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Ralph Liebing, RA, CSI
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Username: rliebing

Post Number: 466
Registered: 02-2003
Posted on Thursday, October 05, 2006 - 08:10 am:   Edit PostDelete PostPrint Post

If "DD" = Design Development
and "VE" = Value Engineering--

then what does "OAC" stand for?

The old head faileth!
David R. Combs, CSI, CCS, CCCA
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Username: davidcombs

Post Number: 166
Registered: 08-2004
Posted on Thursday, October 05, 2006 - 08:42 am:   Edit PostDelete PostPrint Post

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
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Username: lynn_javoroski

Post Number: 426
Registered: 07-2002
Posted on Thursday, October 05, 2006 - 08:43 am:   Edit PostDelete PostPrint Post

OAC
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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:   Edit PostDelete PostPrint Post

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
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Username: rlmat

Post Number: 179
Registered: 10-2003
Posted on Monday, October 30, 2006 - 06:06 pm:   Edit PostDelete PostPrint Post

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
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Username: markgilligan

Post Number: 107
Registered: 05-2005
Posted on Tuesday, October 31, 2006 - 02:13 am:   Edit PostDelete PostPrint Post

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:   Edit PostDelete PostPrint Post

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:   Edit PostDelete PostPrint Post

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:   Edit PostDelete PostPrint Post

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]

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