Saturday, September 25, 2010

Construction Terminology, Part II


A few more acronyms to whet your appetite.  At the recent NextGen meeting, these came up in conversation and discussion:

  • ADA.  American's with Disabilities Act.  This is the legislation that defines how we design and construct to allow equal access to all.  Sets things such as, for example, ramp slope and surface type, counter heights, door widths.
  • TDLR. Texas Department of Licensing.  This is the agency that sets our regulatory guidelines for construction and permitting.
  • RAS.  A Registered Accessibility Specialist; usually connected to a design firm or architect.
  • CD. Construction Document.
  • PSF. Price per square foot.
  • FDC. Fire Department connection.
  • CMU. Concrete masonry unit.
  • M-E-P. Short for mechanical-electrical-plumbing.
  • CDS.  Cold dark shell. As defined in a earlier post, the very basic shell in a retail setting, waiting for finish out.

More later.

Dave

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