Abbreviations(Short Forms) used in the field of civil engineering

Abbreviations are short forms of long words or names. These are used to save time & space. 

TERM   and ABBREVIATIONS   

            

ACRE --- ACRE
Aggregate --- AGG
Air-brick --- AB
Angle --- L
AsbestosS --- ASB
At --- @
Beam --- B
Brick work --- BWk
Cast iron --- CI
Cement concrete --- CC
Centre line --- CL
Centre to Centre --- C/C
Centimetre --- cm
Concrete --- cone*
Cross-section --- CS
Cubic metre ---  m3
Cubic centimetre ---cm3
Cubic millimeter ---mm3
Damp Proof Coursee --- DPC
Diameteer ---  Dia: Ø
Drawing --- DRG
Drawn --- DRN
Elevation --- EL
Figures --- FIG
Flushing Cistern --- FC
Formation level --- L
Full supply level --- FSL
Galvanised iron --- GI
Glazed ware pipes --- GWP
Greese trap --- GT
Gram --- gm
Ground level --- GL
Gully --- G
Height --- HT
Inspecton chamber --- ICH
Intercepung trap --- IT
Kilometre --- km
Longitudinal Section --- LS
Manhole --- MH

Metre --- m

Wild steel --- MS

Millimeter --- mm

Natural surface level --- NSL

North --- N

Per --- PER/

Percent --- 

Radius --- R

Rain water outet --- RWO

Rain water pipe --- RWP

Reduced level --- RL

Reference --- REF

Reinforced cement concrete --- R.C.C

Rising main --- RM

Rolled Section --- RS

Rolled steel joist --- RSJ or I

Shower bath --- SB

Sink --- S

Soil and vent pipe --- S & VP

Soil pipe --- SP

Spigot S socket --- S & S

Square --- SO

Square centimeters --- cm2

Square metre --- mm2

Square millimetre --- mm2

Stop valve --- SP

Tee --- T

Temperature --- Temp

Traced --- TCD

Vent pipe --- VP

Volume --- Vol

Waste pipe --- WP

Waste & vent pipe --- W & VP

Water closet --- W.C.

Weight --- Wt.

Wrought iron --- WI

Yard gully --- YG

Year --- Yr or a