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.
-Teacher Education, Professional Development, and Licensing Team. The Web Access Management System (WAMS) is a user ID system managed by the State of Wisconsin. DPI uses WAMS IDs as the login for Educator Licensing Online (ELO). Before you can submit an application to DPI you must have a WAMS ID.