Abbreviations:

Acronyms Definitions
AAR Association of American Railroads
AASHTO American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials
ABS Activity Breakdown Structure
AC Alternating Current
AC Acceptance Certificate
ACI American Concrete Institute
ACS Assemblies for Construction Sites
ADA Americans with Disabilities Act
ADP Automatic Data Processing
AFC Automated Fare Collection
AFNOR Association Française de Normalisation – French normalisation
association.
AHREA Asbestos Hazard Response Emergency Act
AID Automatic Incident Detection (software)
AISC American Institute of Steel Construction
AISE Association of Iron and Steel Engineers
AISI American Iron and Steel Institute
ALARP As Low As Reasonably Practicable

AMCA Air Movement and Controls Association

AMR Alignment Modifications Record

AMS Access Management System

ANSI American National Standards Institute
APA American Plywood Association
API American Petroleum Institute
AR Arima
AREA American Railway Engineering Association
AREMA American Railway Engineering and Maintenance-of- Way
Association
AMRQ Alignment Modification Request

AMRV Alignment Modification Review

ASA Acoustical Society of America

ASCE American Society of Civil Engineers
ASCII American Standard Code for Information Interchange
Acronyms Definitions
ASHRAE American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning
Engineers
ASME American Society of Mechanical Engineers
ASPE American Society of Plumbing Engineers
ASQC American Society of Quality Control
ASTM American Society for Testing and Materials
AT Auto Transformer
ATC Automatic Train Control
ATEL Administrative Telephone
ATO Automatic Train Operation
ATP Automatic Train Protection
ATR Automatic Train Regulation
ATS Automatic Train Supervision
ATSA Alstom Transport S.A.
AWS American Welding Society
BAPE Barbados Association of Professional Engineers
BH Bore Hole
BLS Blue Light Station
BML Baseline Milestone List
BMS Building Management System
BRE Building Research Establishment Ltd
BS British Standard
BSI British Standards Institution
BTM Balise Transmission Module
BY Bouygues
C&S Curvature & Superelevation
CADD Computer-Aided Design and Drafting
CAPEX Capital Expenditure
CBS Cost Breakdown Structure
CCC Central Control Communications
CCTV Closed Circuit Television System
CCO Central Control Operator
CCU Central Control Unit
CCW Certificate of Completion of the Works
CDRL Contract Documentation Requirements List
CE Conformity Europe
CEC Certification of Environmental Clearance
CECC CENELEC electronic Components Committee
CEN Comité Européen de Normalisation
Acronyms Definitions
CENELEC Comité Européen de Normalisation Electrotechnique
CEP Cavite Extension Project
CEW Cavite Extension Works
CFR Code of Federal Regulations
CICE Contractor’s Independent Checking Engineer
CMIFC Concrete and Masonry Industry Fire Safety Committee
Cmlot Commissioning Lot
CNE Combined Neutral and Earth
CNTS Comprehensive National Infrastructure Study
COM Contractor Operation and Maintenance
COB Cut Off Business
CFR Code of Federal Regulations
CP Core Business Process
CPC Circuit Protective Conductor
CPM Critical Path Method
CPS Control and Protective Conductor
CPT Cone Penetration Test
CRRS Certificate of Revenue-Ready Status
CRSI Concrete Reinforcing Steel Institute
CSC Certificate of Substantial Completion
CSD Combined Services Drawing
CW Civil Works
CWG Civil Works Group
CWR Continuous Welded Rail
D.C. Direct Current
DB Dry Bulb
dB Decibel
DB Design-Build-Operate-Maintain
DCS Document Control Sheet
DDA Disability Discrimination Act
