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How to design for adaptive reuse: Don’t reinvent the wheel

BD+C

Before you bring in the demo crew, have a team of structural engineers help you find opportunities to save time, money and headaches. Your structural engineers may find that the existing bones present you with a lot of opportunities. Take a multidiscipline approach.

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List of Common Construction Abbreviations

Job Order Contracting

AIA: American Institute of Architects, American Insurance Association. AIEE: American Institute of Electrical Engineers. DEMO: Demolition. SCFT: Structural Clay Facing Tile. SE: Structural Engineer. ADJ: Adjust, Adjustable, Adjacent. AF: Above the Floor. AFF: Above Finished Floor. AGG: Aggregate.

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Construction Abbreviations – A Decent List

Building Information Management

AIA: American Institute of Architects, American Insurance Association. AIEE: American Institute of Electrical Engineers. DEMO: Demolition. SCFT: Structural Clay Facing Tile. SE: Structural Engineer. ADJ: Adjust, Adjustable, Adjacent. AF: Above the Floor. AFF: Above Finished Floor. AGG: Aggregate.

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Construction Abbreviations – A Decent List

Building Information Management

AIA: American Institute of Architects, American Insurance Association. AIEE: American Institute of Electrical Engineers. DEMO: Demolition. SCFT: Structural Clay Facing Tile. SE: Structural Engineer. ADJ: Adjust, Adjustable, Adjacent. AF: Above the Floor. AFF: Above Finished Floor. AGG: Aggregate.