Carrier profile · USDOT 418270 · MC-301921 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

The Building Center Inc

144 power unitsavg 6.4 yrRegional · 3 statesPINEVILLE, NC69/100
AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWNMC-301921 STATUS UNKNOWNRATED SATISFACTORY
Verified linksthebuildingcenterinc.comFMCSA SAFER

Safety

Roadside out-of-service rates versus the national benchmark, inspection and crash trends, decoded violation themes, and ELD / hours-of-service integrity — the full safety picture behind the verdict.

Out-of-service rate· 24-mo cumulative · vs national

Vehicle OOS 28.1%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 57 vehicle and 132 driver inspections over 24 months.

Vehicle OOS rate· vehicle OOS · vehicle-level inspections · 6-month trailing

14.3% · latest 6-mo window▼ Falling

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending down 12.3 pts across the window. The national vehicle benchmark uses the same metric and is shown on the chart.

Roadside inspection history· 24 charted calendar months · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay

130 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Feb '25 · 10

Vehicle-levelDriver-levelAny OOS

Monthly FMCSA roadside inspections across the 24 charted calendar months. Bars show level-qualified vehicle and driver populations; one inspection can qualify for both. The line shows inspections with any out-of-service result.

Inspection coverage· expected vs observed · the fraud signal

Inspection coverage

How heavily FMCSA inspects this fleet for its size — it tells you how much to trust the safety signals above. Thin coverage on a young authority is a fraud signal nobody else surfaces.

Expected band
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.5 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 144-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
144
Inspections · 24 mo
132
Annualized
≈66 / yr
Coverage
≈0.5 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

7%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
64%
Vehicle Maintenance
Vektor peer est.

Percentile = standing among same-exposure peers (higher = worse). FMCSA publishes percentiles for only some carriers (shown official); elsewhere we show a Vektor peer-percentile estimate, or the absolute SMS measure when there are too few inspections to rank.

Violation themes· decoded · grouped by BASIC

What this carrier actually gets cited for — FMCSA violation codes decoded into plain English, ranked by frequency.

  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance30 · 12 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving20 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance11 · 10 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance5 · 4 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.110 Cargo securement — number of tiedownsVehicle Maintenance5 · 5 OOS
  • 393.104 Cargo securement — tiedownsVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance4 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

7 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Oct 1, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

2ELD device issues
5No log / no ELD
0False logs
0Drove over hours

0 ELD violations in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 42 total · 6 in 24 mo

42
Total crashes
6
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
16
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20263013
20252002
20244014
20232002
20221001
20213013
20203032
20181011
20172012
20163021
20155005
20132012
20112012
20101001
20082021
20062002
20041001
20031001
20012022
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 18, 2026NC00Yes
May 14, 2026NC00Yes
Feb 17, 2026NC01Yes
Jul 29, 2025SC00Yes
Apr 28, 2025SC00Yes
Dec 23, 2024NC00Yes
Jun 18, 2024NC00Yes
Jun 3, 2024NC00Yes
Feb 21, 2024SC01Yes
Dec 29, 2023NC00Yes
Jun 6, 2023NC00Yes
Apr 21, 2022NC00Yes
Dec 13, 2021NC00Yes
Aug 9, 2021SC00Yes
Mar 11, 2021NC02Yes
Aug 25, 2020NC01Yes
Aug 3, 2020SC01Yes
May 20, 2020NC01No
Nov 8, 2018NC02Yes
Mar 27, 2017NC01Yes
Mar 13, 2017NC00Yes
Apr 27, 2016NC03No
Jan 21, 2016NC00Yes
Jan 13, 2016NC01No
Dec 29, 2015NC00Yes