Pinewood Builders

Pinewood Builders (formerly known as Pinewood Labs) is a sci-fi building group with sectors in aerospace, space technology, mining, weaponry, physics, and much more. It is currently ROBLOX's second largest building group standing at over 63,000 members.

Founded in 2008 by Diddleshot, (as a Group in 2009) Pinewood is one of ROBLOX's oldest existing building groups. The group is also recognized for contributions to the community with models to assist in game development and its group-created games.

History
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In May 2008, Diddleshot founded Pinewood as Pinewood Labs. The earliest known facilities built were the Dog Food Factory in September, and the ROBLOX Powerplant in October. The powerplant was the first power station facility built on ROBLOX.

In November 2008, the Bread Factory was open to the public; a large bread production factory with giant machinery which sole purpose is feeding a noob named Bob.

A third facility, Pinewood Labs (headquarters) followed in December, which presently was 'ruined' into Diddleshot's CRUSH A BUILDING! game.

In 2009, Pinewood Labs was renamed Pinewood Builders, and it was founded as a group with the latter name with the then-new Groups feature.

In February 2009, a second headquarters was built; details about it are unavailable.

In November 2009, numerous ideas for facilities were proposed and created; the ROBLOX Laundromat, Pinewood Computer Core, Pinewood Space Station, Pinewood Research Facility (2009), the Mega Miners game, and the Pinewood Space Shuttle Advantage spacecraft.

In 2012, Diddleshot released the present-day Pinewood Headquarters, based in Hong Kong.

In 2013, Diddleshot released a major update to the Computer Core, allowing the reactor core to initiate a meltdown.

Following the major Computer Core update, most of Pinewood's facilities entered a modernization phase, such as the addition of dynamic lighting, changing of branding, and polishing the game.

In mid 2014, the Pinewood Research Facility reopened after a full renovation of its exterior and interior design. While the facility is currently open to the public, it is deemed still under construction as of today, and was abandoned until June 2015.

In January 2015, Director SigmaTech announced the construction of the Pinewood Oil Platform, which would be the first official Pinewood facility to not be built by Diddleshot. The project currently has been delayed from its original March opening to a June opening date.

In April 2015, Managing Director Legodude88 was fired, resulting in criticism from the Pinewood Intelligence Agency, which resulted in the Agency being removed from their jobs. These former members identify Pinewood as a dying group due to the loss of its co-owner.

In May 2015, Pinewood celebrated its 7th anniversary.

In June 2015, the Pinewood Intelligence Agency was reinstated with new replacements following the shutdown on April 6.

In June 2015, Diddleshot announced that construction on the Pinewood Research Facility would be restarted after around a year of inactivity. Updates to the ROBLOX Laundromat and Mega Miners followed.

In August 2015, The opening of the Pinewood Builders Oil Platform (PBOP) has been delayed once more.

In September 2015, Diddle updates the PBCC with many cosmetic upgrades and adds a few more places to explore.

In October 2015, ROBLOX's new physics engine stabilizes and fixes the glitch vehicles at Mega Miners.

The story continues...

Websites
Pinewood has its own website as a zone for the latest group news, submitting job applications, and for group entertainment.

PinewoodBuilders.net


Designer:


 * ​SigmaTech

Editors:


 * spyagent88


 * SMALLNACHOKITTY

Investment:


 * $149.00 USD (SigmaTech, Jan. 2015)

Inactive Sites

 * pinewoodbuilders.weebly.com (Woofenon, 2013)
 * Pinewood Intelligence Database (DeathPossession, PBST, 2013)
 * pinewoodbuilders.webstarts.com (Unknown, 2012)
 * runescapewarrior2009.wix.com/pinewood-builders (Unknown, 2010 / 2011)

Ranks
The group has many ranks that a member can have in Pinewood. To achieve one of the following ranks, you have to meet the requirements of the said rank and send a promotion request to the assigned supervisor.

Members
This rank is automatically achieved; it is the given rank when you join the group.

Artists
Artists are experienced designers who make fan art, signage, textures, and more in the development of Pinewood facilities.

Artistry Supervisor
Artistry Supervisors are artists with trust and responsibility. They are picked by the Board of Directors and are those who manage Artistry promotion requests.

Artistry is headed by the Director of Artistry who is WickyTheUnicorn.

Media Team
The Media Team are responsible for broadcasts, news, and any form of official group media.

