Construction Drawing Abbreviations. The following is a list of abbreviations found on a typical set of construction drawings designed to help you interpret information on your blueprints.
IDMS. IDMS is primarily a network database management system for mainframes. It was first developed at B.F. Goodrich and later marketed by Cullinane Database Systems. Since 1989 the product has been owned by Computer Associates, who renamed it Advantage CA-IDMS and later simply to CA IDMS.
(November 2008) A vendor management system (VMS) is an Internet-enabled, often Web-based application that acts as a mechanism for business to manage and procure staffing services â temporary, and, in some cases, permanent placement services â as well as outside contract or contingent labor.