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! Acronym || Meaning
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| A || Area, Ampere; Acre; Alcove; Compressed Air Line
|-
| AB || Anchor Bolt; Asbestos Board
|-
| ABV || Above
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| AC || Air Conditioning, Alternating Current, Acoustical
|-
| ACC || Access
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| ACF || Architectural Concrete Finish
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| ACFL || Access Floor
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| ACI || American Concrete Institute
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| ACL || Across the Line
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| ACOUST || Acoustical
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| ACPL || Acoustical Plaster
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| ACR || Acrylic
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| ACST || Acoustic
|-
| ACT || Acoustical Tile; Actual
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| AD || Access Door, Area Drain
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| ADA || Americans with Disabilities Act of 1992
|-
| ADAAG || Americans with Disabilities Act Architectural Guidelines
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| ADD || Addendum; Addition
|-
| ADDL || Additional
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| ADH || Adhesive
|-
| ADJ || Adjust, Adjustable, Adjacent
|-
| AF || Above the Floor
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| AFF || Above Finished Floor
|-
| AGA || American Gas Association
|-
| AGG || Aggregate
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| AGGR || Aggregate
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| AIA || American Institute of Architects, American Insurance Association
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| AIC || Amperes Interrupting Circuit
|-
| AIEE || American Institute of Electrical Engineers
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| AISC || American Institute of Steel Construction
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| AL || Aluminum
|-
| ALM || Alarm
|-
| ALS || Acrylic Latex Sealant
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| ALT || Alternate, Alteration; Altitude
|-
| ALUM || Aluminum
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| AMB || Ambient
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| AMP || Ampere, Ampacity
|-
| AMPY || Ampere
|-
| AMT || Amount
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| AN || Anode
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| ANCH || Anchor, Anchorage
|-
| ANN || Annunciator
|-
| ANOD || Anodized
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| ANT || Antenna
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| AP || Access Panel
|-
| APPD || Approved
|-
| APPROX || Approximate
|-
| APRVD || Approved
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| APT || Apartment
|-
| APX || Approximate
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| AR || Acid Resisting
|-
| ARCH || Architect, Architectural
|-
| ARS || Asbestos Roof Shingles
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| AS || Acoustic Sealant
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| ASB || Asbestos
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| ASC || Above Suspended Ceiling
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| ASCE || American Society of Civil Engineers
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| ASME || American Society of Mechanical Engineers
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| ASPH || Asphalt
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| ASSEM || Assemble
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| ASSOC || Association; Associate
|-
| ASSY || Assembly
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| ASTM || American Society for Testing and Materials
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| AT || Acoustical Tile; Asphalt Tile
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| ATC || Acoustical Tile Ceiling
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| ATM || Automatic Teller Machine; Atmospheric
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| ATTEN || Attenuation
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| AUTH || Authorized
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| AUTO || Automatic
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| AVG || Average
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| AW || Acid Waste
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| AWG || American Wire Gauge
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| AWM || Automatic Washing Machine
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| AWS || American Welding Society
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| AWWA || American Water Works Association
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| AX || Axis
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| B &amp; B || Balled and Burlapped, Bell and Bell
|-
| B &amp; F || Bell and Flange
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| B &amp; S || Bell and Spigot, Brown &amp; Sharp
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| B TO B || Back to Back
|-
| B/ || Bottom (of)
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| B || Boiler, Bathroom, Bidet
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| BA || Bulb Angle
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| BAF || Baffle
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| BAL || Balance, Ballast
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| BB || Buffalo Box, Ball Bearing,, Bulletin Board
|-
| BBD || Bulletin Board
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| BBL || Barrel
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| BC || Broom Closet
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| BD || Board, Blow Down (pipe)
|-
| BDL || Bundle
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| BDRM || Bedroom
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| BDY || Boundary
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| BEL || Below
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| BET || Between
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| BETW || Between
|-
| BEV || Bevel
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| BF || Board Foot, Back Face, Bottom Face, Both Faces, Boiler Feed
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| BG || Bag (e.g., of cement)
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| BHD || Bulkhead
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| BHP || Brake Horsepower
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| BIT || Bituminous
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| BJF || Bituminous Joint Filler
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| BKR || Breaker
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| BL || Base Line, Building Line, Block
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| BLDG || Building
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| BLK || Block
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| BLKG || Blocking
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| BLO || Blower
