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Day-5 Part B

The document lists commonly used full forms in civil engineering, design, drawing, and survey. It includes acronyms such as ACI (American Concrete Institute), CAD (Computer-Aided Design), and GPS (Global Positioning System), among others. The document serves as a reference for professionals in the field to understand various terminologies.

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Day-5 Part B

The document lists commonly used full forms in civil engineering, design, drawing, and survey. It includes acronyms such as ACI (American Concrete Institute), CAD (Computer-Aided Design), and GPS (Global Positioning System), among others. The document serves as a reference for professionals in the field to understand various terminologies.

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Some commonly used full forms in civil engineering:

1. ACI – American Concrete Institute


2. ASTM – American Society for Testing and Materials
3. BS – British Standard
4. CFT – Concrete-Filled Tube
5. CRP – Concrete Road Pavement
6. DPC – Damp Proof Course
7. FEM – Finite Element Method
8. GPS – Global Positioning System
9. IIT – Indian Institutes of Technology
10. IS – Indian Standard
11. IRC – Indian Road Congress
12. JCB – Joseph Cyril Bamford (manufacturer of construction equipment)
13. L&T – Larsen & Toubro (a major construction company)
14. PCC – Plain Cement Concrete
15. RCC – Reinforced Cement Concrete
16. SDC – Structural Design Code
17. STP – Sewage Treatment Plant
18. UPT – Unstable Plane Table
19. WBM – Water Bound Macadam
20. WPC – Wood Plastic Composite
Some commonly used full forms in design, drawing, and survey:

Design:

1. CAD – Computer-Aided Design


2. CAM – Computer-Aided Manufacturing
3. BOM – Bill of Materials
4. BOD – Basis of Design
5. FSD – Final Survey Drawing
6. RCC – Reinforced Cement Concrete
7. PCC – Plain Cement Concrete
8. PFD – Process Flow Diagram
9. SFD – Shear Force Diagram
10. B.O.Q. – Bill of Quantities
11. MTO – Material Take-Off
12. IS – Indian Standard
13. T.O.C. – Top of Concrete
14. T.O.S. – Top of Steel
15. M.C.D. – Minimum Clear Dimension
16. F.A. – Face of Anchor
17. R.F. – Reference Line

Drawing:

1. AOD – Above Ordnance Datum


2. PL – Property Line
3. T.L. – Top of Level
4. R.C.C. – Reinforced Cement Concrete
5. S.O.P. – Standard Operating Procedure
6. D.P.C. – Damp Proof Course
7. U.O.C. – Underline of Concrete
8. ELEV – Elevation
9. D/S – Downstream
10. U/S – Upstream
11. L.O.A. – Line of Action
12. N.T.S. – Not to Scale
13. F.D. – Finished Dimension
14. C.L. – Center Line
15. D.L. – Design Level

Survey:

1. GPS – Global Positioning System


2. GIS – Geographic Information System
3. RTK – Real-Time Kinematic (surveying technique)
4. TS – Total Station
5. DGPS – Differential Global Positioning System
6. CORS – Continuously Operating Reference Station
7. UTM – Universal Transverse Mercator
8. BM – Bench Mark
9. ELEV – Elevation
10. FS – Fore Sight
11. BS – Back Sight
12. A.S.L. – Above Sea Level
13. H.D. – Horizontal Distance
14. V.D. – Vertical Distance
15. C.L. – Center Line
16. N.T.S. – Not to Scale
17. M.S.L. – Mean Sea Level
18. C.L.I. – Cross Line Intercept

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