Commercial drywall and framing contractor in Toronto, Mississauga & the GTA.
Sofisa handles commercial drywall and steel stud framing across Mississauga, Toronto and the GTA. Partitions, walls to deck, rated assemblies, T-bar and drywall ceilings — installed by our own crews, on our own schedule.
Framing and boarding come under one contract. There is no handoff between a framing sub and a drywall sub, which is usually where a week goes missing.
- WSIB clearance — Good Standing (Clearance ID D0000JZAHE)
- $5M general liability insurance
- One contract, senior supervision
Steel stud framing
Light-gauge steel where the spec calls for steel, wood where it calls for wood. Layout off the drawings, plumb and square, ready for board.
- Interior partitions, demising walls and walls to deck
- Bulkheads, soffits and drops
- Ceiling backing and grid support
- Door and window framing
- Blocking for millwork, fixtures and equipment
Drywall, boarding and finishing
Regular, Type X, moisture-resistant and abuse-resistant board, hung to whatever the wall schedule specifies. Taping and finishing to the level the specification calls for, then patched and made good after the other trades have been through.
- Board hung to the wall schedule and finish level specified
- Walls carried to deck where the assembly calls for it
- Acoustic insulation and sealant where specified
- Corner bead, trims and transitions
- Patching and making good before paint
Rated and acoustic assemblies
Where the drawings call for a rated or acoustic assembly, we build it to the detail as drawn — the specified board, the specified layers, the specified sealant and firestopping locations. If the detail is unclear, we flag it before it is buried behind board rather than after.
How a rating belongs to the assembly is set out in fire-rated partitions and steel stud assemblies in GTA commercial interiors.
Ceilings
T-bar grid and tile, drywall ceilings, bulkheads and drops. Ceilings are where the mechanical, electrical and sprinkler trades all meet, so the sequence matters more than the labour — we co-ordinate the closing-in so nobody has to come back and open it up again.
01Where this work usually sits
- Office floors and tenant fit-ups
- Retail units and multi-store programs
- Restaurants and hospitality spaces
- Medical and dental clinics
- Warehouse offices and industrial space
- Washroom, kitchen and breakroom renovations
Working on an occupied floor
Plenty of this work happens around people who never leave. Hoarding and poly go up first, dust stays on our side of it, finished surfaces get protected, and the noisy work moves to nights or weekends when the building's rules or the tenants require it.
Access hours and containment change what a package costs, so they belong in the scope conversation up front rather than in a change order later.
How it fits with the rest of the job
Walls usually go in after something has come out. Interior demolition handles the strip-out, commercial demolition handles the structural side, and where hazardous materials are involved that scope is abated first — see abatement.
Once the walls are up and finished, interior fit-out and interior build-out take the space through to handover. Most clients run demolition, walls and finishes as one contract under one project manager rather than three.
Commercial drywall in Mississauga, Toronto and the inner GTA
We are based in Mississauga, so the Airport Corporate, Meadowvale, Heartland and Dixie–Eglinton corridors are on our doorstep — mostly low-rise office, flex and industrial-office space where a landlord or a tenant needs partitions changed between leases.
More detail on local buildings, access and lead times on our commercial drywall and framing in Mississauga page. Where the wall package is one stage of a larger rebuild, the same crew carries it through under commercial renovation in Mississauga.
Toronto work looks different. Downtown and midtown floors mean freight elevator windows, loading dock bookings, protected paths through finished lobbies and after-hours noise restrictions written into the building rules. Those constraints change how a wall package is priced and sequenced, so we settle them at quote stage rather than on the first morning.
More detail on downtown access, after-hours occupied floors and Toronto wall packages on our commercial drywall and framing in Toronto page.
Beyond those two, the same crews run Brampton, Vaughan, Etobicoke, Oakville, Markham and Burlington — see commercial drywall and framing in Brampton for warehouse office blocks and plaza demising up the 410, and commercial drywall and framing in Etobicoke for airport-adjacent industrial and plaza demising in west Toronto, and commercial drywall and framing in Vaughan for Highway 7 office parks and Highway 400 warehouse office blocks, and commercial drywall and framing in Oakville for QEW office parks, industrial-flex units and plaza demising across Halton, and commercial drywall and framing in Markham for Highway 7 and Commerce Valley office suites and Woodbine warehouse office blocks across York Region east, and commercial drywall and framing in Burlington for QEW office and flex, Appleby and Harvester industrial units and plaza demising across Halton.