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| BLR || Boiler
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| BLT || Borrowed Lite, Bullet Tips (Hinges)
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| BLT-IN || Built-In
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| BM || Beam, Bench Mark
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| BMT || Butyl Mastic Tape Sealant
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| BN || Bullnose
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| BNDG || Bending (re-bars)
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| BNT || Bent
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| BO || Blow Off
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| BOT || Bottom
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| BP || Base Plate, Blueprint, Bypass
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| BPL || Bearing Plate
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| BR || Bedroom, Brick, Brass, Boiler Room Branch
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| BRDG || Bridge, Bridging
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| BRG || Bearing
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| BRK || Brick
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| BRKR || Breaker
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| BRKT || Bracket
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| BRS || Butyl Rubber Sealant, Brass
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| BRZ || Bronze
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| BRZG || Brazing
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| BS || Both Sides, Backset, Bluestone
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| BSMT || Basement
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| BT || Bathtub, Bolt
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| BTR || Better
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| BTU || British Thermal Units
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| BTUH || British Thermal Units per Hour
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| BUR || Built-up Roof
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| BUZ || Buzzer
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| BV || Butterfly Valve
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| BVL || Bevelled
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| BW || Both Ways
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| BWV || Back Water Valve
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| BYP || By Pass
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| C TO C || Center to Center
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| C.I. || Cast Iron
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| C.O. || Cased Opening
|-
| C/C || Center to Center
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| C || Courses, Curb, Channel, Degrees Celsius, Clock Outlet, Calcimine
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| CA || Compressed Air
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| CAB || Cabinet
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| CAD || Cadmium, Computer-Aided Drafting
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| CAIS || Caisson
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| CAP || Capacity
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| CAR || Carpet
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| CARP || Carpenter
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| Cast Brass, Coal Bin || 
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| CAT || Catalog
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| CAV || Cavity
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| CB || Catch Basin, Concrete Block,
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| CBL || Concrete Block
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| CBX || Cast Box Strike
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| CC || Cubic Centimeter
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| CCT || Circuit
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| CCTV || Closed Circuit TV
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| CCW || Counter Clockwise
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| CD || Cold Drawn, Cadmium
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| CDS || Cold Drawn Steel
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| CEL || Cellar
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| CEM AB || Cement Asbestos Board
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| Cem P || Cement Water Paint
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| CEM || Cement
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| CER || Ceramic
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| CF || Cubic Feet
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| CFL || Counterflashing
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| CFM || Cubic Feet per Minute
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| CFS || Cubic Feet per Second
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| CFT || Cubic Foot
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| CG || Corner Guard
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| CH || Coat Hook
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| CHAM || Chamfer
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| CHAN || Channel
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| CHB || Chalk Board
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| CHBD || Chalkboard
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| CHR || Chilled Water Return
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| CHS || Chilled Water Supply
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| CI || Cast Iron
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| CIN BL || Cinder Block
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| CIP || Cast Iron Pipe, Cast-in-Place
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| CIR || Circle, Circular, Circuit
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| CIRC || Circumference
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| CISP || Cast Iron Soil/sewer Pipe
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| CITG || Clear Insulating Tempered Glass
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| CJ || Control Joint
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| CJF || Cork Joint Filler
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| CK || Caulking
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| CKT || Circuit
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| CL || Centerline, Clearance, Closing, Closure, Class, Closet
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| CLG || Ceiling
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| CLH || Clothes Line Hook
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| CLKG || Caulking
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| CLL || Contract Limit Line
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| CLO || Closet
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| CLP || Clamp
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| CLR OPG || Clear Opening
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| CLR || Clear
