About

Jeff Benson has spent 24 years managing complex construction in Los Angeles. He started in commercial and hospitality work with Hensel Phelps, one of the largest general contractors in the country, where he learned the systems, cost controls, and project documentation that large-scale construction demands. That foundation included the historic San Ysidro Ranch & Resort renovation.

He then spent 18 years with Peter McCoy Construction as a senior project manager, overseeing ultra-luxury residential projects throughout Beverly Hills, Bel Air, Pacific Palisades, Malibu, and the Westside. The work ranged from $5 million to over $100 million and included the Playboy Mansion, the Pritzker Estate, and projects for architects including Richard Meier and Mark Rios. The common thread was technical difficulty: hillside sites, complex structural systems, constrained access, and regulatory environments that punish projects planned without construction input.

Through that experience, a clear pattern emerged. The projects that went well had construction management involved during design. The projects that struggled had a contractor who showed up after the drawings were finished, inheriting decisions that were already expensive or unbuildable. The difference was not talent or budget. It was timing.

Jeff founded Benson Construction Group to apply that lesson from the start. We work with property owners and their design teams on the projects that benefit most from early construction involvement: hillside properties with geotechnical challenges, structural remediation, fire rebuilds, and renovations where scope evolves as conditions are discovered. We provide integrated construction management and general contracting under one contract, with transparent cost-plus pricing and accountability from preconstruction through completion.

The approach is straightforward. Realistic budgets from the beginning. Fewer surprises during construction. Partnership with architects and engineers throughout the process. One principal involved on every project.