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ABBREVIATIONS USED

AGS – Auditor General for Scotland
BLL - Bovis Lend Lease
CBCG – Construction and Building Control Group
CEC – City of Edinburgh Council
COSLA – Convention of Scottish Local Authorities
CSG – Consultative Steering Group
CUP - Central Unit for Purchasing
DAS - Directorate of Administrative Services
DETR – Department of Environment, Transport and the Regions
DTI - Department of Trade and Industry
DSWR – Devolution of Scotland, Wales and the English Regions
DLE – Davis, Langdon & Everest
EDI – Economic Development and Investment Group
EMBT – Enric Miralles Benedetta Tagliabue
GMP - Guaranteed maximum price
HMT – Her Majesty’s Treasury
HPG - Holyrood Progress Group
HPT – Holyrood Project Team
HS – Historic Scotland
Ind – Information Directorate (of The Scottish Executive)
LEEL – Lothian and Edinburgh Enterprise Ltd
NOPD - Notice of Proposed Development
OJEC – Official Journal of the European Communities
ORHS – Old Royal High School
OAP – Ove Arup & Partners
PFI - Private finance initiative
PFO - Principal Finance Officer
PII - Professional indemnity insurance
PQQ – Pre-qualification questionnaire
PS – Private Secretary
RFACS – Royal Fine Art Commission for Scotland
RCAHMS - Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland
RIAS – Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland
RIBA – Royal Institute of British Architects
RMJM – Robert Matthew Johnson-Marshall
SE – Scottish Executive
SO – Scottish Office
SoS – Secretary of State
SPCB – Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body
SWK - Scott Wilson Kirkpatrick
USoS – Under-Secretary of State

 

 
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