AC

Abbreviation for ARCADIS Consult

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AC-Engineer

Synonym for Reconstruction Specialist

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AC-Manager

Executive at ARCADIS Consult often plays by the AC-Engineer

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AC-Tracer

architecture drafts person employee at ARCADIS Consult

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Artefact

A tangible piece of information that (1) is created, changed and used by workers when performing activities, (2) represent an area of responsibility, and (3) is likely to be put under separate version control. An artefact can be a model, a model element, or a document.

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Building History

Information about previous owners, former uses, etc.

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Building Plan/s

Technical drawing of a building. Composed of different plans reflecting the different floors. Digital format is often prescribe.

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Business Process

The total set of activities needed to produce a result perceived and measurable value to an individual customer of a business

Chemical Analysis

Samples In context of the hazardous building materials inventory a chemical analysis is used to verify a suspicion for harmful components in a sample of building material. Analysis will performed on a category of substances, given by the reconstruction specialist.

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Chemical Analysis Laboratory

In context of the hazardous buildlng materials inventory a laboratory specialised for environmental chemical analysis. This is an external service to ARCADIS Consult.

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Commission Order

a formal written warrant granting the power to perform various acts or duties

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Construction Company for soil boring

Because of the special equipment needed for soil borings in practice, ARCADIS Consult subcontracts this work from an external service provider.

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Contract

a binding agreement between AC and client or parties; especially: one legally enforceable

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Corporate QA System

The documented Quality Assurance System of the company, which is implemented on the project to the degree that it is possible, due to the specific, needs of the project, and is accepted by the Project Owner. It consists of the Quality Assurance Manual, Job Descriptions, General System Procedures, Work Instructions.

Hazardous Building Material

Material, which classified as injurious to human health. Often included as a component in inoffensive building materials.

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Hazardous Material Location

The location of hazardous building materials is a tuple of values composed by some kind of coordinates.

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Inspection

Visual inspection of a site

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Purchase Department

Department of ARCADIS Consult, which handles purchase of office equipment and external service. A commission order (PO) is based on a requisition note of an AC-Engineer, that is signed by a AC-Manager. The  requisition note system is part of the intranet solution of AC.

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Reconstruction Specialist

specialist for locating and identification of hazardous materials in buildings. and nominating of economical strategies for disposal. Education level always University degree/UAS, recruited of different branches of study.

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Requisition Note

A written request made by the AC-Engineer upon purchase department for supplies or other needs, a written request for something authorised but not made available automatically.

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Requisition Note System

The IT-system used by the AC-Engineer to make a requisition note upon purchase department for supplies or other needs.

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Samples

Pieces of material, that are suspicious to be made of or including hazardous materials. Taken with the intention to proof the existence of the suspected  materials by chemical analysis later on.

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Site

Area, in which the inspection takes place. May consist in an estate with one or more buildings, just one building or even only a part of a building.

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Site History

Information about previous owners, former uses, etc.

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Site Inspection Report

A report, containing all collected data and chemical analysis, a result and risk evaluation, a strategy of disposal, a bill of quantities with cost estimate and various documents, depending on the quantity of tasks termed by contract

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Site Map/s

Technical drawing of the site, showing all relevant information. Digital format is often prescribe.

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Sub contractor for soil boring

Because of the special equipment needed for soil borings in practice, ARCADIS Consult subcontracts this work from an external service provider. In most cases this is a analysis laboratory, sometimes it's a construction company on site.

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Worker

A position that is assigned to a person or a team, requiring responsibilities and abilities such as performing certain activities and developing certain artefacts.

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Annotation

A critical or explanatory note or body of notes added to an object (most likely this will be a video or an image object in our project).

MUMMY

BUC

Business use case. BUCs are described in D2

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HBMI

Hazardous Building Materials Inventory. The selected business process to be tested with the MUMMY system for the facility management domain.

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ICOM2

Sub division of ICOM (construction department) executing usability tests as an end user.

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SUC

System use case. Derived from BUC as the technically counterpart of the MUMMY system.

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test case

A test case is equivalent to concrete alternative executions of a BUC specifying alternative mappings from the BUC onto one or more SUCs, describing the alternative preconditions, specifying alternative inputs and the corresponding expected output and post-conditions.

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test scenario

A test scenario is a story in which the application plays the key role. It is composed of a combination of test cases.

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trial

Acting with the test scenario in a way that it is meaningful to the related business process, including pre-processing and postproduction.

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TSRS

Technical Services Remote Support. The selected business process to be tested with the MUMMY system for the technical services department. The focus will be on supporting maintenance of a product during its lifetime.

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Asynchronous communication

Interaction between two or more people that is time delayed, that is, separated by minutes, hours, even days. Correspondence courses and e-mail are asynchronous forms of distance learning.

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Collaborative session

A work session, which allows many users to work together by using video or audio facilities and shared areas.

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Mobile PC

A computer that uses mobile computing technology.

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Multimedia

The use of computers to present text, graphics, video, animation, and sound in an integrated way.

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Palmtop

A small portable computer weighing one pound or less.

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PDA

Acronym for Personal Digital Assistant. A PDA is a small mobile hand-held device that provides computing and information storage and retrieval capabilities for personal or business use. Most PDAs have a small keyboard. Some PDAs have an electronically sensitive pad on which handwriting can be received. Some PDAs offer a variation of the Microsoft Windows operating system called Windows CE. Other products have their own or another operating system.

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Synchronous Communication

An interaction between individuals or groups that occurs almost. That is, with very little or no appreciable delay between sending and receiving of communication. Face-to-face, telephone and video teleconference conversations are synchronous.

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