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== Abbreviations and Acronyms ==
°C                                degrees Celsius


°F                                  degrees Fahrenheit
1-D                              one dimensional
2-D                              two-dimensional
3-D                              three-dimensional
AADT                          annual average daily traffic
AASHTO                     American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials
ABC                            Accelerated Bridge Construction
ADA                            Americans with Disabilities Act
ADD                            Addendum
ADT                            average daily traffic
ADTT                          average daily truck traffic
AHP                            Analytic Hierarchy Process
APD                            accelerated project delivery
AREMA                       American Railway Engineering and Maintenance-of-Way Association ''(but this manual uses the acronym to refer to the AREMA Manual for Railway Engineering)''
ASCE                          American Society of Civil Engineers
ASR                            alkali-silica reaction
ATON                          aids to navigation
AWS                            American Welding Society
BFE                             Base Flood Elevation
BMS                            Bridge Management System
BOEF                          Beam on elastic foundation
CADD                          computer-aided design and drafting
CAPWAP                     Case Pile Wave Analysis Program
CCA                             chromate copper arsenate
CCNS                          closed cell neoprene sponge
CE                               carbon equivalent
CFA                             continuous flight auger
CFR                            Code of Federal Regulations
CFRP                          carbon fiber reinforced polymer
CJP                             complete joint penetration
CLOMR                       conditional letter of map revision
CMS                            Changeable Message Signs
CPM                            Critical Path Method
CPT                             Cone Penetrometer Tests
CSE                             copper-sulfate half-cell electrode
CTP                             Capital Transportation Program
DCDPF                        ''Design and Construction of Driven Pile Foundations''
DEF                             delayed ettringite formation
DelDOT                       Delaware Department of Transportation
DEM                            Digital Elevation Model
DGM                           Design Guidance Memorandum
DHV                            Design Hourly Volume
DMS                           Dynamic Message Sign
DMT                           Dilatometer Test
DNREC                      Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control
DRBA                         Delaware River and Bay Authority
DRC                           Design Resource Center
EAP                            Emergency Action Plan
EM                              Electromagnetics
EOR                           Engineer of Record
EPS                            expanded polystyrene
ERDC                         Engineer Research and Development Center
ESRI                           Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc.
FCM                            fracture critical member
FEMA                          Federal Emergency Management Agency
FHWA                         Federal Highway Administration
FIS                              Flood Insurance Study
ft                                 feet
FTP                            File Transfer Protocol
GeoHMS                    Geospatial Hydrologic Modeling Extension
GIS                             geographic information system
GPR                           Ground Penetrating Radar
GRS/IBS                    Geosynthetic Reinforced Soil / Integrated Bridge System
GUI                             graphical user’s interface
H:V                             Horizontal:Vertical
HDPE                         high density polyethylene
HEC                           Hydraulic Engineering Circular ''or'' Hydrologic Engineering Center
HEC-HMS                  Hydrologic Engineering Center Hydrologic Modeling System (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers)
HEC-RAS                  Hydrologic Engineering Center River Analysis System (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers)
HEC-SSP                  Hydrologic Engineering Center Statistical Software Package
HFAWG                     Hydrologic Frequency Analysis Work Group
H&H                           hydrologic and hydraulic
HLMR                        high-load multi-rotational
HMA                           hot-mix asphalt
HMWM                       high molecular weight metharylate
HPS                            high-performance steel
HW                             headwater
IGM                            Intermediate Geomaterial
IR                               Infrared
LCCA                         life-cycle cost analysis
LiDAR '''                     '''  light detection and ranging (remote sensing method)
LMC                           latex modified concrete
LOC                           limits of construction
LOMR                        Letter of Map Revision
LRFD                         load and resistance factor design
LRFR                         Load and Resistance Factor Rating
LTEC                          least total expected cost
M&R                           Material and Research
MAP-21                      Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act
MASH                         Manual for Assessing Safety Hardware
MASW                        Multi-channel Analysis of Surface Waves
MBE                           Manual for Bridge Evaluation
MCFT                         Modified Compression Field Theory
MHW                          mean high water
MLW                           mean low water
MOT                           maintenance of traffic
MR&R                        maintenance, repair, and rehabilitation
MSE                           mechanically stabilized earth
NAVD 88 '''                  ''' North American Vertical Datum of 1988
NBI                            National Bridge Inventory
NBIS                          National Bridge Inspection Standards
NCHRP                      National Cooperative Highway Research Program
NCSPA                      National Corrugated Steel Pipe Association
NEPCOAT                 Northeast Protective Coating Committee
NFIP                          National Flood Insurance Program
NHD                          National Hydrography Dataset
NHS                           National Highway System
NLF                            No-load fit
NOAA                         National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NRCS                         Natural Resources Conservation Service (formerly SCS)
NSBA                         National Steel Bridge Alliance
OHW                          Ordinary High Water
PBES                         prefabricated bridge elements and systems
PCEF                         Prestressed Concrete Committee for Economic Fabrication
PCI                             Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute
PCINE                        Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute Northeast
PDA                            Pile Driving Analyzer
PDF                            Adobe Acrobat Portable Document File
PDM '''                          '''  [https://deldot.gov/Publications/reports/CTP/pdfs/project_development_manual.pdf DelDOT ''Project Development Manual'' (2015)]
PEP                            plain elastomeric bearing pad
PoDI                           Projects of Division Interest
PMF                           Probable Maximum Flood
PMT                           Pressuremeter Test
PQR                           Procedure Qualification Records
PS&E                         plans, specifications, and estimate
PTFE                         Polytetrafluoroethylene
QA                             Quality Assurance
QC                             Quality Control
QA/QC                       Quality assurance / Quality control
RCRF                         Reinforced Concrete Rigid Frames
RFI                             request for information
RH                              rehabilitate
RMR                           Rock Mass Rating
RP                              replace
RQD                           Rock Quality Designation
S&O                           Stewardship and Oversight
SASW                        Spectral Analysis of Surface Waves
SCC                           self-consolidating concrete
SCL                           structural composite lumber
SCS                           Soil Conservation Service
SDF                           Spillway Design Flood
SDI                            slake durability index
SDLF                         steel dead load fit
SDR                           structure data records
SHV                           Specialized Hauling Vehicles
SIP                             Stay-in-Place
SMS                           (Aquaveo) Surface-Water Modeling System
SPMT                         self-propelled modular transporters
SPT                            Standard Penetration Tests
SRICOS-EFA             Scour Rate in Cohesive Soil – Erosion Function Apparatus
SRM                          System Redundant Member
STU                           Shock Transmission Unit
TDLF                          total dead load fit
TIN                             triangulated irregular network
TRB                           Transportation Research Board
TS&L                         type, size, and location
UDC                          Unified Development Code (New Castle County)
UH                             unit hydrograph
UHPC                        ultra-high performance concrete
UIT                            Ultrasonic Impact Treatment
USACE                     U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
USBR                       U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
U.S.C.                       United States Code
USGS                       U.S. Geological Survey
USGS SIR                USGS Scientific Investigations Report
VMS                         Variable Message Signs
VST                          Vane Shear Test
WDM                        Watershed Data Management
WMS                        Watershed Modeling System
WPS                        Welding Procedure Specifications
WSE                        water surface elevations
YS/TS                      Yield strength/Tensile strength

