BP Construction Abbreviation

Boiling Point

The boiling point is the temperature when a liquid begins to boil and becomes a gas or vapor. It requires the addition of energy for the matter to move from one state to another.  OR The temperature at which the pressure exerted by molecules leaving a liquid equals the pressure exerted by the molecules in the air above it. A free-for-all of molecules leaving the liquid then ensues.

Building Products

Bypass

Passage at one side of, or around, a regular passage. Or To eliminate a station or an access unit from a ring network by allowing the data to flow in a path around it. Or A circuit that carries telephone signals from a subscriber to another point without the use of local telephone company circuits. or A secondary passage for fluid flow. or Road joining two parts of an older road to avoid a town or village.

Base Plate

A steel plate welded to the base of a column which distributes the column loads over an area of foundation large enough to prevent crushing of the concrete and usually secured by anchor bolts.

Centigrade

Celsius, historically known as centigrade, is a scale and unit of measurement for temperature. It is named after the Swedish astronomer Anders Celsius (1701–1744), who developed a similar temperature scale. The degree Celsius (°C) can refer to a specific temperature on the Celsius scale as well as a unit to indicate a temperature interval, a difference between two temperatures or an uncertainty.

Beam Pipe

Building Planning

Cycle

In fatigue, one complete sequence of values of applied load that is repeated periodically. also S-N curve. (S-N curve) or The repetitive unit of a periodic signal. To end a management collection object that is currently in use and to open a new object for storing future collections. This process prevents collection objects from becoming too large. or A set of tables that can be ordered so that each table is a descendent of the one before it, and the first table is a descendent of the last table.