FAIMEAbout FAIME
Building Trust. Finishing Strong. — the story, the values, and the people behind FAIME Construction Inc.
Our Story
FAIME Construction is not a one-person company. It is owned and run by four partners — Talha Karaboga, Emin Karaboga, Selim Karaboga and Mehmet Salim Karaboga — who share one conviction: the people quoting your project should have done the work with their own hands.
Between them, the people who lead FAIME have decades on the tools. Mehmet Salim Karaboga, co-owner and site supervisor for the EIFS crews, is the most experienced EIFS hand on the team, with more than 20 years across interior and exterior trades. Selim Karaboga, co-owner and site supervisor for the paint crews, has over 15 years in construction and leads every painting scope. Shurouq Alkhazendar has spent more than 15 years estimating large projects in several countries.
Talha Karaboga, owner and president, brought his trade experience to Canada, working in the GTA market first — learning the Ontario Building Code, the suppliers, the inspectors, and what Toronto-area clients actually go through when they hire a contractor — before putting the FAIME 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
FAIME is based in Woodbridge, Vaughan. Today it has delivered more than 100 projects across the Greater Toronto Area — renovations, commercial fit-ups, exterior refinishing, and multi-trade builds — and an owner still walks every site before a number is written down.
The Team Behind FAIME
Decisions at FAIME are made together. Talha and Emin lead the company as Owners & Presidents — Talha between the sites and the office, Emin on finance and accounting and on site when a job needs him. Selim runs the paint crews, Mehmet Salim runs the EIFS crews, and Shurouq turns drawings into tenders. Each part of a job has a named person responsible for it.
An experienced finishing tradesman who splits his time between the sites and the office. Leads client communication and quality control, and signs off on every proposal and every finished job.
LinkedInRuns FAIME’s finance and accounting from the office and comes to site whenever a job needs him.
LinkedInFAIME’s top painter, with 15+ years in construction. Leads the paint crews on site: prep, masking and protection, airless and back-roll application at height, colour matching and close-out.
FAIME’s most experienced EIFS hand, with 20+ years across interior and exterior trades. Leads the EIFS and stucco crews on site, from substrate prep and insulation board through mesh, base coat and finish.
15+ years estimating large projects in several countries. Prepares quantity take-offs, pricing and tender submissions, which lets FAIME bid on bigger and more complex work.
Behind them: 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.
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.
Owners on Every Job
You deal with the people whose names are 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 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.
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