DEM Digital Terrain Model
DEIS Draft Environmental Impact Statement
DFQ Design For Quality
DIN Deutsche Industrie Norm (German Industrial Standard)
DIY Do It Yourself
DM Design Manager (s) of the PMG
DPD Deputy Project Director
E&B Earthing & Bonding
E&M Electrical/Electronic and Mechanical
Acronyms Definitions
EBADS Equipotential Bonding and Automatic Disconnection of Supplies
EC European Community
ECA Electrical Contractors Association
ECS Environmental Control System
ECU Electronic Control Unit
EDMS Electronic Document Management System
EEBAD Earthed Equipotential Bonding and Automatic Disconnection
EEC European Economic Commission
EHS Emergency Health Service
EIA Environmental Impact Assessment
EIRENE European Integrated Radio Enhanced Network
ELV Extra Low Voltage
EMA Environmental Management Authority
EMC Electromagnetic Compatibility
EMI Electromagnetic Interference
EN European Norm (Standard)
EPC Engineering, Procurement and Construction
EPCC Engineering, Procurement, Construction and Contractor
EPC TM EPC Consortium Technical Manager
ER Employer’s Representative
ERTMS European Rail Traffic Management System
ERTCS European Rail Traffic Management System
ETEL Emergency Telephone
EU European Union
ESW Existing System Works
EUR Euro (currency)
FACP Fire Alarm Control Panel
FAT Factory Acceptance Test
FATC Factory Acceptance Test Certificate
FATR Factory Acceptance Test Report
FCC Federal Communications Commission
FE Functional Earth
FEA Final Employer Acceptance
FEIS Final Environmental Impact Statement
FELV Functional Extra Low Voltage
FHA Fault Hazard Analysis
FMC Fire Command Centre
FOREX Foreign Exchange
FRA Federal Railroad Administration
Acronyms Definitions
FS Federal Specifications (U.S. Government)
FTA Federal Transit Administration
FTEL Fire Telephone
GIS Geographic Information System
GM Group Manager (s) of the PMG
GPR Geotechnical Planning Report
GSM-R Global System for Mobile Communications – Railways
GTM Group Technical Manager (s) of the PMG
HD Harmonised Directive
HDPE High Density Polyethylene
HELA Health and Safety Executive/Local Authorities
HEMP High Altitude Electromagnetic Pulse
HGV Heavy Good Vehicle
HSCB High Speed Circuit Breaker
HSE Health and Safety Executive
HV High Voltage
I/O Input / Output
IACP Intrusion Alarm Control Panel
IACS International Annealed Copper Standard
ICE Independent Checking Engineer
ICD Interface Control Documents
ICEA Insulated Cable Engineers Association
ICM Insulation Current Monitoring device
IDC Inter Disciplinary Check
IEC International Electro-Technical Committee
IEE Institution of Electrical Engineers
IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
IES Illuminating Engineering Society of North America
IET Institution of Engineering and Technology
IIE Institution of Incorporated Engineers
ILU Integrated Logistic Unit
IM Interface Manager
IMD Industrial, Scientific and Medical
IMP Interface Management Plan
IPC Institute for Interconnecting and Packaging Electronic Circuits
IRN Installation release Note
ISCS Integrated Supervisory Control System
ISE Independent Site Engineer
ISM Industrial, Scientific and Medical
Acronyms Definitions
ISO International Standards Organisation
IT Information Technology
ITCZ International Conveyance Zone
ITE Information Technology Equipment
ITM Integration Team of the PMG
ITU International Telecommunications Union
IV&V Independent Verification and Validation
JEDEC Joint Electronic Device Engineering Council
LIDAR Light Detection and Ranging” is a remote sensing system used to
collect topographic data