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| CLS || Closure
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| CM || Circular Mil (1/1000 inch), Center Matched
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| CMP || Corrugated Metal Pipe
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| CMT || Ceramic Mosaic Tile
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| CMU || Concrete Masonry Unit
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| CMUP || Concrete Masonry Unit Painted
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| CND || Condition, Conduit
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| CNDS || Condensate
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| CNTR || Center, Counter
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| CNVR || Conveyor
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| CO &amp; DP || Cleanout &amp; Deck Plate
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| CO || Company, Cleanout, Cased Opening, Cut Out
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| COAX || Coaxial
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| COD || Cleanout Door
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| COEF || Coefficient
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| COL || Column
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| COM || Common
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| COMB || Combination, Combustion
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| COML || Commercial
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| COMM ED || Commonwealth Edison
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| COMP || Composition, Compressed
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| COMPO || Composition
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| COMPT || Compartment
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| CON || Construction
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| CONC || Concrete
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| CONCP || Concrete Painted
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| COND || Condenser, Conduit
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| Cone Tip (hinges) || 
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| CONN || Connection
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| CONST || Construction
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| CONSTR || Construction
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| CONT || Continuous, Continue, Control
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| CONTR || Contractor
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| CONV || Convector, Convenience
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| COP || Copper
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| COR || Corner, Corridor
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| CORR || Corridor, Corrugate
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| COV || Cover
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| CP || Cathodic Protection, Clothes Pole, Cesspool
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| CPE || Chlorinated Polyethylene
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| CPL || Cement Plaster
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| CPP || Cement Plaster Painted
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| CPR || Copper
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| CPT || Carpet
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| CR || Chromium (plated), Curtain Rod
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| CRPT || Carpet
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| CRS || Course, Cold Rolled Steel
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| CS || Countersink, Cast Steel, Cast Stone, Commercial Standard
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| CSG || Casing
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| CSK || Countersink
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| CSMT || Casement
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| CSN || Caisson
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| CSS || Countersunk Screw
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| CSTG || Casting
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| CT || Ceramic Tile, Cork Tile,
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| CTD || Coated
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| CTR || Center, Counter
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| CTSC || Communications Systems Terminal Cabinet
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| CTSK || Countersunk
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| CTWT || Counterweight
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| CU. FT. || Cubic Feet
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| CU. YD. || Cubic Yard
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| CU || Copper, Cubic, Coefficient of Utilization
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| CUR || Current
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| CV || Check Valve
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| CW || Clockwise, Cold Water
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| CWP || Circulating Water Pump
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| CWR || Condensate Waste Return
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| CWS || Condensate Waste Supply
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| CY || Cubic Yard, Cycle
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| CYL L || Cylinder Lock
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| CYL || Cylinder
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| D &amp; M || Dressed &amp; Matched
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| D || Deep, Depth, Drop, Drain
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| DA || Double Acting
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| DB || Decibel
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| DBL || Double
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| DBT || Drybulb Temperature
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| DC || Direct Current
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| DCV || Detector Check Valve
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| DD || Driveway Drain, Deck Drain
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| DEG || Degree
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| DEGC || Degree Celcius
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| DEGF || Degree Farenheit
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| DEM || Demolish
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| DEMO || Demolition
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| DEP || Dpressed
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| DEPT || Department
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| DET || Detail
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| DF || Drinking Fountain
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| DH || Double Hung
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| DIA || Diameter
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| DIAG || Diagonal
