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4.01 Professional Societies and Trade Organizations

AABC Associated Air Balance Council

AACC American Automatic Control Council
ABMA American Boiler Manufacturers’ Association
ACCA Air Conditioning Contractors of America
ACGIH American Conference of Governmental and Industrial Hygienists
ACI American Concrete Institute
ACS American Ceramic Society
ACS American Chemical Society
ACSM American Congress on Surveying and Mapping
ADA American with Disabilities Act
ADAAG ADA Accessibility Guidelines for Buildings and Facilities
ADC Air Diffusion Council
AEE Association of Energy Engineers
AEI Architectural Engineering Institute
AFBMA American Fan and Bearing Manufacturers’ Association
AFS American Foundrymen’s Society
AGA American Gas Association
AGMA American Gear Manufacturers Association
AIA American Institute of Architects
AIA American Insurance Association
AICE American Institute of Consulting Engineers
AIChE American Institute of Chemical Engineers
AIHA American Industrial Hygiene Association
AIIE American Institute of Industrial Engineers, Inc.
AIPE American Institute of Plant Engineers
AISC American Institute of Steel Construction
AISE Association of Iron and Steel Engineers
AISI American Iron and Steel Institute
AMCA Air Movement and Control Association International, Inc.
ANSI American National Standards Institute
APCA Air Pollution Control Association
APFA American Pipe and Fittings Association
APHA American Public Health Association
API American Petroleum Institute
APWA American Public Works Association
ARI Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Institute
ASA Acoustical Society of America
ASCE American Society of Civil Engineers
ASCET American Society of Certified Engineering Technicians
ASEE American Society for Engineering Education
ASHRAE American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air Conditioning
Engineers
ASLE American Society of Lubricating Engineers
ASME American Society of Mechanical Engineers International
ASNT American Society for Non-Destructive Testing
ASPE American Society of Plumbing Engineers
ASQC American Society of Quality Control, Inc.
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ASSE American Society of Safety Engineers; American Society of Sanitary
Engineers
ASTM American Society for Testing and Materials
ATBCB Architectural and Transportation Barrier Compliance Board
AWS American Welding Society
AWWA American Water Works Association, Inc.
BCMC Board for the Coordination of Model Codes (a Board of CABO)
BEPS Building Energy Performance Standards
BOCA Building Officials and Code Administrators
Basic/National Building, Mechanical, Plumbing, and Fire Codes
BRI Building Research Institute
BSI British Standards Institute
CABO Council of American Building Officials
CAGI Compressed Air and Gas Institute
CANENA North American Electro/Technical Standards Harmonization Council
CEC Consulting Engineers Council of the United States
CEN European Standards Organization
CENELEC European Committee for Electro/Technical Standardization
CGA Compressed Gas Association, Inc.
CISPI Cast Iron Soil Pipe Institute
CSA Canadian Standards Association
CSI Construction Specifications Institute
CTI Cooling Tower Institute
DER Department of Environmental Resources
DOE Department of Energy
ECPD Engineers’ Council for Professional Development
EF Engineering Foundation
EJC Engineers’ Joint Council
EJMA Expansion Joint Manufacturers’ Association
EPA Environmental Protection Agency
ETL ETL Testing Laboratories
FM Factory Mutual System
FPS Fluid Power Society
HEI Heat Exchange Institute
HI Hydraulic Institute
HTFMI Heat Transfer and Fluid Mechanics Institute
HYDI Hydronics Institute
IAPMO International Association of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials
IBR Institute of Boiler and Radiator Manufacturers’
ICBO International Conference of Building Officials
Uniform Building, Mechanical, Plumbing, and Fire Codes
ICC International Code Council (BOCA, CABO, ICBO, and SBCCI combined)
International Mechanical and Plumbing Codes
ICET Institute for the Certification of Engineering technicians
IEC International Electro/Technical Commission
IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
IES Illuminating Engineering Society
IESNA Illuminating Engineering Society of North America
IFCI International Fire Code Institute
IFI Industrial Fasteners Institute
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IIAR International Institute of Ammonia Refrigeration

IRI HSB Industrial Risk Insurers; Industrial Research Institute, Inc.
ISA Instrument Society of America
ISO International Organization for Standardization
MCAA Mechanical Contractors Association of America
MSS Manufacturers’ Standardization Society of the Valve and Fittings Industry
NACE National Association of Corrosion Engineers
NAE National Academy of Engineering
NAIMA North American Insulation Manufacturers Association
NAPE National Association of Power Engineers, Inc.
NAPHCC National Association of Plumbing-Heating-Cooling Contractors
NAS National Academy of Sciences
NBFU National Board of Fire Underwriters
NBS National Bureau of Standards
NCEE National Council of Engineering Examiners
NCPWB National Certified Pipe Welding Bureau
NCSBCS National Conference of States on Building Codes and Standards
NEBB National Environmental Balancing Bureau
NEC National Electric Code
NEMA National Electrical Manufacturers’ Association
NEMI National Energy Management Institute
NFPA National Fire Protection Association
NFSA National Fire Sprinkler Association
NICE National Institute of Ceramic Engineers
NICET National Institute of Certified Engineering Technicians
NIOSH National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
NIST National Institute of Standards and Technology
NRC National Research Council
NRCA National Roofing Contractors’ Association
NRCC National Research Council of Canada
NSAE National Society of Architectural Engineers
NSF National Sanitation Foundation International
NSPE National Society of Professional Engineers
NUSIG National Uniform Seismic Installation Guidelines
OSHA Occupational Safety and Health Administration
PADER Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Resources
PDI Plumbing and Drainage Institute
PFI Pipe Fabrication Institute
RESA Scientific Research Society of America
SAE Society of Automotive Engineers
SAME Society of American Military Engineers
SAVE Society of American Value Engineers
SBCCI Southern Building Code Congress International;
Southern/Standard Building, Mechanical, Plumbing, and Fire Codes
SES Solar Energy Society
SFPE Society of Fire Protection Engineers
SMACNA Sheet Metal and Air Conditioning Contractors’ National Association
SPE Society of Plastics Engineers, Inc.
SSPC Structural Steel Painting Council
SSPMA Sump and Sewage Pump Manufacturers’ Association
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SWE Society of Women Engineers
TEMA Tubular Exchanger Manufacturers Association
TIMA Thermal Insulation Manufacturers’ Association
UL Underwriters’ Laboratories, Inc.
WPCF Water Pollution Control Federation