An Abbreviation is a short form of a word or phrase. (Refer to the Abbreviation of The Project Directory)
ABBREVIATION | DESCRIPTION | CATEGORY | ||
AACE | Association for the Advancement of Cost Engineering | Controls | ||
AAPM | Artificial Advanced Project Management | Management | ||
ABO | Accumulated Benefit Obligation | Business | ||
ABV | Alcohol by Volume | Health | ||
AC | Actual Cost | Controls | ||
ACC | American Chemistry Council | Engineering | ||
ACGIH | American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists | Health | ||
ACI | American Concrete Institute | Engineering | ||
ACQ | Annual Contract Quantity | Management | ||
ACS | Automation Control Systems | Engineering | ||
ACWP | Actual Cost of Work Performed | Controls | ||
AD | Aggregate Demand | Business | ||
ADB | Asian Development Bank | Business | ||
AE | Acoustic Emission Testing | Quality | ||
AFC | Approved for Construction | Construction | ||
AFC | Air Fin Cooler | Engineering | ||
AFD | Approved for Design | Engineering | ||
AFD | Adjustable Frequency Drive | Engineering | ||
AFP | Active Fire Protection System | Safety | ||
AFPM | American Fuel and Petrochemical Manufacturers | Procurement | ||
AFTA | ASEAN Free Trade Area | Business | ||
AI | Avian Influenza | Health | ||
AI | Artificial Intelligence | Technology | ||
AIC | Amperage Interrupt Capability | Business | ||
AICE | Association of Iron and Steel Engineers | Engineering | ||
AICHE | American Institute of Chemical Engineers | Engineering | ||
AIM | Asset Integrity Management | Management | ||
AIME | American Institute of Mining Engineers | Engineering | ||
AISC | The American Institute of Steel Construction | Engineering | ||
AISI | American Iron and Steel Institute | Engineering | ||
AIST | Association for Iron and Steel Technology | Engineering | ||
ALARP | As Low As Reasonably Practicable | Management | ||
AMA | Advanced Measurement Approach | Management | ||
AMS | Automated Manifest System | Business | ||
amu | Atomic Mass Unit | Technology | ||
ANGA | America's Natural Gas Alliance | Business | ||
ANSI | American National Standards Institute | Quality | ||
AOD | Air Operated Diaphragm Pump | Engineering | ||
AP | Actual Progress | Controls | ||
AP | Advance Payment | Controls | ||
APEC | Asia-Pacific Economie Cooperation | Business | ||
API | American Petroleum Institute | Engineering | ||
APM | Advanced Project Management | Management | ||
APO | Asian Productivity Organization | Management | ||
ARFVTP | California Energy Commission’s Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology Program | Technology | ||
ASCE | American Society of Civil Engineers | Engineering | ||
ASCII | American Standard Code for Information Interchange | Quality | ||
ASD | Adjustable Speed Drive | Engineering | ||
ASEAN | Association of Southeast Asian Nations | Business | ||
ASEE | American Society for Engineering Education | Engineering | ||
ASHRAE | American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-Conditioning Engineers | Engineering | ||
ASME | American Society for Testing and Materials | Quality | ||
ASNT | The American Society for Nondestructive Testing | Quality | ||
ASTM | American Society for Testing and Materials | Quality | ||
ATSDR | Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry | Health | ||
AWB | Air Waybill | Procurement | ||
AWG | American Wire Gauge | Construction | ||
B/A | Banker's Acceptances | Business | ||
B2B | Business to Business | Business | ||
B2C | Business to Consumer | Business | ||
BAC | Budget at Completion | Controls | ||
BAC | Blood Alcohol Concentration | General | ||
BAT | Best Available Techniques | Management | ||
BCM | Business Continuity Management Institute | Management | ||
BCP | Business Continuity Plan | Management | ||
BCWP | Budgeted Cost for Work Performed | Controls | ||
BCWS | Budgeted Cost for Work Scheduled | Controls | ||
BD | Block Diagram | Engineering | ||
BDV | Blowdown Valve | Engineering | ||
BEDD | Basis of Engineering and Design Data | Engineering | ||
BEDQ | Basis of Engineering and Design Questionnaire | Engineering | ||
BEELs | Biological Environmental Exposure Levels | Safety | ||
BFD | Block Flow Diagram | Engineering | ||
BHP | Brake Horsepower | Engineering | ||
BI | Biological Indicator | Health | ||
BIM | Bilateral Monopoly | Engineering | ||
BIPM | International Bureau of Weights and Measures | Technology | ||
BIS | Bank for International Settlements | Business | ||
BLEVE | Boiling Liquid Expanding Vapor Explosion | Technology | ||
BLM | Building Lifecycle Management | Management | ||
BLS | Bureau of Labor Statistics | Business | ||
BM, BOM | Bill of Material | Engineering | ||
BMI | Body Mass Index | Health | ||
BMS | Burner Management System | Engineering | ||
BOD | Biological Oxygen Demand | Engineering | ||
BOEM | Bureau Ocean Energy Management | Environment | ||
BOP | Blowout Preventer | Engineering | ||
BOP | Balance of Plant | Engineering | ||
BOP | Balance of Payments | Business | ||
BOQ or BQ | Bill of Quantity | Procurement | ||
BOS | Balance of System | Engineering | ||
BPCD | Barrel Per Calendar Day | Operation | ||
BPCS | Basic Process Control System | Engineering | ||
BPED | Bipolar Electrodialysis | Engineering | ||
BPSD | Barrel Per Stream Day | Operation | ||
BRV | Body Relief Valve | Safety | ||
BS&W | Bottom Sediment and Water | Technology | ||
BSI | British Standards Institution | Quality | ||
BTU | British Thermal Unit | Engineering | ||
BTX | Benzene, Toluene and Xylene | Engineering | ||
BWR | Boiling Water Reactor | Engineering | ||
C&F | Cost and Freight | Procurement | ||
CAA | Clean Air Act | Environment | ||
CAB | Chemical Activity Barometer | Business | ||
CAD | Computer-Aided Design | Engineering | ||
CAFM | Computer-Aided Facility Management | Engineering | ||
CAPA | Corrective Action/ Preventive Action | Quality | ||
CAPEX | Capital Expenditure | Controls | ||
CBB | Contract Budget Base | Controls | ||
CBE | Commercial Bid Evaluation | Procurement | ||
CBI | Condition Based Inspection | Operation | ||
