The following abbreviations are used in the IDC:
1V:2H V=Vertical lift (metre(s)) H=Horizontal distance (metre(s))
ADT Average Daily Traffic Volume
ADWF Average Daily Water Flow
AEE Assessment of Environmental Effects
AEP Annual Exceedance Probability
AGBT Austroads Guide to Bridge Technology
Al Aluminium
AP All Passing (aggregate)
AS Australian Standard
AS/NZS J oint Australian and New Zealand Standard
Austroads Association of Australian and New Zealand Road Transport and Traffic Authorities
BS British Standard
CAD Computer Aided Design
CAR Corridor Access Request
CBD Central Business District
CBR California Bearing Ratio
CCTV Closed Circuit Television
CD-ROM Compact Disk - Read Only Memory
CGEA California Geotechnical Engineers Association
CoPTTM Code of Practice for Temporary Traffic Management
CPEng Chartered Professional Engineer
CPTED Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design
Cu Copper
DDTS Digital Data Transfer Standard
DN Nominal Diameter of Pipe
DVD Digital Video Disk
ESA Equivalent Standard Axles
FAF Feature Attribute File
FRP Fibreglass Reinforced Plastic
GAP Graded All Passing (aggregate)
GIS Geographical Information System
g/m³ Grams per cubic metre
GST Goods and Services Tax
H Hour(s)
Ha Hectare(s)
HCV Heavy Commercial Vehicles
HN-HO Bridge Design HN=Highway Normal Loading HO= Highway Overload Loading
IANZ International Accreditation New Zealand
ID Internal Diameter of Pipe
IDC Infrastructure Development Code
ISO International Organisation for Standardisation
IP Ingress Protection Rating for Lighting
IPENZ Institution of Professional Engineers New Zealand
kg/ha Kilograms per hectare
kN Kilonewton(s)
kPa Kilopascal(s)
Kph Kilometres per hour
kV Kilovolt(s)
L Litre(s)
LID Low Impact Design
LIM Land Information Memorandum
LINZ Land Information New Zealand
L/m² Litres per square metre
L/s Litres per second
LTCCP Long Term Council Community Plan
M Metre(s)
m² Square metre(s)
m³ Cubic metre(s)
MDD Maximum Dry Density
MDPE Medium Density Polyethylene
Min Minute(s)
mm Millimetre(s)
mm² Square Millimetre(s)
MOTSAM New Zealand Manual of Traffic Signs and Markings
MPa Megapascal(s)
m/s Metres per second
µm Micrometre(s)
NAASRA National Association of Australia State Road Authorities
NZ New Zealand
NZQA New Zealand Qualifications Authority
NZFS New Zealand Fire Service
NZS New Zealand Standard
NZS/BS Joint New Zealand Standard and British Standard
NZTA New Zealand Transport Agency
NZTM New Zealand Transverse Mercator Coordinates
OD Outside Diameter (of Pipe)
Pb Planter Bag (for tree sizing)
PE Polyethylene
PIM Project Information Memorandum
PN Pressure Nominal (maximum rated operating pressure)
PP Polypropylene Pipe
pph Parts per hundred
PVC Polyvinyl Chloride
PVC-M Modified Polyvinyl Chloride
PVC-O Orientated Polyvinyl Chloride
PVC-U Unplasticised Polyvinyl Chloride
RCRRJ Reinforced Concrete Rubber Ring Jointed Pipe
REBRI Resource Efficiency in the Building and Related Industries
ROW Right of Way
RPZ Reduced Pressure Zone
RRJ Rubber Ring Jointed
SN Stiffness Rating
s223 Section 223 of the Resource Management Act
s224 Section 224 of the Resource Management Act
SOMAC Standardisation of Maintenance Allocated Contracts
TCC Tauranga City Council
USB Universal Serial Bus
V Volt(s)
Vpd Vehicles per day
WAN Works Approval Notice
WBOPDC Western Bay of Plenty District Council
WCN Works Completion Notice
XML Extensible Markup Language Format
.csv Comma Separated Variable File
.dwg Drawing File
.dxf Drawing Exchange Format File
.pdf Portable Document Format File
° Degrees
°C Degrees Celsius
Ø Diameter
% Percentage
Defintions in this section
IDC