For more than a decade, B&S Construction in Estevan has been striving to meet its customers鈥� needs.
Prairie Sky Kitchens was later added to its fleet of services, adding to the services it can provide.聽
A full-service construction company, B&S Construction does everything from interiors to exteriors, and residential and commercial projects. The company was founded in 2007 by Joe Billesberger and his grandfather.聽
鈥淣owadays we have a dozen guys in the field 鈥� journeymen, carpenters, labourers. We have office staff, designers and labourers,鈥� Joe Billesberger told the Mercury.聽
And thanks to the presence of Prairie Sky Kitchens, they鈥檙e able to do even more.聽
鈥淲e have a cabinet and countertop supply store, so the difference with our store is it鈥檚 more of a hands-on approach, so when people come in, we actually design the space, not just the cabinets,鈥� said Billesberger.
If someone goes to a box store, they鈥檙e getting cabinets. But when they go go Prairie Sky, they鈥檙e getting the full design and walk-through. Interior renovations are included as well.聽
鈥淪o between both B&S and Prairie Sky, we are able to do all scopes of the construction industry,鈥� he said.
He gets a lot of questions about what it means to be a full-service construction company. People will tell him they didn鈥檛 realize he handles as much as he does.聽
鈥淥ur carpenters are expected to do everything from concrete work to finish work to exterior work. That鈥檚 what they鈥檙e trained for. It鈥檚 no different than a plumber. A plumber doesn鈥檛 just do water lines all day. He does a full scope of everything involved in plumbing.鈥�
The company grew steadily after it opened, and has been consistently about the same size in the past few years. The economy hasn鈥檛 allowed B&S Construction to further its growth, but he鈥檚 able to keep employees busy on a daily basis.
B&S Construction also has an office in P.E.I., which has helped expand their business.
Billesberger believes customer service has played a big role in their success.
鈥淲e take on any sort of work. I do have some skilled carpenters and journeyman carpenters on staff; that doesn鈥檛 mean we do just bigger construction jobs. We do maintenance and repairs for businesses around town, and just try to help out as much as we can. We have a lot of flexibility for what we can offer.鈥�
He likes the constantly evolving nature of the job. It鈥檚 not mundane; the construction industry brings something new for him and his staff to tackle.聽
Winter was a quieter time for B&S Construction and Prairie Sky Kitchen. They had to close their retail store when COVID-19 hit, and they shifted primarily to online work. Some employees were laid off for a while, but now they鈥檝e brought staff members back for exterior works that need to be completed, such as insurance claims and concrete work.
With restrictions now 小蓝视频 gradually lifted, that will help a lot, too.聽
Spring would normally bring such projects as a basement renovations, kitchen remodelling, exterior works such as insurance jobs, additions and new home construction.
鈥淲e do get into commercial work a fair amount, so we have been doing projects out at Boundary Dam at SaskPower, and working for other contractors, so we have relationships where we try to get in wherever we can, and having journeyman carpenters on staff, I鈥檓 able to provide those services.鈥�
B&S Construction and Prairie Sky Kitchens have their office located in the 600-block of Sixth Street. Prairie Sky Kitchens also has a location on Railway Avenue in Carlyle.
