AWPA
Abbr. for American Wood-Preservers Association
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average bond stress
The force in a steel reinforcing bar divided by the product of its perimeter and its embedded length.
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average concrete
Concrete that is made without artificial aggregates or admixtures; its strength is not established by tests but is assumed to
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average-end-area method
A procedure for calculating the volume of earthwork between two cross sections; the cross-sectional areas are averaged and multiplied by
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average frequency of occurrence
The average number of years between storms that will produce rainfall rates equaling or exceeding a given amount; sometimes called
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average grade
Within a building construction site, the arithmetic average of the elevations of various ground surfaces within the site.