Building stuff is different from "creating stuff" (like making a ramp or a path for Vitruvius) , thus seeing those greenish lighed items.
I got this one in Broadcast News. Where Metalbeard throws a server, and as the Bad Cop try to build one of those green lighting objects. When a character shows up with a red prohibited sign and they are like "meh, fuck that!" you did it right and the cheevo will pop