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TQ Construction
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Design/Build Firm, TQ Construction Ltd.
A Burnaby design/build firm that has run as a family business since 1985.
Over 500 completed projects. 41 CHBA-BC Georgie Awards, 16 HAVAN Ovation Awards, and 8 CHBA National Housing Awards across custom homes and renovations.
1985
in business since
500+
projects completed
41
Georgie Awards
8
CHBA National Housing Awards
Meet TQ Construction
TQ Construction is a family-owned design/build firm based in Burnaby. The company has operated since 1985, which puts it at about 40 years in business. Henri Belisle is the primary contact listed on the firm’s HAVAN membership.
The firm keeps design and construction under one roof. An in-house design team handles space planning, drawings, and permit applications, then the same company builds the project. TQ describes the approach as "one team, one goal," with designers and builders working together from the first meeting so the design stays buildable and the cost stays predictable.
TQ works on custom homes, whole-home and partial renovations, additions, house lifts and dig-downs, laneway and coach houses, basement suites and rental suites, heritage restoration, aging-in-place work, and net zero or high-performance homes. They serve Vancouver and the surrounding Metro Vancouver municipalities, from West Vancouver to Langley.
The firm has completed more than 500 projects and holds a 4.7-star Google rating. Over the years it has collected 41 Georgie Awards (CHBA-BC), 16 HAVAN Ovation Awards (now the HAVAN Awards for Housing Excellence), and 8 CHBA National Housing Awards, plus a long list of finalist placements — more than 70 industry awards in total.
Credentials
Recognition
HAVAN Awards for Housing Excellence — Best Non-Certified High Performance Home (Winner)
Nana Awards — Best Remodel (Winner)
CHBA National Housing Awards (8 wins to date)
CHBA-BC Georgie Awards (41 wins to date)
HAVAN Ovation Awards (16 wins to date)
Why work with TQ
01
One firm handles design, permits, and construction
TQ’s in-house design team does the drawings and the permit applications, then the same company builds the project. For a multiplex, where coordinating an architect, a builder, and the city is where schedules usually slip, keeping it under one roof reduces the number of hand-offs.
02
They already build the unit types a multiplex needs
Laneway and coach houses, basement and rental suites, additions, and house lifts are listed services. A multiplex is several dwelling units on one lot, so the firm’s existing work on suites and secondary dwellings maps directly onto multiplex construction.
03
High-performance building experience
TQ builds net zero and high-performance homes and won the 2024 HAVAN Award for Best Non-Certified High Performance Home. That matters for new multiplexes, which must meet BC Energy Step Code requirements.
Frequently asked questions
Has TQ Construction built multiplexes specifically?
Do they handle the design and permits, or just construction?
Where is TQ based and where do they work?
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