1102Abbreviations and Measurement Units

1102.1GLOSSARY OF ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS

Acronyms and abbreviations in the Contract documents represent the full text shown in Table 1102.1-1. Table 1102.1-1 Acronyms and Abbreviations Used Acronym or Short Form Full Name or Meaning AA Aluminum Alloy AASHTO American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials AC Alternating Current ACI American Concrete Institute ADA Americans with Disabilities Act AES Area of Environmental Sensitivity AGC Associated General Contractors of America, Inc. AISC American Institute of Steel Construction AISI American Iron and Steel Institute AITC American Institute of Timber Construction ALR Areas of Localized Roughness AMS Alpha Methyl Styrene ANSI American National Standards Institute APL Approved/Qualified Products List APS Accessible Pedestrian Signal ARTBA American Road & Transportation Builders Association ASME American Society of Mechanical Engineers

Acronym or Short Form Full Name or Meaning ASR Alkali Silica Reactivity ASTM ASTM International; formerly American Society of Testing and Materials ATR Automatic Traffic Recorder AWG American Wire Gauge AWPA American Wood Protection Association AWS American Welding Society BABA Build America, Buy America BMP Best Management Practice CA Corrugated Aluminum CAS Corrugated Aluminized Steel CCTV Closed Circuit Television CIP Cast-In-Place CLSM Controlled Low Strength Material CMP Communications Plenum Cable or Corrugated Metal Pipe CMS Changeable Message Sign COAX Radio Frequency Transmission Cable (Coaxial Cable) CP Corrugated Polyethylene CPR Concrete Pavement Rehabilitation CRCP Continually Reinforced Concrete Pavement CRSI Concrete Reinforcing Steel Institute CS Corrugated Steel CV Compacted Volume DBE Disadvantage Business Enterprise DBR Dowel Bar Retrofit DCP Dynamic Cone Penetrometer or Penetration Index Method DFT Dry Film Paint Thickness DSB Drainable Stable Base DTI Direct Tension Indicator EEO Equal Employment Opportunity EIA Electronic Industries Alliance EV Excavated Volume EVP Emergency Vehicle Pre-Emption FAA Fine Aggregate Angularity FAA Federal Aviation Administration FDR Full Depth Reclamation FHWA Federal Highway Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation HDPE High Density Polyethylene HE High Early HH Handhole HMA Hot Mix Asphalt HPS High Pressure Sodium ICAMMLP Inspection and Contract Administration Manual for MnDOT Landscape Projects ICEA Insulated Cable Engineers Association IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers IES Illuminating Engineers Society IMC Intermediate Metal Conduit IP Inertial Profiler IRI International Roughness Index

Acronym or Short Form Full Name or Meaning ISO International Organization for Standardization or formerly Insurance Services Office (depends on context) ISSA International Slurry Surfacing Association ITC Information Transmission Capacity ITE Institute of Transportation Engineers ITS Intelligent Transportation System JMF Job Mix Formula used in the Bituminous Specifications KML Keyhole Markup Language kVA Kilovolt Ampere LED Light Emitting Diode LV Loose Volume for Measurements, or Leveling Course for Bituminous MAR Maintenance Access Route MASH Manual for Assessing Safety Hardware MDA Minnesota Department of Agriculture MDR Mixture Design Report used in the Bituminous Specifications MN MUTCD Minnesota Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices MN Statutes Minnesota Statutes MnDOT Minnesota Department of Transportation MPCA Minnesota Pollution Control Agency MRI Mean Roughness Index MSDS Material Safety Data Sheets NCR Nonconformance Report NEC National Electrical Code NEMA National Electrical Manufacturers Association NMC Non-Metallic Conduit No. When reference is to wire, it is the AWG gauge number. NPDES National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System NPT American National Standard Taper Pipe Thread NRTL National Recognized Testing Laboratory OGAB Open Graded Aggregate Base OSHA Occupational Safety and Health Administration

PAR Pedestrian Access Route PASB Permeable Asphalt Stabilized Base PASSRC Permeable Asphalt Stabilized Stress Relief Course PCC Portland cement concrete PC-CS Polymeric Coated-Corrugated Steel PCI Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute PE Polyethylene PG Performance Grade (for bituminous) PLS Pure Live Seed PPF Pavement Profile File ProVAL Profile Viewing and Analysis PROWAG Proposed Right-of-way Accessibility Guidelines PTL Plan Thickness Lot PVC Polyvinyl Chloride or Probe Verification Core QA Quality Assurance QAC Quality Acceptance Core QAI Quality Assurance Inspector

Acronym or Short Form Full Name or Meaning QC Quality Control QCP Quality Control Plan or Quality Control Probing RAP Recycled Asphaltic Pavement RAS Recycled Asphalt Shingles REA Rural Electrification Administration RLF Rural Lighting and Flasher RMC Rigid Metal Conduit SAE SAE International; formerly the Society of Automotive Engineers SAP State-aid Project Number SFDR Stabilized Full Depth Reclamation SI International System of Units (The Modernized Metric System) SP State Project Number SMC Schedule of Materials Control SSPC Society for Protective Coatings SV Stockpiled Volume SWPPP Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plan TGB Targeted Group Business TH Trunk Highway TMS Traffic Management System TP Thermoplastic UL Underwriters Laboratories, Inc. USCG United States Coast Guard USDA United States Department of Agriculture UTBWC Ultra Thin Bonded Wearing Course UV Ultraviolet VAC Volt Alternating Current (60 Hz) VDC Volt Direct Current VT Verification Test W/C Water/Cement Ratio XHHW Moisture and Heat Resistant Cross Linked Synthetic Polymer

1102.2UNITS OF SIZE AND MEASUREMENT

The Contract documents show sizes and measurements in inch-pound (U.S. Customary). When reading the Contract documents, use the system of measurements used by the Department on the Bid Schedule. Table 1102.2-1 Symbols for US Customary Measurement Units Symbol Units (Kind of Quantity Measurement) A ampere (electric current) acre acre (area) cal calorie (energy) cu yd cubic yard (volume) °F degree Fahrenheit (temperature) F farad (electric capacitance) ft/s feet per second (velocity) ft lbf foot pound (torque) gal gallon (volume)

Symbol Units (Kind of Quantity Measurement) gpm gallons per minute (flow rate) H henry (inductance) Hz hertz (frequency - cycles or impulses per second) mph miles per hour (velocity) Ω ohm (electric resistance) oz ounce (mass) lbf pound-force (force) psi pounds per square inch (pressure, stress) s second (time) S siemens (electrical conductance) sq yd square yard (area) T ton (mass) V volt (electric potential) W watt (power) yard yard (length) MBM 1000 board feet measure M gallon 1000 gallons (volume)

Table 1102.2-2 Symbols for Metric Measurement Units Symbol Units (Kind of Quantity Measurement) A ampere (electric current) Cd candela (luminous intensity) cu m cubic meter (volume) cu m/s cubic meters per second (flow rate) °C degree Celsius (temperature) F farad (electric capacitance) G gram (mass) ha hectare (area) Hz hertz (frequency - cycles or impulses per second) J joule (energy) km/h kilometer per hour (velocity) L liter (volume) M meter (length) m/s meters per second (velocity) T metric ton (mass) N newton (force) Ω ohm (electric resistance) N m newton meter (torque) Pa pascal (pressure, stress) s second (time) S siemens (electrical conductance) sq km square kilometer (area) sq m square meter (area) V volt (electric potential) W watt (power)