About Massif
Ground-floor slab, Marsh Lane Depot
Our own groundworkers, September 2026
People on the payroll, not on a subcontract
Buildings handed over since 2002
Of projects finished on programme
Of our work comes from returning clients
Our story
Marcus Bell set up Massif after a decade as a site manager for bigger firms. He had watched too many jobs go wrong for the same reason: nobody on site worked for the company whose name was on the hoarding.
Milestones
2002
Founded in a lock-up in Salford
2009
First apartment block, 24 homes
2014
Architects and engineers join
2019
One hundredth new home handed over
2023
Employee ownership trust formed
2026
Three hundred and twenty buildings
The people
The ones who pick up the phone.
Marcus Bell
Managing director
Ruth Adeyemi
Commercial director
Karim Haddad
Head of construction
Arjun Mehta
Lead architect
Selam Tesfaye
Head of preconstruction
Tom Whitley
Senior site manager
ISO 9001 quality
ISO 14001 environment
ISO 45001 safety
Employee owned
Living wage employer
Carbon reported since 2021