CBM | Coal Bed Methane | Engineering | ||
CBS | Cost Breakdown Structure | Controls | ||
CCA | Civil Contingencies Act | Business | ||
CCC | Care, Custody, and Control | Construction | ||
CCC | Customer Contact Centre | Business | ||
CCF | Common Cause Failure | Safety | ||
CCHP | Combined Cooling, Heat and Power | Engineering | ||
CCPS | Center for Chemical Process Safety | Safety | ||
CCS | Carbon Capture and Storage | Engineering | ||
CCUS | Carbon Capture, Utilisation and Storage | Engineering | ||
CD | Certificate of Deposit | Business | ||
CDC | Centres for Disease Control and Prevention | Health | ||
CDI | Capacitive Deionization | Technology | ||
CDM | Construction, Design and Management Regulations | Construction | ||
CDO | Chief Diversity Officer | Management | ||
CDU | Crude Distillation Unit | Engineering | ||
CES | Consumer Electronics Show | Business | ||
CETA | Comprehensive Economic Trade Agreement | Business | ||
CFC | Chlorofluorocarbon | Engineering | ||
CFD | Contract for Difference | Management | ||
CGIAR | formerly the Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research | Science | ||
CGPM | General Conference on Weights and Measures | Engineering | ||
CHOPS | Cold Heavy Oil Production with Sand | safety | ||
CHP | Combined Heat and Power Plant | Engineering | ||
CID | Capital Investment Decision | Business | ||
CIF | Cost, Insurance, and Freight | Procurement | ||
CII | Construction Industry Institute | Construction | ||
CIM | The Chartered Institute of Marketing | Business | ||
CIPM | International Committee for Weights and Measures | Engineering | ||
CIPS | Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply | Procurement | ||
CIS | Commonwealth of Independent States | Business | ||
CLSCC | Chloride Stress Corrosion Cracking | Technology | ||
CME | Chicago Mercantile Exchange | Business | ||
CMMS | Computerized Maintenance Management Systems | Operation | ||
CNC | Computer Numerical Control | Technology | ||
CNG | Compressed Natural Gas | Engineering | ||
CO | Change Order | Management | ||
COBIT | Control Objectives for Information and Related Technology | Engineering | ||
COD | Chemical Oxygen Demand | Engineering | ||
COF | Consequence of Failure | Management | ||
COG | Centre of Gravity | Engineering | ||
COI | Conflict of Interest | Management | ||
COMAH | Control of Major Accident Hazards | Safety | ||
COPQ | Cost of Poor Quality | Quality | ||
CPAF | Cost Plus Award Fee | Management | ||
CPC | Climate Prediction Center's | Environment | ||
CPFF | Cost Plus Fixed Fee | Management | ||
CPI | Consumer Price Index | Business | ||
CPI | Corrugated Plate Interceptor | Engineering | ||
CPI | Cost Performance Index | Business | ||
CPIF | Cost Plus Incentive Fee | Management | ||
CPM | Critical Path Method | Management | ||
CPQRA | Chemical Process Quantitative Risk Assessment | Management | ||
CPU | Central Processing Unit | Engineering | ||
CPV | Concentrated PV | Technology | ||
CRM | Client Relationship Management | Management | ||
CRO | Contract Research Organization | Management | ||
CRP | Conservation Reserve Program | Management | ||
CRT | Cargo Retention Clauses | Procurement | ||
CSA | Civil, Structural and Architectural (Engineering Discipline) | Engineering | ||
CSI | Control Systems and Instrumentation (Engineering Discipline) | Engineering | ||
CSP | Concentrated Solar Power | Engineering | ||
CSR | Corporate Social Responsibility | Management | ||
CSS | Cascading Style Sheets | Technology | ||
CSST | Critical Steady State Temperature | Safety | ||
CSTR | Continuous Stirred Tank Reactor | Engineering | ||
CTD | Cumulative Trauma Disorder | Health | ||
CV | Cost Variation | Management | ||
CV | Curriculum Vitae | General | ||
CVD | Chemical Vapor Deposition | Technology | ||
CVID | Complete Verifiable Irreversible Denuclearization | General | ||
CWA | Clean Water Act | Health | ||
CWQC | Company-Wide Quality Control | Quality | ||
D&D | Deactivation and Decommissioning | Operation | ||
D/D | Door To Door | Procurement | ||
DAQ | Data Acquisition System | Engineering | ||
DB | Defined Benefit | Business | ||
DBI | Design Basis Incident | Engineering | ||
DC | Direct Current | Engineering | ||
DC | Defined Contribution | Business | ||
DCE | Data Communication Equipment | Engineering | ||
DCF | Discounted Cash Flow | Controls | ||
DCS | Distributed Control System | Engineering | ||
DDC | Direct Digital Control | Engineering | ||
DDoS | Distributed Denial of Service | Technology | ||
DDR | Disaster Risk Reduction | Management | ||
DDT | Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane | Technology | ||
DE | Dose Equivalent | Engineering | ||
DECC | Department of Energy & Climate Change | Environment | ||
DER | Distributed Energy Resources | Technology | ||
Df | Discount Factor | Business | ||
DFC | Direct Field Costs | Controls | ||
DHA | Dust Hazard Analysis | Environment | ||
DJIA | Dow Jones Industrial Average | Business | ||
DN | Nominal Diameter | Engineering | ||
DNA | Deoxyribonucleic Acid | Technology | ||
DOE | Department of Energy’s | Engineering | ||
DoS | Denial of Service | Technology | ||
DOS | Disk Operating System | Technology | ||
DOT | Department of Transportation | Procurement | ||
DPA | Data Protection Act | Management | ||
DPC | Damp Proof Course | Construction | ||
DPM | Damp Proof Membrane | Construction | ||
DPMO | Defects per Million Opportunities | Safety | ||
DPO | Domestic Processed Output | Business | ||
DPU | Defects per Unit | Quality | ||
DQT | Downward Quantity Tolerance | Quality | ||
DSR | Debt Service Ratio | Business | ||
DWT | Deadweight | Procurement | ||
EA | Estimate Actual | Controls | ||
EAC | Estimate at Completion | Controls | ||
EAM | Enterprise Asset Management | Management | ||
EAR | Erection All Risk (Insurance) | Management | ||
EBIT | Earnings Before Interest and Taxes | Controls | ||
EBITDA | Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, and Amortization | Controls | ||
ECB | European Central Bank | Business | ||
ECE | Extreme Climatic Event | Environment | ||
