Chelsea Group provides building science consulting services, including engineering, architectural, and industrial hygiene expertise, to the owners of commercial and institutional real estate.Applying Building Science for Sustainability, Disaster Recovery, and Optimization of Asset Value

 

   

 






 

Chelsea Group Company Resume
 

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Chelsea Group provides building science consulting services, including engineering, architectural, and industrial hygiene expertise, to the owners of commercial and institutional real estate.  We specialize in building science: we fix broken buildings and help prevent them from breaking.

Our asset optimization programs help building owners and property managers enhance the quality of engineering services delivered at their properties, providing a potential for a net reduction in operating and capital expenditure costs, whether in one building or across an entire portfolio. We’ve helped our clients with improvement programs that put them on the path to sustainability reflected in awards such as US EPA Energy Star and LEED certification.

Chelsea Group has helped clients recover from floods and fires, solve mold problems, and recover from construction defects. We offer rapid response with multi-disciplinary teams that can address a wide range of challenges in existing buildings. Chelsea Group’s teams focus on integrated solutions that get buildings back up and running quickly, cost-effectively, and with sufficient documentation.


Core Skills and Offerings

Since its inception in 1990, Chelsea Group has developed a combination of core skills in engineering, architecture, and industrial hygiene and a supporting network made up of leading national experts in a variety of aspects of building science. As a result, the company is well qualified to offer assessments, engineering design, project management, and measurement and verification services in the following applications:
 

Chelsea Group has developed an industry leading program that optimizes sustainability strategy at the portfolio level and delivers cost effective sustainability improvements at the building level. Building owners and managers increasingly find that improving sustainability of their building operations brings economic advantage on several levels: reduced operating cost, improved tenant satisfaction, and a potential for improved asset value. Chelsea Group has developed an industry leading program that optimizes sustainability strategy at the portfolio level and delivers cost effective sustainability improvements at the building level. The Chelsea Group program has been adopted by the largest and strongest real estate investments trusts and property management companies.

 

Chelsea Group has developed an innovative approach to support property managers and building engineers in improved delivery of capital improvement and maintenance programs.

Two trends are converging in building management: increasing pressure for financial results and a declining talent pool in building operating engineering. Chelsea Group has developed an innovative approach to support property managers and building engineers in improved delivery of capital improvement and maintenance programs. Property management firms that have adopted the Chelsea Group approach find they now can see “both the forest and the trees” in keeping their buildings in good shape.

 

The Chelsea Group Disaster Preparedness and Recovery program is about protecting the health and safety of occupants and the value of the physical asset for commercial and institutional properties during and following natural and man-made disasters. Building owners and managers know the value of providing safe, secure facilities for their clients and responding quickly and effectively when there is a disaster. The Chelsea Group Disaster Preparedness and Recovery program is about protecting the health and safety of occupants and the value of the physical asset for commercial and institutional properties during and following natural and man-made disasters. Chelsea Group’s Disaster Recovery program has helped clients recoup from floods and fires, solve mold problems, and recover from construction defects.

 

 

Important Projects

Chelsea Group has a long history of successful projects in all of the services it offers. Some recent highlights include the following projects:

  • Portfolio-based Sustainability Management Program, Developed and implemented a systematic program of benchmarking, LEED certification evaluation, and tracking progress toward corporate sustainability goals for Morgan Stanley
     
  • World Trade Center #7, New York, New York: Developed a Construction Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) Management Plan as part of the team led by Tishman Construction
     
  • Midwest Office Complex, Columbus, Ohio: Engineering assistance in review and implementation of their 5-year capital expense budget
     
  • LSU Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana: Visual observations, field testing, and sample collecting for laboratory tests to verify whether the buildings required further remediation or cleaning, and to identify any potential for the presence of chemical or biological agents that would threaten the future use or pose concerns about environmental health and safety or disease transmission.
     
  • The University of Hawaii at Manoa: Remediation management and verification of clean-up following a flash flood on October 30, 2004 that damaged 40 buildings
     
  • The Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, Louisiana: Assessment, remediation design, and verification of clean-up following Hurricane Katrina
     
  • University Center Dorm, Chicago, Illinois: Assessment, remediation design, and verification of recovery of fan-coils units that were exposed to rain and a flood caused by a broken water-line
     
  • Midwest Chemical Laboratory, Buffalo Grove, Illinois: Resolution of a mold problem in a high-tech building


Corporate Information

Chelsea Group was created in 1990 by George Benda, who serves as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. David Munn, PE, is Chief Technical Officer of the company. Patricia Turner Benda serves as the company’s Chief Information and Administrative Officer. John Kallal serves as the company’s Director of Marketing.

Chelsea Group is an Illinois corporation with offices in Chicago, Phoenix, and Honolulu. Administrative support is based in Maunaloa, Hawai‘i. Statements of insurance, banking references, and client references are available on request.

Chelsea Group is a corporate member of the US Green Buildings Council and the Indoor Air Quality Association (IAQA). Chelsea Group team members are active in the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE), the American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA), the Association of Energy Engineers (AEE), the Association of Higher Education Facility Officers (APPA), and the Building Owners and Managers Association (BOMA), among others.
 

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