| CAA |
Clean Air Act |
| CAAA |
Clean Air Act Amendments |
| CABC |
cement aggregate base course |
| CAD |
County Appraisal District; Computer Aided Design |
| CALMIT |
Center for Advanced Land Management Information Technologies |
| CALS |
Connecticut Association of Land Surveyors |
| CALTRANS |
California Department of Transportation |
| CAM |
common area maintenance |
| CAMMS |
construction and material management system |
| CanSIS |
Canadian Soil Information System |
| Cap |
capitalization |
| CAPCO |
Capital Area Planning Council (Texas) |
| capex |
capital expenditure |
| CAPP |
County Arterial Preservation Program |
| CAP rate |
capitalization rate |
| CASA |
Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis (University College, London) |
| CaSIL |
California Spatial Information Library |
| CBA |
cost-benefit analysis |
| CBD |
central business district |
| CBO |
Certified Building Official |
| CBR |
California Bearing Ratio |
| CBF |
Chesapeake Bay Foundation |
| CBLAD |
Chesapeake Bay Local Assistance Department |
| CBPA |
Chesapeake Bay Preservation Act |
| CBR |
certified buyer representative |
| C / C |
center to center |
| CCCA |
Certified Construction Contract Administrator |
| CCIM |
Certified Commercial Investment Member |
| CCLS |
Canadian Council of Land Surveyors |
| CCM |
Certified Construction Manager; Canada Centre for Mapping |
| CCPS |
Central Colorado Professional Surveyors |
| CCR |
conditions, covenants and restrictions |
| CCRC's |
continuing-care retirement communities |
| CCREA |
Coalition of Commercial Real Estate Associations |
| CCS |
Certified Construction Specifier |
| CD |
certificate of deposit |
| CDBG |
community development block grant |
| CDC |
Center for Disease Control and Prevention; Comunnity Development Corporation |
| CDOT |
Colorado Department of Transportation |
| CDS |
construction documentation system |
| CDWR |
California Department of Water Resources |
| C.E. |
Civil Engineer |
| CEA |
Council of Economic Advisers |
| CEAO |
County Engineers Association of Ohio |
| CEBAF |
Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator Facility |
| CECO |
Consulting Engineers Council of Ohio |
| CELSOC |
Consulting Engineers and Land Surveyors of California |
| Cem. |
cemetery |
| CEQ |
Council on Environmental Quality |
| CERB |
Community Economic Revitalization Board |
| CERCLA |
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act |
| CERES |
California Environmental Resource Evaluation System |
| CF |
cubic feet |
| CFAM |
computer aided facility management |
| CFD |
contract for deed |
| CFR |
Code of Federal Regulations |
| CFS |
cubic feet per second |
| CGT |
capital gains tax |
| CHAS |
comprehensive housing affordability strategy |
| CHMS |
certified home marketing specialist |
| CHS |
Canadian Hydrographic Service |
| CIP |
capital improvements program |
| CIPE |
Certified in Plumbing Engineering |
| CPBD |
Certified Professional Building Designer |
| CLHMS |
Certified Luxury Home Marketing Specialist |
| CLI |
Canada Land Inventory |
| CLS |
Canada Land Surveyor |
| CLSA |
California Land Surveyors Association |
| CLSR |
Canada Land Surveys Records |
| CLTV |
combined loan to value |
| CLU |
common land unit |
| CLUMP |
Canada Land Use Monitoring Program |
| CM |
construction management |
| CMA |
comparative market analysis; Census Metropolitan Area |
| CMAQ |
Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Program |
| CMP |
corrugated metal pipe |
| CMBS |
commercial mortgaged backed securities |
| CMHPI |
conventional mortgage home price index |
| CMO |
collateralized mortgage obligation; Canada Map Office |
| CMS |
congestion management system; contract management system |
| CMSA |
consolidated metropolitan statistical area |
| CMSDU |
Commission on Map Use and Spatial Data Use |
| CN |
construction number |
| CNAREA |
Canadian National Association of Real Estate Appraisers |
| CNS |
Certified Negotiation Specialist |