09/10/2026
🧱 MEET THE TEAM – BEN 🧱
AKA BENJOS | THE GAFFER | THE MAN BEHIND EWOOD
This week we’re introducing the man who started it all. Owner, director, bricklayer, foreman and, depending on who you ask, full-time carer to the rest of the team! 😂
Ben’s brickwork journey began over 22 years ago with an apprenticeship. After gaining his Level 3 qualification, he spent years working for smaller builders, learning his trade before venturing onto larger sites.
Working for various brickwork subcontractors, he progressed into foreman roles, running gangs and managing projects before eventually settling into business with a partner.
A move to Reigate in 2017 brought new opportunities. Building relationships with local developers and builders, Ben laid the foundations for what would become Ewood Developments Ltd.
The rest, as they say, is history!
Now at the ripe old age of 38, still desperately clinging onto his youth, Ben has 22 years of experience and an almost AI-like ability to read drawings. Couple that with an obsession for detail and a relentless work ethic, and you’ve got yourself a fairly efficient bricklaying machine! 🤖🧱
Fuelled by vanilla lattes, ambition and a desire to provide for his family, his motivation remains simple: build a business to be proud of and keep pushing Ewood towards the top of the pile.
🥊 OUTSIDE OF WORK
Ben can usually be found attempting to maintain some resemblance of physical fitness at his local boxing gym or helping coach his son’s U7 football team.
When the phone finally stops ringing, he’s also been known to enjoy the occasional Peroni. 🍺
😂 A FINAL WORD…
The lads originally volunteered to write this introduction.
However, after reviewing their suggestions, the marketing department decided a more humble, professional and factually accurate version would be appropriate.
Apparently, there are limits to what we’re allowed to publish about the boss!
🧱 EWOOD DEVELOPMENTS LTD
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