ECHA | European Chemicals Agency | Engineering | ||
ECI | Economic Complexity Index | Business | ||
ECTS | Emergency Congestion Terminal Surcharge | Procurement | ||
EDI | Electrodeionization | Technology | ||
EDI | Electrodialysis | Technology | ||
EDMS | Electronic Document Management System | Management | ||
EEA | European Environment Agency | Environment | ||
EEPG | Emergency Exposure Guideline Limits | Safety | ||
EER | Energy Efficiency Ratio | Technology | ||
EERA | Escape, Evacuation and Rescue Assessment | Safety | ||
EERI | Earthquake Engineering Research Institute | Science | ||
EEZ | Exclusive Economic Zone | Business | ||
EF | Energy Factor | Engineering | ||
EFET | European Federation of Energy Traders | Business | ||
EFW | Electric Fusion Welded (Pipe) | Engineering | ||
EI | Energy Institute | Business | ||
EIA | Environmental Impact Assessment | Engineering | ||
EIA | Energy Information Administration | Engineering | ||
EIC | Energy Industries Council | Engineering | ||
EM | Office of Environmental Management | Safety | ||
EMF | Electromotive Force | Engineering | ||
EMI | Electromagnetic Interference | Technology | ||
EMP | Electromagnetic Pulse | Technology | ||
ENVID | Environmental Identification | Engineering | ||
EP | Engineering and Procurement | Management | ||
EPA | US Environmental Protection Agency | Environment | ||
EPC | Engineering, Procurement, Construction | Management | ||
EPCI | Engineering, Procurement, Construction, Installation | Management | ||
EPCM | Engineering, Procurement, and Construction Management | Management | ||
EPS | Earnings per Share | Business | ||
EPS | Emergency Power System | Engineering | ||
EPS | Expanded Polystyrene | Engineering | ||
ERP | Emergency Response Plan | Safety | ||
ERP | Enterprise Resource Planning | Management | ||
ERW | Electric Resistance Welded (Pipe) | Engineering | ||
ESC | Electronic Speed Controller | Engineering | ||
ESD | Emergency Shutdown | Safety | ||
ESDV | Emergency Shut Down Valve | Engineering | ||
ESMCP | Emergency Services Mobile Communications Programme | Safety | ||
ESN | Emergency Services Network | Safety | ||
ESSA | Emergency Systems Survivability Analysis | Safety | ||
ET | Electric Tracing | Engineering | ||
ET | Electromagnetic Testing | Quality | ||
ETA | Estimated Time of Arrival | Construction | ||
ETAP | Electrical Transient and Analysis Program | Engineering | ||
ETBE | Ethyl Tertiary Butyl Ether | Technology | ||
ETC | Estimate to Complete | Controls | ||
EU | The European Union | Business | ||
EULA | End-User License Agreement | Business | ||
EURIBOR | Euro Interbank Offered Rate | Business | ||
EV | Earned Value | Controls | ||
EV | Electric Vehicle | General | ||
EVM | Earned Value Management | Management | ||
EVM | Ethereum Virtual Machine | Business | ||
EVMS | Earned Value Management System | Management | ||
F&G, FGG | Fire and Gas | Engineering | ||
FA | Final Acceptance | Management | ||
FAC | Final Acceptance Certificate | Management | ||
FAFR | Fatal Accident Frequency Rate | Safety | ||
FAME | Forecasting, Analysis and Modelling Environment | Controls | ||
FAO | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations | Health | ||
FAR | Fatal Accident Rate | Safety | ||
FAT | Factory Acceptance Test | Quality | ||
FBC | Fluidized Bed Combustion | Engineering | ||
FBD | Function Block Diagram | Engineering | ||
FBR | Fast Breeder Reactor | Technology | ||
FC&S | Free of Capture and Seizure | Procurement | ||
FCA | Issued for Client Approval | Engineering | ||
FCA | Financial Conduct Authority | Business | ||
FCC | Fluid Catalytic Cracking | Engineering | ||
FCR | Issued for Client Review | Engineering | ||
FCU | Fan Coil Unit | Engineering | ||
FDIC | Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation | Business | ||
FDS | Functional Design Specification | Engineering | ||
FEE | Front End Engineering | Engineering | ||
FEED | Front End Engineering Design | Engineering | ||
FEL | Front End Loading | Engineering | ||
FEMP | Federal Energy Management Program | Engineering | ||
FERA | Fire and Explosion Hazards Analysis | Safety | ||
FERC | Federal Energy Regulatory Commission | Engineering | ||
FF | Finish to Finish | Controls | ||
FFVD | Final, Fully Verified Denuclearization | General | ||
FHRS | Food Hygiene Rating Scheme | Health | ||
FID | Final Investment Decision | Business | ||
FIFO | First In First Out | General | ||
FinTech | Financial Technology | Business | ||
FLNG | Floating Liquefied Natural Gas | Technology | ||
FLPS | Floating LNG Power Station | Procurement | ||
FMA | First Mover Advantage | Business | ||
FMCG | Fast Moving Consumer Goods | Business | ||
FMD | Foot and Mouth Disease | Health | ||
FMEA | Failure Modes and Effects Analysis | Operation | ||
FMECA | Failure Modes, Effects and Criticality Analysis | Operation | ||
FOB | Forward Osmosis | Engineering | ||
FOB | Free on Board | Procurement | ||
FPS | Foot, Pound, and Second | Engineering | ||
FPSO | Floating Production, Storage and Offloading | Engineering | ||
FRP | Fibreglass Reinforced Plastics | Engineering | ||
FS | Finish to Start | Controls | ||
FSRU | Floating Storage and Regasification Unit | Engineering | ||
FTA | Fault Tree Analysis | Management | ||
FTA | Free-Trade Agreement | Business | ||
FTC | Function Test Check | Quality | ||
FTP | File Transfer Protocol | Technology | ||
GAAP | General Accepted Accounting Principles | Business | ||
GATS | General Agreement on Trade in Services | Procurement | ||
GATT | General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade | Business | ||
GCC | Gulf Cooperation Council | Business | ||
GDP | Gross Domestic Product | Business | ||
GDSI | Gas Dispersion and Smoke Ingress Analysis | Safety | ||
GEP | Good Engineering Practice | Management | ||
GHG | Greenhouse Gas | Technology | ||
GHS | Globally Harmonized System | Business | ||
GIP | Good Industry Practice | Management | ||
GIS | Global Industry Services | Management | ||
GIS | Geographical Information System | Technology | ||
