Abbreviate This!
Quality Control Manager
QC Manager (not QA/QC Manager)
The words “design” and “build” should always be combined in this way: design-build, design/build, design|build
design-build
This person has a specific role managing a construction project
Project Manager (capitalized)
The freezing point of water, in Fahrenheit, is…
32°F
The correct way to refer to actions taken by Swinerton: is/are
Swinerton is (3rd person singular)
Superintendent
Supt (not Sup or Super)
Building out both the structure (core) and exterior (shell) of a building
Core and shell (no ampersand, no hyphens)
The entity or person Swinerton is constructing a building for
owner or client (either, not capitalized)
Assuming no space constraints, write how much a four million-dollar project is valued at.
$4 million (no hyphen, no word dollars)
The amount of Swinerton that is employee-owned
100% (always use symbol)
Virtual design and construction
VD&C (no periods, no spaces)
When using quotation marks, a question mark goes here.
Inside (i.e. “What?”)
This general market name is focused on airports and airplanes
aviation market (not capitalized)
The title of a person who is both a vice president as well as a division manager
Vice President and Division Manager (not &)
Complete this sentence with appropriate punctuation: Swinerton’s headquarters is located in…
Concord, CA. or Concord, California
Mechanical, Electrical, and Plumbing Superintendent
MEP Superintendent (with MEP abbreviated, superintendent not abbreviated)
Choose the correct punctuation: Swinerton is an employee-owned company (: ; , / ) it has 20 office locations.
Semicolon ( ; )
Capitalize the following sentence: the south downtown district is located in south-central atlanta.
The South Downtown district is located in south-central Atlanta.
Using Swinerton’s preference, say how much money a quarter is
25 cents (not 25)
Our preferred term for subcontractors
Trade partners
On its first mention, the primary university of the State of Washington is written with the following abbreviation: U.W./UW/U.Dub/W.U./W.S.U.
University of Washington (UW)
This punctuation mark makes two words function as an adjective before a noun, but should not be used for those same words after a noun.
Hyphen (well-executed plan; the plan was well executed)
We are working on project mercury and the unc medical center project.
We are working on Project Mercury and the UNC Medical Center project.
A LEED gold certified project
LEED Gold®-certified project (® typically goes after Gold/Silver/Platinum, but after LEED ® if no level is specified)
Using New York as an example, this way of referring to a Swinerton office reduces the “silo-ing” of our company
Swinerton’s New York office (not Swinerton New York)