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Acronyms - xii<br />

ACRONYMS<br />

> : Greater than<br />

< : Less than<br />

% : Percentage<br />

A<br />

AADT : Annual Average Daily Traffic<br />

AASHTO : American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials<br />

AFCAP : Africa Community Access Programme<br />

AIDS : Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome or<br />

Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome<br />

ALD : Average Least Dimension<br />

ARRB : ARRB Group, <strong>for</strong>merly the Australian Road Research Board<br />

ARVs : Antiretroviral<br />

ASTM : American Standard Test Methods<br />

B<br />

BDS : Bid Data Sheet<br />

C<br />

CB : Clay Brick (fired)<br />

CBO : Community Based Organisation<br />

CBR : Cali<strong>for</strong>nia Bearing Ratio<br />

CI : Complementary Interventions<br />

CMG : Crown Agents Core Management Group<br />

COLTO : Commission of Land Transport Officials (South Africa)<br />

CPT : Cone Penetrometer Test<br />

CS : Cobblestone<br />

D<br />

DBM : Drybound macadam<br />

DC : <strong>Design</strong> Class<br />

DCP : Dynamic Cone Penetrometer<br />

DF : Drainage Factor<br />

DFID : UK Government’s Department of International Development<br />

DMT : Dilatometer Test<br />

DBBM : Drybound Macadam<br />

DS : Dressed Stone<br />

DV : <strong>Design</strong> Vehicles<br />

E<br />

EF : Equivalency Factor<br />

eg : For example (abbreviation <strong>for</strong> the Latin phrase exempli gratia)<br />

EIA : Environmental Impact Assessment<br />

EMP : Environmental Management Plan<br />

ENS : Engineered Natural Surfaces<br />

EOD : Environmentally Optimised <strong>Design</strong><br />

ERA : Ethiopian <strong>Roads</strong> Authority<br />

ERTTP : Ethiopian Rural Travel and Transport Programme<br />

esa : Equivalent standard axles<br />

EVT : Equiviscous Temperature<br />

ACRONYMS

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