GM | Genetic Modification | Health | ||
G-Max | Guaranteed Maximum (Contract) | Controls | ||
GMO | Genetically Modified Organism | Health | ||
GMP | Cost Plus with Guaranteed Maximum Price (Contract) | Management | ||
GNI | Gross National Income | Business | ||
GNP | Gross National Product | Business | ||
GOG | Gas-on-Gas Competition | Business | ||
GOM | Gulf of Mexico | Business | ||
GPA | Gas Processors Association | Engineering | ||
GPR | Ground Penetrating Radar | Quality | ||
GRC | Governance, Risk and Compliance | Management | ||
GRE | Glass Reinforced Epoxy | Engineering | ||
GRP | Glass Reinforced Plastics | Engineering | ||
GSA | General Services Administration | Management | ||
GSI | Global Standards Initiative | Quality | ||
GTL | Gas to Liquid | Technology | ||
GW | Guided Wave Testing | Quality | ||
H&MB | Heat and Material Balance | Engineering | ||
HAZID | Hazard Identification | Safety | ||
HAZOP | Hazardous Operability | Safety | ||
HCS | Hazard Communication Standard | Safety | ||
HDL | High Density Lipoprotein | Safety | ||
HELE | High Efficiency, Low Emissions | Environment | ||
HESIA | Health, Safety and Environmental Impact Assessment | Safety | ||
HEV | Hybrid Electric Vehicle | Technology | ||
HF | Hydrofluoric Acid | Technology | ||
HF | Hydrogen Fluoride | Technology | ||
HFMD | Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease | Health | ||
HGO | Heavy Gas Oil | Technology | ||
HGP | Human Genome Project | Engineering | ||
HHS | Department of Health & Human Services | Health | ||
HIC | Heat Index | Health | ||
HIC | Hydrogen Induced Cracking | Engineering | ||
HIRA | Hazard Identification and Risk Analysis | Safety | ||
HIV | Human Immunodeficiency Virus | Health | ||
HMI | Human Machine Interface | Engineering | ||
HOA | Heads of Agreement | Management | ||
HOU | Heavy Oil Upgrading | Engineering | ||
HP | Horsepower | Engineering | ||
HQ | Headquarter | General | ||
HR | Human Resource | Management | ||
HRA | Human Reliability Analysis | Management | ||
HRM | Human Resource Management | Management | ||
HRQOL | Health Related Quality of Life | Management | ||
HS Code | Harmonized System or Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System | Business | ||
HSE, SHE, ESH | Health, Safety and Environmental | HSE | ||
HSFO | High Sulphur Fuel Oil | Technology | ||
HSPF | Heating Seasonal Performance Factor | Technology | ||
HSSE | Health, Safety, Security and Environment | HSE | ||
HTML | HyperText Markup Language | Technology | ||
HVAC | Heating, Ventilating, and Air Conditioning | Engineering | ||
HVGO | Heavy Vacuum Gas Oil | Technology | ||
I/O | In/ Out (Instrument List) | Engineering | ||
IAI | Istituto Affari Internazionali (Italy) | Business | ||
IASB | International Accounting Standards Board | Controls | ||
IATA | International Air Transportation Association | Procurement | ||
IAU | International Astronomical Union | Technology | ||
IBAN | International Bank Account Number | Business | ||
IBIA | International Bunker Industry Association | Business | ||
ICA | International Compliance Association | Management | ||
ICC | International Chamber of Commerce | Management | ||
ICD | Interface Control Drawing | Management | ||
ICE | Intercontinental Exchange | Business | ||
ICO | Information Commissioner's Office | Business | ||
ICO | Initial Coin Offering | Business | ||
ICRC | International Committee of the Red Cross | Health | ||
ICS | Industrial Control System | Engineering | ||
ICSID | International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes | Management | ||
ICT | Information and Communication Technology | Management | ||
ID | Inside Diameter | Engineering | ||
ID | Identification | General | ||
IEA | International Energy Agency | Engineering | ||
IEC | International Electrotechnical Commission | Engineering | ||
IED | Improvised Explosive Device | Engineering | ||
IEEE | Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers | Engineering | ||
IEF | International Energy Forum | Engineering | ||
IET | Institution of Engineering and Technology | Engineering | ||
IFA | Issued for Approval | Engineering | ||
IFA | Institute for Occupational Safety and Health of the German Social Accident Insurance | HSE | ||
IFAC | International Federation of Accountants | Business | ||
IFC | Issued for Construction | Construction | ||
IFC | Indirect Field Cost | Controls | ||
IFC | International Finance Corporation | Business | ||
IFD | Issued for Design | Engineering | ||
IFH | Issued for HAZOP | Engineering | ||
IFI | Issued for Information | Engineering | ||
IFR | Issued for Review | Engineering | ||
IFRC | The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies | Health | ||
IFRS | International Financial Reporting Standards | Business | ||
IFSB | Islamic Financial Services Board | Business | ||
IGC Code | International Code of the Construction and Equipment of Ships Carrying Liquefied Gases in Bulk | Engineering | ||
IGCC | Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle | Technology | ||
IGU | International Gas Union | Engineering | ||
IHCP | Institute for Health and Consumer Protection | Health | ||
IHMC | Institute for Human & Machine Cognition | Health | ||
IHR | Institute of Historical Research | Management | ||
IISD | International Institute for Sustainable Development | Management | ||
ILO | International Labour Organization | Management | ||
IM | Information Management | Management | ||
IMF | International Monetary Fund | Business | ||
IMO | The International Maritime Organization | Procurement | ||
INGAA | Interstate Natural Gas Association of America | Engineering | ||
IOC | International Olympic Committee | General | ||
IOC | International Oil Company | Business | ||
IOI | Indication of Interest | Business | ||
IoT | Internet of things | Technology | ||
IOY | I owe you | General | ||
IP | Intellectual Property | Business | ||
IP | Internet Protocol (Address) | Technology | ||
IPCC | Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change | Environment | ||
IPE | International Petroleum Exchange | Business | ||
