Meet Simon Boyes, who turned hardship, pressure, and real jobsite experience into a bigger mission for the trade.

Not every road into scaffolding begins with a plan. For Simon Boyes, it came after professional rugby league, injury, and the need to start again. What followed was not only a new career, but a path shaped by hard work, pressure, and the kind of real experience that later influenced much bigger things.

Over the years, Simon worked his way through the trade, built Benchmark Scaffolding from the ground up, and helped deliver complex projects across Australia, including the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games. The systems created through that pressure later became the foundation for ScaffPlan, a platform built from real scaffolding challenges, not theory.

Today, Simon remains deeply connected to the future of the industry. His story is about sacrifice, resilience, and turning years of jobsite reality into something that can help raise standards for others. It is also one of the reasons ScaffChamp connected with him so quickly – because it brings the hidden skill, teamwork, and pride of scaffolding into the spotlight.