Residential Uses
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Detached garages of all sizes
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Home Gyms & Training Spaces
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Toy & Equipment Storage
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Backyard flex buildings for studios, office space, hobby
We help you choose the size, height, doors, windows, and interior options based on how you plan to use the space.
What’s Included in a Typical Residential Build
Building & Structure
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Pre-engineered steel building sized for your lot and use
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Structural steel framing, secondary framing, and bracing
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Roof and wall cladding, trims, and flashings
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Overhead doors sized for vehicles, toys, or trailers
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Man doors and window openings where specified
Interior Construction
(Scaled up or down depending on your budget and priorities.)
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Insulation and vapour barrier for year-round or three-season use
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Drywall or metal liner panels for a clean interior finish
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Painted or sealed floors, or basic prep for rubber gym flooring
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Simple storage solutions: shelving, workbenches, or small mezzanine areas
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Framed rooms for small offices, washrooms, or utility spaces where included
Foundations & Slab
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Excavation and base preparation suited to your site
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Footings, grade beams, or foundation walls as required by design
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Concrete slab with thickness and finish appropriate to your use (parking vs. shop vs. gym)
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Saw-cutting, control joints, and basic floor finishing
Mechanical, Electrical & Plumbing Coordination
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Electrical service size and panel coordinated with your planned loads
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General lighting layout plus task lighting where needed
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Receptacles planned around work areas or gym layouts
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Heating options such as unit heaters, radiant systems, or other appropriate solutions
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Plumbing rough-ins or basic washroom/kitchenette fit-up where feasible and in scope
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We can help by:
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Coordinating foundations, steel supply, and erection
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Scheduling, overseeing electrical, heating, and plumbing
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Aligning interior finishes with your intended use (gym, shop, storage)
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Managing inspections, deficiencies, and close-out
On many residential and hobby projects, there are still multiple moving pieces: site preparation, concrete, steel erection, electrical, heating, and sometimes plumbing or interior finishes.
Bellcore Can Help
For more involved builds, our role can look like this
Pre-construction planning and budgeting
Coordinate steel suppliers and erectors
Mechanical, electrical, and plumbing subtrades
Coordinating designers and engineers
Concrete and sitework crews
Inspections, deficiencies, and close-out
For smaller, simpler projects, our role can be scaled down to focus on the essentials.
Our Residential Process
Conversation & Rough Plan
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We start by understanding what you want the building to do: vehicles, toys, projects, gym, storage—or a mix. From there, we talk about size, height, doors, and your budget comfort zone.
Layout & Options
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We help plan door locations, window placement, internal clearance, and potential future changes. At this stage, we identify which areas should be fully finished, simply insulated, or left more basic.
Design, Engineering, & Permits
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We coordinate with designers and engineers (if required) to ensure the building and foundations meet local requirements. We support you through what’s needed for permits without overcomplicating the process.
Construction & Coordination
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Bellcore manages excavation, foundations, steel erection, and any interior or service work required. We coordinate the trades and schedule so the project moves in a logical sequence.
Complete & Enjoy
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We walk the project with you, address deficiencies, and complete a successful handoff of the finished product for you and the family to enjoy.
Why Steel
FLEXIBLE
No interior columns and flexible heights make it easier to park vehicles, use hoists, or set up a full gym.
DURABLE
Steel holds up to harsh weather, kids, and sport equipment with no maintenance required.
EXPANDABLE
Pre-engineered structures can be extended in the future if you need more space.
FAST
Pre-engineered systems allow faster assembly and interior work compared to conventional builds.
Bellcore helps you capture these benefits while making sure the interior layout, utilities, and finishes are planned around how you actually live.
Building Advantage
Building Package + Interiors Together
We plan the structure and the interior as one project so you don’t end up with surprises between the building shell and the fit-out.
Northern Ontario Focus
Our projects are built around rugged weather considerations and solutions that keep maintenance costs low.
Transparent Proposals
We use clearly defined allowances and exclusions so you know what is included in your project before we start.
Hands-On General Contracting
We coordinate the steel erector and all subtrades so you’re not stuck managing everyone yourself.
We combine GC oversight with self-performing construction, so the same company coordinating your project is also responsible for a large part of the work.
Where We Build
We serve clients across:
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Greater Sudbury
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Manitoulin Island
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North Bay
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Thunder Bay
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Sault Ste. Marie
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Timmins
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All of Northern Ontario
For remote and out of town projects, we plan around travel, accommodations, and delivery logistics as part of our pre-construction process.
Planning a home project soon?
Tell us how you’d use the space, where it will go, and your rough timeline—we’ll follow up with a conversation and clear next steps.
