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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

AWS

Amazon Web Services

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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

BQ

Budgeted Quantity

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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
cy

Cubic Yard

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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

DWG

Drawing

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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

EXE

Executable

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F


FC

Fixed Cost

FV

Funding Variation

FEIN

Central government Company Registration Number

FFP

Firm Fixed Price

FPM

Feet Per Minute

fr

French

FY

Fiscal Year

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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

GUI

Graphical User Interface

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H


Hazmat

Hazardous Materials

HBE

Hispanic Business Enterprise

HQ

Headquarters

HTTP

Hypertext Transfer Protocol

HTTPS

Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure

HUB

Historically Underutilised Business

HVAC

Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning

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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

ITP

Inspection and Test Plan

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J


JTD

Job to Date

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K


kg

Kilogram

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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

ls

Lump Sum

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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

MWBE

Minority- and Women-Owned Business

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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

NTS

No To Scale

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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

PDF

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

Px or PX

Project Executive

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Q


QA

Quality Assurance

QC

Quality Control

QM
  • Quality Management
  • Quality Manual
QRC or QR Code

Quick Response Code

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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

RTAB Map

Real-Time Appearance Based Map

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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

SYS

System

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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

TXT

Text file

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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

US

United States

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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

VPN

Virtual Private Network

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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

W/O

Without

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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)

x-section

Cross-Sectional Area

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Y

y
  • Yard
  • Year

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Z

Postcode
  • Zone Improvement Plan
  • An archive file format

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