2006-07 - Construction Innovation
2006-07 - Construction Innovation
2006-07 - Construction Innovation
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Appendix 2 – Acronym list and definitions<br />
American Society of Civil Engineers<br />
ASCE<br />
Executive support systems<br />
ESS<br />
Architecture Engineering and <strong>Construction</strong><br />
AEC<br />
Facilities Management Association Australia<br />
FMAA<br />
Association of Consulting Engineers Australia<br />
ACEA<br />
Facility management<br />
FM<br />
Association of Researchers in <strong>Construction</strong> Management<br />
ARCOM<br />
Fibre-reinforced composite<br />
FRC<br />
Australian Building Codes Board<br />
ABCB<br />
fibre-reinforced polymer<br />
FRP<br />
Australian <strong>Construction</strong> Industry Forum<br />
Australian Constructors Association<br />
ACIF<br />
ACA<br />
Forest and Wood Products Research<br />
and Development Corporation<br />
FWPRDC<br />
Australian Council for Infrastructure Development<br />
AusCID<br />
Government Asset Management Arena<br />
GAMA<br />
Australian Greenhouse Office<br />
AGO<br />
Housing Industry Association<br />
HIA<br />
Australian Institute of Building<br />
AIB<br />
Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning<br />
HVAC<br />
Australian Institute of Management<br />
AIM<br />
Human–computer interfaces<br />
HCI<br />
Australian Institute of Project Management<br />
AIPM<br />
Industry foundation classes<br />
IFC<br />
Australian Performance Based Building Initiative<br />
AusPeBBu<br />
Information and communication technology<br />
ICT<br />
Australian Procurement and <strong>Construction</strong> Council<br />
APCC<br />
Institution of Engineers Australia<br />
IEAust<br />
Australian Sustainable Built Environment Council<br />
ASBEC<br />
Intellectual property<br />
IP<br />
Australian Universities Building Educators Association<br />
AUBEA<br />
International Alliance for Interoperability<br />
IAI<br />
Bill of Quantities<br />
BoQ<br />
International <strong>Construction</strong> Research Alliance<br />
ICALL<br />
Bovis Lend Lease<br />
Brisbane City Council<br />
BLL<br />
BCC<br />
International Council for Research and <strong>Innovation</strong><br />
in Building and <strong>Construction</strong><br />
CIB<br />
Brisbane Water Enviro Alliance<br />
BWEA<br />
Key performance indicators<br />
KPIs<br />
Building Code of Australia<br />
BCA<br />
Life cycle analysis<br />
LCA<br />
Building Commission (Victoria)<br />
BC<br />
National Occupational Health and Safety Commission<br />
NOHSC<br />
Building Industry Redundancy Trust (Queensland)<br />
BIRT<br />
Noise-induced hearing threshold shifts<br />
NITS<br />
Building Information Modelling<br />
BIM<br />
Occupational Health and Safety<br />
OHS<br />
Building Products <strong>Innovation</strong> Council<br />
Building Research <strong>Innovation</strong> Technology<br />
and Environment<br />
BPIC<br />
BRITE<br />
Office of the Australian Safety and<br />
Compensation Council<br />
Off-site manufacture<br />
OASCC<br />
OSM<br />
Building Services Research and Information Association<br />
BSRIA<br />
Outcomes performance indicators<br />
OPI<br />
carbon fibre-reinforced polymer<br />
CFRP<br />
Property Council of Australia<br />
PCA<br />
case-based logic<br />
CBL<br />
Public-Private Partnership<br />
PPP<br />
Centre for Integrated Engineering Asset Management<br />
CIEAM<br />
Queensland Department of Main Roads<br />
QDMR<br />
Civil Contractors Federation<br />
CCF<br />
Queensland Department of Public Works<br />
QDPW<br />
Commonwealth Scientific and<br />
Industrial Research Organisation<br />
CSIRO<br />
Queensland Department of State Development<br />
and <strong>Innovation</strong><br />
QDSDI<br />
Computer-Assisted Design<br />
CAD<br />
Queensland University of Technology<br />
QUT<br />
Contract Planning Workbench<br />
CPW<br />
Research and development<br />
R&D<br />
Cooperative Research Centre<br />
CRC<br />
Royal Australian Institute of Architects<br />
RAIA<br />
Cooperative Research Centre Association<br />
CRCA<br />
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology<br />
RMIT<br />
<strong>Construction</strong> and Property Services Industry<br />
Skills Council<br />
CPSISC<br />
Small-to-medium size enterprise<br />
Small office – home office<br />
SME<br />
SOHO<br />
Continuing Professional Development<br />
CPD<br />
Smart and Sustainable Built Environment<br />
SASBE<br />
Corporate Real Estate<br />
CRE<br />
Soft systems methodology<br />
SSM<br />
Corporate Social Responsibility<br />
CSR<br />
Strategic asset maintenance<br />
SAM<br />
Critical Success Factors<br />
CSF<br />
Technical and Further Education<br />
TAFE<br />
Decision-support Systems<br />
DSS<br />
Vocational education and training<br />
VET<br />
Engineering database management<br />
EDM<br />
University of New South Wales<br />
UNSW<br />
Environmental Protection Agency<br />
EPA<br />
Urban Development Institute of Australia<br />
UDIA<br />
Environmentally sustainable development<br />
ESD<br />
Year of the Built Environment<br />
YBE<br />
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