IPIECA | International Petroleum Industry Environmental Conservation Association | Engineering | ||
IPM | Intelligent Power Management | Management | ||
IPO | Initial Public Offering | Management | ||
IPP | Independent Power Plant | Engineering | ||
IR | Thermal/Infrared Testing | Quality | ||
IR | Infrared Radiation | Quality | ||
IRCA | International Register of Certificated Auditors | Quality | ||
IRENA | The International Renewable Energy Agency | Technology | ||
IRR | Internal Rate of Return | Business | ||
IRS | Interest Rate Swap | Business | ||
IRT | Item Response Theory | Management | ||
ISA | Intrinsic Safe | Safety | ||
ISA | International Society of Automation | Engineering | ||
ISACA | Information Systems Audit and Control Association | Quality | ||
ISDS | Investor-State Dispute Settlement | Management | ||
ISI | International Statistical Institute | Business | ||
ISIN | International Securities Identification Number | Safety | ||
ISM | Institue for Supply Management | Procurement | ||
ISO | International Organisation for Standardisation | Quality | ||
Iso | Isometric (Drawing) | Engineering | ||
ISTQB | International Software Testing Qualifications Board | Technology | ||
IT | Information Technology | Engineering | ||
ITB | Invitation to Bid | Procurement | ||
ITC | Inspection/ Test Check | Quality | ||
ITO | International Trade Organization | Procurement | ||
ITP | Inspection and Test Plan | Quality | ||
ITPM | Inspection, Testing, and Preventive Maintenance | Quality | ||
ITT | Invitation to Tender | Procurement | ||
ITU | International Telecommunication Union | Technology | ||
IUCN | International Union for Conservation of Nature | Environment | ||
IUPAC | International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry | Engineering | ||
IVI | In-Vehicle Infotainment | Technology | ||
IVI | International Vaccine Institute | Health | ||
JCPOA | Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action | Management | ||
JRC | Joint Research Centre | Technology | ||
JV | Joint Venture (Company) | Business | ||
K/O | Kick-Off (Meeting) | Management | ||
KFS | Key Factor for Success | Management | ||
KM | Knowledge Management | Management | ||
KPI | Key Performance Indicator | Management | ||
KRI | Key Risk Indicator | Management | ||
KSAs | Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities | Management | ||
KTT | Kinetic Tree Theory | Management | ||
L/C | Letter of Credit | Procurement | ||
LASH | Lighter Aboard Ship | Procurement | ||
LCA | Life Cycle Assessment | Operation | ||
LCA | Lethal Concentration | Safety | ||
LCCA | Life Cycle Cost Analysis | Management | ||
LCOE | Levelized Cost of Energy | Business | ||
LDL | Low Density Lipoprotein | Safety | ||
LEC | Levelized Energy Cost | Business | ||
LET | Linear Energy Transfer | Technology | ||
LEU | Low Enriched Uranium | Technology | ||
LGO | Light Gas Oil | Engineering | ||
LIGO | Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory | Engineering | ||
LILO | Liner In / Liner Out | Procurement | ||
LL | Lessons Learned | Management | ||
LM | Laser Testing Methods | Quality | ||
LMC | Liquid Metal Cracking | Technology | ||
LNG | Liquefied Natural Gas | Engineering | ||
LO/LO | Lift On/ Lift Off | Procurement | ||
LOC | Limiting Oxidant Concentration | Technology | ||
LOI | Letter of Intent | Procurement | ||
LOI | Letter of Indemnity | Business | ||
LOLP | Loss of Load Probability | Safety | ||
LOPA | Layers of Protection Analysis | Operation | ||
LPG | Liquefied Petroleum Gas | Technology | ||
LRG | Liquefied Refinery Gases | Technology | ||
LSC | LIGO Scientific Collaboration | Environment | ||
LSFO | Low Sulphur Fuel Oil | Technology | ||
LSTK | Lump Sum Turnkey (Contract) | Management | ||
LTA | Long Term Agreement (Contract) | Management | ||
LTI | Loss Time Injury | Safety | ||
LTIFR | Loss Time Injury Frequency Rate | Safety | ||
LTIIR | Lost Time Injury Incidence Rate | Safety | ||
LVC | Low Voltage Cutoff | Technology | ||
LVD | Low Voltage Disconnect | Engineering | ||
M&A | Mergers and Acquisitions | Business | ||
M/C | Mechanical Completion | Construction | ||
M2M | Machine to Machine | Business | ||
MAC | Main Automation Contractor | Engineering | ||
MAC | Maximum Allowable Concentration | Technology | ||
MAOP | Maximum Allowable Operating Pressure | Engineering | ||
MAWP | Maximum Allowable Working Pressure | Engineering | ||
MCC | Mechanical Completion Certificate | Management | ||
McF | Thousand Cubic Feet | Technology | ||
MDI | Methylene Diphenyl Diisocyanate | Technology | ||
MDS | Middle Distillate Synthesis | Technology | ||
MEC | Main Electrical Contractor | Engineering | ||
MERS | Middle East Respiratory Syndrome | Health | ||
MF | Microfiltration Membrane | Engineering | ||
MFA | Material Flow Analysis | Business | ||
MFD | Mass Flow Diagram | Engineering | ||
MFL | Magnetic Flux Leakage | Quality | ||
MIS | Management Information System | Management | ||
MKS | Metre, Kilogramme, and Second (Unit) | Engineering | ||
MMAS | Material Management and Accounting System | Management | ||
MMI | Man Machine Interface | Engineering | ||
MNDT | Microwave Nondestructive Testing | Quality | ||
MOM | Minutes of Meeting (Notes) | Management | ||
MOV | Motor Operated Valve | Engineering | ||
MPC | Maximum Permissible Concentration | Engineering | ||
MR | Material Requisition | Procurement | ||
MR | Management Reserve | Management | ||
MRC | Material Related Cost | Procurement | ||
MRI | Magnetic Resonance Imaging | Technology | ||
MRS | Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy | Technology | ||
MSD | Material Selection Diagram | Engineering | ||
MSDS | Material Safety Data Sheet | Safety | ||
MSL | Mean Sea Level | Engineering | ||
MT/ MPT | Magnetic Particle Testing | Quality | ||
MTBE | Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether | Technology | ||
MTC | Medical Treatment Case | Safety | ||
MTI | Medical Treatment Injuries | Safety | ||
MTO | Material Take-Off | Engineering | ||
MTTF | Mean Time To Failure | Operation | ||
