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53 ACRONYMS ACG Associated General Contractors of America Agency CM Agency construction management ASBCA Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals ARTC (ATC) Air Rail Transit Consortium BAFO Best and final offer BART Bay Area Rapid Transit BATC Bay Area Transit Consultants BOT Build-operate-transfer BRT Bus rapid transit CA Comprehensive agreement CAPRA Capital reserve account CMAR Construction-Manager-at Risk COM Contractor operations and maintenance CTB Commonwealth Transportation Board (of Vir- ginia) CTC California Transportation Commission DART Dallas Area Rapid Transit DB Design-build DBB Design-bid-build DBE Disadvantaged business enterprises DBOM Design-build-operate-maintain DIA Dulles International Airport DRB Dispute resolution board DRPT Virginia Department of Rail and Public Transportation DTP Dulles Transit Partners EBD Escrowed bid documents EC Evaluation committee FA Fleet availability FAA Federal Aviation Administration FFGA Full funding grant agreement FTA Federal Transit Administration GEC General engineering consultant GMP Guaranteed maximum price LFA Local funding agreement LGS Lane, Granite, Slattery, Skanska joint enter- prise LRT Light rail transit MAX Metropolitan Area Express MWAA Metropolitan Washington Airports Author- ity NASFA National Association of State Facilities Ad- ministration NPV Net present value NPVT Final net present value O&M Operation and maintenance ODOT Oregon Department of Transportation ORD Operations readiness date OTP On-time performance PATCO Port Authority Transit Corporation PFC Passenger facility charges PPP Public-private partnership PPTA Virginiaâs Public Private Transportation Act QA/QC plans Quality control measures RDA Route daily availability REA Request for equitable adjustment RFP Request for proposals RFQ Request for qualifications SA Station availability SCADA Supervisory control and data acquisition SEPTA Southeastern Pennsylvania Transit Author- ity SFIA San Francisco International Airport SNJTRLS Southern New Jersey Light Rail Transit System TBD To be determined Trimet Tri-County Metropolitan Transportation District of Oregon ULURP Uniform land use review procedure VECP Value engineering change proposals WMATA Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority