NBC&MSO List of Abbreviations

ABBREVIATION FULL TERM
ACP An Coimisiún Pleanála
AC Assigned Certifier
ACEI Association of Consulting Engineers of Ireland
ADCO Administrative Cooperation Group
AO Authorised Officer
API Application Programming Interface
AR Authorised Representative
AVCP Assessment and Verification of Constancy of Performance
BCA Building Control Authority
BCAs Building Control Authorities
BCAR Building Control (Amendment) Regulations
BCMP Building Control Management Project
BCMS Building Control Management System
BCO Building Control Officer
BCR Building Control Regulations
BCRs Building Control Regulations
BR Building Regulations
BRAB Building Regulations Advisory Body
BSA Building Standards and Regulations Division
CAB Conformity Assessment Body
CAP Corrective Action Plan
CCC Certificate of Compliance on Completion
CE Conformité Européenne
CEN European Committee for Standardization
CFOA Chief Fire Officers Association
CIF Construction Industry Federation
CN Commencement Notice
CPD Continuing Professional Development
CPR Construction Products Regulation
CPR 2011 Construction Products Regulation (EU) No. 305/2011
CPR 2024 Construction Products Regulation (EU) 2024/3110
CRM Customer Relationship Management
CS Common Specification
CTO Chief Technical Officer
DAC Disability Access Certificate
DC Design Certifier
DCC Dublin City Council
DCC-NBCMSO Dublin City Council – National Building Control and Market Surveillance Office
DHLGH Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
DoC Declaration of Conformity
DoPC Declaration of Performance and Conformity
DoP Declaration of Performance
DPP Digital Product Passport
DR Disaster Recovery
D/R Dispensation or Relaxation of the Building Regulations
EAD European Assessment Document
EC European Commission
EEA European Economic Area
EI Engineers Ireland
EN European Standard
EO Economic Operator
ESP External Service Provider
ETA European Technical Assessment
EU European Union
FAQ / FAQs Frequently Asked Question(s)
FD Freshdesk
FPC Factory Production Control
FSC Fire Safety Certificate
FSP Fulfilment Service Provider
GDPR General Data Protection Regulation
hEN Harmonised European Standard
HTS Harmonised Technical Specification
IBCI Irish Building Control Institute
ICSMS Information and Communication System for Market Surveillance
IMP Importer
INAB Irish National Accreditation Board
IP Internet Protocol
I.S. EN Irish Standard adopting a European Standard
ISO International Organization for Standardization
IT Information Technology
KPI Key Performance Indicator
LA Local Authority
LGMA Local Government Management Agency
LGSS Local Government Shared Service
MFR Manufacturer
MMC Modern Methods of Construction
MSA Market Surveillance Authority
MSAs Market Surveillance Authorities
MSR Market Surveillance Regulation
MSR 2019 Market Surveillance Regulation (EU) 2019/1020
NANDO New Approach Notified and Designated Organisations Database
NB Notified Body
NBC&MSO National Building Control & Market Surveillance Office
NBCMSO National Building Control and Market Surveillance Office
NBCO National Building Control Office
NDFEM National Directorate for Fire and Emergency Management
NMSO National Market Surveillance Office
NOC Network Operations Centre
NSAI National Standards Authority of Ireland
OMP Online Marketplace
PCP Product Contact Point
PIA Privacy Impact Assessment
PMO Project Management Office
RAPEX Rapid Exchange of Information System
RIAI Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland
Safety Gate EU Rapid Alert System for Dangerous Non-Food Products
SCSI Society of Chartered Surveyors Ireland
SI / S.I. Statutory Instrument
S.I. No. 669/2025 European Union (Construction Products) Regulations 2025
S.I. No. 670/2025 Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Act 2020 (Construction Products – Market Surveillance) (Amendment) Regulations 2025
SLA Single Liaison Officer
SLA Service Level Agreement
SLP Single Liaison Point
SOP Standard Operating Procedure
SR Standard Recommendation
TAB Technical Assessment Body
TGD Technical Guidance Document
TGDs Technical Guidance Documents
TOR Terms of Reference
UAT User Acceptance Testing
UKCA UK Conformity Assessed
VIP Virtual IP Address