CV
Commitment Variation
CVR
Commitment Variation Request
CD
- Construction Documents
- Contract Documents
CE
- Change Event
- Continuing Education
CEC
Continuing Education Credit
CE Unit
Continuing Education Unit
CFMA
Construction Financial Management Association
CICPAC
Construction Industry CPAs and Consultants Association
CIP
- Cast In Place
- Capital Improvement Program
CM
- Construction Manager
- Construction Management
CMa
Construction Manager as Advisor
CMA
Construction Manager as Advisor
CM At Risk
Construction Manager at Risk
CMAR
Construction Manager at Risk
CM Fee
Construction Management Fee
CMP
Construction Management Plan
VAR
Variation
VBLI
Variations by Line Item
COC
Course of Construction
CBOQ
Contractor Bill of Quantities
VR
Variation Request
COS
Check On Site
CPV
Commitment Potential Variation
CPM
Critical Path Method
CPU
- Central Processing Unit
- Cost Per Unit
CRM
Customer Relationship Management
CS
- Construction Safety
- Customer Success
CSC
Construction Specifications Canada
CSI
Construction Specifications Institute
CSRF
Cross-Site Request Forgery
CSV
Comma Separated Values
CU. FT
Cubic Feet
CU. YD
Cubic Yard
CV
- Cash Value
- Commitment Variation
- Coefficient of Variation
- Cost Variance
CWBS
Contract Work Breakdown Structure
Cx or CX
- Commissioning
- Customer Experience
D
DB
Design-Build
DBB
Design-Bid-Build
DBE
Disadvantaged Business Enterprise
DBOM
Design-Bid-Operate-Maintain
DD
Design-Development
DVOCB
Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business
E
Ea
Each
eBook
Electronic Book
ECC
Estimated Cost to Complete
EDM
Electronic Document Management
EFC
Estimate Final Cost
CRN
Employer Identification Number
EIS
Environmental Impact Statement
EMEA
Europe, the Middle East and Africa
EMV
Expected Monetary Value
en
English
ENR
Engineering News Record
EOD
End of Day
EOL
End of Life
EOS
End of Support
EOT
Extension of Time
EOY
End of Year
EPC
Engineering, Procurement, Construction
EQ
Environmental Quality
ERP
Enterprise Resource Planning
es
Spanish (Español)
ETC
Estimated Cost to Complete
ETL
Extract-Transform-Load
EVM
Earned Value Management
F
FC
Fixed Cost
FV
Funding Variation
FEIN
Central government Company Registration Number
FFP
Firm Fixed Price
FPM
Feet Per Minute
fr
French
G
G702
AIA G702™–1992, Application and Certificate for Payment
G703
AIA G703™–1992, Continuation Sheet
GB
Great Britain
MC
Main Contractor
GCS
Geographic Coordinate System
GIA
General Indemnity Agreement
GIS
Geographical Information System
GMAX
Guaranteed Maximum Price
GMP
Guaranteed Maximum Price
GP
Granular Permissions
GPS
Geographic Positioning System
GST
Goods & Services Tax
H
Hazmat
Hazardous Materials
HBE
Hispanic Business Enterprise
HQ
Headquarters
HTTP
Hypertext Transfer Protocol
HTTPS
Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure
HUB
Historically Underutilised Business
I
IAW
In Accordance With
IDBB
Integrated Design-Bid-Build
IdP
Identity Provider
IFT
Invitation for Tender
IFC
Issued for Construction
IM
- Implementation Manager
- Information Manager
- Instant Messaging
In
Inch
IP
- Intellectual Property
- Internet Protocol
- Investment Project
iPaaS
Integration Platform as a Service
IPD
Integrated Product Delivery
IRMI
International Risk Management Institute
ISO
International Organisation for Standardization
ISP
Internet Service Provider
IT
Information Technology
L
LAD
Latin America Division
LATAM
Latin American
lbs
Pounds
LED
- Light Emitting Diode
LiDAR or LIDAR
Light Detection And Ranging
LOA
- Letter of Approval
- Letter of Authorization
LOI
Letter of Intent
LOP
Letter of Permission
LCC
Life Cycle Cost
LD
Liquidated Damages
LEED
Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design
lf
Linear Feet
LFT.
