SECTION 01000 DEFINITIONS AND ABBREVIATIONS
01010 DEFINITIONS
AIR CURTAIN BURNING - A stationary or portable combustion device
that directs a plane of high velocity forced air into a pit with walls in such a manner as to maintain a curtain of air over the surface of the pit and a recirculating motion of air under the curtain.
CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY - Approval granted by the Town for a new or renovated structure to be occupied.
CODE - The Town of Cary Code of Ordinances, including the Land Development Ordinance.
CONTRACTOR - The entity performing the work indicated in the plans.
COUNCIL - The Town Council of the Town of Cary.
DETAILS - The drawings found within the Town of Cary Standard Specifications and Details Manual.
EASEMENT - An interest in land owned by another that entitles its holder to a specific use.
FIRE OFFICIAL - The Fire Chief, an assistant or other representative duly authorized by the Town.
INSPECTOR - The Development Inspections Administrator, Engineering Inspections Administrator, an assistant, or other representative duly authorized by the Town.
INVERT - The lowest point in the internal cross section of a pipe or culvert.
PLANS - The approved design drawings which show the work to be done.
RIGHT OF WAY - The area which encompasses public streets, sidewalks, and utility strips.
SPECIFICATIONS - The "Cary Standard Specifications and Details" manual.
SUBBASE - See SUBGRADE
SUBGRADE - That portion of the roadbed prepared as a foundation for the stone and asphalt or concrete pavement structure.
TOWN - The Town of Cary, North Carolina
TOWN ENGINEER - The Engineering Director, an assistant, or other representative duly authorized by the Town.
01020 ABBREVIATIONS
AASHTO American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials
A.B.S. Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene
A.F.F. Above Finished Floor
ANSI American National Standards Institute
ASTM American Society for Testing and Materials
AWWA American Water Works Association
oC Degrees Centigrade
CO Certificate of Occupancy
DIP Ductile Iron Pipe
DIPRA Ductile Iron Pipe Research Association
ETJ Extraterritorial Jurisdiction
oF Degrees Fahrenheit
ft foot
gpd gallons per day
gpm gallons per minute
ID Inside Diameter
lbs pounds
MSL Mean Sea Level
MUTCD Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices
NCDEH North Carolina Division of Environmental Health
NCDENR North Carolina Department of Environment, and Natural Resources
NCDEM North Carolina Division of Environmental Management
NCDOT North Carolina Department of Transportation
N.E.C. National Electric Code
NCPE North Carolina Registered Professional Engineer
NCPLS North Carolina Professional Land Surveyor
NFPA National Fire Protection Association
NRCS Natural Resource Conservation Service (formerly SCS)
NYDOT New York Department of Transportation
OD Outside Diameter
OSHA Occupational Safety and Health Administration
P.C. Point of Horizontal Curvature
ppm parts per million
psi pounds per square inch
P.T. Point of Tangency
PVC Polyvinyl Chloride
P.V.C. Point of Vertical Curvature
P.V.T. Point of Vertical Tangency
SU Single Unit Truck (with 20 foot wheelbase and 30 foot overall length)
UL Underwriters' Laboratories, Inc.
V Volts
VAC Voltage - Alternating Current
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