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Common Terms


Common Terms you may find in your Inspection Notes or Site Inspection Log

 

Abbreviation Common Inspection Log and Notes Terms
AFD

Automatic Fire Detection

AAV

Air Admittance Valve

ASHP

Air Source Heat Pump

ATV/ATOV

At Time Of Visit

BBA

British Board of Agreement certificate

BB/BBF

Beam and Block floor

CC Spacing of joists

Centre to Centre

DPC

Damp Proof Course

DPM

Damp Proof Membrane

DP

Down Pipe

EXC

Excavations

FD30/FD60

Fire Door Rated 30/60 minutes

FF

First Floor

FFL

Finished Floor Level

FO/FS

Fire Officer/Fire Service

FRA

Fire Resistance

FND

Foundations

GSHP

Ground Source Heat Pump

GF

Ground Floor

GL

Ground Level

HMO

House In Multiple Occupation

Oversite 

The compacted hardcore before a floor slab in concreted 

MOE

Means of Escape

MV/MVHR

Mechanical Ventilation/Mechanical Ventilation with Heat recovery

NFA

No Further Action

OBS

Observation

PIR

Type of Insulation Board

REI 

R/E/I - European fire resistance classifications 'Resistance (load-bearing), integrity, insulation'

RI

Reinforcement

RSJ

Rolled Steel Joist

SAT

Satisfactory

SE

Structural Engineer

SIL

Site Inspection Log

SVP

Soil Vent Pipe

UB

Universal Beam

UC

Universal Column

UNSAT/UNSATIS

Unsatisfactory

VCL

Vapour Control Layer

 

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