The most common abbreviation used in civil engineering are as following:

• A.A.S.H.T.O – American Association of state highway Transport Official.
• A.C.I – American Concrete Institute.
• A.R.E.A – American Railway Engineering Association.
• A.B – Anchor Bolt Or Asbestos Board.
• AC – Asphalt Concrete.
• A.S.C – Allowable Stress of concrete.
• A.S.T.M – American society for testing materials.
• AC – Asbestos cement.
• AE – Assistant Engineer.
• APM – Assistant Project Manager.

 

• B.M – Benchmark.
• B.M – Bending moment.
• BLK – Block Work.
• BOQ – Bill Of Quantities.
• BRW – Brick Retaining Wall.
• BWK – Brick Work.
• B.O.F – Bottom Of Foundation.
• BHK – Bedroom, Hall, Kitchen.

 

• C.I.Pipe – Cast iron pipe.
• C.I.Sheet – Corrugated Iron sheet.
• CL- Centre Line.
• CRW – Concrete Retaining Wall.
• CBW – Concrete Block Wall.
• CIP – Cast In Place.
• CMU – Concrete Masonry Unit.
• CJ – Construction Joint.
• CC – Centre To Centre.
• CC – Cement concrete.
• CE – Chief Engineer.
• CP – Cement plaster.
• CPM – Critical path method.
• CS – Comparative statement.

 

• D – Diameter.
• DL – Development Length.
• Dia – Diameter.
• DIM – Dimension.
• D.L – Dead load.
• DPC – Damp proof course.
• DPR – Daily Progress Report.
• DRG – Drawings.
• DWLS – Dowels.

 

• EJ – Expansion Joint.
• E.L – Environmental load.
• EL – Existing Load.
• EGL – Existing ground level.
• ELCB – Earth Leak Circuit Breaker.

• F.M – Fineness Modulus.
• Ft – Foot Or Feet.
• FL – Floor Level.
• FGL – Formation ground level.
• FOC – Factor Of Safety.

 

• GL – Ground Level.
• GL – Ground level.
• GP – Ground plane.

 

• HFL – Highest Flood Level.
• HAC – High Alumina Cement.
• HP – Horizontal plane.

 

• IOM – Inter Office Memo.
• ISI – Indian standard institute.

 

• JE – Junior Engineer.

 

• Kg – Kilogram.

 

• L.L – Live load.
• LW – Light Weight.
• LWC – light Weight Concrete.
• LC – Lime concrete.

 

• M – Meter.
• MM – Millimeter.
• MB – Measurement book.
• MCB – Miniature Circuit Breaker.
• MEP – Mechanical Electrical Plumbing.
• MFL – Maximum Flood Level.
• MRC – Material Receipt Challan.
• MT – Metric Tonnes.

• N – Newton.
• NCF – Neat cement finishing.

 

• OPC – Ordinary Portland Cement.
• OGL – Original ground level.
• OSR – Open Source Reservation Area.

 

• PC – Pile Cap.
• PC – Precast Concrete.
• PCC – Plain Cement Concrete.
• PERT – Programme Evaluation and Review Technique.
• PL – Plinth level.
• PM – Project Manager.
• PO – Purchase Order.
• PPE – Personal Protective Equipment.
• PPR – Poly Propylene Random.
• PVC – Poly vinyl choloride .
• PVC – Polyvinyl Chloride.
• PSF – Pound Per Square Foot.
• PSI – Pound Per Square Inch.
• PWD – Public Works Department.

 

• QC – Quality control.
• QS – Quantity Surveyor.

 

• RC – Reinforced Concrete.
• R.B.W – Reinforced brick work.
• RBC – Reinforced Brick concrete.
• RCC – Reinforced Cement Concrete.
• RMC – Ready Mixed Concrete concrete.
• RL – Reduced level.

 

• SCC – Self Compacting Concrete.
• STP – Sewage Treatment Plant.
• SRC – Sulphate Resisting Cement.
• SWG – Standard wire gauge.

 

• TB – Tie Beam.
• TBM – Tunnel Boring Machine.
• TDS – Total Dissolved Solids.
• TOB – Top Of Beam.
• TMT – Thermo Mechanical Treatment.
• TOC – Top Of Concrete.
• TOW – Top Of Wall.

 

• U.S.C – Ultimate stress of concrete.
• UPVC – Unplasticized Polyvinyl chloride.
• USD – Ultimate strength design.

 

• VP – Vertical plane.

 

• W.C – Water closet.
• WL – Working Level.
• W.S.D – Working stress Design.
• WO – Work Order.

These civil engineering abbrevations are very inportant. You will be needing these civil engineering abbrevations throughout your civil engineering.