| ACI | American Concrete Institute; Box 19150, Redford Station, Detroit, MI 48219, USA. |
| AISC | American Institute of Steel Construction, Inc.; 400 North Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL 60611, USA. |
| AISE | Association of Iron and Steel Engineers; Suite 2350, Three Gateway Center, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, USA. |
| AISI | American Iron and Steel Institute; Suite 300, 1133 15th Street N.W., Washington, DC 20005, USA. |
| ANSI | American National Standards Institute; 1430 Broadway, New York, NY 10018, USA. |
| ASHRAE | American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-conditioning Engineers, Inc.; 345 East 47th Street, New York, NY 10017, USA. |
| ASME | American Society of Mechanical Engineers; United Engineering Centre, 345 East 47th Street, New York, NY 10017, USA. |
| ASTM | American Society for Testing and Materials; 1916 Race Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103, USA. |
| AWS | American Welding Society; 550 N.W. LeJeune Rd., P.O. Box 351040, Miami, FL 33135, USA. |
| BIP | Bangladesh Institute of Planners, Planner’s Tower (Level-7), 13/A, Bir Uttam C.R. Datta (Sonargaon) Road, Bangla Motor, Dhaka-1000, Bangladesh. |
| BOCA | Building Officials and Code Administrators International Inc.; 1313 East 60th Street, Chicago, IL 60637, USA. |
| BPDB | Bangladesh Power Development Board; WAPDA Building, Motijheel Commercial Area, Dhaka-1000, Bangladesh. |
| BSI | British Standards Institution; 2 Park Street, London W1A 2BS, UK. |
| BSTI | Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution; 116A Tejgaon Industrial Area, Dhaka-1208, Bangladesh. |
| BWDB | Bangladesh Water Development Board; WAPDA Building, Motijheel Commercial Area, Dhaka-1000, Bangladesh. |
| CDA | Chittagong Development Authority; Station Road, Chittagong, Bangladesh. |
| CGSM | Canadian General Standards Board; Technical Information Unit, Ottawa, CANADA K1A 1G6. |
| DOA | Department of Architecture; Sthapatya Bhaban, Shahid Capt. Mansur Ali Sarani, Segunbagicha, Dhaka-1000, Bangladesh. |
| DPHE | Department of Public Health Engineering; DPHE Bhaban, 14, Shaheed Captain Mansur Ali Sarani, Kakrail, Dhaka-1000, Bangladesh. |
| EED | Education Engineering Department; Shikkha Bhaban, Dhaka-1000, Bangladesh. |
| HED | Health Engineering Department; Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, 105-106, Motijheel C/A, Dhaka-1000, Bangladesh. |
| FM | Factory Manual; Standards Laboratories Department, 1151 Boston Providence Turnpike, Norwood, MA 02062, USA. |
| FSCD | Fire Service and Civil Defence, Kazi Alauddin Road, Dhaka-1000, Bangladesh. |
| HBRI | Housing and Building Research Institute, 120/3, Darus-Salam, Mirpur, Dhaka, Bangladesh. |
| IAB | Institute of Architects Bangladesh, Plot-11, Block-E, Road-7, Sher-e- Bangla Nagar, Agargaon, Dhaka. |
| IEB | The Institution of Engineers, Bangladesh, Ramna, Dhaka-1000. |
| IDEB | Institution of Diploma Engineers, Bangladesh, IDEB Bhaban, 160/A, Kakrail VIP Road, Dhaka-1000. |
| ICBO | International Conference of Building Officials, 5360 South Workman Mill Road, Whittier, CA 90601, USA. |
| ISO | International Organization for Standardization, 1, Rue de Varembé, Case Postal 56, CH-1211, Genève 20, Switzerland. |
| ISSMFE | International Society of Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering, University Engineering Department, Trumpington St, Cambridge CB21PZ, UK. |
| KDA | Khulna Development Authority, Shib Bari Crossing, Khulna-9100, Bangladesh. |
| LGED | Local Government Engineering Department, LGED Bhaban, Sher-e- Bangla Nagar, Agargaon, Dhaka-1207. Bangladesh. |
| NFPA | National Fire Protection Association, Batterymarch Park, Quincy, MA 02269, USA. |
| NHA | National Housing Authority, Grihayan Bhaban, 82, Segunbagicha, Dhaka, Bangladesh. |
| PWD | Public Works Department, Purto Bhaban, Shahid Capt. Mansur Ali Sarani, Segunbagicha; Dhaka-1000, Bangladesh. |
| RAJUK | Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha, Rajuk Avenue, Motijheel, Dhaka-1000, Bangladesh. |
| RCSC | Research Council on Structural Connections of the Engineering Foundation, American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC). |
| RDA | Rajshahi Development Authority, Rajshahi-6203, Bangladesh. |
| RMA | Rubber Manufacturing Association, 1400 K Street N.W., Washington, DC 20005, USA. |
| SBCCI | Southern Building Code Congress International, 3617 8th Ave, S. Birmingham, AL 35222, USA. |
| SMACNA | Sheet Metal and Air Conditioning Contractors’ National Association, 8224 Old Courthouse Road, Tysons Corner, Vienna, VA 22180, USA. |
| SPRI | Single Ply Roofing Institute, 104 Wilmont Road, Suite 201, Deerfield, IL 600015-5195, USA. |
| UDD | Urban Development Directorate, Ministry of Housing and Public Works, 82, Segunbagicha, Dhaka-1000, Bangladesh. |
| UL | Underwriters Laboratories Inc., 207 East Ohio Street, Chicago, IL 60611, USA. |