NACE | National Association of Corrosion Engineers | Engineering | ||
NAFTA | North American Free Trade Agreement | Business | ||
NB | Nominal Bore | Engineering | ||
NC | Non-conformance | Construction | ||
NCEI | National Centers for Environmental Information | Environment | ||
NCI | National Cancer Institute | Health | ||
NCND | Non Circumvention Non Disclosure | Management | ||
NDA | Non Disclosure Agreement | General | ||
NDA | Nuclear Decommissioning Authority | Technology | ||
NDE | Non Destructive Examination | Quality | ||
NDT | Non Destructive Test | Quality | ||
NEC | National Electric Code | Engineering | ||
NEI | Neclear Energy Institute | Engineering | ||
NEMA | National Electrical Manufacturers Association | Engineering | ||
NET | Netback from Final Product | Engineering | ||
NF | Nanofiltration Membrane | Engineering | ||
NFPA | The National Fire Protection Association | Safety | ||
NGL | Natural Gas Liquid | Technology | ||
NGNG | No guts no glory | Technology | ||
NGO | Non-Governmental Organization | General | ||
NGSA | Natural Gas Supply Association | Business | ||
NGVD | National Geodetic Vertical Datum | Environment | ||
NHGRI | National Human Genome Research Institute | Engineering | ||
NHV | Net (Lower) Heating Value | Technology | ||
NIA | Nuclear Industry Association | Technology | ||
NIST | National Institute of Standards and Technology | Quality | ||
NNI | Net National Income | Business | ||
NOAA | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | Environment | ||
NOC | National Oil Company | Business | ||
NOC | Notice of Contravention | Management | ||
NP | No Price | Business | ||
NPP | Nuclear Power Plant | Engineering | ||
NPS | Nominal Pipe Size | Engineering | ||
NPSH | Net Positive Suction Head | Engineering | ||
NPT | National Pipe Thread | Engineering | ||
NPV | Net Present Value | Business | ||
NR | Neutron Radiographic Testing | Quality | ||
NRC | Nuclear Regulatory Commission | Technology | ||
NRECA | National Rural Electric Cooperative Association | Engineering | ||
NT | Net Tonnage | Technology | ||
NTE | Not to Exceed (Contract) | Management | ||
NVA | Non Value Added | Business | ||
NYMEX | New York Mercantile Exchange | Business | ||
NYSE | New York Stock Exchange | Business | ||
OA | Office Automation | Engineering | ||
OBS | Organization Breakdown Structure | Management | ||
OCGT | Open Cycle Gas Turbine | Engineering | ||
OD | Outside Diameter | Engineering | ||
OECD | Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development | Business | ||
OEM | Original Equipment Manufacturer | Procurement | ||
OGLV | Operating Gas Lift Valve | Technology | ||
OIS | Office Information System | Management | ||
OOA | Object Oriented Approach | Management | ||
OOA | Object‐Oriented Analysis | Management | ||
OOP | Object Oriented Programming | Management | ||
OPE | Oil Price Escalation | Business | ||
OPEC | Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries | Business | ||
OPEX | Operational Expenditure | Business | ||
OPRG | Oxygenated Fuels Program Reformulated | Technology | ||
ORB | OPEC Reference Basket | Business | ||
OS&D | Overage, Shortage and Damage | Construction | ||
OSB | Oriented Strand Board | Construction | ||
OSHA | Occupational Safety and Health Administration | Safety | ||
OTB | Over Target Baseline | Management | ||
OTC | Open, Transparent, Connected (Markets) | Business | ||
OTEC | Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion | Engineering | ||
OTS | Operator Training Simulator | Engineering | ||
OTS | Over Target Schedule | Management | ||
OVHD | Overhead (Cost) | Controls | ||
OWS | Oily Water System | Engineering | ||
P&I Clubs | Protection and Indemnity Club | Business | ||
P&ID | Piping & Instrument Diagram | Engineering | ||
PA | Provisional Acceptance | Management | ||
PAB | Pre-Assembled Building | Engineering | ||
PAC | Programmable Automation Controller | Engineering | ||
PAC | Provisional Acceptance Certificate | Management | ||
PADD | Petroleum Administration for Defense District | Engineering | ||
PAH | Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon | Technology | ||
PAR | Pre-Assembled Rack (Pipe Rack) | Engineering | ||
PAU | Pre-Assembled Unit (Process or Utility Facility) | Engineering | ||
PAYG | Pay as you go | Business | ||
PBO | Projected Benefit Obligation | Business | ||
PCA | Principal Component Analysis | Business | ||
PCI | Product Complexity Index | Business | ||
PCS | Pre-commissioning | Construction | ||
PCS | Process Control System | Engineering | ||
PD | Project Director | General | ||
PDH | Propane Dehydrogenation | Technology | ||
PDP | Process Design Package | Engineering | ||
PDRI | Project Definition Rating Index | Management | ||
PE | Professional Engineer | General | ||
PED | Pressure Equipment Directive (97/23/EC) | Engineering | ||
PEP | Project Execution Procedure | Management | ||
PERT | Program Evaluation Review Technique | Controls | ||
PES | Programmable Electronic System | Engineering | ||
PET | Polyester | Technology | ||
PFD | Process Flow Diagram | Engineering | ||
PFD | Portable Document Format | General | ||
PFP | Passive Fire Protection System | Safety | ||
PHA | Process Hazard Analysis | Safety | ||
PHC | Project Health Check | Management | ||
PHEIC | Public Health Emergencies of International Concern | Health | ||
PHEV | Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles | Technology | ||
PHMSA | Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration | Safety | ||
PHP | Hypertext Preprocessor | Technology | ||
PI | Profitability Index | Management | ||
PIM | Pre Inspection Meeting | Procurement | ||
PLC | Programmable Logic Controller | Engineering | ||
PLC | Private Limited Company | Business | ||
PLM | Product Lifecycle Management | Management | ||
PM | Particulate Matter | Management | ||
PM | Project Manager | General | ||
PM | Preventative Maintenance | Operation | ||
PMA | Federal Power Marketing Administrations | Business | ||
PMC | Project Management Consultant | Management | ||
