ABSTRACT
AFC Approved for construction. AFD Approved for design. AFE Authorization for expenditures. ANSI American National Standard Institute. ASME American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Balloon Symbol for field instrument in a P&ID. Basic engineering Engineering required to bring a Phase 1 design to the AFD level. BW Butt welded. CED Corporate Engineering Department. CICE (Construction Industry Cost Effectiveness Project) A construction productivity study sp0nsored by The Business Roundtable. CII Construction Industry Institute CF Cubic foot/feet. CM Construction Manager/Management. CS Carbon Steel. CY Cubic Yard. DCS Distributed control system. DB (Direct hire) Practice of some general contractors of hiring craftsman directly from the local labor pools rather than subcontracting the work.
