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Civil engineering Full Forms

As many are wondering what are those short terms words used in Civil engineering drawings, Notes, or journals. So Here are some Civil engineering full forms or civil engineering abbreviations like RCC full form in civil engineering, DPC full form in civil engineering, PCC full form in civil engineering, etc.

This civil full form list helps you to understand those short forms you have seen in your construction drawings or any civil engineering books.

Civil Full Form List

Sl.no	Short Forms	Civil Full form / Abbreviations
1	AC	Asphalt Concrete
2	A.B	Anchor Bolt Or Asbestos Board
3	APM	Assistant Project Manager
4	AE	Assistant Engineer
5	A.S.T.M	American Society for Testing Materials
6	A.S.C	Allowable stress of concrete
7	A.R.E.A	American Railway Engineering Association
8	A.C.I	American concrete institute
9	A.A.S.H.T.O	American Association of State Highway Transport
10	BWK	Brick Work
11	BRW	Brick Retaining Wall
12	BOQ	Bill Of Quantities
13	BLK	Block Work
14	BHK	Bedroom, Hall, Kitchen
15	B.O.F	Bottom Of Foundation
16	B.M	Bending moment
17	B.M	Benchmark
18	CS	Comparative statement
19	CRW	Concrete Retaining Wall
20	CPM	Critical path method
21	CP	Cement plaster
22	CMU	Concrete Masonry Unit
23	CL	Centre Line
24	CJ	Construction Joint
25	CIP	Cast In Place
26	CE	Chief Engineer
27	CC	Centre To Centre
28	CC	Cement concrete
29	CBW	Concrete Block Wall
30	C.I.Sheet	Corrugated Iron sheet
31	C.I.Pipe	Cast iron pipe
32	DWLS	Dowels
33	DRG	Drawings
34	DPR	Daily Progress Report
35	DPC	Damp proof course
36	DL	Development Length
37	DIM	Dimension
38	Dia	Diameter
39	D.L	Dead load
40	ELCB	Earth Leak Circuit Breaker
41	EL	Existing Load
42	EJ	Expansion Joint
43	EGL	Existing ground level
44	E.L	Environmental load
45	Ft	Foot Or Feet
46	FOC	Factor Of Safety
47	FL	Floor Level
48	FGL	Formation ground level
49	F.M	Fineness Modulus
50	GP	Ground plane
51	GL	Ground Level
52	HP	Horizontal plane
53	HFL	Highest flood level
54	HAC	High Alumina Cement
55	ISI	Indian Standard Institute
56	IOM	Inter Office Memo
57	JST	Joist
58	JE	Junior Engineer
59	Kg	Kilogram
60	LWC	Light Weight Concrete
61	LW	Light Weight
62	LC	Lime concrete
63	L.L	Live load
64	MT	Metric Tonnes
65	MRC	Material Receipt Challan
66	MM	Millimeter
67	MFL	Maximum Flood Level
68	MEP	Mechanical Electrical Plumbing
69	MCB	Miniature Circuit Breaker
70	MB	Measurement book
71	M	Meter
72	NCF	Neat cement finishing
73	N	Newton
74	OSR	Open Space Reservation Area
75	OPC	Ordinary Portland Cement
76	OGL	Original ground level
77	PWD	Permanent Works Engineer
78	PVC	Polyvinyl Chloride
79	PSI	Pound Per Square Inch
80	PSF	Pound Per Square Foot
81	PPR	Poly Propylene Random
82	PPE	Personal Protective Equipment
83	PO	Purchase Order
84	PM	Project Manager
85	PL	Plinth level
86	PERT	Program Evaluation and Review Technique
87	PCC	Plain Cement Concrete
88	PC	Precast Concrete
89	PC	Pile Cap
90	QS	Quantity Surveyor
91	QC	Quality control
92	RMC	Ready Mixed Concrete concrete
93	RL	Reduced level
94	RCC	Reinforced Cement Concrete
95	RC	Reinforced Concrete
96	RBC	Reinforced Brick concrete
97	R.B.W	Reinforced brickwork
98	SWG	Standard wire gauge
99	STP	Sewage Treatment Plant
100	SRC	Sulphate Resisting Cement
101	SCC	Self Compacting Concrete
102	TOW	Top Of Wall
103	TOC	Top Of Concrete
104	TOB	Top Of Beam
105	TMT	Thermo Mechanical Treatment
106	TDS	Total Dissolved Solids
107	TBM	Tunnel Boring Machine
108	TB	Tie Beam
109	U.S.C	Ultimate stress of concrete
110	UPVC	Unplasticized Polyvinyl chloride
111	USD	Ultimate strength design
112	VP	Vertical plane
113	W.C	Water closet
114	W.S.D	Working stress design
115	WL	Working Level
116	WO	Work Order

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