The Founder's Story
FAIME Construction starts with Talha Karaboga and a simple conviction: the person quoting your project should have done the work with their own hands.
Talha started in the finishing trades in 2015 — tile, stucco, drywall, paint. Not managing them. Doing them. Years of setting large-format tile, floating drywall to a Level 5 finish, and matching stucco texture until the repair disappears teach you something no project management course can: what good work actually looks like up close, and every shortcut that hides inside a lump-sum quote.
In 2019 he brought that experience to Canada. Two years working in the GTA market — learning the Ontario Building Code, the suppliers, the inspectors, and what Toronto-area clients actually go through when they hire a contractor — before putting his own name on the door.
In March 2021, FAIME Construction Inc. was incorporated with WSIB coverage from day one and a deliberate model: self-managed finishing scopes, licensed trade partners for electrical, HVAC, and plumbing, and everything — scope, price, timeline, changes — in writing.
— Talha Karaboga, Owner & President
Today FAIME has delivered more than 100 projects across the Greater Toronto Area — renovations, commercial fit-ups, exterior refinishing, and multi-trade builds — and Talha still walks every site before a number is written down.
Leadership
On the tools since 2015. On every FAIME site since day one. Leads estimating, site supervision, and client communication — one point of contact from first walk to final walkthrough.
Behind him: self-performing crews that scale from 1 to 10 on site depending on the scope, plus a bench of licensed specialty partners — a Master Electrician-led electrical team, TSSA-licensed HVAC technicians, and a Licensed Master Plumber — all working under FAIME project management. Approximately 80% of the contract value on a FAIME project is self-performed by those in-house crews; the licensed partners cover the regulated remainder.
Who We Work With
A lot of FAIME's work is subcontract work — we carry a scope on someone else's site, under someone else's schedule. Most of the general contractors we work under would rather not be listed on another company's website, and we respect that. Two have agreed to be named, which means you can go and ask them about us rather than take our word for it.
Colour of Painting Ltd.
Colour of Painting held the finishes contract on Phase 1 of Friendship Village, a seven-storey supportive housing building in downtown Kitchener. FAIME Construction Inc. did subcontracting to Colour of Painting on the interior painting — 100 residential units, the corridors and stairwells serving them, amenity rooms, the parking garage, and identification coating on fire-protection piping.
Onsar Group Inc.
Onsar Group paints high-rise and mid-rise residential towers, malls, schools, offices and restaurants across the GTA. FAIME and Onsar Group have completed painting projects together across high-rise buildings, townhouse developments, and residential and commercial properties.
Separately, a bench of licensed specialty partners covers the regulated trades — electrical, HVAC and plumbing — under FAIME project management. Prequalification documents and further trade references are on the partner hub.
Our Values
Everything in Writing
Scope, price, timeline, and every mid-project change — documented before work proceeds. Verbal promises don't build buildings.
Owner on Every Job
You deal with the person whose name is on the company — at the site visit, during the build, and at the walkthrough. No layers, no call centres.
Finish Strong
The last five percent — the caulk lines, the touch-ups, the deficiency list — is where trust is won. The job isn't done until you've signed off on it.
Stay in Our Lanes
We only quote what we execute well. If your project needs a specialist we don't have, we say so at the site visit — and point you to the right one.
How We Got Here
From the tools in 2015 to 100+ GTA projects today — see the full timeline and our six-step delivery process on the Our Process page, what we do and don't take on under Capabilities, and our coverage under Certifications & Insurance.