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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:
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.
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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.
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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:
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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
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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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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.
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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
- 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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