PMI | Purchasing Manager’s Index | Procurement | ||
PMS | Power Management Solutions | Engineering | ||
PO | Purchase Order | Procurement | ||
POF | Probability of Failure | Management | ||
POPs | Persistent Organic Pollutants | Safety | ||
PPE | Personal Protection Equipment | Safety | ||
ppm | Parts per Million | Technology | ||
PPP | Public Private Partnership | Business | ||
PPP | Purchasing Power Parity | Business | ||
PQ | Pre-Qualification | Procurement | ||
PR | Public Relations | General | ||
PRA | Prudential Regulation Authority | Management | ||
PRCI | Pipeline Research Council International | Engineering | ||
PRINCE2 | PRojects IN Controlled Environments | Management | ||
PS | Performance Standard | Quality | ||
PSC | Production Sharing Contract | Management | ||
PSD | Particle-Size Distribution | Environment | ||
PSDS | Product Safety Data Sheet | Engineering | ||
PSI | Pounds per square Inch (Unit) | Engineering | ||
PSI | Process Safety Information | Safety | ||
PSM | Process Safety Management | Management | ||
PSO | Public Service Obligation | General | ||
PSV | Pressure Relief Valve (or Pressure Safety Valve) | Engineering | ||
PT | Liquid Penetrant Testing | Quality | ||
PTFE | Polytetrafluoroethylene (Teflon) | Technology | ||
PV | Photovotaic | Engineering | ||
PV | Present Value | Business | ||
PVD | Physical Vapor Deposition | Safety | ||
PWC | Preferential Weld Corrosion | Quality | ||
PWHT | Post Weld Heat Treatment | Quality | ||
PWM | Pulse Width Modulated | Technology | ||
QA | Quality Assurance | Quality | ||
QC | Quality Control | Quality | ||
QE | Quantum Efficiency | Technology | ||
QMS | Quality Management System | Quality | ||
QOL | Quality of Life | Quality | ||
QR Code | Quick Response Code | Quality | ||
QRA | Quantitative Risk Assessment | Engineering | ||
QS | Quantity Survey | Quality | ||
R&A | Removal and Abandonment | Business | ||
R&R | Role and Responsibility | Management | ||
R&R | Repeatability and Reproducibility | Management | ||
R.v | Regina versus | Management | ||
RAM | Responsibility Assignment Matrix | Management | ||
RAM | Reliability, Availability and Maintainability (Study) | Operation | ||
RAS | Required At Site | Controls | ||
RBC | Regulation: Below Cost | Engineering | ||
RBI | Risk Based Inspection | Quality | ||
RBOE | Reformulated Gasoline Blendstock for Oxygenate Blending | Technology | ||
RC | Reinforced Concrete | Construction | ||
RCA | Root Cause Analysis | Quality | ||
RCEP | Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership | Business | ||
RCM | Reliability Centered Maintenance | Operation | ||
RCS | Regulation: Cost of Service | Business | ||
REE | Rare Earth Elements | Science | ||
REM | Roentgen Equivalent Man | Technology | ||
RESNET | Residential Energy Services Network | Business | ||
RFI | Radio Frequency Interference | Engineering | ||
RFID | Radio Frequency Identification | Engineering | ||
RFSU | Ready for Start-up | Operation | ||
RIT | Reaction Induction Time | Engineering | ||
RMP | Risk Management Plan | Management | ||
RMP | Risk Management Program | Management | ||
RMS | Root Mean Square | General | ||
RMSE | Root Mean Square Error | General | ||
RNA | Ribonucleic Acid | Technology | ||
RO | Reverse Osmosis | Engineering | ||
RO/RO | Roll-on/Roll-off | Procurement | ||
ROI | Return On Investment | Business | ||
ROM | Reliability Operability Maintenance | Operation | ||
ROM | Rough Order of Magnitude (Estimate) | Controls | ||
RP | Received Pronunciation (English) | General | ||
RPE | Respiratory Protective Equipment | Health | ||
RSP | Regulation: Social and Political | Engineering | ||
RT | Radiographic Testing | Quality | ||
RTU | Remote Terminal Unit | Engineering | ||
S.O.S | Save Our Ship, Save Our Souls, or Send Out Succour | General | ||
SADT | Structured Analysis and Design Technique | Engineering | ||
SADT | Self-Accelerating Decomposition Temperature | Engineering | ||
SAP | SAP was German: System, Anwendungen, Product | Business | ||
SAT | Site Acceptance Test | Quality | ||
SATP | Standard Ambient Temperature and Pressure | Engineering | ||
SC | Supply Chain | Procurement | ||
SCADA | Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition | Engineering | ||
SCC | Stress Corrosion Cracking | Technology | ||
SCES | Safety Critical Elements | Safety | ||
SCM | Supply Chain Management | Procurement | ||
SDS | Safety Data Sheet | Safety | ||
SDS | Sustainable Development Scenario | Business | ||
SDWA | Safe Drinking Water Act | Health | ||
SEER | Seasonal Energy Efficiency Ratio | Engineering | ||
SEIA | Solar Energy Industries Association | Technology | ||
SERI | Solar Energy Research Institute | Technology | ||
SF | Start to Finish | Controls | ||
SFAIRP | So far as is Reasonably Practicable | General | ||
SI | International System (Unit) | Engineering | ||
SIF | Safety Instrumented Function | Safety | ||
SIH | Satellite Instrument House | Engineering | ||
SIL | Safety Integrity Level | Engineering | ||
SIMOPS | Simultaneous Operations | Operation | ||
SIS | Safety Instrumented System | Engineering | ||
SLD | Single Line Diagram | Engineering | ||
SMEs | Small and Medium-sized Enterprises | Business | ||
SMES | Superconducting Magnetic Energy Storage | Technology | ||
SMR | Small Modular Reactor | Technology | ||
SN | Satellite Navigation | Technology | ||
SNF | Spent Nuclear Fuel | Technology | ||
SNG | Synthetic Natural Gas | Technology | ||
SNS | Social Networking Service | General | ||
SOC | Standard Occupational Classification System | General | ||
SOC | State of Charge | Business | ||
SOC | Social Overhead Capital | Business | ||
SOF | Scope of Facility | Management | ||
SOP | Standard Operation Procedure | Operation | ||
SOS | Scope of Service | Management | ||
SOW | Scope of Work | Management | ||
SPC | Statistical Process Control | Quality | ||
SPE | Society of Petroleum Engineers | Engineering | ||
SPMT | Self-Propelled Modular Transporter | Procurement | ||
SPS | Satellite Power System | Technology | ||
SQC | Statistical Quality Control | Quality | ||