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| DIAM || Diameter
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| DIFF || Diffuser
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| DIM || Dimension
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| DISL || Disposal
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| DISP || Dispenser
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| DIV || Division
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| DL || Dead Load
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| DMH || Drop Manhole
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| DMT || Demountable
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| DN || Down
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| DO || Ditto, or Door Opening
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| DP || Dampproofing, Dew Point, Distribution Panel
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| DPDT || Double Pole Double Throw
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| DPR || Damper
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| DPST || Double Pole Single Throw
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| DR || Door, Drain, Dining Room
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| DRBD || Drainboard
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| DS || Downspout
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| DS || Downspout, Disconnect Switch, Door Switch
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| DSP || Dry Standpipe
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| DSP || Dry Standpipe
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| DT || Drain Tile
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| DTL || Detail
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| DVTL || Dovetail
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| DW || Dumbwaiter, Distilled Water
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| DWG || Drawing
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| DWGS || Drawings
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| DWL || Dowel
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| DWP || Drywall, Painted
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| DWR || Drawer
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| DX || Direct Expansion, Duplex
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| E TO E || End to End
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| E || East, Enamel, Exhaust
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| EA || Each
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| EB || Expansion Bolt
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| EC || Exposed Construction
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| ECC || Eccentric
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| ECP || Exposed Construction Painted
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| EDR || Equivalent Direct Radiation
|-
| EE || Each End
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| EF || Each Face
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| EFTS || Expanding Foam Tape Sealant
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| EG || Edge Grain
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| EIFS || Exterior Insulation and Finish System
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| EJ || Expansion Joint
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| EJECT || Ejector
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| EL || Elevation, Elevator
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| ELB || Elbow
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| ELEC || Electrical
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| ELECT || Electrical
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| ELEV || Elevator, Elevation
|-
| ELP || Emergency Lighting Panel
|-
| EM || Emergency
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| EMER || Emergency
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| ENAM || Enamel
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| ENCL || Enclosure
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| ENG || Engineer
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| ENGR || Engineer
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| ENJF || Expanded Neoprene Joint Filler
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| ENT || Entrance
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| ENTR || Entrance
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| EP || Electrical Panelboard, Explosion Proof
|-
| EPDM || Ethylene Propylene Diene Monomer
|-
| EPJF || Expanded Polyethelene Joint Filler
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| EQ || Equal
|-
| EQP || Equipment
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| EQPT || Equipment
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| EQUIP || Equipment
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| ERP || Emergency Receptacle Panel
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| ESC || Escalator
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| EST || Estimate
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| EVAP || Evaporator
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| EW &amp; C || Electric Wiring and Communication
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| EW || Each Way
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| EWC || Electric Water Cooler
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| EWH || Electric Water Heater
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| EX || Exposed Construction, Exit
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| EXC || Excavate
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| EXCAV || Excavate
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| EXEC || Executive
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| EXG || Existing
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| EXH AIR || Exhaust Air
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| EXH || Exhaust
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| EXIST || Existing
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| EXP || Expansion, Exposed
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| EXPN || Expansion
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| EXPP || Existing Patched and Painted
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| EXS || Extra Strong
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| EXT || Exterior, Extinguish
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| EXTR || Extrude
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| F TO F || Face to Face
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| F || Degrees Fahrenheit, Fuse
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| FA || Fire Alarm, Fresh Air
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| FAB || Fabricate
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| FABR || Fabricate
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| FACP || Fire Alarm Control Panel
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| FAG || Fire Alarm Gong
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| FAO || Finish All Over
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| FAR || Floor Area Ratio