Linear Feet
LMS
Learning Management System
M
m
Metre
m2
Square Metre
m3
Cubic Metre
mm
millimetre
Max or MAX
Maximum
MBE
Minority Business Enterprise
MEP
Mechanical, Electrical and Plumbing
MMS
Multimedia Messaging Service
MOP
Manual of Procedures
MOU
Memorandum of Understanding
MPP
Microsoft Project file name extension
MSA
- Master Service Agreement
- Measurement System Analysis
MSDS
Material Safety Data Sheet
MSE
Mechanical, Structural and Engineering
MTD
Month-to-Date
N
NA
North America
NABE
Native American Business Enterprise
NABSP
National Association of Surety Bond Producers
NANP
North American Numbering Plan
NCC
Non-Commitment Cost
NEC
National Electric Code
NIC
Not in Contract
NoA
Notice of Award
NOA
Notice of Award
NOD
Notification of Delay
NTP
Notice to Proceed
O
OAC
Owner-Architect-Contract
OAC Meeting
Owner-Architect-Contract Meeting
OCR
Optical Character Recognition
OLTP
Online Transaction Processing
OMB
Office of Management and Budget
OPM
Owner's Project Manager
OSHA
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
P
PaaS
Platform as a Service
Pay App
Payment Application
PC
Personal Computer
PV
Potential Variation
MCV
Main Contract Variation
Portable Document Format
PGMO
Program Management Office
PE
- Project Engineer
PM
- Program Manager
- Project Manager
PMIS
Project Management Information System
PMO
Project Management Office
PMP
Project Management Plan
PO
Purchase Order
POC
Point of Contact
POS
Public Open Space
PPE
Personal Protective Equipment
PPM
Project Procedures Manual
PPCO
- Main Contract Potential Variation
- Main Potential Variation
PRC
Pending Revised Contract
PSI
Pounds per Square Inch
Q
QA
Quality Assurance
QC
Quality Control
QM
- Quality Management
- Quality Manual
R
R&D
Research and Development
R&M
Repair and Maintenance
Rep
Representative
REQD
Required
RFC
- Release for Construction
- Request for Comment
- Revised for Construction
RFI
Request for Information
RfP
- Request for Payment
RFP
- Request for Proposal
RFQ
- Request for Quote
- Request for Quotation
ROM
Rough Order of Magnitude
S
SaaS
Software as a Service
S.A.D.
See Architectural Drawings
SAML
Security Assertion Markup Language
SAP
Systems, Applications & Products in Data Processing (SAP). SAP products are developed by SAP SE—a multinational corporation that offers a wide range of ERP applications.
SBA
Small Business Administration
SBE
Small Business Enterprise
SD
- Schematic Design
- Secure Digital (as in SD Memory Card)
SDVOCB
Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business
SE
Structural Engineer
sf
Square Foot
SI
- International System of Units
- Site Instruction
SIS
Short Interval Programme
SMB
Small and Midsize Business
SME
- Subject Matter Expert
- Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises
SMS
Short Message Service
SOD
- Stage of Development
- Scope of Delivery
- Statement of Deficiency
- Supervisor on Duty
SOP
Standard Operating Procedure
BOQ
Bill of Quantities
SOW
- Scope of Work
- Statement of Work
- Suspension of Work
SP
Service Provider
SPC
Procore Strategic Product Consultant
SPI
- SCSI Parallel Interface
- Serial to Parallel Interface
- Service Provider Interface
- Single Project Insurance
SQ. FT
Square Feet
SQ. IN
Square Inches
SRO
Single Room Occupancy
SSO
Single Sign-On
SBOQ
Subcontractor Bill of Quantities
STD
Standard
STO
Sage Timberline Office. Now called Sage 300 CRE®.
Sub
Subcontractor
Subcontractor BOQ
Subcontractor Bill of Quantities
SV
Programme Variance
SWI
Site Work Instruction
SWPPP
Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plans
sy
Square Yard
T
t
Tonne
TA
Technical Advisor
T&A
- Time and Attendance
T&B
Top and Bottom
T&G
Tongue and Groove
Daywork
Time and Materials
Tax ID
Central government Tax ID
TBD
To Be Determined
TC
- Target Completion Date
- Total Cost
TI
Tenant Improvement
ton
Ton
U
UI
User Interface
UK
United Kingdom
U.N.O.
Unless Noted Otherwise
UOM
Unit of Measure
UON
Unless Otherwise Noted
URL
Uniform Resource Locator
U.S.
United States
U/S
Underside
V
VAT
Value Added Tax
VC
- Variable Cost
- Venture Capital
vCard
Virtual Business Card
VCF
Virtual Contact File
VDC
Virtual Design and Construction
VE
Value Engineering
VIF
Verify In Field
VOB
Veteran-Owned Business
VoC
- Voice of the Customer
VOC
- Voice of the Customer
- Volatile Organic Compound
VOSB
Veteran-Owned Small Business
W
WBE
Women's Business Enterprise
WBS
Work Breakdown Structure
WIP
- Work in Process
- Work in Progress
WL
Water Level
WOSB
Women-Owned Small Business
X
XLS
Microsoft Excel Spreadsheet format (used in Microsoft Excel 2003 and earlier)
XLSX
Microsoft Excel Spreadsheet format (used in Microsoft Excel 2007 and later)