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  1. Abbreviations of names and words.(1) Names of institutions, organizations and professional societies referred to in this Code are listed below in an alphabetical order, namely : 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 ইধহমষধফবংয ওহংঃরঃঁঃব ড়ভ চষধহহবৎং, চষধহহবৎ্থং ঞড়বিৎ (খবাবষ-৭), ১৩/অ, ইরৎ 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. (2) The abbreviations of words used in this Code are listed below in an alphabetical order. Abbreviations not explicitly defined herein below shall be construed to have their usual meaning as the context implies. BDS Bangladesh Standards; published by the BSTI BNBC Bangladesh National Building Code; published by HBRI BS British Standard; published by the BSI CBF Concentric Braced Frame CFC Chlorofluorocarbon CGI Corrugated Galvanized Iron CWPC Cold Drawn Low Carbon Wire Prestressed Concrete DCP Dry Chemical Powder (fire extinguisher) DDT Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane DPC Damp-proof Course EBF Eccentric Braced Frame FAR Floor Area Ratio FM Fineness Modulus FPA Flood Prone Area GI Galvanized Iron IBC International Building Code IMRF Intermediate Moment Resisting Frame IS Indian Standard; published by the Bureau of Indian Standards LFD Load Factor Design LPG Liquefied Petroleum Gas MCSP Multipurpose Cyclone Shelter Program OMRF Ordinary Moment Resisting Frame RC Reinforced Concrete RS Rolled Steel RSJ Rolled Steel Joist SMRF Special Moment Resisting Frame SPA Surge Prone Area SRSS Square Root of the Sum of the Squares UBC Uniform Building Code; published by the ICBO WSD Working Stress Design cps Cycles per second
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