| AA |
Alternatives Analysis |
| A2LA |
American Association for Laboratory Accreditation |
| ANSI |
American National Standards Institute |
| ASQC |
American Society of Quality Control |
| ASCE |
American Society of Civil Engineers |
| ASME |
American Society of Mechanical Engineers |
| CII |
Construction Industry Institute |
| CMC |
Construction Management Consultant |
| DB |
Design-Build |
| DCQI |
Design and Construction Quality Institute |
| DOD |
Department of Defense |
| FFGA |
Full Funding Grant Agreementv |
| FHWA |
Federal Highway Administration |
| FTA |
Federal Transit Administration |
| ICBO ES |
International Council of Building Officials Evaluation Service |
| IEEE |
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers |
| ISO |
International Organization for Standardization |
| LAP |
Laboratory Accreditation Program |
| LIRR |
Long Island Rail Road |
| NACLA |
National Cooperation of Laboratory Accreditation |
| NIST |
National Institute of Standards and Technology |
| NVLAP |
National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program |
| OSS |
Office of Standards Services |
| PE |
Preliminary Engineering |
| PMO |
Project Management Oversight |
| PMOC |
Project Management Oversight Contractor |
| PMP |
Project Management Plan |
| PM |
Project Manager |
| QA |
Quality Assurance |
| QC |
Quality Control |
| RCC |
Rail Construction Corporation |
| RE |
Resident Engineer |
| SEPTA |
Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority |
| SPC |
Statistical Process Control |
| SWTP |
The Southwest Transit Project of the Chicago DPW |
| TQM |
Total Quality Management |
| TRB |
Transportation Research Board |
| VQS |
Vendor’s Quality Systemv |
| VSDP |
Vendor’s Software Development Process |
| WMATA |
Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority |
