| 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. |
| BOCA | Building Officials and Code Administrators International Inc.; 1313 East 60th Street, Chicago, IL 60637, USA. |
| 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. |
| CGSM | Canadian General Standards Board; Technical Information Unit, Ottawa, CANADA K1A 1G6. |
| FM | Factory Manual; Standards Laboratories Department, 1151 Boston Providence Turnpike, Norwood, MA 02062, USA. |
| 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. |
| NFPA, NFiPA | National Fire Protection Association; Batterymarch Park, Quincy, MA 02269, USA. |
| PDB | Power Development Board; WAPDA Building, Motijheel Commercial Area, Dhaka 1000, BANGLADESH. |
| PWD | Public Works Department; Poorta Bhaban, Segun Bagicha, Dhaka 1000, BANGLADESH. |
| RCSC | Research Council on Structural Connections of the Engineering Foundation; American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC). |
| 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. |
| UL | Underwriters Laboratories, Inc; 207 East Ohio Street, Chicago, IL 60611, USA. |
