The list of construction acronyms and abbreviations.

All construction related acronyms and abbreviations.

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MSDS:
Material Safety Data Sheet(Construction insurance, Hurricane management)
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NBS:
National Bureau of Standards(Mechanical sealing, Sealing, Environment)
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PDA:
Personal Digital Assistant(Data Transmission, Communications, PHONE)
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SCC:
Standards Council of Canada(North America, Canada, Architectural)
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JISC:
Japanese Industrial Standards Committee(STANDARDS, Architectural)
5
MTBF:
Mean Time Between Failures(Maintenance, Logistics, US Post)
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NPV:
Net Present Value(CORPORATE, Home loan, Personal finance)
5
SIG:
Special Interest Group(Waste handling, Waste materials, Waste)
5
VHSIC:
Very High Speed Integrated Circuit(Electronics, Architectural)
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ASCE:
American Society of Civil Engineers(Civil Engineering)
5
DCE:
Distributed Computing Environment(Computer software, Software)
5
GATT:
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade(World economy, International)
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GOSIP:
Government Open Systems Interconnection Profile(Computing Science)
5
JVM:
Java Virtual Machine(Java, Programming Language, Computer programming)
5
NSAI:
National Standards Authority of Ireland(Republic of Ireland)
5
PCB:
Printed Circuit Board(Electronics, Electronic hardware)
5
PM:
Project Manager(Hurricane protection, Product Development)
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SABS:
South African Bureau of Standards(AFRICA, Architectural, Architecture)
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ADR:
Alternative Dispute Resolution(Urban design, Planning, Urban planning)
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AGP:
Accelerated Graphics Port(Intel, Electronic hardware, Computer engineering)
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