Chapter 3 — Abbreviations

7. Abbreviations of names and words.(1) Names of institutions, organizations and professional societies referred to in this Code are listed below in an alphabetical order, namely :

ACI          American Concrete Institute; Box 19150, Redford Station, Detroit, MI
             48219, USA.
AISC         American Institute of Steel Construction, Inc.; 400 North Michigan
             Avenue, Chicago, IL 60611, USA.
AISE         Association of Iron and Steel Engineers; Suite 2350, Three Gateway
             Center, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, USA.
AISI         American Iron and Steel Institute; Suite 300, 1133 15th Street N.W.,
             Washington, DC 20005, USA.
ANSI         American National Standards Institute; 1430 Broadway, New York, NY
             10018, USA.
ASHRAE       American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-conditioning
             Engineers, Inc.; 345 East 47th Street, New York, NY 10017, USA.
ASME         American Society of Mechanical Engineers; United Engineering Centre,
             345 East 47th Street, New York, NY 10017, USA.
ASTM         American Society for Testing and Materials; 1916 Race Street,
             Philadelphia, PA 19103, USA.
AWS          American Welding Society; 550 N.W. LeJeune Rd., P.O. Box 351040,
             Miami, FL 33135, USA.
BIP          Bangladesh Institute of Planners, Planner’s Tower (Level-7), 13/A, Bir
             Uttam C.R. Datta (Sonargaon) Road, Bangla Motor, Dhaka-1000,
             Bangladesh.
BOCA         Building Officials and Code Administrators International Inc.; 1313 East
             60th Street, Chicago, IL 60637, USA.
BPDB         Bangladesh Power Development Board; WAPDA Building, Motijheel
             Commercial Area, Dhaka-1000, Bangladesh.
BSI          British Standards Institution; 2 Park Street, London W1A 2BS, UK.
BSTI         Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution; 116A Tejgaon Industrial
             Area, Dhaka-1208, Bangladesh.
BWDB         Bangladesh Water Development Board; WAPDA Building, Motijheel
             Commercial Area, Dhaka-1000, Bangladesh.

CDA      Chittagong Development       Authority;   Station   Road,   Chittagong,
         Bangladesh.
CGSM     Canadian General Standards Board; Technical Information Unit, Ottawa,
         CANADA K1A 1G6.
DOA      Department of Architecture; Sthapatya Bhaban, Shahid Capt. Mansur Ali
         Sarani, Segunbagicha, Dhaka-1000, Bangladesh.
DPHE     Department of Public Health Engineering; DPHE Bhaban, 14, Shaheed
         Captain Mansur Ali Sarani, Kakrail, Dhaka-1000, Bangladesh.
EED      Education Engineering Department; Shikkha Bhaban, Dhaka-1000,
         Bangladesh.
HED      Health Engineering Department; Ministry of Health and Family Welfare,
         105-106, Motijheel C/A, Dhaka-1000, Bangladesh.
FM       Factory Manual; Standards Laboratories Department, 1151 Boston
         Providence Turnpike, Norwood, MA 02062, USA.
FSCD     Fire Service and Civil Defence, Kazi Alauddin Road, Dhaka-1000,
         Bangladesh.
HBRI     Housing and Building Research Institute, 120/3, Darus-Salam, Mirpur,
         Dhaka, Bangladesh.
IAB      Institute of Architects Bangladesh, Plot-11, Block-E, Road-7, Sher-e-
         Bangla Nagar, Agargaon, Dhaka.
IEB      The Institution of Engineers, Bangladesh, Ramna, Dhaka-1000.
IDEB     Institution of Diploma Engineers, Bangladesh, IDEB Bhaban, 160/A,
         Kakrail VIP Road, Dhaka-1000.
ICBO     International Conference of Building Officials, 5360 South Workman
         Mill Road, Whittier, CA 90601, USA.
ISO      International Organization for Standardization, 1, Rue de Varembé, Case
         Postal 56, CH-1211, Genève 20, Switzerland.
ISSMFE   International Society of Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering,
         University Engineering Department, Trumpington St, Cambridge
         CB21PZ, UK.
KDA      Khulna Development Authority, Shib Bari Crossing, Khulna-9100,
         Bangladesh.
LGED     Local Government Engineering Department, LGED Bhaban, Sher-e-
         Bangla Nagar, Agargaon, Dhaka-1207. Bangladesh.

NFPA         National Fire Protection Association, Batterymarch Park, Quincy, MA
             02269, USA.
NHA          National Housing Authority, Grihayan Bhaban, 82, Segunbagicha,
             Dhaka, Bangladesh.

PWD          Public Works Department, Purto Bhaban, Shahid Capt. Mansur Ali
             Sarani, Segunbagicha; Dhaka-1000, Bangladesh.
RAJUK        Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha, Rajuk Avenue, Motijheel, Dhaka-1000,
             Bangladesh.

RCSC Research Council on Structural Connections of the Engineering Foundation, American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC).

RDA Rajshahi Development Authority, Rajshahi-6203, Bangladesh.

RMA Rubber Manufacturing Association, 1400 K Street N.W., Washington, DC 20005, USA.

SBCCI Southern Building Code Congress International, 3617 8th Ave, S. Birmingham, AL 35222, USA.

SMACNA Sheet Metal and Air Conditioning Contractors' National Association, 8224 Old Courthouse Road, Tysons Corner, Vienna, VA 22180, USA.

SPRI Single Ply Roofing Institute, 104 Wilmont Road, Suite 201, Deerfield, IL 600015-5195, USA.

UDD Urban Development Directorate, Ministry of Housing and Public Works, 82, Segunbagicha, Dhaka-1000, Bangladesh.

UL Underwriters Laboratories Inc., 207 East Ohio Street, Chicago, IL 60611, USA.

(2) The abbreviations of words used in this Code are listed below in an alphabetical order. Abbreviations not explicitly defined herein below shall be construed to have their usual meaning as the context implies.

BDS          Bangladesh Standards; published by the BSTI
BNBC         Bangladesh National Building Code; published by HBRI

BS British Standard; published by the BSI

CBF Concentric Braced Frame

CFC Chlorofluorocarbon

CGI Corrugated Galvanized Iron

CWPC Cold Drawn Low Carbon Wire Prestressed Concrete

DCP Dry Chemical Powder (fire extinguisher)

DDT Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane

DPC Damp-proof Course

EBF Eccentric Braced Frame

FAR Floor Area Ratio

FM Fineness Modulus

FPA Flood Prone Area

GI Galvanized Iron

IBC International Building Code

IMRF Intermediate Moment Resisting Frame

IS Indian Standard; published by the Bureau of Indian Standards

LFD Load Factor Design

LPG Liquefied Petroleum Gas

MCSP Multipurpose Cyclone Shelter Program

OMRF Ordinary Moment Resisting Frame

RC Reinforced Concrete

RS Rolled Steel

RSJ Rolled Steel Joist

SMRF Special Moment Resisting Frame

SPA Surge Prone Area

SRSS Square Root of the Sum of the Squares

UBC Uniform Building Code; published by the ICBO

WSD Working Stress Design

cps Cycles per second