LLRU Lowest line-replacement unit

LRFD Load & Resistance Factor Design
LRMC Light Rail Manila Corporation
LRV Light rail Vehicle
LSFP Lump Sum Fixed Price
LUR Logical User Requirement
LV Low Voltage
LVD Low Voltage Distribution
LVPS Low-Voltage Power Supply
LWR Long Welded Rail
MDBSF Mean Distance Between Service-affecting Failures
MDD Medical Devices Directive
MIL STD Military Standard (USA)
MKBF Mean Kilometres Between Failure
MKBSF Mean Kilometres Between Service-Affecting Failures
MKS Metre-Kilogram-Second
MMIS Maintenance Management Information System
MMI Man-Machine Interface
MMS Maintenance Management Subsystem
MoM Minutes of Meeting
MOWT Ministry of Works and Transport
MPR Monthly Progress Report
MSS Maximum Safe Speed
MTBF Mean Time Between Failure
MTBSF Mean Time Between Service-affecting Failures
MTTR Mean Time To Repair
MUTCD Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices
MV Medium Voltage
Acronyms Definitions
MVB Multi-Vehicle Bus (Digital Train line)
N Neutral
NAI Notice of Alignment Impacts
NAPIT National Association of Professional Inspectors and Testers
NBC National Building Code of Trinidad and Tobago
NBS National Bureau of Standards
NCR Non-Conformity Report
NEC National Electrical Code
NESC National Electric Safety Code
NEMA National Electrical Manufacturers Association
NGO Non-Government Organization
NFPA National Fire Protection Association
NSO National Standards Organisation
NTP Notice to Proceed
NTSB National Transportation Safety Board
NTSC National Television Standards Committee
OCC Operation Control Center
OCS Overhead Catenary System
O&M Operations and Maintenance
OBS Organization Breakdown Structure
OCIP Owner’s Controlled Insurance Program
OCS Overhead Catenary System
OMG Operation & Maintenance Group
OMSF Operations, Maintenance and Storage Facility
OPEX Operating Expenditure
OPSI Office of Public Sector Information
OSHA Occupational Safety and Health Act or Occupational Safety and
Health Administration
OHSAS Occupational Health & Safety Assessment Series 18001
OSP Operation Safety Plan
PA Public Address
PABX Private Automatic Branch Exchange
PBS Product Breakdown Structure
PCB Polychlorinated Biphenyl
PCCW Provisional Certificate of Completion of the Works
PD Project Director
PDS Power Distribution System
PE Protective Earth
PELV Protective Extra Low Voltage
Acronyms Definitions
PEN Combined Protective and Neutral conductors
PFC Passenger Fare Charge
PHA Preliminary Hazard Analysis
PHP Public Help Point
PID Passenger Information Display
PIS Public Information System
PIU Programme Implementation Unit
PMC Programme Management Consultant
PMBoK Project Management Body of Knowledge
PMCS Programme Management Consultancy Services
PME Protective Multiple Earthing
PMG Project Management Group
PMIU Project Management Implementation Unit
PMP Project Management Plan
PPE Personal Protective Equipment
PPHPD Passengers Per Hour Per Direction
prEN European draft standards
PS United States Product Standards
PSD Passenger Screen Doors
PT Point of Tangent
PTEL Passenger Information Telephone
PTI Positive Train Identification
PTSB Public Transportation Safety Board
PV PhotoVoltaic
PVC Poly Vinyl Chloride
QA Quality Assurance
QC Quality Control
QM Quality Manual
QMS Quality Management System
QP Quality Procedure
QSE Quality, Safety and Environment
r.m.s. Root Mean Square
RAH Relative Air Humidity
RAM Reliability Availability Maintainability
RAMP Risk Analysis and Mitigation Plan
RAMS Reliability Availability Maintainability Safety
RAT Reliability Acceptance Test
RATP Régie Autonome des Transports Parisiens
RBC Radio Block Centre
Acronyms Definitions
RCBO Residual Current Operated Circuit Breaker without integral over
current protection
RCCB Residual Current Operated Circuit Breaker with integral over current
protection
