Civil Engineering Short Form

1000+ Most Important Abbreviations Used in Civil, Mech and Elect Engineering

Welcome to our comprehensive guide on Important Abbreviations Used in Civil, Mech and Elect Engineering. This page serves as a quick reference for commonly used abbreviations in these fields, designed to support professionals and students alike in navigating technical terminology efficiently.

Abbreviations : Short Forms	Full Forms : Stand for
A	Ampere
AAS	Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy
AASHTO	American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials
ABC	Aggregate Base Course
ABET	Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology
ABS	Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene
AC	Air conditioner, Air conditioning, Asbestos Cement, Asphalt Concrete, Alternating Current
ACB	Air Circuit Breaker
ACE	Additional Chief Engineer
ACEC	American Council of Engineering Companies
ACI	American Concrete Institute, Australian Construction Industry
ACSR	Aluminum Conductor Steel Reinforced
ACSM	American Congress on Surveying and Mapping
ACV	Aggregate Crushing Value
ADB	Asian Development Bank
ADC	Analog to Digital Converter
ADEQ	Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality
ADSL	Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line
ADU	Accessory Dwelling Unit
AFC	Automatic Frequency Control
AGMA	American Gear Manufacturers Association
AFM	Atomic Force Microscopy
Ah	Ampere hour
AHD	Australian Height Datum
AHJ	Authority Having Jurisdiction
AHU	Air Handling Unit
AI	Artificial Intelligence
AIChE	American Institute of Chemical Engineers
AISC	American Institute of Steel Construction
AM	Additive Manufacturing
ANSI	American National Standards Institute

API	American Petroleum Institute, Application Programming Interface
Approx	Approximate, approximately
APS	Auxiliary Power Supply
AQL	Acceptable Quality Level
AR	Augmented Reality
Arch	Architect, Architectural
ARE	Assistant Resident Engineer
AS-BUILT	As Constructed
ASCE	American Society of Civil Engineers
ASHRAE	American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-Conditioning Engineers
ASIC	Application-Specific Integrated Circuit
ASM	American Society for Metals
ASME	American Society of Mechanical Engineers
ASR	Alkali-Silica Reaction
ASTM	American Society of Testing Materials
ATC	Average Traffic Count
Auto	Automatic, automatically
AutoCAD	Automatic Computer Aided Design
AutoCAD	Automatic Computer Aided Design
Avg	Average
AVR	Automatic Voltage Regulator
AWG	American Wire Gauge
AWL	Allowable Working Load
Barg	Bar gauge
BAS	Building Automation System
BBD	Benkelman Beam Deflection
BBES	Bitumen Binding Enamel Surface

BBU	Baseband Unit
BC	Bayonet Cap
BCA	Building and Construction Authority (Singapore)
BEP	Break-Even Point
BEP	Building Energy Performance
BE	Bachelors in Engineering
BEV	Battery Electric Vehicle
BG	Birmingham Gauge
BHN	Brinell Hardness Number
BHP	Brake Horsepower
BIM	Building Information Modeling
BIMCO	Building Industry Modeling Consortium
BIOS	Basic Input/Output System
BIPV	Building Integrated Photovoltaics
BIS	Bureau of Indian Standards
Bit mac	Bituminous Premix Carpet
Bldg	Building
BM	Benchmark
BMS	Building Management System
BOA	Blanket Order Agreement
BOD	Biochemical Oxygen Demand
BOH	Back of House
BOG	Board of Governors
BOQ	Bill of Quantities
BOMA	Building Owners and Managers Association
BOP	Blowout Preventer
BPF	Band-Pass Filter
BPS	Bits Per Second

BRE	Building Research Establishment
BREEAM	Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method
BS	British Standards, Back Sight
Bsc	Bachelor of Science
BSE	Back Scattered Electrons
BSL	Base Station Level
BSS	British Standard Specifications
B Tech	Bachelor of Technology
BTU	British Thermal Unit
C Nos	Hundred Numbers
C P	Chromium Plated, Chrome Plated
C/L	Center Line
CAD	Computer-Aided Design
CADD	Computer-Aided Design and Drafting
CAM	Computer-Aided Manufacturing
CAPM	Certified Associate in Project Management
CBR	California Bearing Ratio
CC	Cement Concrete, Concrete Cover
CCC	Cement Concrete Composites
CCS	Carbon Capture and Storage
CCT	Continuous Cooling Transf