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“ISO” : International Organisation for Standardisation, a world-wide<br />

federation of national standards bodies<br />

“ISO 9000” : Series of international standards on quality management and<br />

quality assurance developed by the ISO Technical Committee in<br />

1987, which has been adopted by more than 30 countries,<br />

including the United Kingdom and the United States of America,<br />

as their national quality system standard<br />

“ISO 9002” : Constituent part of the ISO 9000 series which covers the following<br />

19 areas: management responsibility; quality system; contract<br />

review; document and data control; purchasing; control of<br />

customer-supplied product; product identification and traceability;<br />

process control; inspection and testing; control of inspection,<br />

measuring and test equipment; inspection and test status; control<br />

of non-conforming product; corrective and preventive action;<br />

handling, storage, packaging, preservation and delivery; control<br />

of quality records; internal quality audits; training; servicing and<br />

statistical techniques<br />

“Low voltage switchgears” : Made of switchgears, busbars and the necessary enclosures and<br />

support systems where the electricity at the appropriate useful<br />

voltage is distributed to the various electrical loads; it also provides<br />

the facilities for switching and circuit protection<br />

“M&E consultant” : A Qualified Person appointed to be responsible for the design of<br />

the Mechanical and Electrical systems of a building project<br />

“M&E systems” : Mechanical & Electrical Systems; usually refers to mechanical<br />

ventilation systems, plumbing systems, sanitary systems, electrical<br />

distribution systems, fire protection systems, etc<br />

“Network and structured : A network of telecommunication cables designed for broadband<br />

cabling” transmission<br />

“Private Automatic Branch : A private telephone exchange for a localized telephone system<br />

Exchange” or “PABX”<br />

“Pumper trucks” : Tank trucks that drains off and transport sludge from portable<br />

toilets and holding tanks to sewerage treatment plants<br />

“Riser ducts” : A compartment for housing distribution cables and switchboards<br />

in multi-storey buildings<br />

“Switchboard” : General term for switchgears, which are used for connecting the<br />

main incoming electrical cables within a premise from the utility<br />

supplier<br />

“Trunkings” : An enclosure for the protection of cables, normally of rectangular<br />

cross section where one side is removable or hinged<br />

“uPVC” : An acronym for unplasticised polyvinyl chloride which is a type of<br />

plastic material<br />

“UTP” : An acronym for unshielded twisted pair which is a type of cable<br />

for telecommunication or data transmission<br />

“Wet riser system” : A pressurized water pipe riser that forms part of the fire protection<br />

system for buildings exceeding 25 metres in height<br />

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