80 EASY Construction Terms To Remember!
Channel: Plan & Spec
Date: 2023-01-23

Construction terminology and construction vocabulary summarized with my top 80 terms.  SUBSCRIBE AND STAY TUNED FOR (PART 2)

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0:00 Intro
0:20 ADA (American Disability Act)
0:30 A/E (Architect / Engineer of Record)
0:42 AFF (Above Finished Floor)
1:04 AIA (American Institute of Architects)
1:13 As-Builts
1:35 ASTM (American Society of Testing Materials)
1:50 BAC and BAS (Building Automation and Control or Building Automation System)
2:09 Backcharge
2:19 Bid Package
2:36 BIM (Building Information Modeling)
2:51 Blueprints
3:04 Bonds
3:23 Builder’s Risk
3:34 CAD (Computer Aided Design)
3:47 CD (Construction Drawing)
3:55 CM (Construction Manager)
4:07 CO (Change Order)
4:26 COI (Certificate of Insurance)
4:37 CPM (Critical Path Method)
5:01 CSI (Construction Specification Institute)
5:14 Cx (Commissioning)
5:26 DB (Design Build)
5:43 DBB (Design Bid Build)
5:52 DD (Design Development)
6:01 DD (Delegated Design)
6:15 DWG (Drawing and File Type)
6:31 DIM (Dimension)
6:38 EOR (Engineer of/on Record)
6:49 FF (Finished Floor)
6:58 FM (Facilities Management)
7:16 FP (Floor Plan)
7:23 GC (General Contractor)
7:33 GMP (Guaranteed Maximum Price)
7:48 HVAC (Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning)
7:56 IBC (International Building Code)
8:09 IFC (Issued For Construction)
8:18 ILO (In Lieu Of)
8:26 IPD (Integrated Project Delivery)
8:36 Lien
8:46 LO/TO (Lock Out Tag Out)
9:00 LOI (Letter of Intent)
9:15 LS (Lump Sum or Hard Bid)
9:37 MEP FP (Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing, and Fire Protection)
9:42 NIC (Not Included or Not in Contract)
9:51 OAC (Owner, Architect, Contractors Meeting)
10:02 O&M (Operation & Maintenance)
10:20 OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration)
10:36 OTB (Open to Below)
10:55 PD (Product Data)
11:08 PE (Project Engineer)
11:15 Professional Liability Insurance
11:27 Punch List
11:41 PM (Project Manager)
12:00 PM (Preventative Maintenance)
12:08 PPE (Personal Protective Equipment)
12:17 QA/QC (Quality Assurance & Quality Control)
12:25 RCP (Reflected Ceiling Plan)
12:34 RFI (Request For Information)
12:45 RFP/RFQ (Request for Proposal / Request for Quote)
12:53 RH (Relative Humidity)
13:14 RO (Rough Opening)
13:29 SD (Schematic Design)
13:40 SD (Shop Drawing)
13:57 SF (SF Square Foot - CY Cubic Yard - LF Linear Feet)
14:10 Specifications
14:15 SIM (Similar)
14:25 Submittals
14:43 SOG & SOD (Slab on Grade / Slab on Deck)
14:50 SOV (Schedule of Values)
15:10 SOW (Scope of Work)
15:16 Superintendent
15:29 SWPPP (Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plan)
15:43 Takeoff
15:52 T&M (Time & Material)
16:13 TYP (Typical)
16:23 UL (Underwriters Laboratories)
16:30 UNO (Unless Noted Otherwise)
16:45 VDC (Virtual Design in Construction)
17:05 VE (Value Engineering)
17:18 Zoning
17:24 Outro

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