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Chelsea Group Company Resume
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Chelsea Group provides engineering, architectural, and industrial
hygiene consulting services to the owners of commercial and
institutional buildings. 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 Groups 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:
 Sustainability:
The Chelsea Group Sustainable Building Operations Program is about
bringing buildings up to contemporary expectations of indoor
environmental quality, efficient use of natural resources, and
minimization of all kinds of waste. The system includes benchmarking
for key sustainability parameters, providing guidance on
opportunities to enhance sustainable operations. Chelsea Group
assists clients in achieving recognition sustainable building
operations through US Green Building Council (USGBC) Leadership in
Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification. Chelsea Group
works on existing buildings and all types of new construction,
providing assessment, organization, and professional services to
achieve LEED certification. In addition, Chelsea Group assists
clients in the overall greening of their corporate operations,
regardless of participation in the LEED program.
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Asset
Optimization: The Chelsea Group Midsource Engineering
Program is about protecting and enhancing the physical asset value
of commercial and institutional real estate. The system includes
benchmarking for key parameters of physical asset condition and the
needed documentation of the asset for on-going assessment of value.
Chelsea Group assists in Property Condition Assessments (PCAs)
useful in property acquisition, offering mechanical, electrical,
plumbing (MEP), energy efficiency, indoor air quality (IAQ), and
moisture and mold specialties. On an on-going basis, Chelsea Group
offers capital planning and budgeting assistance to property
managers, and support to building engineers in overseeing and
commissioning projects. When problems occur in a building, Chelsea
Group offers help in developing solutions, overseeing corrective
actions, verifying results, and helping plan preventive measures to
avoid future occurrences. Support with documentation for insurance
recovery and forensic evidence is often part of such work.
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 Disaster
Recovery: The Chelsea Group Disaster Preparedness and
Response 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. The system includes a preliminary assessment tool for
determining disaster response capabilities, such as the ability to
shelter in place, and the ability of the facility to recover from an
event. Chelsea Group provides Hazard Vulnerability Assessments
(HVAs) for assistance in planning for and upgrading facilities in
anticipation of disaster events. When disasters occur, large or
small, Chelsea Group provides a response team to assist in the
recovery of the building, including documenting the impacts,
overseeing remediation workers, resolving technical issues that
arise, and documenting and verifying recovery. Forensic assessments
by Chelsea Group are also often part of financial recovery from
government assistance and insurance programs.
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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:
- Ali'i
Place, Honolulu, Hawaii: ENERGY STAR and LEED Silver
Certification for a commercial office building
- 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
- Alii Place, Honolulu, Hawaii: Asset optimization planning
and services for a large office complex, including capital
budget planning, engineering assistance for energy conservation
measures and utility rebates
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Louisiana State University (LSU) Health Sciences Center
campus, New Orleans, Louisiana: Assessment, biological and
chemical sampling, building structure analysis, and remediation
verification following Hurricane Katrina
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Morgan Stanley, portfolio of 160 properties throughout the
US: Assessment, improved energy use and costs, Energy Star
ranking and Labeling, and certification of a select group of its
buildings under USGBC LEED-EB
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Midwest office complex, Columbus, Ohio: Engineering
assistance in review and implementation of their 5-year capital
expense budget
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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
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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
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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
its Chief Executive Officer. David Munn, PE, is Chief Technical
Officer of the company. Alexis Dattilo is the Director of National Accounts, Terry Gorski
(Eastern region), and Chris Munn (Western region), serve as the
Regional Technical Managers. Patricia Benda serves as the company's
Chief Administrative Officer.
Chelsea Group is an Illinois corporation with offices in Chicago,
Phoenix, and Honolulu. Administrative support is based in Maunaloa,
Hawaii. 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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