Media Supervisor
Media Supervisors are journalists with trust and responsibility. They are picked by the Board of Directors and are those who manage Media Team promotion requests.

Media is headed by the Directors of Public Relations and Media whom are Brentrockforever, Chuba7, and bill52600.

Scripters
Scripters are the programmers of game development, with knowledge in Roblox Lua and Mathematics.

Scripting Supervisor
Media Supervisors are scripters with trust and responsibility. They are picked by the Board of Directors and are those who manage Scripters' promotion requests.

Scripting is indirectly headed by the Director of Technology who is SigmaTech.

Builder
Showing skills in any field of advanced mathematics, such as gravity, physics, algorithms, geometry, etc.

Building Supervisor
Building Supervisors are journalists with trust and responsibility. They are picked by the Board of Directors and are those who manage Builders' promotion requests.

Building is indirectly headed by the Director of Development who is DeathPosession.

Internal Affairs Committee
The Internal Affairs Committee are executives tasked with the oversight of the ranks assigned to them and to act as the Director of these ranks in various areas of expertise including: Building, Scripting, Artistry, and Media. Achieved by selection by the Vice Chairman or by membership of the Pinewood Intelligence Agency.

Past Executives
As the name would suggest, they are past HRs of Pinewood Builders. Only achieved from being a retired director, or a veteran of Pinewood's progression.

Head of Security
The Head of Security is the current head of Pinewood Security. Usually, the Head of Security is also the Head of Intelligence in the Pinewood Intelligence Agency.

As of now, the current HoS / HoI is unassigned, which the CEO then assumes the duties of the HoS / HoI

Board of Directors
The Board of Directors are a team of executives responsible for development of official facilities, management, and advisors to the Chairman.

Vice Chairman / Managing Director
The Vice Chairman is the second to the highest head of the company. As of now, the rank is unavailable and a current Vice Chairman does not exist.

Chairman - Alt
This rank is unachievable. These are exclusive to the Chairman's alternative accounts.

Chairman
This rank is unachievable. The head of the company. Fourth and final administrator rank.

Pinewood Divisions
All official Pinewood groups are held by only Diddleshot with exception to Pinewood Fan Club groups, which must be verified by the Board of Directors.

Pinewood Builders Security Team(PBST)

 * Pinewood's privately owned security force tasked to protect Pinewood facilities. (~17000 members)
 * Trainings take place on weekends at 1PM and 6 PM GMT. On occasions there may be another which occurs about two hours prior to that time.
 * See the Pinewood website for up-to-date information.

Pinewood Veteran's Club (PBV)

 * Many members of the PBV have been seen as inactive as of May 2015.
 * Communication/planning group for Pinewood Executives, Veterans, and Affiliates.

Pinewood Intelligence Agency (PIA)

 * Elite taskforce used for exploit defense and advanced protection to Pinewood places.

Pinewood Builders Aerospace (PBA)

 * Division used for news and research of aerospace related topics. (~2270 members)

Mega Miners (MM)

 * Division used for the news and development of Pinewood's game "Mega Miner". (~840 members)

XYLEM Technologies (XT)

 * Development team dedicated to developing heavilly-scripted elements in Pinewood.
 * Ran by SigmaTech (~10 members)

Pinewood Builders Development (PBD)

 * PBD was discontinued as of April 6, 2015.
 * Division used for developing large-scale projects and models/scripts for use in Pinewood places.

Pinewood News Network (PNN)

 * Pinewood's official news agency for live reports, filming, and broadcasts. (~430 members)
 * Group branding based on the Cable News Network (CNN)
 * Suceeded the Pinewood Broadcasting Company (Feb 2015 - April 2015) as the official news company for Pinewood Builders.

Pinewood Emergency Team(PET)

 * Pinewood's official emergency management and facilitation group. (~1320 members)
 * Divided into 3 subgroups
 * Medical Division
 * HAZMAT Team (Hazardous Materials Team)
 * Fire Safety Team
 * Currently under development. Soon to come will possibly be new privileges, abilities, features, and vehicles.

Pinewood Games (PBG)

 * A fan club division of Pinewood dedicated to discuss non-official Pinewood places, or official places in that manner. (~100 members)
 * Succeeded the decomissioned Pinewood Builders Development group.

Vice Chairman
Users who attain the Managing Director / Vice President / Vice Chairman rank are automatically given the  Head of Security  and  Head of Intelligence  rank, except for ShatteredGuest, who obtained only the HoS and HoI rank.