RCD Residual Current Device
RCM Residual Current Monitor
RE Resident Engineer
Rev Revision
RF Radio Frequency
RFP Request for Proposals
RFQ Request for Qualifications
RFT Request for Tenders
RH Relative Humidity
RMA Retail Manufacturers’ Association
RMP Risk Management Plan
ROW Right of Way
RR Risk Register
RS Rolling Stock
RSG Rail System Group
RSI Repetitive Strain Injury
RTA Rail Transport Acknowledgement
RTM Radio Transmission Module
S/N Signal Noise Ratio
SA Safety Assurance
SAE Society of Automotive Engineers
SAMP Safety Assurance Management Plan
SAT Site Acceptance Test
SATR Site Acceptance Test Report
SCADA Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition
SCIL Safety Critical Items List
SCR Security Control Room
SDG Steer Davies Gleave
SEAOC Structural Engineers Association of California
SELV Safety Extra Low Voltage
SES Sequential excavation and support
SI Statutory Instrument
SIU Système International d’Unités
SMCR Station Master Control Room
SMS Safety Management System
Acronyms Definitions
SNCF Societe Nationale des Chemins de fer Francais - French State
Railways
SOQ Statement of Qualifications
SP Stated Preference
SPAD Signal Passed At Danger
SPC Society for Protective Coatings
SPD Surge Protective Device
SPR Special Project Reviews
SPT Standard Penetration Test
SQA Supplier Quality Assurance
SSAP System Safety Assurance Plan
SSEG Small-Scale Embedded Generators
SSPM System Safety Programme Management
SSPP System Safety Programme Plan
SSPRA System Safety Programme Reviews and Audits
ST Stadium
STK Consortium External Stakeholders
STR Safety Technical Requirement
SVP Software Verification Plan
TC Train Control
TCA Tile Council of America
T&C Testing & Commissioning
TDS Time Delay Switches
TGS Transport Global Solution
TIG Tungsten Inert Gas
TIS Travel Information System
TLS Transport Life Services
TLV Threshold Limit Values
TLV-C Threshold Limit Values - Ceiling List
TM Technical Manager of PMG
TOD Transit Oriented Development
TOM Ticket Office Machine
TOR Top of Rail
TP Technical Provisions
TPS Traction Power Supply
TQM Total Quality Management
TR Trincity
TRR Test readiness Review
TS Target Speed
Acronyms Definitions
PhP Philipinas Pesos
TVM Ticket Vending Machine
TWC Train to Wayside Communication
UBC Uniform Building Code
UIC Union Internationale des Chemins de Fer
UL Underwriters Laboratories, Inc
UMTA Urban Mass Transit Administration
UPS Uninterruptible Power Supply
USD United States Dollars
U.S. DOT United States Department of Transportation
UTM “Universal Transverse Mercator” is the projection who have to used
for the whole project
UTO Unmanned Train Operation
VAT Value Added Tax
VDU Visual Display Unit
VPN Virtual Private Network
VTA Verification Test and Acceptance
V&V Verification & Validation
WAUILF Workplace Applied Uniform Indicated Low Frequency (application)
WBS Work Breakdown Structure
WGS84 “World Geodetic System 1984” is the geodetic system who have to
use for the whole project.
WID Wayside Intrusion Detection
WP Work Package
WPD Work Permit Document
WSD Working Stress Design
YFR Yearly Forecast Rationale
APIS AUTHORIZATION TO PUT INTO SERVICE
COM COMMUNICATION
CSM COMMON SAFETY METHODS
E&M ELECTROMECHANICAL
FMECA FAILURE MODE EFFECTS AND CRITICAL ANALYSIS
IC INDEPENDENT CONSULTANT
IHA INTERFACE HAZARD ANALYSIS
IXL INTERLOCKING
LRT LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT
LRU LINE REPLACEABLE UNIT
LRVs LIGHT RAIL VEHICLE
NC NON CONFORMITY
Acronyms Definitions
PDCA PLAN DO CHECK ACT
PHL PRELIMINARY HAZARD LIST
PSAM PROJECT SAFETY ASSURAMCE MANAGER
PST PROBLEM SOLVING TOOL
S&I SYSTEM & INFRASTRUCTURE
SHA SYSTEM HAZARD ANALYSIS
SIGTEL SIGNALLING AND TELECOMMUNICATION
SIL SAFETY INTEGRITY LEVEL
SRIL SAFETY RELATED ITEMS LISTS
SSHA SUBSYSTEM HAZARD ANALYSIS
RCIL RELIABILITY CONTROL ITEM LIST