Old K says every week – Talking about things in the petrochemical design industry. Post 23: Design specialty codes

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Old K writes every week – Insights into the petrochemical design industry, Post 23: Design specialty codes. Regarding design specialty codes, before the 2000s, Chinese pinyin abbreviations were generally used; as more projects abroad emerged, most companies gradually switched to English abbreviations, though there are still some differences among various companies. Common design specialty codes are listed in the table below: Table 23-1 Design Specialty Codes. Sequence Number, Specialty Name, Specialty Code, English Name of Specialty: 1. Process – PR; 2. Storage and Transportation – ST; 3. Water and Wastewater – WW; 4. Thermal Engineering – TM; 5. Health & Safety – HS; 6. Analysis – AN; 7. General Layout – GL; 8. Piping – PIP; 9. Pipe Materials – MAM; 10. Piping Stress Analysis – SAP; 11. Instrumentation – IN; 12. Telecommunication – TET; 13. Electrical – ELE; 14. Industrial Furnace – FU; 15. Equipment – EQ; 16. Machinery – MCM; 17. Architecture – AR; 18. Civil/Structural – CVC; 19. Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning – HV; 20. Environmental Protection – EP; 21. Budget Cost Estimation – BC; 22. Bulk Solid Material Handling – BS; 23. 3D Database Support – DS3D; 24. Project Management – PM; 25. Engineering Management – EM; 26. Project Secretary – PS; 27. Document Control – DC; 28. Planning – PL; 29. Cost Control – CC; 30. Quality Control – QC; 31. Project Accounting – PA; 32. Procurement – PC; 33. Construction – CN; 34. Commissioning – CM; 35. Information Systems – IT; 36. General – GE.

Lao K shares insights on matters related to the petrochemical design industry every week. For previous posts, please visit the following links: Post 1: The Development History of China’s Survey and Design Industry – https://bbs.hcbbs.com/thread-3031149-1-1.html; Post 2: Management in the Survey and Design Industry – https://bbs.hcbbs.com/thread-3036417-1-1.html; Post 3: The Development of Drawing Technologies in Design Institutes – https://bbs.hcbbs.com/thread-3039960-1-1.html; Post 4: The Evolution of Specialization within Petrochemical Design Institutes – https://bbs.hcbbs.com/thread-3045261-1-1.html; Post 5: The Organizational Structure of Petrochemical Engineering Companies – https://bbs.hcbbs.com/thread-3050591-1-1.html; Post 6: Contract Management in Design Management – https://bbs.hcbbs.com/thread-3054762-1-1.html; Post 7: Management of Design Basic Data in Design Management – https://bbs.hcbbs.com/thread-3058184-1-1.html; Post 8: Design Quality Management in Design Management – https://bbs.hcbbs.com/thread-3061718-1-1.html; Post 9: Design Schedule Management in Design Management – https://bbs.hcbbs.com/thread-3062161-1-1.html; Post 10: Design Document Management in Design Management – https://bbs.hcbbs.com/thread-3069580-1-1.html; Post 11: Meeting Management in Design Management – https://bbs.hcbbs.com/thread-3073327-1-1.html; Post 12: Bonus Distribution Management in Design Management – https://bbs.hcbbs.com/thread-3077492-1-1.html; Post 13: The Construction Procedures for Petrochemical Projects – https://bbs.hcbbs.com/thread-3082708-1-1.html; Post 14: Illustrations of Process Specialty Design Content and Procedures – https://bbs.hcbbs.com/thread-3086849-1-1.html; Post 15: Explanations of PID Versions and PID Modification Management – https://bbs.hcbbs.com/thread-3091076-1-1.html; Post 16: Common Energy-Inefficient Designs in the Petrochemical Industry – https://bbs.hcbbs.com/thread-3095859-1-1.html; Post 17: Project Work Breakdown – https://bbs.hcbbs.com/thread-3100837-1-1.html; Post 18: Issues Related to Design Talent Training – https://bbs.hcbbs.com/thread-3105529-1-1.html; Post 19: A Brief Explanation of Pump NPSH – https://bbs.hcbbs.com/thread-3109916-1-1.html; Post 20: On Excessive Patent Applications – https://bbs.hcbbs.com/thread-3111855-1-1.html; Post 21: Pressure Drop and Energy Consumption of Control Valves – https://bbs.hcbbs.com/thread-3116754-1-1.html; Post 22: Names and Codes of Project Design Phases – https://bbs.hcbbs.com/thread-3121148-1-1.html