What changes the price of a wall package
- Assembly type — single layer, double layer, rated or acoustic
- Wall height and whether partitions stop at ceiling or carry to deck
- Finish level called for in the specification
- Access hours, freight elevator windows and after-hours restrictions
- Containment and protection required on an occupied floor
- Ceiling type — T-bar grid, drywall ceilings, bulkheads and drops
- How much of the layout is repeat versus one-off
Where the walls follow a strip-out, the two scopes price better together — see commercial interior demolition and commercial demolition.
For a full breakdown before we walk the site, see commercial drywall and framing cost factors in the GTA.
How a drywall and framing package runs
Drawings and scope
Send the architectural set and the wall schedule; we confirm assemblies, finish levels and anything the drawings leave open.
Quote
A written scope and price covering framing, board, finishing, ceilings, access hours and containment.
Layout
Walls set out on the slab and confirmed against the drawings before a single stud goes up.
Frame, rough-in, board
Framing, then the other trades in the walls, then board once inspections and rough-ins are signed off.
Finish and hand over
Taped, finished to the specified level, patched and made good, ready for paint.
Drywall and framing questions
Do you do the framing and the drywall as one package?
Yes. Framing, boarding, taping and finishing come under one contract with one crew and one schedule, so there is no gap where a framing sub hands off to a drywall sub.
Steel stud or wood?
Whatever the drawings and the wall schedule call for. Most commercial interiors here are light-gauge steel, but we frame in wood where the spec specifies it.
Do you install T-bar ceilings?
Yes — suspended T-bar grid and tile, and drywall ceilings, bulkheads and drops. Both are part of the same package.
Can you work on an occupied floor?
Yes. Hoarding, poly, dust control and protection of finished surfaces go in first, and noisy work moves to nights or weekends when the building or the tenants require it.
What finish level do you provide?
Whatever the specification calls for. Tell us the finish level and the paint or wallcovering schedule and we price to it.
Can you build rated partitions?
Where the drawings show a rated assembly we build it to the detail as drawn, using the board, layer count and sealant locations specified. If the detail is ambiguous we raise it before it gets closed in.
Can you start before demolition is finished?
Often, yes. Framing can follow the strip-out area by area rather than waiting for the whole floor. We do this routinely when demolition and walls are on the same contract.
What do you need to give us a price?
The architectural drawings and wall schedule, the finish levels, and the building's access hours. If the drawings are not issued yet, tell us the area and the scope and we will walk it.
What areas do you cover?
Mississauga, Toronto, Brampton, Vaughan, Etobicoke, Oakville, Markham and the surrounding GTA.
Do you work in Mississauga and Toronto on the same contract?
Yes. Most of our drywall and framing work sits in Mississauga, Toronto and the inner GTA, and a multi-site program across those cities runs under one contract with one project manager rather than a separate award per address.
When is Type X board actually required?
When the wall or ceiling assembly on the drawings calls for it. Type X is specified as part of a tested assembly, not chosen on site, so we build the assembly the drawings show — the board type, the layer count, the fastening and the sealant locations that go with it.
How do you keep walls to deck from becoming a coordination problem?
Walls carried to deck cross everything running above the ceiling. We confirm the routes for duct, sprinkler, cable tray and conduit before framing goes up, so penetrations are planned rather than cut in afterwards, and the closing-in sequence is agreed with the mechanical and electrical trades.
Who supervises the crew on site?
A senior supervisor runs the work and stays the point of contact for the building, the consultant and the other trades. One contract, one person accountable for the walls.
Scopes that usually run on the same contract
Most GTA projects need more than one of these. Running them under one contract with senior supervision keeps the sequence — and the accountability — in one place.
Commercial interior fit-out
Offices, retail, restaurants and clinics taken through to an opening date.
Commercial interior fit-outCommercial interior demolition
Selective strip-out of the partitions, ceilings and finishes the new walls replace.
Commercial interior demolitionCommercial demolition
Structural removals and slab openings where the wall package follows heavier work.
Commercial demolitionSend the drawings. We'll price the walls.
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