Builder

Builder can mean any of the following:

• General contractor or Subcontractor that specializes in building work
• Construction worker who specializes in building work
• Builders Energy, an oil and gas services company based in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
• Builder pattern, an object-oriented design pattern
• Interactive Scenario Builder, an RF Tactical Decision Aid often referred to as Builder

See also

• Constructor
• CBP Certified Building Professional
• C++ Builder

Types of Builders

There are many styles of builders in the world but the main two types of catagories are residential builders and commercial builders. Residential builders are builders that deal with the domestic home market. There are new house builders and they build new homes from plans that they already have or that they are given from the public. Most residential builders will specialise in either new homes or renovation. Renovation, extenstion, alternation building work is more like guess work to the builder as most of the time builders will be given an idea or task to do but without exactly knowing what is behind each wall as the owner generally has not got the original plans of the house from when it was first built. New house builders will generally be defined as either a custom home builder, prestige home builder, a project home builder, design and build company or even a kit home builder. If you looking to build a prestige home and would want the builder to manage the project all for you then you will be needing one of these types builders. If you want to buy a kit home and you want manage the build yourself then you will be needing a kit home building company that supplies the kit to you and you will be a owner builder. Then there are the removable home builder. These are people that move a exisitng house from one site to another. Commercial builders generally do not have owner builders. These builders may have some plans already available however most will quote per plan that is provided to them. Commercial buildere can build a range buildings depening on their type of licence. This can range from single offices buildings to unit complexs with many over 50 floors and hundreds of units.

Building Guides

Builders Guides are places where the builders have been listed and are either rated or reviewed and have more details on what types of building types that they do and helpful information for a person looking to build. Australia has a website called"Home Builders Australia" and they have all builders listed all over in Australia with their type of building catagory, location, display home details, contact details, house and land packages, if plans available, photos, testimonials and reviews on the building experience with that company.

Distinguish from

• Buildering, rock-climbing on the outside of a building