Revision as of 13:48, 18 January 2022

Abbreviations and Acronyms

°C                                degrees Celsius

°F                                degrees Fahrenheit

1-D                              one dimensional

2-D                              two-dimensional

3-D                              three-dimensional

AADT                          annual average daily traffic

AASHTO                     American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials

ABC                            Accelerated Bridge Construction

ADA                            Americans with Disabilities Act

ADD                            Addendum

ADT                            average daily traffic

ADTT                          average daily truck traffic

AHP                            Analytic Hierarchy Process

APD                            accelerated project delivery

AREMA                       American Railway Engineering and Maintenance-of-Way Association (but this manual uses the acronym to refer to the AREMA Manual for Railway Engineering)

ASCE                         American Society of Civil Engineers

ASR                            alkali-silica reaction

ATON                          aids to navigation

AWS                            American Welding Society

BFE                             Base Flood Elevation

BMS                            Bridge Management System

BOEF                          Beam on elastic foundation

CADD                          computer-aided design and drafting

CAPWAP                     Case Pile Wave Analysis Program

CCA                             chromate copper arsenate

CCNS                          closed cell neoprene sponge

CE                               carbon equivalent

CFA                             continuous flight auger

CFR                            Code of Federal Regulations

CFRP                          carbon fiber reinforced polymer

CJP                             complete joint penetration

CLOMR                       conditional letter of map revision

CMS                            Changeable Message Signs

CPM                           Critical Path Method

CPT                             Cone Penetrometer Tests

CSE                             copper-sulfate half-cell electrode

CTP                             Capital Transportation Program

DCDPF                        Design and Construction of Driven Pile Foundations

DEF                             delayed ettringite formation

DelDOT                       Delaware Department of Transportation

DEM                            Digital Elevation Model

DGM                           Design Guidance Memorandum

DHV                            Design Hourly Volume

DMS                           Dynamic Message Sign

DMT                           Dilatometer Test

DNREC                      Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control

DRBA                         Delaware River and Bay Authority

DRC                           Design Resource Center

EAP                            Emergency Action Plan

EM                              Electromagnetics

EOR                           Engineer of Record

EPS                            expanded polystyrene

ERDC                         Engineer Research and Development Center

ESRI                           Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc.

