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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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