ICON Acronym Index

The following acronyms are all part of the industry jargon that ICON and its clients come across on a regular basis.

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Acronym	Definition
AIM	Architectural Information Model
ASHRAE	American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers
AVANTI	The Avanti Project (not an acronym, but here for reference)
BCM	Brand Content Management
BEMS	Building & Energy Management System
BI	Business Intelligence
BIFM	British Institute of Facilities Management
BIM	Building Information Management
BIM	Building Information Modelling
BPM	Business Process Management
BPM	Business Process Modelling
BRE	Building Research Establishment
BREEAM	Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method
BrIM	Bridge Information Model
BSIM	Building Services Information Model
BSRIA	Building Services Research and Information Association
BSS	Business Support System
CAFM	Computer Aided Facility Management
CDE	Carbon Dioxide Equivalent
CFIOSH	Chartered Fellow of the Institute of Health and Safety
CITA	Construction Information Technology Alliance
CM	Content Management
CMIOSH	Chartered Member of the Institute of Health and Safety
CMS	Content Management System
CO2e	Equivalent Carbon Dioxide
COBie	Construction Operations Building Information Exchange
COSHH	Control of Substances Hazardous to Health
CPG	Consumer Packaged Goods
CPIC	Construction Project Information Committee
CRM	Customer Relationship Management
CSH	Code for Sustainable Homes
DAM	Digital Asset Management
DSEAR	Dangerous Substances and Explosive Atmospheres Regulations
EAM	Enterprise Asset Management
ECM	Enterprise Content Management
ECMS	Enterprise Content Management System
EHS	Environment, Health and Safety
EIM	Enterprise Information Management
EMS	Energy Management System
EPBD	Energy Performance of Buildings Directive
EPC	Energy Performance Certificate
EPM	Enterprise Performance Management
EPM	Enterprise Project Management
ERM	Electronic Records Management
ERM	Electronic Resource Management
ERP	Enterprise Resource Planning
FCI	Facility Condition Index
FIM	Facilities Information Model
FM	Facilities Management
FMCG	Fast Moving Consumer Goods
GRC	Governance, Risk and Compliance
HCM	Human Capital Management
HSEQ	Health and Safety, Environment and Quality
HVAC	Heating & Ventilation and Air Conditioning
IaaS	Infrastructure as a Service
IAI	buildingSMART (International Alliance for Interoperability)
iBIM	Integrated / interoperable BIM
IDM	Information Delivery Manual
IFC	Industry Foundation Classes
IFD	International Framework for Dictionaries
IOSH	Institute of Health and Safety
ITCF	IT Construction Forum
KPI	Key Performance Indicator
LEV	Local Exhaust Ventilation
LOB	Line Of Business
MSDS	Material Safety Data Sheet
NBIMS-US	National BIM Standard-United States
NCM	National Calculation Method
NCS	(United States) National CAD Standard
NEF	National Energy Foundation
NHER	National Home Energy Rating
OEM	Original Equipment Manufacturer
OLAP	Online Analytical Processing
OLTP	Online Transaction Processing
OSS	Open Source Software
OSS	Operational Support Solutions
PaaS	Platform as a Service
PLM	Product Lifecycle Management
POS	Point Of Sale
PRINCE	PRojects IN Controlled Environments
PSDS	Product Safety Data Sheet
RFID	Radio-Frequency Identification
RM	Records Management
SaaS	Software as a Service
SAP	Standard Assessment Procedure (Calculations)
SBEM	Simplified Building Energy Model (Calculations)
SCM	Supply Chain Management
SIM	Structural Information Model
SLA	Service Level Agreement
SOA	Service-Oriented Architecture
SRM	Supplier Relationship Management
TFM	Total Facilities Management
WCMS	Web Content Management System
XBRL	eXtensible Business Reporting Language