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AAA (see American Arbitration Association)
AAMA (see American Architectural Manufacturers' Association)
AASHTO (see American Association of State Highway and Turnpike Officials)
Accidents, reporting/investigating of, 3.29 3.30
ACI (see American Concrete Institute)
Acoustical properties, of masonry, 13.9, 13.12 13.14
Action plan, development of, 5.7 5.9
ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act), 1.4
ADM (alternate design method), 2.14
Admissions (in civil procedure), 8.6 8.7
ADR (see Alternative dispute resolution)
Aeroelastic phenomena, 10.14
Aesthetic failures (with masonry), 14.14, 14.15
AFPA (American Forest & Paper Association), 2.17
AGC (Associated General Contractors of America), 17.11
Agreements, standard-form, 6.5
AIA (see American Institute of Architects)
Air and vapor transmission:
with masonry, 13.15, 13.17
with windows and curtain walls, 14.35 14.36
AISC (see American Institute of Steel Construction)
AITC (see American Institute of Timber Construction)
Albertsons Grocery Warehouse (Portland, OR), 15.53 15.55
Allowable stress design (ASD), 11.3, 15.4
Alternate design method (ADM), 2.14
Alternative dispute resolution (ADR), 5.23
binding, 8.10 8.11
nonbinding, 8.14 8.19
(See also Arbitration)
American Arbitration Association (AAA), 8.12 8.14, 8.18
American Architectural Manufacturers' Association (AAMA), 14.3, 14.33, 14.35 14.36, 14.41
American Association of State Highway and Turnpike Officials (AASHTO), 2.19 2.21, 3.49, 11.4, 11.5, 11.9, 11.14, 11.25, 12.7, 17.18
American Bar Association, 9.10
American Concrete Institute (ACI), 2.14 2.15, 2.18 2.19, 3.48, 12.2, 12.7 12.9, 12.13, 12.15 12.18, 13.57, 14.3, 17.17
American Forest & Paper Association (AFPA), 2.17
American Institute of Architects (AIA), 8.12, 17.11
American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC), 1.9, 2.14 2.16, 3.48, 11.7, 11.9, 11.19, 17.17, 17.18
American Institute of Timber Construction (AITC), 3.49, 15.7 15.9, 15.17, 15.18, 15.26,...
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