Common Abbreviations
Facility Identifier
| CH |
Chemical |
| E |
Electric |
| FO |
Fiber Optic |
| G |
Gas |
| LPG |
Liquefied Petroleum Gas |
| PP |
Petroleum Products |
| RR |
Railroad Signal |
| S |
Sewer |
| SD |
Storm Drain |
| SS |
Storm Sewer |
| SL |
Street Lighting |
| STM |
Steam |
| SP |
Slurry System |
| TEL |
Telephone |
| TS |
Traffic Signal |
| TV |
Television |
| W |
Water |
| W |
Reclaimed Water "Purple" |
Underground Construction Descriptions
| C |
Conduit |
| CDR |
Corridor |
| D |
Distribution Facility |
| DB |
Direct Buried |
| DE |
Dead End |
| JT |
Joint Trench |
| HP |
High Pressure |
| HH |
Hand Hole |
| MH |
Manhole |
| PB |
Pull Box |
| R |
Radius |
| STR |
Structure (vaults, junction box, inlets, lift station) |
| T |
Transmission Facility |
Infrastructure Material
| ABS |
Acrylonitrile - Butadiene - Styrene |
| ACP |
Asbestos Cement Pipe |
| CL |
Cast Iron |
| CMC |
Cement Mortar Coated |
| CML |
Cement Mortar Lined |
| CPP |
Corrugated Plastic Pipe |
| CMP |
Corrugated Metal Pipe |
| CU |
Copper |
| CWD |
Creosote Wood Duct |
| HDPE |
High Density Polyethylene |
| MTD |
Multiple Tile Duct |
| PLA |
Plastic (conduit or pipe) |
| RCB |
Reinforced Concrete Box |
| RCP |
Reinforced Concrete Pipe |
| RF |
Reinforced Fiberglass |
| SCCP |
Steel Cylinder Concrete Pipe |
| STL |
Steel |
| VCP |
Vertrified Clay Pipe |
Guide for Abbreviation Use
Follow these guidelines when placing abbreviations in the field:
- Place the Company Identifier at the top or at the left of the abbreviations.
- Place the abbreviations in the following order: Company Identifier / Facility Identifier / Underground Construction Descriptions / Infrastructure Material
Example: TELCO/TEL/FO/PLA indicates that TELCO has a telecommunication fiber optic line in a single plastic conduit. The use of the abbreviation /TEL is not necessary,because the orange marking would indicate that the facility was a communication line; but its use is optional.
- To omit one or more of the abbreviation types, use the order described above but omit the slash and abbreviation that does not apply.
Example: to omit /TEL), the result would be TELCO/FO/PLA.