Whether you are new to Procore, cloud-based technology, or the construction industry, you might encounter some unfamiliar acronyms and abbreviations. This page is an alphabetized list of the acronyms and abbreviations we've encountered over the course of our construction journey. It is also a community effort—If you don't see what you are looking for, click the Feedback button on the right side of the page and ask us to add it.
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Architects Accredited in Building Conservation
African American Business Enterprise
As Built
Association of Builders and Contractors
Asian American Business Enterprise
Australian Business Number
Architecture and Construction Management
Australian Company Number
Americans with Disabilities Act
Architect/Engineer
Architecture, Engineering, and Construction
Architecture, Engineering, and Construction Management
Architecture, Engineering, and Construction Owner
Architecture, Engineering, and Construction Operations and Management
Actual Finish (date)
Above Finished Floor
Above Finished Grade
Architect Field Report
Agency Construction Managemen
Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act
American Institute of Architects
American Institute of Architects' Continuing Education System
American Institute of Building Design
American Institute of Electrical Engineers
American and Steel Institute
Agreed Maximum Price
American National Standards Institute
Australia and New Zealand
Architect of Record
Asia Pacific
Application Programming Interface
Actual Quantity
Architects Registration Board
American Society of Civil Engineers
American Standard Code for Information Interchange
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Australian Tax Office
Australia
Budget At Completion
Bar Bending Schedule
Blind Carbon Copy
Budgeted Cost of Work Performed
Budgeted Cost of Work Scheduled
Business Intelligence
Ball In Court
Building Information Modeling
Bottom of Footing
Bill of Material
Bill of Quantities
Bottom of Wall
Computer-Aided Design
Certified Business Enterprise
California Counties Architects and Engineers Association
Client Contract Change Order
Construction Change Directive
Certified Construction Industry Financial Professional
Commitment Change Order
Commitment Change Order Request
Continuing Education Credit
Continuing Education Unit
Construction Financial Management Association
Construction Industry CPAs and Consultants Association
Construction Manager as Advisor
Construction Manager as Advisor
Construction Manager at Risk
Construction Manager at Risk
Construction Management Fee
Construction Management Plan
Change Order
Change Orders by Line Item
Course of Construction
Contractor Schedule of Values
Change Order Request
Check On Site
Commitment Potential Change Order
Critical Path Method
Customer Relationship Management
Construction Specifications Canada
Construction Specifications Institute
Cross-Site Request Forgery
Comma Separated Values
Cubic Feet
Cubic Yard
Contract Work Breakdown Structure
Design-Build
Design-Bid-Build
Disadvantaged Business Enterprise
Design-Bid-Operate-Maintain
Design-Development
Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business
Each
Electronic Book
Estimated Cost to Complete
Electronic Document Management
Estimate Final Cost
Employer Identification Number
Environmental Impact Statement
Europe, the Middle East, and Africa
Expected Monetary Value
English
Engineering News Record
End of Day
End of Life
End of Support
Extension of Time
End of Year
Engineering, Procurement, Construction
Environmental Quality
Enterprise Resource Planning
Spanish (Español)
Estimated Cost to Complete
Extract-Transform-Load
Earned Value Management
Fixed Cost
Funding Change Order
Federal Employer Identification Number
Firm Fixed Price
Feet Per Minute
French
AIA G702™–1992, Application and Certificate for Payment
AIA G703™–1992, Continuation Sheet
Great Britain
General Contractor
Geographic Coordinate System
General Indemnity Agreement
Geographical Information System
Guaranteed Maximum Price
Guaranteed Maximum Price
Granular Permissions
Geographic Positioning System
Goods & Services Tax
Hazardous Materials
Hispanic Business Enterprise
Headquarters
Hypertext Transfer Protocol
Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure
Historically Underutilized Business
In Accordance With
Integrated Design-Bid-Build
Identity Provider
Invitation for Bid
Issued for Construction
Inch
Integration Platform as a Service
Integrated Product Delivery
International Risk Management Institute
International Organization for Standardization
Internet Service Provider
Information Technology
Latin America Division
Latin American
Pounds
Light Detection And Ranging
Letter of Intent
Letter of Permission
Life Cycle Cost
Liquidated Damages
Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design
Linear Feet
Linear Feet
Learning Management System
Meter
Square Meter
Cubic Meter
millimeter
Maximum
Minority Business Enterprise
Mechanical, Electrical, and Plumbing
Multimedia Messaging Service
Manual of Procedures
Memorandum of Understanding
Microsoft Project file name extension
Material Safety Data Sheet
Mechanical, Structural, and Engineering
Month-to-Date
North America
Native American Business Enterprise
National Association of Surety Bond Producers
North American Numbering Plan
Non-Commitment Cost
National Electric Code
Not in Contract
Notice of Award
Notice of Award
Notification of Delay
Notice to Proceed
Owner-Architect-Contract
Owner-Architect-Contract Meeting
Optical Character Recognition
Online Transaction Processing
Office of Management and Budget
Owner's Project Manager
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Platform as a Service
Payment Application
Personal Computer
Potential Change Order
Prime Contract Change Order
Portable Document Format
Program Management Office
Project Management Information System
Project Management Office
Project Management Plan
Purchase Order
Point of Contact
Public Open Space
Personal Protective Equipment
Project Procedures Manual
Pending Revised Contract
Pounds per Square Inch
Quality Assurance
Quality Control
Research and Development
Repair and Maintenance
Representative
Required
Request for Information
Rough Order of Magnitude
Software as a Service
See Architectural Drawings
Security Assertion Markup Language
Systems, Applications & Products in Data Processing (SAP). SAP products are developed by SAP SE—a multinational corporation that offers a wide range of ERP applications.
Small Business Administration
Small Business Enterprise
Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business
Structural Engineer
Square Foot
Short Interval Schedule
Small and Midsize Business
Short Message Service
Standard Operating Procedure
Schedule of Values
Service Provider
Procore Strategic Product Consultant
Square Feet
Square Inches
Single Room Occupancy
Single Sign-On
Subcontractor Schedule of Values
Standard
Sage Timberline Office. Now called Sage 300 CRE®.
Subcontractor
Subcontractor Schedule of Values
Schedule Variance
Site Work Instruction
Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plans
Square Yard
Tonne
Technical Advisor
Top and Bottom
Tongue and Groove
Time and Materials
Federal Tax ID
To Be Determined
Tenant Improvement
Ton
User Interface
United Kingdom
Unless Noted Otherwise
Unit of Measure
Unless Otherwise Noted
Uniform Resource Locator
United States
Underside
Value Added Tax
Virtual Business Card
Virtual Contact File
Virtual Design and Construction
Value Engineering
Verify In Field
Veteran-Owned Business
Veteran-Owned Small Business
Women's Business Enterprise
Work Breakdown Structure
Water Level
Women-Owned Small Business
Microsoft Excel Spreadsheet format (used in Microsoft Excel 2003 and earlier)
Microsoft Excel Spreadsheet format (used in Microsoft Excel 2007 and later)