Ben Gudgel

Ben has more than 12 years of project management experience with a national commercial builder which he brings to the Echelon Leadership team. He has been involved in a variety of commercial construction projects for both ground-up and renovation projects, with wide ranging end use for the spaces including airport terminal renovation, new 8-story Hospital, a downtown 62 high-rise condominium, and boutique hotel. These projects have spanned across two separate countries and has allowed him to gather a range of experiences in preconstruction efforts, value engineering, design-assist, and construction project startup thru successful closeout. His primary objective is to assist in creating collaborative and innovative relationships to allow for all the Client’s objectives to be achieved. 

Ben was born and raised in Kansas City, who then went on to earn a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from the University of Kansas. He’s called Austin, TX home since 2017 and is eager to assist in the continuing evolution of Texas’s Capital City.