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Author Message Ralph Liebing, RA, CSI Senior Member Username: rliebing Post Number: 466 Registered: 02-2003 Posted on Thursday, October 05, 2006 - 08:10 am:    If "DD" = Design Development and "VE" = Value Engineering-- then what does "OAC" stand for? The old head faileth! David R. Combs, CSI, CCS, CCCA Senior Member Username: davidcombs Post Number: 166 Registered: 08-2004 Posted on Thursday, October 05, 2006 - 08:42 am:    It is used here in our office as the acronym for Owner-Architect-Contractor, as in OAC Meeting (properly termed Progress Meeting). Lynn Javoroski CSI CCS LEED AP SCIP Affiliate Senior Member Username: lynn_javoroski Post Number: 426 Registered: 07-2002 Posted on Thursday, October 05, 2006 - 08:43 am:    OAC From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search OAC or OAc may refer to: One America Committee Ontario Academic Credit Ontario Agricultural College On Approved Credit One arm Chinup Acetoxy group (OAc), a chemical functional group Or try this: http://www.acronymfinder.com/af-query.asp?Acronym=OAC&String=exact&p=ol Anonymous   Posted on Friday, October 06, 2006 - 01:52 pm:    In Calif., if I recall correctly, it used to mean Office of Architecture and Construction, which then changed to OSA, Office of the State Architect, but is now DSA, Division of the State Architect. Richard L Matteo, AIA, CSI, CCS Senior Member Username: rlmat Post Number: 179 Registered: 10-2003 Posted on Monday, October 30, 2006 - 06:06 pm:    As another Californian (transplant) I agree with "Anonymous" But it may depend on what area of the country you are in. Mark Gilligan SE, CSI Senior Member Username: markgilligan Post Number: 107 Registered: 05-2005 Posted on Tuesday, October 31, 2006 - 02:13 am:    I operate under the assumption that all abbreviations used, need to be defined in the Contract Documents. Ralph Liebing, RA, CSI Senior Member Username: rliebing Post Number: 484 Registered: 02-2003 Posted on Tuesday, October 31, 2006 - 06:55 am:    While response here has been sparse, I think the more widely accepted meaning is "Owner-Architect Contract". Now I realize that excludes many folks, and certainly does not address all of the possibiltiies, but I think it is a decent fit for the other two definitions mentioned first above. Mr. Gilligan is correct about defining abbreviations; this though came from a source other than Contract Documents. Thanks all-- David R. Combs, CSI, CCS, CCCA Senior Member Username: davidcombs Post Number: 179 Registered: 08-2004 Posted on Tuesday, October 31, 2006 - 09:04 am:    Noteworthy, too, is that the Architect is stuck in the middle. (so what else is new) Ralph Liebing, RA, CSI Senior Member Username: rliebing Post Number: 485 Registered: 02-2003 Posted on Tuesday, October 31, 2006 - 09:34 am:    I would prefer to view this as-- a rose between two thorns. [To all contractors: I have an unlisted phone,no visible address number and a really mean French Bulldog, so tell your hit man to be very careful]