1.1.4.1. Abbreviations of Proper Names (1) The abbreviations of proper names in this Code shall have the meanings assigned to them in this Article. The appropriate addresses are shown in brackets following the name.  ACI

American Concrete Institute
(38800 Country Club Drive, Farmington Hills, Michigan 48331 U.S.A.)


ACNBC

Associate Committee on the National Building Code
(National Research Council of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0R6)


ANSI

American National Standards Institute
(11 W. 42nd St., New York, New York 10036 U.S.A.)


ASHRAE

American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers
(1791 Tullie Circle N.E., Atlanta, Georgia 30329-2305 U.S.A.)


ASPE

American Society of Plumbing Engineers
(3617 Thousand Oaks Blvd., Suite 210, Westlake, California 91362 U.S.A.)


ASTM

American Society for Testing and Materials
(1916 Race Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103-1187 U.S.A.)


AWWA

American Water Works Association
(45 23rd. Street, Toronto, Ontario M8V 3M6)


BRMD

Bureau of Radiation and Medical Devices
(Department of National Health and Welfare 775 Brookefield Road, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 1C1)


CAN

National Standard of Canada designation
(The number or name following the CAN designation represents the agency under whose auspices the standard is issued.
CAN1 designates CGA,
CAN2 designates CGSB,
CAN3 designates CSA, and
CAN4 designates ULC.)


CGA

Canadian Gas Association
(178 Rexdale Boulevard, Rexdale, Ontario M9W 1R3)


CGSB

Canadian General Standards Board
(11 Laurier St. Hull, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0S5)


CLA

Canadian Lumbermen’s Association
(27 Goulburn Avenue, Ottawa, Ontario K1N 8C7)


CSA

Canadian Standards Association
(178 Rexdale Boulevard, Rexdale, Ontario M9W 1R3)


DBR

Division of Building Research
(now called the Institute for Research in Construction) National Research Council of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0R6


FINA

Federation Internationale de Natation Amateur
(208-3540 West 41st Avenue, Vancouver, British Columbia V6N 2G8)


HI

Hydronics Institute
(35 Russo Place, P.O. Box 218, Berkeley Heights, New Jersey 07922 U.S.A.)


HRAI

Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Institute of Canada
(5045 Orbitor Drive, Building 11, Suite 300, Mississauga, Ontario L4W 4Y4)


HUD

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
(Office of the Assistant Secretary for Policy Development and Research, Washington, D.C. 20410 U.S.A.)


MOEE

Ontario Ministry of the Environment and Energy
(135 St Clair Avenue West, Toronto, Ontario M4V 1P5)


NBC

National Building Code of Canada
(National Research Council of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0R6)


NFPA

National Fire Protection Association
(1 Batterymarch Park, P.O. Box 9101, Quincy, Massachusetts 02269-9101 U.S.A.)


NLGA

National Lumber Grades Authority
(103-4400 Dominion Street, Burnaby, British Columbia V5G 4G3)


SMACNA

Sheet Metal and Air Conditioning Contractors National Association Inc.
(4201 Lafayette Centre Drive, Chantilly, Virginia 20151 U.S.A.)


ULC

Underwriters’ Laboratories of Canada
(7 Crouse Road, Scarborough, Ontario M1R 3A9)


WCLIB

West Coast Lumber Inspection Bureau
(6980 Southwest Varns Street, P.O. Box 23145, Portland, Oregon 97223 U.S.A.)


WH

Warnock Hersey Professional Services Ltd.
(3210 American Drive, Mississauga, Ontario L4V 1B3)


WWPA

Western Wood Products Association
(1500 Yeon Building, Portland, Oregon 97204 U.S.A.)