Alternative Project Delivery Methods: Assessing and Allocating Risk to Increase Competition (2025)
Chapter: Abbreviations and Acronyms
Abbreviations and Acronyms
AIAI |
Association for the Improvement of American Infrastructure |
APDM |
Alternative project delivery methods |
APD |
Alternative project delivery |
ATC |
Alternative technical concepts |
CBA |
Choosing-by-advantages |
CM/GC |
Construction manager/general contractor |
CMAR |
Construction manager at risk |
DB |
Design-build |
DBA |
Design-build agreement |
DBB |
Design-bid-build |
DBFOM |
Design-build-finance-operate-maintain |
DOT |
Department of transportation |
DRB |
Disputes Review Board |
DSC |
Differing site conditions |
GBR |
Geotechnical baseline report |
GDR |
Geotechnical data report |
GEC |
General engineering consultant |
GMP |
Guaranteed maximum price |
ICE |
Independent cost estimator |
KPI |
Key performance indicator |
MOU |
Memorandum of understanding |
NEPA |
National Environmental Policy Act |
NTP |
Notice to proceed |
OPCC |
Opinion of probable construction cost |
P3 |
Public-private partnership |
PA |
Project agreement |
PDB |
Progressive design-build |
PDM |
Project delivery method |
QBS |
Qualifications-based selection |
QMP |
Quality management plan |
RID |
Reference information document |
RFP |
Request for proposals |
RFQ |
Request for qualifications |
ROW |
Right of way |
SCC |
Standard cost category |
SFO |
San Francisco International Airport |
SME |
Subject matter experts |
SOQs |
Statement of qualifications |
SUE |
Subsurface utility engineering |
TVD |
Target value design |
USACE |
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers |
Abbreviations and acronyms used without definitions in TRB publications: |
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A4A |
Airlines for America |
AAAE |
American Association of Airport Executives |
AASHO |
American Association of State Highway Officials |
AASHTO |
American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials |
ACI–NA |
Airports Council International–North America |
ACRP |
Airport Cooperative Research Program |
ADA |
Americans with Disabilities Act |
APTA |
American Public Transportation Association |
ASCE |
American Society of Civil Engineers |
ASME |
American Society of Mechanical Engineers |
ASTM |
American Society for Testing and Materials |
ATA |
American Trucking Associations |
CTAA |
Community Transportation Association of America |
CTBSSP |
Commercial Truck and Bus Safety Synthesis Program |
DHS |
Department of Homeland Security |
DOE |
Department of Energy |
EPA |
Environmental Protection Agency |
FAA |
Federal Aviation Administration |
FAST |
Fixing Americaʼs Surface Transportation Act (2015) |
FHWA |
Federal Highway Administration |
FMCSA |
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration |
FRA |
Federal Railroad Administration |
FTA |
Federal Transit Administration |
GHSA |
Governors Highway Safety Association |
HMCRP |
Hazardous Materials Cooperative Research Program |
IEEE |
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers |
ISTEA |
Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 |
ITE |
Institute of Transportation Engineers |
MAP-21 |
Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (2012) |
NASA |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
NASAO |
National Association of State Aviation Officials |
NCFRP |
National Cooperative Freight Research Program |
NCHRP |
National Cooperative Highway Research Program |
NHTSA |
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration |
NTSB |
National Transportation Safety Board |
PHMSA |
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration |
RITA |
Research and Innovative Technology Administration |
SAE |
Society of Automotive Engineers |
SAFETEA-LU |
Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (2005) |
TCRP |
Transit Cooperative Research Program |
TEA-21 |
Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (1998) |
TRB |
Transportation Research Board |
TSA |
Transportation Security Administration |
U.S. DOT |
United States Department of Transportation |
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