| AC | Asphalt Concrete |
| A.B | Anchor Bolt Or Asbestos Board |
| APM | Assistant Project Manager |
| AE | Assistant Engineer |
| A.S.T.M | American Society for Testing Materials |
| A.S.C | Allowable stress of concrete |
| A.R.E.A | American Railway Engineering Association |
| A.C.I | American concrete institute |
| A.A.S.H.T.O | American Association of State Highway Transport |
| BWK | Brick Work |
| BRW | Brick Retaining Wall |
| BOQ | Bill Of Quantities |
| BLK | Block Work |
| BHK | Bedroom, Hall, Kitchen |
| B.O.F | Bottom Of Foundation |
| B.M | Bending moment |
| B.M | Benchmark |
| CS | Comparative statement |
| CRW | Concrete Retaining Wall |
| CPM | Critical path method |
| CP | Cement plaster |
| CMU | Concrete Masonry Unit |
| CL | Centre Line |
| CJ | Construction Joint |
| CIP | Cast In Place |
| CE | Chief Engineer |
| CC | Centre To Centre |
| CC | Cement concrete |
| CBW | Concrete Block Wall |
| C.I.Sheet | Corrugated Iron sheet |
| C.I.Pipe | Cast iron pipe |
| DWLS | Dowels |
| DRG | Drawings |
| DPR | Daily Progress Report |
| DPC | Damp proof course |
| DL | Development Length |
| DIM | Dimension |
| Dia | Diameter |
| D.L | Dead load |
| ELCB | Earth Leak Circuit Breaker |
| EL | Existing Load |
| EJ | Expansion Joint |
| EGL | Existing ground level |
| E.L | Environmental load |
| Ft | Foot Or Feet |
| FOC | Factor Of Safety |
| FL | Floor Level |
| FGL | Formation ground level |
| F.M | Fineness Modulus |
| GP | Ground plane |
| GL | Ground Level |
| HP | Horizontal plane |
| HFL | Highest flood level |
| HAC | High Alumina Cement |
| ISI | Indian Standard Institute |
| IOM | Inter Office Memo |
| JST | Joist |
| JE | Junior Engineer |
| Kg | Kilogram |
| LWC | Light Weight Concrete |
| LW | Light Weight |
| LC | Lime concrete |
| L.L | Live load |
| MT | Metric Tonnes |
| MRC | Material Receipt Challan |
| MM | Millimeter |
| MFL | Maximum Flood Level |
| MEP | Mechanical Electrical Plumbing |
| MCB | Miniature Circuit Breaker |
| MB | Measurement book |
| M | Meter |
| NCF | Neat cement finishing |
| N | Newton |
| OSR | Open Space Reservation Area |
| OPC | Ordinary Portland Cement |
| OGL | Original ground level |
| PWD | Permanent Works Engineer |
| PVC | Polyvinyl Chloride |
| PSI | Pound Per Square Inch |
| PSF | Pound Per Square Foot |
| PPR | Poly Propylene Random |
| PPE | Personal Protective Equipment |
| PO | Purchase Order |
| PM | Project Manager |
| PL | Plinth level |
| PERT | Program Evaluation and Review Technique |
| PCC | Plain Cement Concrete |
| PC | Precast Concrete |
| PC | Pile Cap |
| QS | Quantity Surveyor |
| QC | Quality control |
| RMC | Ready Mixed Concrete concrete |
| RL | Reduced level |
| RCC | Reinforced Cement Concrete |
| RC | Reinforced Concrete |
| RBC | Reinforced Brick concrete |
| R.B.W | Reinforced brickwork |
| SWG | Standard wire gauge |
| STP | Sewage Treatment Plant |
| SRC | Sulphate Resisting Cement |
| SCC | Self Compacting Concrete |
| TOW | Top Of Wall |
| TOC | Top Of Concrete |
| TOB | Top Of Beam |
| TMT | Thermo Mechanical Treatment |
| TDS | Total Dissolved Solids |
| TBM | Tunnel Boring Machine |
| TB | Tie Beam |
| U.S.C | Ultimate stress of concrete |
| UPVC | Unplasticized Polyvinyl chloride |
| USD | Ultimate strength design |
| VP | Vertical plane |
| W.C | Water closet |
| W.S.D | Working stress design |
| WL | Working Level |
| WO | Work Order |