Pinewood Builders Space Station (PSS)

 * A large space station located in Earth's orbit, with artificial gravity, and docking and refueling for supply, passenger, and cargo ships to and from planetary missions.
 * Rockets launched from the Pinewood Computer Core dock here as well.
 * Once notoriously abbreviated "PISS" when it used to be named the Pinewood International Space Station.
 * Pinewood classifies the PSS as an inactive facility. Also, the spacecraft here are broken.

Pinewood Builders Headquarters (PBHQ)

 * A 12 story office building in Hong Kong as the business headquarters of Pinewood Builders.
 * Pinewood's third HQ building.
 * In the PBV room on the 12th floor, a self destruct system can be activated; which will initiate a lockdown and burn the building to the ground.
 * Pinewood's second facility with an evacuation event.
 * It was featured on the Blog once.

ROBLOX Powerplant(RPP)

 * Built in 2008, this nuclear power plant was said to be one of the first power stations built on ROBLOX, with the description "powering ROBLOX in the old days..."
 * Was decomissioned in 2011; where the Pinewood Computer Core replaced it upon the addition of a new fusion reactor there.
 * Although it was mentioned that the Powerplant has an underground reactor core, the Computer Core is not underneath the Powerplant.
 * Pinewood classifies this as an non-functional facility, which means it is not used for any kind of group-related matters.

Pinewood Research Facility (PBRF)

 * Pinewood's primary facility; a large research facility complex located in the Sahara Desert.
 * Majority of the facility, including the Computer Core, is underground due to the heat conditions of the Sahara Desert, and likely for security reasons.
 * A 2014 refurbishment of the then 2009 Research Facility.
 * Divided into three sections; the Pinewood Builders Exhibition, the undergound facility, and the surface facility.
 * Also used for PBST trainings.

Pinewood Computer Core (PBCC)

 * An underground nuclear computer reactor core facility, miles beneath the Pinewood Research Facility.
 * Divided into five sectors; A for the main entrance and hallways, B for the core mainframe, C for security and admin, D for the primary servers, F for the secondary servers, and G for the classified storage room that holds the emergency coolant rods.
 * Pinewood's first facility to reach 1,000,000 visits.

Pinewood Space Shuttle Advantage

 * A launch center, possibly located in the Sahara, where Space Shuttle Advantage is launched into space to deploy a satellite in low Earth orbit.
 * Prior to the automated launch, you may attempt to manually land the space shuttle.

Pinewood Oil Platform (PBOP)

 * Pinewood's oil platform / offshore research facility / Pacific outpost to be opened before end-2015.
 * Information here.
 * It's focus will be on oil production, and to serve as a remote research facility for members in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.
 * The facility will be built by KelvinBlues1, RobloxGuy6403, Nood563, and CMVProduction.
 * Former developers are FlightVector and CaptainRuno.

The Bread Factory

 * A game where you watch the bread making process as you create your own bread, or feed yourselves and your bread to Bob the Giant Noob.

CRUSH A BUILDING!

 * A game based on Pinewood Labs's headquarters in 2008, where you can destroy the building with a crusher, Mega Miner vehicles, or with gear.

Roblox Laundromat

 * A game based in a city laundromat where you wash your clothes, or chuck an unsuspecting fellow customer into the wet, spinning washing machine.

Roblox Mega Miner

 * A game where you mine and dig resources with your pickaxe, or the giant Pinewood drilling vehicles.
 * A recent update added an event where magma will rise from the ground, and workers must evacuate.
 * Pinewood's third game with an evacuation event

Trivia

 * Pinewood Builders had a booth featured at BLOXcon Chicago in 2013.
 * Users alexnewtron, Zephyred, madattak, and Rukiryo were former members of Pinewood.
 * Pinewood Builders was originally called Pinewood Labs in 2008.
 * Pinewood won ROBLOX's Twitch Leaderboards twice in a row. Their Twitch channel has accumulated over 500 followers.
 * Pinewood has been featured in the ROBLOX Blog numerous times.
 * Pinewood is recognized and remembered as one of the most influential in the ROBLOX community, and likely the oldest too; founded unofficially in 2008, and founded officially in 2009.
 * Diddleshot, madattak, and the high-ranks of both Innovation and Pinewood have argued with their members implying that they are NOT at war for any reasons.
 * Pinewood has a Facebookpage.
 * Pinewood also has a YouTube channel.
 * Pinewood Builders and its logo is even more commonly copied by other building groups.