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| FAST || Fastener, Fasten
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| FB || Flat Bar, Face Brick, Floor Box
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| FBD || Fiberboard
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| FBM || Foot Board Measure
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| FBP || Fabric Panel
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| FBRK || Fire Brick
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| FC || File Cabinet, Foot Candle, Fault Current
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| FD || Floor drain
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| FDC || Fire Department Connection
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| FDN || Foundation
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| FDTN || Foundation
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| FE || Fire Extinguisher
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| FEC || Fire Extinguisher Cabinet
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| FF&amp;E || Fixtures, Furnishings &amp; Equipment
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| FF || Far Face, Finished Floor, Factory Finish
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| FFE || Finished Floor Elevation
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| FFL || Finished Floor Line
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| FGL || Fiberglass
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| FGR || Fiberglass reinforced
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| FH || Flat Head, Fire Hose
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| FHC || Fire Hose Cabinet
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| FHMS || Flat head machine screw
|-
| FHR || Fire Hose Rack
|-
| FHS || Fire Hose Station
|-
| FHWS || Flat Head Wood Screw
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| FHY || Fire Hydrant
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| FIL || Fillet
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| FIN || Finish, finished
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| FITG || Fitting
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| FIX || Fixture
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| FIXT || Fixture
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| FL || Floor, Fire Line
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| FLASH || Flashing
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| FLEX || Flexible
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| FLG || Flange, Flashing, Flooring
|-
| FLG || Flooring
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| FLR || Floor
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| FLUOR || Fluorescent
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| FLX || Flexible
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| FM || Fire Main, Factory Mutual Company
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| FND || Feminine Napkin Dispenser, Foundation
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| FO || Finished Opening
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| FOB || Free On Board
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| FOC || Face of Concrete
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| FOF || Face of Finish
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| FOS || Face of Studs
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| FP || Fireproof
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| FPL || Fireplace
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| FPM || Feet per minute
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| FPRF || Fireproof
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| FPS || Feet per Second
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| FR || Frame, Front, Fire Riser
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| FRG || Forged
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| FRM || Frame
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| FRPF || Fireproof
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| FRT || Fire Retardant
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| FS || Full Size, Far Side, Federal Standards, Fused Switch, Floor Sink
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| FSCW || Flush Solid Core Wood
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| FT || Foot, Feet, Fully Tempered
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| FTG || Footing, Fitting
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| FUR || Furred
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| FURN || Furnish, Furniture
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| FURR || Furring
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| FUT || Future
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| FVC || Fire Valve Cabinet
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| G || Gas, Girder, Gutter, Gram
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| GA || Gauge, Gage
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| GAGE || Gauge
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| GAL || Gallon
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| GALV || Galvanized
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| GB || Grab Bar, Glass Block, Gypsum Board
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| GC || General Contractor
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| GCMU || Glazed Concrete Masonry Unit
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| GD || Guard, Grade, Gutter Drain
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| GEN || General, Generator
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| GENL || General
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| GF || Ground Face
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| GFCI || Ground Fault Circuit Interrupted
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| GFI || Ground Fault Interrupted
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| GFRC || Glass Fiber Reinforced Concrete
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| GI || Galvanized Iron
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| GKT || Gasket
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| GL BLK || Glass Block
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| GL || Glass
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| GLB || Glass Block
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| GLVA || Globe Valve
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| GLZ || Glaze
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| GMU || Glazed Masonry Unit
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| GND || Ground
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| GOVT || Government
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| GP || Galvanized Pipe
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| GPDW || Gypsum Drywall
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| GPH || Gallons Per Hour
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| GPL || Gypsum Lath
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| GPM || Gallons Per Minute
|-
| GPP || Gypsum Plaster Painted
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| GPPL || Gypsum Plaster
