The people behind the work

Meet the team — builders in Swindon

Every SwiftBrick project is delivered by the same small team — a structure foreman, a finishing foreman, a site operative and our regular electrician and plumber — and managed personally by a Chartered builder. Here is who you will be dealing with, and what each of them does.

Luke Regan, Director of SwiftBrick Ltd

Luke Regan MCIOB

Director — the person managing your project

Holder of an NVQ Level 7 in Senior Site Management — the highest site-management qualification in UK construction — and Chartered with the CIOB (Member No. 2082913). Luke has spent his entire career in construction, from putting up a simple fence to project-managing multi-million-pound developments. He's on your site, available on his mobile, and isn't finished until Building Control signs it off.

  • NVQ Level 7 — Senior Site Management
  • CIOB Chartership (MCIOB)
  • NVQ Level 6 — Construction Contracting Operations Management
  • SMSTS · CSCS Managers & Professionals
  • NVQ Level 2 Bricklaying · ICA Trowel Occupations
  • NPORS 360 Excavator (below 10t) · First Aid
  • Whitewater Safety & Rescue (yes, really)

See the certificates — verified →

Simon

Finishing foreman — runs the second half of every job

Simon is our plasterer and multi-trade finisher, and the person who takes a project from watertight shell to finished room. Once the structure is up and signed off, the job moves to him: plastering, second fix, and all the detail that decides whether a room looks right or nearly right. He runs the finishing stage day to day and answers to Luke for it.

  • Plastering and skimming — walls, ceilings, reveals
  • Second-fix carpentry and finishing trades
  • Snagging and handover standard

Matt

Structure foreman — runs the first half of every job

Matt is our bricklayer and groundworker, and he runs the start of each project: setting out, footings and drainage, oversite, blockwork and facing brickwork, and the structural openings and steels that everything else sits on. If you have seen one of our extensions going up in Swindon, Matt was on it. He manages the site through the structural stage and hands over to Simon once the shell is complete.

  • Groundworks, footings and drainage
  • Blockwork, cavity walls and facing brickwork
  • Structural openings and steel installation

Ian

Site operative — keeps the job moving

Ian works alongside Matt and Simon through every stage: materials, mixing, clearing, and the hundred jobs a day that keep a site tidy and a programme on track. A well-run site is a safe site, and that is a large part of his job.

Electrician and plumber

Part of the team on every job that needs them

Our electrician and plumber work with us part-time and come in at first fix and second fix. They are the same two people on every project, they know how we run a site, and their work is certified and included in the Building Control paperwork you receive at handover.

How the team is set up

One project, two foremen, one manager

Most building firms our size put one person in charge of everything and hope the finish is as good as the brickwork. We split it deliberately. Every SwiftBrick job has a structure stage and a finishing stage, and each has its own foreman who is responsible for it.

Stage one is Matt's. Groundworks, drainage, foundations, walls, roof structure, steels and openings. This is the work Building Control inspects most closely and the work that is hardest to put right later, so it is run by a bricklayer who does it every day.

Stage two is Simon's. Once the shell is watertight and the structural inspections are passed, the job hands over to a finisher: plastering, second fix, and the standard you will actually live with. A plasterer running the finishing stage means the finish is judged by someone who knows what a good one looks like.

Luke manages both. He is not one of the pair of hands on site; he is the person who writes the scope, prices the job, books the inspections, orders the materials, deals with the client and checks the work at each stage. That is what a Chartered site manager is for, and it is why the phone gets answered.

You will meet all of them. The team is the same four people from one job to the next, plus the same electrician and plumber, which is why the standard is the same from one job to the next too. Our Google reviews are from those jobs.

Full-time team of four, part-time electrician and plumber, fully insured — the certificates are on our credentials page. Every job carries the standard SwiftBrick warranty, and larger projects can be covered by a 10-year insurance-backed guarantee; ask when you get your quote.

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