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    • Collective agreement
    • Color Rendering Index (CRI)
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    • Completion Date
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    • Computer Based Training (CBT)
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    • Concentration
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    • Corporate responsibility report
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    • Corrective Maintenance
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    • Cost approach improvement value
    • Cost of Light
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    • Critical Incident Response
    • Critical Path Method
    • Critical Response Team (CRT)
    • Critical Success Factors (CSI)
    • Critical incident stress debriefings (CISD)
    • Cross over (office use) demand
    • Cross over chart
    • Current Asset Value (CAV)
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    • Current replacement value (CRV)
    • Curtailment
    • Custodial Area
    • Customer Relationship Management (CRM)
    • Customer Satisfaction Index (CSI)
    • Customer spotting approach
    • Cyclical Maintenance
    • cab load
    • cabinet
    • cable
    • cable tray
    • cad cell
    • caisson
    • calcium
    • calibration
    • caliper
    • call accounting system (CAS)
    • call management system (CMS)
    • call-by-call
    • callback
    • campus-area network (CAN)
    • candela
    • candle power
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    • cap rate
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    • capacitance
    • capacitor-run (CR) motor
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    • capital budget
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    • capital expense budget
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    • capitalization
    • capitalization rate
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    • captive insurer
    • car operating panel (COP)
    • card reader
    • caretaker function
    • cargo
    • cargo insurance
    • carpal tunnel syndrome
    • carpet tile
    • carpet-over-carpet
    • carrier
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    • cartridge fuse
    • case goods
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    • cash flow statement
    • cash method
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    • cash receipts by category
    • cash receipts journal
    • cash-accounting method
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    • cast iron
    • catalog-based CAFM application
    • catch basin
    • cathode
    • cathodic protection
    • cation
    • cation exchange
    • caulking
    • caustic embrittlement
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    • ceiling
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    • cell
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    • central business district (CBD)
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    • certificate holder
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    • chilled water system
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    • chlorofluorocarbon (CFC)
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    • chronic
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    • cinder block
    • circle network
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    • circuit analyzer
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    • circular mil
    • circulation
    • circulation factor
    • civil law
    • civil procedure
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    • claims-made policy
    • claims-made trigger
    • clamp-on ammeter
    • class
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    • class A fire
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    • class B fire
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    • class C fire
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    • class rate
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    • cleanser
    • clerical activities
    • clerk of the works
    • client
    • clinical cleaning
    • clock speed
    • closed plan
    • closed recirculating system
    • closed-loop geothermal heat pump
    • closed-loop system
    • closing
    • closing conference
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    • clouds on title
    • coal-tar pitch
    • coated base sheet
    • coating
    • coaxial cable
    • code
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    • coefficient of expansion
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    • coercive remedy
    • cohesion
    • cohesive
    • coinsurance
    • coinsurance clause
    • cold dark shell
    • cold site
    • cold-calling
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    • collateral
    • collateral contract
    • collateral estoppel
    • collateral security
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    • collision insurance
    • color
    • color rendition
    • color temperature
    • color-rendering properties
    • column lines
    • combinable entities
    • combination
    • combined sewer system
    • combined single limit (CSL) of liability
    • combustible liquid
    • combustion
    • command center
    • commercial bank
    • commercial comparability
    • commercial general liability (CGL) policy
    • commercial lines manual
    • commercial paper
    • commitment fee
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    • common area maintenance (CAM) charges
    • common carriers
    • common control
    • common law
    • common stock
    • common-size comparative statement
    • communication
    • communication interaction zone
    • communication network
    • communication networks
    • communication process
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    • communications failure
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    • communications technology
    • community property
    • commutator
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    • comparable sold properties
    • comparative negligence
    • comparison grid
    • compatibility
    • compensatory damages
    • competency assessment
    • competitive market analysis (CMA)
    • competitive upgrade
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    • complete performance
    • completed operations liability
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    • compliant scrolls
    • component diagram
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    • compound document
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    • comprehensive boiler and machinery insurance
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    • comprehensive service company
    • compressed gases
    • compression fittings
    • compression ratio
    • compressive stress
    • compressor
    • comps
    • computer aided procurement (CAP)
    • computer literacy
    • computer room unit
    • computer-aided facility management (CAFM)
    • computer-use adoption rate
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    • concealment
    • concentration ratio
    • concentration-dilution cycle
    • concentrator
    • conceptual analysis
    • conceptual competition
    • conceptual skills
    • concession
    • concourse
    • concrete
    • concrete blocks
    • concrete seal
    • concrete topping slab
    • concurrent condition
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    • condensation
    • condenser
    • condensing section
    • condition precedent
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    • condominium interest
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    • conductivity
    • conductivity meter
    • conductor
    • conduit
    • conference call
    • configsys
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    • confined space
    • confusion
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    • connecting rod
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    • connector
    • consent
    • consequential damages
    • conspiracy
    • constant air volume (CAV) system
    • constant pressure expansion valve
    • constraint
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    • construction contract
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    • construction cost estimate
    • construction document (CD)
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    • construction loan
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    • construction ratio
    • construction schedule
    • construction standard
    • construction supervisor
    • constructive bailment
    • constructive eviction
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    • consultants
    • consultants? environmental liability (CEL) coverage
    • consumable parts
    • contact management software
    • containment
    • contiguous space
    • continental seating
    • contingency funds
    • contingency plan
    • contingent interest
    • contingent workforce
    • continuous POE
    • continuous current rating
    • continuous power
    • continuous quality improvement (CQI)
    • contract documents
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    • contract uberrimae fidae
    • contracting officer
    • contracting out
    • contractor notification form
    • contractors? operations and professional services (COPS) coverage
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    • contractual liability coverage
    • contrarian-investment fund
    • contrast ratio
    • contribution
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    • control and production technologies
    • control joints
    • control range
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    • cooling tower
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    • corporation
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    • cost overrun insurance
    • cost-benefit analysis (CBA)
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    • coupling
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    • critical path chart
    • critical path method (CPM)
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    • critically charged system
    • crocidolite
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    • crossflow
    • crystallization
    • cubic feet per minute (CFM)
    • culture
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    • cumulative trauma disorder (CTD)
    • curb
    • curb appeal
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    • cure period
    • current leasing report
    • current ratio
    • current tracer
    • current-interrupting rating
    • curtain wall
    • custodial housekeeping
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    • customer
    • customer departmentalization
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    • customer service agreement
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