Abbreviations
NFPA National Fire Protection Association
A Amps
NSF Net Square Feet
ABV Above
NSM Net Square Meters
ADO Automatic Door Opener
NTS Not To Scale
AF After Filter
OC On Center
AFF Above Finished Floor
OCC Occupied
AI Acquisition Information
OR Operating Room
AR As Required
P Paint
AT Acoustical Tile
PACU Post Anesthesia Care Unit
CBB Concrete Backer Board
PBPU Prefabricated Bedside Patient Unit
CC Contractor Furnished, Contractor Installed,
PF Pre-filter
Construction Funds
PG Program Guide
CD Construction Detail, see Standard Detail
PL Plaster
CF Construction Funds, VA Furnished, Installed
PSF Pounds Per Square Foot
by VA or Contractor
RB Resilient Base
CFM Cubic Feet per Minute
RA Return Air
CLG Ceiling
REC Receptacle
CP Carpet
REFL Reflected
CPT Carpet Tile
RH Relative Humidity
CRP Corrosion Resistant Piping
RSF Resilient Sheet Flooring
CRS Corrosion Resisting Steel
SA Supply Air
CS Construction Standard
CT Ceramic Tile
SC High Build Glazed Coating (Special Coating)
SD Standard Details
EA Exhaust Air
SF Square Foot, Square Feet
ES Equipment Symbol
FC Footcandle
SPD Supply Processing and Distribution
FD Floor Drain
SPDT Single Pole, Double Throw
FLUOR Fluorescent
SRC Semi-Restricted Corridor
FPS Fire Protection System
SS Stainless Steel
GEN General
TIL Technical Information Library
GP Guide Plate
(http://www.va.gov/facmgt/standard/)
GWB Gypsum Wallboard Systems
UNOCC Unoccupied
HAC Housekeeping Aids Closet
V Volts
HIPAA Health Insurance Portability
VA Volt-ampere
and Accountability Act
VC VA Furnished Contractor Installed, Medical Care Funds
HVAC Heating, Ventilating and Air-Conditioning
for Purchase, Construction Funds for Installation
IPU Isolated Power Unit
VCT Resilient Tile Flooring (Vinyl Composition Tile)
KVA Kilovolt Ampere
VL Laboratory (Conventional) Furniture
L/T/S Lockers, Toilets, Showers
VS Sterilizer and Associated Equipment
MAT Materials
VV VA Furnished, VA Installed; Medical Care Appropriation
MCS Master Construction Specification
W Wallcovering (Vinyl Coated Fabric)
mm,MM Millimeter
W Watts
MTD Mounted
WSF Welded Seam Sheet Flooring
WVF Welded Vinyl Flooring
Design Guide - Surgical Service
Abbreviations
Guide Plate:
1c
Date: August 2005
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