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| GPS || Gallons Per Second
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| GR || Grade, Grille, Granite
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| GRAN || Granular, Granite
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| GRND || Ground
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| GRTG || Grating
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| GSS || Galvanized Sheet Steel
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| GSU || Glazed Structural Unit
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| GT || Grout
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| GV || Galvanized
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| GVA || Gate Valve
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| GVL || Gravel
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| GYP BD || Gypsum Board
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| GYP || Gypsum
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| H || High
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| HA || Hectare
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| HB || Hose Bib
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| HBD || Hardboard
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| HC || Hollow Core, Handicapped (better called Accessible")
|-
| HCT || Hollow Clay Tile
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| HD || Head, Heavy Duty
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| HDCP || Handicapped (better called "Accessible")
|-
| HDN || Harden
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| HDR || Header
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| HDW || Hardware
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| HDWD || Hardwood
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| HDWE || Hardware
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| HEX || Hexagonal
|-
| HGR || Hanger
|-
| HGT || Height
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| HH || Handhole
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| HHMB || Hex Head Machine Bolt
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| HID || High Intensity Discharge
|-
| HK || Hook or Hooks
|-
| HKD || Hooked (re-bars)
|-
| HL || Hydrant Line
|-
| HM || Hollow Metal
|-
| HMP || Hollow Metal, Painted
|-
| HNCG || Hollow Neoprene Compression Gasket
|-
| HOR || Horizontal
|-
| HORIZ || Horizontal
|-
| HOSP || Hospital
|-
| HP || High Point, High Pressure, Horse Power
|-
| HPS || High Pressure Sodium, High Pressure Steam
|-
| HR || Hour
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| HRS || Hot Rolled Steel, Hours
|-
| HS || Heat Strengthened
|-
| HSG || Housing
|-
| HT || Height, Heat, High Tension Duct
|-
| HTG || Heating
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| HTR || Heater
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| HTW || High Temperature Water
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| HV || High Voltage
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| HVAC || Heating, Ventilating &amp; Air Conditioning
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| HVY || Heavy
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| HW || Hot Water, Heavy Wall
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| HWC || Hot Water Circulating, Heavy Wall Conduit
|-
| HWD || Hardwood
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| HWH || Hot Water Heater
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| HWR || Hot Water Recirculating Return
|-
| HWS || Hot Water Supply
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| HWY || Highway
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| HYD || Hydraulic
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| HYDRO || Hydrostatic
|-
| HZ || Hertz (Cycles Per Second)
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| I ||  Iron, Current (electrical)
|-
| IBV || Indicating Butterfly Valve
|-
| IC || Interrupting Capacity
|-
| ID || Inside Diameter
|-
| IE || Invert Elevation
|-
| ILK || Interlock
|-
| IMH || Inlet Manhole
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| IN || Inch
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| INC || Incandescent
|-
| INCAND || Incandescent
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| INCIN || Incinerator
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| INCL || Incline, Include
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| INCR || Increase
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| INFO || Information
|-
| INS || Insulate, Insulation
|-
| INSP || Inspect
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| INSTL || Install
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| INSUL || Insulation
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| INT || Interior, Internal
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| INTERM || Intermediate
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| INTM || Intermediate
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| INV || Invert
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| IP || Iron Pipe
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| IPS || Iron Pipe Size
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| IW || Indirect Waste
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| J ||  Joist
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| JAN || Janitor
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| JB || Junction Box
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| J-BOX || Junction Box
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| JC || Janitor's Closet
|-
| JCT || Junction
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| JF || Joint Filler
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| JST || Joist
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| JT || Joint
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| K || Kilopound (1000 pounds), Kelvin (temperature)
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| KAL || Kalamein
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| KCP || Keene's Cement Plaster
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| KG || Kilogram
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| KIP || Kilopound (1000 pounds)
|-
| KIT || Kitchen
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| KM || Kilometer
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| KO || Knockout
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| KP || Kickplate
|-
| KPL || Kickplate
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| KS || Kitchen Sink
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| KVA || Kilovolt-Ampere
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| KW || Kilowatt
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| KWH || Kilowatt Hour
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| KWHR || Kilowatt Hour
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| L ||  Angle, Left, Length, Lighting Panel, Long, Line
|-
| LA || Landscape Architect, Lightning Arrester
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| LAB || Laboratory, Labor
|-
| LAD || Ladder
|-
| LAM || Laminate, Laminated
|-
| LAT || Lateral
|-
| LAV || Lavatory
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| LB || Pound (weight), Lag Bolt
