A
AASHTO - American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials
ACI - American Concrete Institute www.concrete.org
AIA - American Institute of Architects
AICP - American Institute of Certified Planners
AISC - American Institute of Steel Construction www.aisc.org
APDS - Alternative Product Delivery System
ASCE - American Society of Civil Engineers www.asce.org
ASLA - American Society of Landscape Architects
AWWA - American Water Works Association

B
BCEE - Board Certified Environmental Engineer
BMP - Best Management Practice
BRAC - Base Realignment and Closure

C
CAD - Computer Aided Design
CCA - Construction Contract Administrator
CCCA - Certified Construction Contract Administrator
CCN - Certificate of Convenience and Necessity
CE - Civil Engineering
CEE - Civil and Environmental Engineering
CEU - Continuing Education Unit
CFM - Certified Floodplain Manager
CGP - Construction General Permit
CIMS - Capital Improvements Management Services
CIP - Capital Improvement Program
CLOMR - Conditional Letter of Map Revision
CMaR - Construction Manager at Risk
CMOM - Capacity, Management, Operation and Maintenance
COE - Corp of Engineers
COG - Council of Governments

D
DABFET - Diplomat of the American Board of Forensic Engineering Technology
DB - Design-Build
DBB - Design-Bid-Build
DEM - Digital Evaluation Model

E
EA - Environmental Assessment
EAP - Emergency Action Plan
EIT - Engineer in Training
EPA - Environmental Protection Agency
ESA - Environmental Site Assessment
EST - Elevated Storage Tank
ETJ - Extra-Territorial Jurisdiction

F
FE or FE Exam - Fundamentals of Engineering Exam
FEMA - Federal Emergency Management Agency
FMLER - Flexible Membrane Liner Evaluation Report
FRPM - Fiber Reinforced Polymer Mortar

G
GIS - Geographic Information System
GPM - Gallons Per Minute

H
H&H - Hydrologic and Hydraulic
HazMAP - Hazard Mitigation Action Plan
HUB - Historically Underutilized Business
HUD - Housing and Urban Development

I
I/I - Infiltration/Inflow

L
LEED - Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design www.usgbc.org/leed
LEEDAP - LEED Accredited Professional
LI - Licensed Irrigator
LID - Low Impact Development
LIDAR - Light Detection and Ranging

M
M/WDBE - Minority/Women’s Disadvantaged Business Enterprise
MEP - Mechanical Electrical Plumbing
MG - Million Gallon
MGD - Million Gallons per Day
MSW - Municipal Solid Waste

N
NCEES - National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying www.ncees.org
NEC - National Electric Code
NOI - Notice of Intent
NPDES - National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
NSPE - National Society of Professional Engineers www.nspe.org

O
O&M - Operations and Maintenance
OPCC - Opinion of Probable Construction Cost
OSHA - Occupational Safety and Health Administration

P
PCA - Portland Cement Association www.cement.org
PCI - Pavement Condition Index
PDH - Professional Development Hour
PE - Professional Engineer
PS&E - Plans, Specs and Estimates
PTOE - Professional Traffic Operations Engineer
PTP - Professional Transportation Planner
PUE - Public Utility Easement

Q
QC/QA - Quality Control/Quality Assurance

R
RCP - Reinforced Concrete Pipe
ROW - Right of Way
RPLS - Registered Professional Land Surveyor

S
SBR - Sequential Batch Reactor
SE - Structural Engineer
SER - Supplementary Experience Record
SIT - Surveyor in Training
SLER - Soil Liner Evaluation Report
SSO - Sanitary Sewer Overflow
SSO - Strategic Sales Objective
SUE - Subsurface Utility Engineering
SW3P or SWPPP - Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plan
SWATS - Surface Water Treatment System

T
TDS - Total Dissolved Solids
TOPS - Traffic Operations Practitioner Specialist
TSA - Transportation Security Administration
TSOS - Traffic Signal Operations Specialist

U
USACE - United States Army Corps of Engineers

V

W
WPAP - Water Pollution Abatement Plan
WTP - Water Treatment Plant
WWTP - Wastewater Treatment Plant

X

Y

Z