ABOUT US

EK JOHNSON CONSTRUCTION WAS FOUNDED IN 2007 

OUT OF SOUTHWEST MINNEAPOLIS.

WE HAVE FOSTERED LONG-STANDING RELATIONSHIPS WITH OUR

SUPPLIERS, SUBCONTRACTORS, AND THE ARCHITECTS IN ORDER

TO PROVIDE YOU WITH A TEAM OF TALENTED PROFESSIONALS TO BEST MEET YOUR NEEDS. 

OUR APPROACH IS TO WORK COLLABORATIVELY WITH ALL PARTIES INVOLVED TO DELIVER YOU A BEAUTIFUL PROJECT ON TIME AND ON BUDGET. 

THE EKJ TEAM WORKS LEAN, SMART, AND EFFICIENTLY WHILE PUTTING GREAT EMPHASIS ON OUR CLIENT RELATIONSHIPS. WE WILL BE HERE FOR YOU THROUGHOUT EVERY PHASE OF THE PROJECT AND BEYOND!

WE SET OURSELVES APART WITH THESE THREE PRINCIPLES:

HIGH STANDARDS 

ARE THE RULE.

WE TAKE PRIDE IN THE QUALITY OF OUR WORK.

HARD WORK 

IS INGRAINED IN US.

OUR TEAM WILL WORK TIRELESSLY TO EXCEED YOUR EXPECTATIONS.

HONEST COMMUNICATION 

IS OUR STANDARD.

OUR INTENTION IS TO BE AS TRANSPARENT AS POSSIBLE.

ETHAN’S PASSION FOR BUILDING THINGS STARTED AT AN EARLY AGE AND TOOK ROOT IN THE WASHBURN HIGH SCHOOL WOOD SHOP.  AS A TEENAGE ENTREPRENEUR HE STARTED A BUSINESS MOWING LAWNS IN HIS SW MPLS NEIGHBORHOOD. FURTHER, HE PURSUED THIS ENTREPRENEURIAL PASSION AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA WHERE HE RECEIVED A DEGREE IN BUSINESS. DURING HIS TIME IN MISSOULA, HE WORKED BOTH DURING THE ACADEMIC YEAR AND SUMMERS AS A LABORER FOR A REMODELING COMPANY, FILLING DUMPSTERS, DIGGING HOLES ETC.  

AFTER HIS TIME IN MISSOULA, HE MOVED BACK TO MPLS AND WORKED FOR A PRODUCTION FRAMING CREW BUILDING NEW HOMES. SHORTLY AFTER THAT TAKING A JOB WITH A COMPANY THAT SPECIALIZED IN HIGH-QUALITY ADDITIONS AND REMODELS ON HISTORIC HOMES WITHIN THE TWIN CITIES.  HERE HE QUICKLY ADVANCED TO LEAD CARPENTER BEFORE BRANCHING OFF ON HIS OWN TO START EK JOHNSON CONSTRUCTION AS A GENERAL CONTRACTOR.  

EK JOHNSON CONSTRUCTION WAS FOUNDED ON HARD WORK, HONESTY, AND INTEGRITY. AS EK JOHNSON CONSTRUCTION BEGAN, IT QUICKLY ADVANCED FROM BATHROOMS AND KITCHENS TO LARGE ADDITIONS AND WHOLE HOUSE REMODELS THROUGH THE REPUTATION HE HAS BUILT WITH PAST CLIENTS AND ARCHITECTS THROUGHOUT THE TWIN CITIES. 

OUTSIDE OF WORK, ETHAN LOVES SPENDING TIME WITH HIS WIFE, TWO DAUGHTERS, AND THEIR DOG, HERSCHEL, ENJOYING THE OUTDOORS, AND RESTORING HIS OWN HISTORIC HOME BUILT IN 1906.