|-
| LBL || Label
|-
| LBR || Lumber
|-
| LC || Light Control, Lead Covered
|-
| LCD || Liquid Crystal Diode
|-
| LCL || Linen Closet
|-
| LCM || Lead Coated Metal
|-
| LD || Leader Drain
|-
| LH || Left Hand
|-
| LIB || Library
|-
| LIBR || Library
|-
| LIN || Linear
|-
| LINO || Linoleum
|-
| LIQ || Liquid
|-
| LKR || Locker
|-
| LL || Live Load
|-
| LMS || Limestone
|-
| LN || Length
|-
| LNDG || Landing
|-
| LNTL || Lintel
|-
| LOC || Locate
|-
| LOCS || Locations
|-
| LP || Low Point, Low Pressure, Lighting Panel, Light Proof
|-
| LPS || Low Pressure Sodium, Low Pressure Steam
|-
| LR || Living Room
|-
| LS || Limestone, Loud Speaker
|-
| LT WT || Lightweight
|-
| LT || Light, Low Tension Duct, Laundry Tray
|-
| LTG || Lighting
|-
| LTL || Lintel
|-
| LV || Low Voltage
|-
| LVR || Louver
|-
| LW || Light Weight
|-
| LWC || Light Weight Concrete
|-
| LWDP || Louvered Wood Door, Painted
|-
| M || Meter, Motor, Thousand (brick), Bending Moment
|-
| MACH || Machine
|-
| MAINT || Maintenance
|-
| MAN; Manual || 
|-
| MAR || Marble
|-
| MARB || Marble
|-
| MAS || Masonry
|-
| MAT || Material
|-
| MATL || Material
|-
| MAX || Maximum
|-
| MB || Mail Box, Machine Bolt, Mop Basin
|-
| MC || Medicine Cabinet, Mineral Core
|-
| MCC || Motor Control Center
|-
| MCM || Thousand Circular Mils (electrical wire size)
|-
| ME || Mechanical Engineer
|-
| MECH || Mechanical
|-
| MED CAB || Medicine Cabinet
|-
| MED || Medium
|-
| MEMB || Membrane
|-
| MERC || Mercury Vapor
|-
| MET || Metal
|-
| MEZZ || Mezzanine
|-
| MFD || Manufactured, Metal Floor Deck
|-
| MFG || Manufacturer, Manufacturing
|-
| MFR || Manufacture, Manufacturer
|-
| MH || Manhole
|-
| MI || Malleable Iron, Miles
|-
| MIKE || Microphone
|-
| MIN || Minimum
|-
| MIR || Mirror
|-
| MISC || Miscellaneous
|-
| MK || Mark
|-
| ML&amp;P || Metal Lath &amp; Plaster
|-
| MLD || Molding
|-
| MLDG || Molding
|-
| MM || Millimeter
|-
| MMB || Membrane
|-
| MO || Masonry Opening
|-
| MOD || Module
|-
| MONO || Monolithic
|-
| MOV || Movable
|-
| MP || Metal Acoustal Panel
|-
| MPS || Medium Pressure Steam
|-
| MR || Mop Receptor
|-
| MRD || Metal Roof Deck
|-
| MT || Mount, Mounted
|-
| MTD || Mounted
|-
| MTL || Material, Metal
|-
| MTR || Motor
|-
| MUL || Mullion
|-
| MULL || Mullion
|-
| MV || Mercury Vapor
|-
| MWK || Millwork
|-
| MWP || Maximum Working Pressure
|-
| N || North, Nitrogen
|-
| NAP || Napkin
|-
| NAT || Natural
|-
| NATL || Natural
|-
| NB || Nota Bene Latin phrase for "Take Special Note"
|-
| NC || Normally Closed, Noise Criteria
|-
| NEC || National Electrical Code
|-
| NEUT || Neutral
|-
| NF || Near Face
|-
| NFWH || Non-freeze Wall Hydrant
|-
| NI || Nickel
|-
| NIC || Not In Contract
|-
| NK || Neck
|-
| NMT || Non-Metallic
|-
| NO || Number, Normally Open
|-
| NOM || Nominal
|-
| NR || Noise Reduction
|-
| NRC || Noise Reduction Coefficient
|-
| NRP || Non-Removable Pin
|-
| NRS || Non Rising Steam Valve
|-
| NS || Near Side
|-
| NTS || Not To Scale
|-
| O TO O || Out to Out
|-
| O || Oxygen
|-
| OA || Outside Air, Overall
|-
| OB || Obscure
|-
| OBS || Obscure
|-
| OC || On Center
|-
| OD || Outside Diameter
|-
| OF || Outside Face
|-
| OFF || Office
|-
| OH || Overhead
|-
| OHD || Overhead Door
|-
| OHMS || Oval Head Machine Screw
|-
| OHWS || Oval Head Wood Screw
|-
| OI || Ornamental Iron
|-
| OP || Opaque
|-
| OPG || Opening
|-
| OPNG || Opening
|-
| OPP H || Opposite Hand
|-
| OPP || Opposite
|-
| OR || Outside Radius
|-
| ORN || Ornamental
|-
| OS&amp;Y || Outside Screw &amp; Yoke (valve)
|-
| OSD Open Sight Drain || 
|-
| OUT || Outlet
|-
| OVFL || Overflow
|-
| OW || Open Waste
|-
| OZ || Ounce
|-
| P SL || Pipe Sleeve
|-
| P. LAM || Plastic Laminate
|-
| P || Pitch, Power Panel, Paint
|-
| PA || Public Address
|-
| PAF || Powder Actuated Fasteners
|-
| PAR || Parallel
|-
| PARTN || Partition
|-
| PASS || Passage, Passenger
|-
| PB STA || Push Button Station
|-
| PB || Pull Box, Push Button, Panic Bar
|-
| PBD || Particle Board
|-
| PBMT || Preshimmed Butyl Mastic Sealant Tape
|-
| PC || Pull Chain, Piece, Precast Concrete
|-
| PCF || Pounds per cubic foot
|-
| PCPL || Portland Cement Plaster
|-
| PD || Pump Discharge, Plaza Drain
|-
| PDP || Paneled Door, Painted
|-
| PE || Porcelain Enamel, Professional Engineer
|-
| PED || Pedestal, Pedestrian
|-
| PERF || Perforate, Performance
|-
| PERIM || Perimeter
|-
| PERP || Perpendicular
|-
| PFN || Prefinished
|-
| PG || Pressure Gauge
|-
| PH || Phase, Preheat, Phone
|-
| PIV || Pivoted, Post Indicator Valve
|-
| PJF || Preformed Joint Filler
|-
| PKG || Parking
|-
| PKWY || Parkway
|-
| PL || Plate, Plan, Property Line, Plastic Laminate, Plastic
|-
| PLAS LAM || Plastic Laminate
|-
| PLAS || Plaster, Plastic
|-
| PLBG || Plumbing
|-
| PLF || Pounds Per Lineal Foot
|-
| PLG || Plumbing
|-
| PLMBG || Plumbing
|-
| PLTF || Platform
|-
| PLUMB || Plumbing
|-
| PLWD || Plywood
|-
| PLYWD || Plywood
|-
| PNEU || Pneumatic
|-
| PNL || Panel
|-
| PNT || Paint
|-
| POL || Polish, Polished
|-
| PORC || Porcelain
|-
| PORT || Portable
|-
| POT W || Potable Water
|-
| PP || Plaster, Painted, Power Panel, Precast Panel
|-
| PR || Pair
|-
| PRC || Precast
|-
| PRCST || Precast
|-
| PRE || Prefinished
|-
| PREFAB || Prefabricated
|-
| PRES || Pressure
|-
| PRESS || Pressure
|-
| PRF || Preformed
|-
| PRFMD || Preformed
|-
| PRI || Primary
|-
| PRMLD || Premolded
|-
| PROT || Protection, Protective
|-
| PRSTR || Prestressed
|-
| PRTN || Partition
|-
| PRV || Pressure Reducing Valve
|-
| PS || Plumbing Stack
|-
| PSC || Prestressed Concrete
|-
| PSF || Pounds per square foot
|-
| PSI || Pounds per square inch
|-
| PSIG || Pounds per square inch gage
|-
| PT || Paint, Point, Part, Potential Transformer
|-
| PTC || Post-Tensioned Concrete
|-
| PTD/R || Combination Paper Towel Dispenser/Receptacle
|-
| PTD || Painted, Paper Towel Dispenser
|-
| PTN || Partition
|-
| PTR || Paper Towel Receptacle
|-
| PV || Paving
|-
| PVC || Polyvinyl Chloride
|-
| PVF || Polyvinylidene Finish
|-
| PVG || Paving
|-
| PVMT || Pavement
|-
| PVT || Private
|-
| PW || Pass Window
|-
| PWR || Power
|-
| QT || Quarry Tile, Quart
|-
| QTR || Quarter
|-
| QTY || Quantity
|-
| QUAL || Quality
|-
| QUANT || Quantity
|-
| R &amp; S || Rod and Shelf
|-
| R || Riser, Radius, Resistance, Relay Panel
|-
| RA || Return Air, Registered Architect
|-
| RAD || Radius, Radiator
|-
| RADN || Radian
|-
| RB || Rubber, Rubber Base, Resilient Base
|-
| RBC || Rubber Base (Coved),
|-
| RBS || Rubber Base (Straight)
|-
| RBT || Rabbet
|-
| RCF || Raised Computer Floor
|-
| RCP || Reflected Ceiling Plan, Reinforced Concrete Pipe
|-
| RD || Roof Drain, Round, Receptacle Distribution Panel
|-
| REBAR || Reinforcing Bar
|-
| REC || Receiver
|-
| RECEP || Receptacle
|-
| RECP || Receptacle
|-
| RED || Reducer
|-
| REF || Refer, Reference, Refrigerator
|-
| REFL || Reflected, Reflector
|-
| REFR || Refrigerate, Refrigerator
|-
| REG || Register, Regular
|-
| REINF || Reinforcement, or Reinforce
|-
| REM || Remove, Removable
|-
| REQ || Require, Required
|-
| REQD || Required
|-
| RES || Resilient
|-
| RESIL || Resilient
|-
| REST || Resistance
|-
| RET || Return, Retaining
|-
| RETG || Retaining
|-
| REV DR || Revolving Door
|-
| REV || Reverse, Revise, Revision
|-
| RF || Roof
|-
| RFG || Roofing
|-
| RGH OPNG:Rough Opening || 
|-
| RGH || Rough
|-
| RGTR || Register
|-
