Acronyms / Abbreviations

(Revised: 11/08/2012)

FSD Fabrication Shop Drawings Frame Drawing used in manufacturing

FI Flange Inside

FO Flange Outside

FS Flange Special

SED Standard Erection Detail General erection details found in the erection drawings.

BR Bracing

CM Concrete Masonry

CR Crane

DF Deck Framing

EN Erection Notes

FC Façade Covering

FS Façade Structure

KP Façade Key Plans

MF Mezzanine Framing

MS Metl-Span

PF Primary Framing

RA Roof Accessories

RC Roof Covering

RS Roof Secondary

TLS ThermaLiner

TP Truss Purlin

WA Wall Accessories

WC Wall Covering

WS Wall Secondary

MR Manufacturing Reference Reference Details that are used in conjunction with the FSD's.

Mark Number Key, Web Shear, Flange Cuts, Flange Cuts, Web Copes,
Web & Flange Slots/Holes, Secondary Punch Patterns, Brace Rod Bundling.

WS Weld Standards Reference Details that are used in conjunction with the FSD's.

WS-C General Weld Requirements

WS-G Gage Members

WS-GT Truss Members

WS-P Plate

WS-TC Truss Chord

WS-TG Truss Gusset

WS-TL Truss Lattice

WS-TP Truss Plate

X-Dwg Exception Drawings (xls/doc) Drawing used to define special parts not in Vision or to clarify a FSD detail.

Clips and Brackets

Frames

Special & Welded Gage – Rolled Cee’s

Truss Purlin

Hot Rolled Shapes

Light Gage

Trim

Warehouse

Erection Drawings

Anchor Bolt	A.B.	Not by VP Buildings	N.B.V.P.
Above Finished Floor	A.F.F.	Not for Construction	N.F.C.
Building Line	BL	Not to Scale	N.T.S.
Base Plate	B.P.	Plate	PL
Center and Shop Weld	C.& S.W.	Similar	Sim.
Design Calculations	Calcs.	Shop Weld Both Sides	S.W.B.S.
Diameter	Dia.	Shop Weld Near Side	S.W.N.S.
Dimensions	Dim.	Shop Weld Far Side	S.W.F.S.
Finished Floor Elevation	F.F.E.	Stiffener	Stiff.
Flange Outside	FO	Typical	Typ.
Flange Inside	FI	Unless Noted Otherwise	U.N.O.
Flange Special	FS
Other Industry Abbreviations
Adjustable	Adjust.	Inch	In.
Alternate	Alt.	Inclusive	Incl.
American Concrete Institution	A.C.I.	Inside Diameter	I.D.
American Institute of Steel Construction	A.I.S.C.	Interior	Int.
American Society of Testing and Materials	A.S.T.M.	Joint	Jnt.
Architect	Arch.	Joist	Jst.
Area	A.	Lag Screw	L.S.
Beam	Bm.	Laminated	Lam.
Block	Blk.	Lateral	Lat.
Blocking	Blkg.	Light Weight	Lt. Wt.
Bottom	Bott.	Machine	Mach.
Building	Bldg.	Masonry	Mas.
Calculations	Calcs.	Maximum	Max.
Ceiling	Ceil.	Membrane	Memb.
Cement	Cem.	Metal	Mtl.
Center Line	C.L.	Minimum	Min.
Channel Stud	C.S.	Moment of Inertia	I
Civil Engineer	C.E.	Nails	d (penny)
Clear	Clr.	Natural	Nat.
Column	Col.	Number	No. or #
Concrete	Conc.	On Center	O.C.
Connection	Conn.	Opening	Opng.
Construction	Constr.	Opposite	Opp.
Continuous	Cont.	Outside Diameter	O.D.
Cubic	Cu.	Panels	Pnls.
Deflection	Defl.	Partition	Part.
Depression	Depr.	Penetration	Pen.
Detail	Det.	Plaster	Plas.
Diagonal	Diag.	Plate	Pl.
Diameter	Dia.	Plywood	Plywd.
Dimension	Dim.	Pounds per Cubic Foot	P.C.F.
Discontinuous	Disc.	Pounds per Square Foot	P.S.F.
Double	Dbl.	Pounds per Square Inch	P.S.I.
Drawing	Drwg.or Dwg	Pressure	Press.
Each	Ea.	Radius	R.
Elevator	El. Or Elev.	Rafter	Rftr.
Engineer	Engr.	Rectangular	Rect.
Equal	Eq.	Reinforcing	Reinf.
Equipment	Equip.	Required	Reqd.
Existing	Exist.	Roof	Rf.
Expand	Exp.	Room	Rm.
Expose	Expo.	Round	f
Exterior	Ext.	Square	Sq.
Fillet	Fill.	Symmetrical	Sym.
Finish	Fin.	Thick	Thk.
Floor	Fl.	Through	Thru.
Foot	Ft.	Tread	Tr.
Footing	Ftg.	Ultimate	Ult.
Foundation	Fdn.	Ultimate Stress Design	U.S.D.
Framing	Frmg.	Uniform Building Code	U.S.C.
Gauge	Ga.	Utility	Util.
Glued Laminated	Gl. Lam.	Vertical	Vert.
Grade	Gr.	Volume	Vol.
Grout	Grt.	Waterproof	W.P.
Gypsum	Gyp.	Weight	Wt.
Hanger	Hngr.	Welded Wire Fabric	W.W.F.
Height	Ht.	Wide Flange	W.F.
Hook	Hk.	With	W/
Horizontal	Horiz.	Working Stress Design	W.S.D.