Design-Bid-Build
A contract type There is a sequential award of two separate contracts; the first contract is for design services; the second contract is for construction;
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Device rating (In)
Circuit Protective Device rating,or ‘In’ in Amperes. If the overload setting can be adjusted, then the ‘adjusted rating’ is known as ‘Ir’.
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diffusion
a process by which an innovation is communicated through certain channels over time among the members of a social system E.M. Rogers, Diffusion of Innovations,
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digital built environment
The terminology such as digital built environment and smart asset management, often referred to as Digital Construction, encompasses multiple technologies and processes related to information
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Digital Construction
The terminology such as digital built environment and smart asset management, often referred to as Digital Construction, encompasses multiple technologies and processes related to information
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Digital Plan Of Work (DPoW)
Digital Plan Of Work (DPoW) forms a framework that supports informed and consistent decision making by project teams, at each work stage, helping to deliver
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Digital twin
ELI5-S1 BIM Basics E19_Digital Twin “The digital twin is the virtual representation of a physical object or system across its life-cycle. It uses real-time data
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Dimensionality
A dimension of space, such as width, height, or length. can be zero-dimensional (location point), one-dimensional (e.g. line, curve, path), two-dimensional (e.g. surface, face), or
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Distributed Ledger Technology
Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) is an encrypted and distributed database that serves as a register for storing records of transactions. At the core of DLT
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Distribution board
An assembly containing protective devices associated with one or more outgoing circuits fed from an incoming circuit. In the ProDesign software,a distribution board (DB) may
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Diversity
It is often not desirable to size each conductor in a distribution system to support the total connected load at that point in the network.Diversity
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domain
area of activity covering a science, a technique, a material, etc.Note 1 to entry: A domain can be associated with a group to which the
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DWG
DWG (“drawing format”) is a binary file format licensed by Autodesk and used for storing two and limited three-dimensional design data and metadata. It is
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Ecocide
In environmental justice, ecocide is the criminalised activity of substantially harming or destroying ecosystems in their entirety or by harming individual species. At time of
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efficiency
correlation between the outcome and the resources used a measure of the utilization of resources to realize a given objective Note 1 to entry: An activity
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Emergency Voice Communication System (EVCS)
An Emergency Voice Communication System (EVCS) or (EVC) is a fixed, monitored and maintained, bidirectional, full duplex voice communication system (Refuge system) designed to facilitate
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Employer
Appointing party ISO 19650 term depends on where in the hierarchy the employer is located.The BS EN ISO 19650‑2 appointing party (A) is the equivalent
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Employer’s Information Requirements (EIR)
The PAS 1192 term Employer Information Requirements (EIR) has been replaced by Exchange Information Requirements (EIR) on projects where ISO 19650 standards are applicable. Employer’s
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