| RH || Right Hand, Reheat, Relative Humidity
|-
| RHC || Reheat Coil
|-
| RHMS || Round Head Machine Screw
|-
| RHR || Right Hand Reverse, Reheater
|-
| RHWS || Round Head Wood Screw
|-
| RM || Room
|-
| RMS || Root Mean Squared
|-
| RMV || Remove
|-
| RN || Riser Nipple
|-
| RO || Rough Opening
|-
| ROB || Rod Out Basin
|-
| ROW || Right of Way
|-
| RPM || Revolutions Per Minute
|-
| RPT || Repeat (like "Ditto")
|-
| RR || Railroad
|-
| RT || Rubber Tile, Right
|-
| RTR/RR Rubber Tread/Rubber Riser || 
|-
| Rubberized Bituminous Compound || 
|-
| RVS || Reverse Side
|-
| RVT || Rivet
|-
| RW || Redwood
|-
| RWC || Rain Water Conductor
|-
| RWD || Redwood
|-
| RWL || Rain Water Leader
|-
| S&amp;M || Surfaced &amp; Matched
|-
| S&amp;S || Stained &amp; Sealed
|-
| S&amp;V || Stain &amp; Varnish
|-
| S || South, Sealant, Supply, Sink
|-
| S4S || Surfaced 4 Sides
|-
| SACT || Suspended Acoustical Tile
|-
| SALV || Salvage
|-
| SAN || Sanitary
|-
| SB || Setting Basin, Splash Block
|-
| SC || Solid Core, Short Circuit, Self Closing, Sill Cock
|-
| SCD || Seat Cover Dispenser
|-
| SCFT || Structural Clay Facing Tile
|-
| SCH || Schedule
|-
| SCHED || Schedule
|-
| SCR || Screen
|-
| SCUP || Scupper
|-
| SCWD || Solid Core Wood
|-
| SD || Soap Dispenser
|-
| SE || Structural Engineer
|-
| SEAL || Sealant
|-
| SEC || Second, Section, Secondary, Security System
|-
| SECT || Section
|-
| SECY || Secretary
|-
| SED || Sewage Ejector Discharge
|-
| SEL || Select
|-
| SERV || Service
|-
| SEV || Sewage Ejector Vent
|-
| SF || Square Foot
|-
| SFGL || Safety Glass
|-
| SGG || Structural Glazing Gasket
|-
| SGS || Silicone Glazing Sealant
|-
| SH || Shelf, Sheet, Shower
|-
| SHR || Shower
|-
| SHT || Sheet
|-
| SHTH || Sheathing
|-
| SHTHG || Sheathing
|-
| SHWR || Shower
|-
| SIG || Signal
|-
| SIM || Similar
|-
| SJS || Silicone Joint Sealant
|-
| SK || Sink
|-
| SKL || Skylight
|-
| SL || Siamese Line
|-
| SLOT || Slotted
|-
| SLV || Sleeve
|-
| SND || Sanitary Napkin Dispenser
|-
| SNGG || Sponge Neoprene Glazing Gasket
|-
| SNR || Sanitary Napkin Receptacle
|-
| SNT || Sealant
|-
| SP || Soil Pipe, Standpipe, Soundproof, Single Pole
|-
| SPC || Spacer
|-
| SPD || Sump Pump Discharge
|-
| SPDT || Single Pole Double Throw
|-
| SPEC || Specification, Specifications
|-
| SPECS || Specifications
|-
| SPK || Speaker
|-
| SPL || Special
|-
| SPLR || Sprinkler
|-
| SPM || Sprinkler Main
|-
| SPP || Skim Coat Plaster Painted
|-
| SPST || Single Pole Single Throw
|-
| SQ || Square
|-
| SS || Stainless Steel, Set Screw, Soil Stack, Service Sink, Slop Sink
|-
| SSD || Sub-soil Drain
|-
| SSGS || Silicone Structural Glazing Sealant
|-
| SSK || Service Sink
|-
| SSS || Silicone Sanitary Sealant
|-
| SST || Stainless Steel
|-
| ST W || Storm Water
|-
| ST || Straight, Storm Water
|-
| STA || Station
|-
| STC || Sound Transmission Class
|-
| STD || Standard
|-
| STG || Storage, Seating
|-
| STGG || Structural Glazing Gasket
|-
| STGR || Stagger
|-
| STIFF || Stiffener
|-
| STK || Stack
|-
| STL || Steel
|-
| STM || Steam
|-
| STO || Storage
|-
| STOR || Storage
|-
| STP || Standard Temperature &amp; Pressure, Standpipe
|-
| STR || Straight (re-bars), Strainer, Structural, Starter
|-
| STRL || Structural
|-
| STRT || Straight
|-
| STRUC || Structural
|-
| STRUCT || Structural
|-
| STWY || Stairway
|-
| SUCT || Suction
|-
| SUPP || Supplementary, Supplement
|-
| SUPT || Superintendent
|-
| SUR || Surface
|-
| SUSP || Suspended, Suspend
|-
| SV || Safety Relief Valve
|-
| SW || Switch
|-
| SWBD || Switchboard
|-
| SWGR || Switchgear
|-
| SY || Square Yard
|-
| SYM || Symmetrical
|-
| SYN || Synthetic
|-
| SYS || System
|-
| T&amp;B || Top and Bottom
|-
| T&amp;G || Tongue &amp; Groove
|-
| T&amp;P || Temperature &amp; Pressure Relief Valve
|-
| T/ || Top
|-
| T || Tread, Thermostat, Tee
|-
| TAN || Tangent
|-
| TB || Towel Bar
|-
| TC || Top of Curb, Terracotta
|-
| TCLO || Telephone Closet
|-
| TCS || Terne Coated Stainless Steel
|-
| TD || Trench Drain
|-
| TEL CL || Telephone Closet
|-
| TEL || Telephone
|-
| TEMP || Temporary, Tempered, Temperature
|-
| TEN || Tenant
|-
| TER || Terrazzo
|-
| TERM || Terminal
|-
| TERR || Terrazzo
|-
| TGL || Toggle
|-
| TH || Thermostat
|-
| THK || Thick, Thickness
|-
| THKNS || Thickness
|-
| THR || Threshold
|-
| THRESH || Threshold
|-
| THRM || Thermal
|-
| THRMST || Thermostat
|-
| THRU || Through
|-
| TKBD || Tackboard
|-
| TL || Twist Lock (receptacle)
|-
| TLT || Toilet
|-
| TOL || Tolerance
|-
| TP || Top of Pavement
|-
| TPD || Toilet paper Dispenser
|-
| TPH || Toilet Paper Holder
|-
| TPTN || Toilet Partition
|-
| TR || Tread, Transom
|-
| TRANS || Transformer, Translucent
|-
| TRAV || Travertine
|-
| TRD || Tread
|-
| TS || Time Switch
|-
| TSL || Top of Slab
|-
| TST || Top of Steel
|-
| TSTAT || Thermostat
|-
| TT || Terrazzo Tile, Traffic Topping
|-
| TTC || Telephone Terminal Closet
|-
| TV || Television
|-
| TW || Top of Wall, Thin Wall (conduit), Tempered Water
|-
| TYP || Typical
|-
| TZ || Terrazzo
|-
| UC || Undercut
|-
| UH || Unit Heater
|-
| UL || Underwriters' Laboratories
|-
| UNEX || Unexcavated
|-
| UNEXC || Unexcavated
|-
| UNF || Unfinished
|-
| UNFIN || Unfinished
|-
| UNO || Unless Noted Otherwise
|-
| UON || Unless Otherwise Noted
|-
| UP || Unpainted
|-
| UR || Urinal
|-
| USG || United States Gauge, United States Gypsum Company
|-
| USS || United States Standard
|-
| UT || Utility
|-
| V || Volt, Valve, Vinyl, Vent, Ventilator
|-
| VA || Volt Ampere
|-
| VAC || Vacuum
|-
| VACBR || Vacuum Breaker
|-
| VAR || Varnish, Varies
|-
| VAT || Vinyl Asbestos Tile
|-
| VB || Vapor Barrier, Valve Box, Vinyl Base, Vacuum Breaker
|-
| VBC || Vinyl Base (Coved)
|-
| VBS || Vinyl Base (Straight)
|-
| VC || Varnished Cambric
|-
| VCP || Vitrified Clay Pipe
|-
| VCT || Vinyl Composition Tile
|-
| VENT || Ventilate, Ventilator
|-
| VERT || Vertical
|-
| VEST || Vestibule
|-
| VF || Vinyl Fabric
|-
| VFGT || Vinyl Foam Glazing Tape
|-
| VIF || Verify In the Field
|-
| VIN || Vinyl
|-
| VIT || Vitreous
|-
| VLT || Vault
|-
| VNR || Veneer
|-
| VOL || Volume
|-
| VP || Vapor Proof, Vent Pipe
|-
| VR || Vapor Retarder, Vacuum Return, Vertical Riser
|-
| VRM || Vermiculite
|-
| VS || Vent Stack
|-
| VT || Vinyl Tile
|-
| VTR || Vent Through Roof
|-
| VWC || Vinyl Wall Covering
|-
| W&amp;M || Washburn &amp; Moen Gauge
|-
| W/ || With
|-
| W/O || Without
|-
| W || West, Width, Wide, Watt, Waste, Water, Water Main
|-
| WAINS || Wainscot
|-
| WB || Wood Base
|-
| WC || Watercloset
|-
| WD || Wood
|-
| WDP || Wood, Painted
|-
| WDSS || Wood, Stained &amp; Sealed
|-
| WDW || Window
|-
| WF || Wide Flange (structural steel)
|-
| WFS || Water Flow Switch
|-
| WG || Wired Glass
|-
| WGL || Wire-Glass
|-
| WH || Water Heater, Wall Hung, Wall Hydrant
|-
| WI || Wrought Iron
|-
| WIN || Window
|-
| WM || Wire Mesh, Water Meter
|-
| WP || Waterproof, Working Point, Working Pressure, Weatherproof
|-
| WPR || Waterproofing
|-
| WPT || Working Point
|-
| WR || Water Resistant, Water Repellant, Waste Receptacle
|-
| WRSTP || Weatherstripping
|-
| WS || Weatherstripping, Water Stop
|-
| WSCT || Wainscot
|-
| WT || Weight, Water Table, Watertight
|-
| WVNR || Wood Veneer
|-
| WW || Window Wall
|-
| WWF || Welded Wire Fabric
|-
| X HVY || Extra Heavy
|-
| X STR || Extra Strong
|-
| XH || Extra Heavy
|-
| YD || Yard
|-
| YR || Year
|}

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