FCM                           fracture critical member

FEMA                          Federal Emergency Management Agency

FHWA                         Federal Highway Administration

FIS                              Flood Insurance Study

ft                                 feet

FTP                            File Transfer Protocol

GeoHMS                    Geospatial Hydrologic Modeling Extension

GIS                             geographic information system

GPR                           Ground Penetrating Radar

GRS/IBS                    Geosynthetic Reinforced Soil / Integrated Bridge System

GUI                             graphical user’s interface

H:V                             Horizontal:Vertical

HDPE                         high density polyethylene

HEC                           Hydraulic Engineering Circular or Hydrologic Engineering Center

HEC-HMS                 Hydrologic Engineering Center Hydrologic Modeling System (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers)

HEC-RAS                 Hydrologic Engineering Center River Analysis System (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers)

HEC-SSP                  Hydrologic Engineering Center Statistical Software Package

HFAWG                     Hydrologic Frequency Analysis Work Group

H&H                           hydrologic and hydraulic

HLMR                        high-load multi-rotational

HMA                           hot-mix asphalt

HMWM                       high molecular weight metharylate

HPS                            high-performance steel

HW                             headwater

IGM                            Intermediate Geomaterial

IR                               Infrared

LCCA                         life-cycle cost analysis

LiDAR                       light detection and ranging (remote sensing method)

LMC                           latex modified concrete

LOC                           limits of construction

LOMR                        Letter of Map Revision

LRFD                         load and resistance factor design

LRFR                         Load and Resistance Factor Rating

LTEC                         least total expected cost

M&R                           Material and Research

MAP-21                      Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act

MASH                         Manual for Assessing Safety Hardware

MASW                        Multi-channel Analysis of Surface Waves

MBE                           Manual for Bridge Evaluation

MCFT                         Modified Compression Field Theory

MHW                          mean high water

MLW                           mean low water

MOT                           maintenance of traffic

MR&R                        maintenance, repair, and rehabilitation

MSE                           mechanically stabilized earth

NAVD 88                   North American Vertical Datum of 1988

NBI                            National Bridge Inventory

NBIS                          National Bridge Inspection Standards

NCHRP                      National Cooperative Highway Research Program

NCSPA                      National Corrugated Steel Pipe Association

NEPCOAT                 Northeast Protective Coating Committee

NFIP                          National Flood Insurance Program

NHD                          National Hydrography Dataset

NHS                           National Highway System

NLF                            No-load fit

NOAA                         National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

NRCS                         Natural Resources Conservation Service (formerly SCS)

NSBA                         National Steel Bridge Alliance

OHW                         Ordinary High Water

PBES                         prefabricated bridge elements and systems

PCEF                         Prestressed Concrete Committee for Economic Fabrication

PCI                             Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute

PCINE                        Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute Northeast

PDA                            Pile Driving Analyzer

PDF                            Adobe Acrobat Portable Document File

PDM                           DelDOT Project Development Manual (2015)

PEP                            plain elastomeric bearing pad

PoDI                           Projects of Division Interest

PMF                           Probable Maximum Flood

PMT                           Pressuremeter Test

PQR                           Procedure Qualification Records

PS&E                         plans, specifications, and estimate

PTFE                         Polytetrafluoroethylene

QA                             Quality Assurance

QC                             Quality Control

QA/QC                       Quality assurance / Quality control

RCRF                         Reinforced Concrete Rigid Frames

RFI                             request for information

RH                             rehabilitate

RMR                           Rock Mass Rating

RP                              replace

RQD                           Rock Quality Designation

S&O                           Stewardship and Oversight

SASW                        Spectral Analysis of Surface Waves

SCC                           self-consolidating concrete

SCL                           structural composite lumber

SCS                           Soil Conservation Service

SDF                           Spillway Design Flood

SDI                            slake durability index

SDLF                         steel dead load fit

SDR                           structure data records

SHV                           Specialized Hauling Vehicles

SIP                             Stay-in-Place

SMS                           (Aquaveo) Surface-Water Modeling System

SPMT                         self-propelled modular transporters

SPT                            Standard Penetration Tests

SRICOS-EFA             Scour Rate in Cohesive Soil – Erosion Function Apparatus

SRM                          System Redundant Member

STU                           Shock Transmission Unit

TDLF                         total dead load fit

TIN                             triangulated irregular network

TRB                           Transportation Research Board

TS&L                         type, size, and location

UDC                          Unified Development Code (New Castle County)

UH                             unit hydrograph

UHPC                        ultra-high performance concrete

UIT                            Ultrasonic Impact Treatment

USACE                     U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

USBR                       U.S. Bureau of Reclamation

U.S.C.                       United States Code

USGS                       U.S. Geological Survey

USGS SIR                USGS Scientific Investigations Report

VMS                         Variable Message Signs

VST                          Vane Shear Test

WDM                        Watershed Data Management

WMS                        Watershed Modeling System

WPS                        Welding Procedure Specifications

WSE                        water surface elevations

YS/TS                      Yield strength/Tensile strength