Acronyms and Abbreviations

AAE	American Association of Engineers
ACI	American Concrete Institute
ACRI	Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Institute
A-E	Architect-engineer
AEC	American Engineering Council
AESC	American Engineering Standards Committee
AFFFA	American Forged Fitting and Flange Association
AIDD	American Institute of Design and Drafting
AIME	American Institute of Mechanical Engineers
AISC	American Institute of Steel Construction
AISE	Association of Iron and Steel Engineers
AISI	American Iron and Steel Institute
AMAA	Adhesives Manufacturers Association of America
AMCA	Air Moving and Conditioning Association
AMFIE	Association of Mutual Fire Insurance Engineers
AMICE	Associate Member of Institute of Civil Engineers
ANS	American Nuclear Society
ANSI	American National Standards Institute
API	American Petroleum Institute
ARI	Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Institute
ASBC	American Standard Building Code
ASCE	American Society of Civil Engineers
ASCEA	American Society of Civil Engineers and Architects
ASCHE	American Society of Chemical Engineers
ASE	Amalgamated Society of Engineers
ASEA	American Society of Engineers and Architects
ASEE	American Society of Engineering Education
ASHACE	American Society of Heating and Air-Conditioning Engineers
ASHRAE	American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers
ASME	American Society of Mechanical Engineers
ASNE	American Society of Naval Engineers
ASRE	American Society of Refrigeration Engineers
ASSE	American Society of Safety Engineers
ASTM	American Society for Testing and Materials
ASWG	American steel and wire gauge
AWG	American wire gauge
AWS	American Welding Society
AWWA	American Water Works Association
BHN	Brinell hardness number
CAD	Computer-aided design
CADD	Computer-aided design drafting
db	Dry bulb
DCCP	Design change control program
DCEA	Directory of Civil Engineering Abbreviations
DCN	Design/drawing change notice
DIN	Deutsches Institu fu¨r Normung; German Standards Institute
DIPRA	Ductile Iron Pipe Research Association DIS Ductile Iron Society
EJMA	Expansion Joint Manufacturers Association
FCI	Fluid Controls Institute
FMA	Forging Manufacturers Association
gpm	Gallons per minute
gps	Gallons per second
HI	Hydraulic Institute
HVAC	Heating, ventilating, and air conditioning
IAEE	International Association of Earthquake Engineers
IFHTM	International Federation for the Heat Treatment of Materials
IFI	Industrial Fasteners Institute
IGSCC	Intergranular stress corrosion cracking
ISA	International Standards Association; Instrument Society of America
NACE	National Association of Corrosion Engineers
NAPE	National Association of Power Engineers
NASE	National Association of Stationary Engineers
NASPD	National Association of Steel Pipe Distributors
NCPI	National Clay Pipe Institute
NFPA	National Fire Protection Association
NIMA	National Insulation Manufacturers Association
NPT	National Pipe Taper
NSPE	National Society of Professional Engineers
NSSS	Nuclear steam system supplier
OBE	Operating-basis earthquake
OSHA	Occupational Safety and Health Act, or Administration
PACE	Professional Association of Consulting Engineers
PFI	Pipe Fabrication Institute
PJA	Pipe Jacking Association
PLCA	Pipe Line Contractors Association
ppb	Parts per billion
PFMA	Pipe Fittings Manufacturers Association
PPI	Plastic Pipe Institute
ppm	Parts per million
PPMS	Plastic Pipe Manufacturers’ Society
PRI	Plastics and Rubber Institute
RWMA	Resistance Welding Manufacturers’ Association
SAE	Society of Automotive Engineers
SCC	Stress corrosion cracking
SMA	Solder Markers’ Association; Steel Manufacturers’ Association
VMA	Valve Manufacturers’ Association