SR&CC | Strikes, Riots and Civil Commotions | Procurement | ||
SS | Start to Start | Controls | ||
SSC | Sulfide Stress Cracking | Technology | ||
SSS | Securities Settlement System | Safety | ||
SSSV | Subsurface Safety Valve | Engineering | ||
STC | Standard Test Conditions | Engineering | ||
STC | Said to Contain | General | ||
STEM | Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics | General | ||
STL | STereoLithography or Standard Triangle Language | Technology | ||
STP | Standard Temperature and Pressure | Engineering | ||
STP | Straight Through Processing | Engineering | ||
SV | Schedule Variance | Management | ||
SVA | Security Vulnerability Analysis | Safety | ||
SWOT | Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats | Management | ||
T&C | Term and Condition (Contract Document) | Management | ||
T&D | Transmission and Distribution | General | ||
TAM | Turnaround Maintenance | Operation | ||
TAME | Tertiary Amyl Methyl Ether | Technology | ||
TBA | To be Assigned | General | ||
TBA | Tertiary Butyl Alcohol | Technology | ||
TBD | To be Determined | General | ||
TBE | Technical Bid Evaluation | Procurement | ||
TBM | Tunnel Boring Machine | Construction | ||
TCO | Transparent Conducting Oxide | Technology | ||
TCP/IP | Internet Protocol Suite | Technology | ||
TDI | Toluene Diisocyanate | Technology | ||
TDI | Tolerable Daily Intake | Business | ||
TDS | Total Dissolved Solid | Technology | ||
TEMA | Tubular Exchanger Manufacturers Association | Engineering | ||
TEU | Twenty Foot Equivalent Unit | Procurement | ||
TF | Task Force | Management | ||
TFPV | Thin-Film Photovoltaic Cells | Technology | ||
TFSC | Thin-Film Solar Cell | Technology | ||
THAAD | Terminal High Altitude Area Defense | General | ||
ThePD MAP | The Project Definition Map | Management | ||
TIC | Total Investment Cost | Controls | ||
TMI | Too Much Information | Management | ||
TMO | Television Match Official | General | ||
TNT | Trinitrotoluene, | Technology | ||
TOS | Terms of Service | Management | ||
TOU | Terms of Use | Management | ||
TOU | Time of Use | Management | ||
TPI | Third Party Inspection | Management | ||
TPP | Trans-Pacific Partnership | Business | ||
TPPA | Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement | Business | ||
TQC | Total Quality Control | Quality | ||
TQM | Total Quality Management | Quality | ||
TR | Transformer (Electrical) | Engineering | ||
TRIA | Temporary Refuge Integrity Analysis | Technology | ||
TRIA | Terrorism Risk Insurance Act | Safety | ||
U&O | Utility and Offsite | Engineering | ||
UAT | User Acceptance Test | Quality | ||
UBO | Ultimate Beneficial Owner | Business | ||
UCC | Universal Copyright Convention | Management | ||
UDD | Utility Distribution Diagram | Engineering | ||
UEF | United Engineering Foundation Inc. | Engineering | ||
UF | Underground Feeder | Engineering | ||
UF | Ultrafiltration Membrane | Engineering | ||
UHD | Utility Head Diagram | Engineering | ||
UKCS | UK Continental Shelf | Technology | ||
ULSFO | Ultra Low Sulfur Fuel Oil | Technology | ||
UN | United Nations | General | ||
UNEP | United Nations Environment Programme | Environment | ||
UNESCO | United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization | General | ||
UNFCCC | United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change | Environment | ||
UNIDO | United Nations Industrial Development Organization | Business | ||
URS | User Requirement Specification | Engineering | ||
USGS | United States Geological Survey | Environment | ||
USPA | U.S. Postal Service | General | ||
USR | User System Requirement | Engineering | ||
USTR | U.S. Trade Representative | Business | ||
UT | Ultrasonic Test | Quality | ||
UV | Ultraviolet | Technology | ||
VA | Vibration Analysis | Quality | ||
VAC | Variance at Completion | Controls | ||
VAT | Value Added Tax | Controls | ||
VAU | Vendor Assembled Unit | Engineering | ||
VCE | Vapor Cloud Explosion | Safety | ||
VDU | Vacuum Distillation Unit | Technology | ||
VFD | Variable Frequency Drive | Engineering | ||
VGO | Vacuum Gas Oil | Technology | ||
VI | Visual Inspection | Quality | ||
Vmp | Voltage at Maximum Power | Technology | ||
VOC | Volatile Organic Compounds | Technology | ||
VOC | Voice of Complain | Management | ||
VOC | Voice of the Customer | Management | ||
VRA | Voluntary Restraint Arrangement | Technology | ||
VRU | Vapour Recovery Unit | Engineering | ||
VSD | Variable Speed Drive | Engineering | ||
VT | Visual Testing | Quality | ||
VVVF | Variable Voltage and Variable Frequency | Engineering | ||
VX | O-ethyl S-[2-(diisopropylamino)ethyl] methylphosphonothioate | Technology | ||
WBS | Work Breakdown Structure | Management | ||
WC | Working Capital | Business | ||
WCC | Working Capital Cost | Business | ||
WCO | World Customs Organisation | Procurement | ||
WCS | Worst-Case Scenario | Management | ||
WEC | World Energy Council | Engineering | ||
WEELs | Workplace Environmental Exposure Levels | Environment | ||
WERA | Working Ergonomic Risk Assessment | Management | ||
WET | Wireless Energy Transfer | Engineering | ||
WHO | World Health Organization | Health | ||
WHRU | Waste Heat Recovery Unit | Engineering | ||
WIPO | World Intellectual Property Organisation | Business | ||
WMO | World Meteorological Organization | Environment | ||
WMS | Warehouse Management System | Procurement | ||
WNA | World Nuclear Association | Engineering | ||
WoV | Window of Vulnerability | Technology | ||
WP | Work Package | Construction | ||
WPC | World Petroleum Council | Engineering | ||
WPT | Wireless Power Transfer | Engineering | ||
WTI | West Texas Intermediate | Technology | ||
WTO | World Trade Organization | Business | ||
WWF | World Wide Fund for Nature | Environment | ||
WWTU | Waste Water Treatment Unit | Engineering | ||
www | World Wide Web | Technology | ||
XPS | Extruded Polystyrene | Engineering | ||
ZBA | Zero Balance Account | Business | ||
ZEB | Zero Energy Building | Technology | ||
ZIP | Zone Improvement Plan | General | ||
ZPG | Zero Population Growth | Business |