Building Materials and Services

The Floor Show, a business unit of Qualico, is pleased to announce the partnership with Paris-based world leader in flooring and sports surface solutions, Tarkett. The Floor Show becomes one of the first of Tarkett’s Recycling Allies in its premiere flooring recycling program called ReStart.

In Canada’s growing residential construction market, the price of lumber directly impacts the cost of building and purchasing a new home. For major lumber and construction material suppliers like Star Building Materials, keeping costs down requires innovation and making the most of valuable resources.

Building Products & Concrete Supply (BP Concrete) has been hard at work on the lock and dam upgrade in St. Andrews, Manitoba – a project that will make the well-used route through the town safer and more efficient.

The Willow Retreat is a modified ready-to-move home built by Star Ready To Move Homes Winnipeg and donated by Qualico as a gift-in-kind donation worth nearly $250,000. The building will be used for a variety of activities, including year-round educational programming for youth, specialty group workshops, as well as private functions, meetings, and gatherings.

At the height of the pandemic back in 2020, Star Building Materials Calgary acquired wall paneling equipment that would not only help diversify the business unit’s offerings, but also lead to waste management, efficiency, and cost-effectiveness benefits as well.

Empire Drywall has been hard at work on many projects this year, including Block BG for EllisDon in the Edmonton Ice District, Auburn Bay Middle School for Delnor Construction in Calgary, and the Aster Community Trade Partnership with Qualico in Edmonton.

Star Building Materials Winnipeg recently launched a brand-new website with some exciting e- commerce capabilities that make ordering building materials even more convenient for customers.

Empire Drywall has added something new to its list of service offerings – residential attic insulation using blowing wool, otherwise known as loose-fill attic insulation.

Three Qualico business units are coming together to help support Ronald McDonald House Charities (RMHC) Manitoba’s initiative to build a new Ronald McDonald House in Winnipeg for sick/injured children and their families.

In the next few weeks, Star Ready to Move (RTM) Homes will begin constructing a new RTM building that Qualico is donating to Ducks Unlimited Canada (DUC).