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Builders FirstSource

Builders FirstSource is the largest U.S. supplier of building products and prefabricated components to professional homebuilders, with about 585 locations in 43 states from its Irving, Texas headquarters.

Builders of the ancient Nile–Red Sea canal

The builders of the ancient Nile–Red Sea canal were Necho II, Darius I, Ptolemy II, Trajan, and Amr ibn al-As, who dug and redug it over a millennium.

Building

A building, also called a building structure, is an enclosed structure with walls and a roof, built to shelter people, animals, or property, ranging from houses to high-rise towers.

Building (mathematics)

A building, also called a Tits building or Bruhat-Tits building, is a combinatorial and geometric structure introduced by Jacques Tits about 1965, encoding simple groups of Lie type as simplicial complexes assembled from apartments.

Sep 23, 2026

Building a Moderately Prosperous Society in All Respects

Building a Moderately Prosperous Society in All Respects (全面建成小康社会) is a Communist Party of China development goal, proposed by Deng Xiaoping in 1979 and declared achieved in 2021.

Oct 26, 2026

Building a Scalable Data Warehouse with Data Vault 2.0

Building a Scalable Data Warehouse with Data Vault 2.0, by Dan Linstedt and Michael Olschimke (Morgan Kaufmann, 2015), teaches hub-link-satellite modeling, agile Data Vault 2.0 methodology, hash keys, and layered warehouse architecture.

Building AI

Building AI is a free online course on the methods behind artificial intelligence, created by the University of Helsinki and Reaktor in 2020 as the second Elements of AI course.

Building automation

Building automation is the automatic control of a building's HVAC, lighting, fire, and security systems through a networked building automation system, reducing energy consumption and maintaining occupant comfort.

Oct 21, 2026

Building B

Building B is an archaeological site label for a second identified structure, used for unrelated buildings: a Roman villa house at Hull Place, a pillar building at Göbekli Tepe, and others.

Sep 29, 2026

Building change detection

Building change detection is a remote sensing method that compares satellite or aerial images taken at different dates to find constructed, demolished, or altered buildings.

Building code

A building code, also called building standards, is a set of laws setting minimum requirements for designing and constructing buildings to protect occupants from collapse, fire, and health hazards.

Building Emissions Reduction and Disclosure Ordinance

The Building Emissions Reduction and Disclosure Ordinance, or BERDO, is a Boston law requiring large buildings to report energy use and cut emissions to net zero by 2050.

Building energy codes

Building energy codes are laws setting minimum energy efficiency requirements for new buildings and major renovations, covering insulation, windows, lighting, and heating and cooling systems.

Sep 29, 2026

Building energy simulation

Building energy simulation is a computational modeling method that predicts a building's energy use and thermal behavior from physics-based heat balance models, used in green design programs like LEED.

Building envelope

The building envelope, also called the building enclosure, is the assembly of walls, windows, roofs, and foundation that separates indoors from outdoors and controls heat, air, and moisture flows.

Building information modeling

Building information modeling (BIM) is the use of a shared digital representation of a built object to support design, construction, and operation, as defined by the ISO 19650 standards.

Building inscriptions of Nebuchadnezzar II

The building inscriptions of Nebuchadnezzar II are Akkadian royal texts, mostly on clay cylinders and bricks, recording his temples, walls, and canals in Babylon and other Mesopotamian cities.

Building inspector

A building inspector is an official or certified practitioner who examines construction work and building plans to verify they comply with building codes and regulations.

Building material

A building material is any material used for construction, ranging from minimally processed natural substances like stone and wood to manufactured products like cement, steel, glass, and bricks.

Sep 24, 2026

Building of Fort Jesus

The building of Fort Jesus (Forte de Jesus de Mombaça) was the Portuguese construction of a fortress at Mombasa, Kenya, begun in 1593 and completed in 1596.

Building of the Buhen fortress

The building of the Buhen fortress was the 12th Dynasty construction of a large Egyptian fortress on the Nile in Lower Nubia, begun under Senusret I.

Building of the church of al-Qullays

The building of the church of al-Qullays, known as al-Qalis, was the sixth-century construction of a grand cathedral in Sanaa by Abraha, the Aksumite general who ruled Yemen.

Building of the citadel of Van (Tushpa)

The building of the citadel of Van (Tushpa) was the construction begun by Urartian king Sarduri I around 840-830 BC on a rock by Lake Van.

Building of the Esagila by Nebuchadnezzar I

The building of the Esagila by Nebuchadnezzar I was the restoration of the Esagila, Babylon's principal temple of Marduk, during his reign around 1125–1104 BC.

Building of the Etemenanki ziggurat

The building of the Etemenanki ziggurat was the reconstruction of the ziggurat of Marduk at Babylon, begun by Nabopolassar and completed by Nebuchadnezzar II around 590 BC.

Building of the Naqa temples

The building of the Naqa temples was the construction of the royal temple complex at Naqa in Sudan over roughly three centuries, from about 170 BC.

Building permit

A building permit is an official authorization issued by a government building authority before construction begins, involving plan review, fees, and inspections under the building code.

Building projects of Ur-Nanshe

The building projects of Ur-Nanshe, first king of the First Dynasty of Lagash around 2500 BCE, are recorded in about 40 inscriptions claiming 19 buildings, 10 canals, and rebuilt walls.

Building Societies of Peace

Building Societies of Peace (Construyendo Sociedades de Paz, PAZ) is a Mexican political party registered in June 2026, led by Hugo Eric Flores, the third version of the PES, aligned with Morena.