Dave Schelling

Regional Consultant

Biography

Dave Schelling has over 25 years of experience in commercial and residential construction/building. He started as a rough carpentry laborer. After working up to a construction superintendent, Mr. Schelling was progressively promoted to higher managerial positions, providing him with a comprehensive understanding of different roles in the industry. As a senior project manager, he managed numerous projects with a wide scope of work, including large hotel brand and high-end hotel conversions and complete renovations to lobby, ballroom, restaurants, back-of-house, public areas, ADA upgrades, and guest rooms. Before joining the YA Group West Coast team, Mr. Schelling was the Senior Estimator/Purchasing Agent for a large, high-end custom home developer and builder in Southern California. He was responsible for estimating, purchasing, coordinating, and constructing several highly specialized custom homes with budgets from $2 million to $25 million. He coordinated all subcontractors to ensure high-quality work was completed per code. He utilized project management skills to ensure the project remained on schedule and within budget constraints. For the last five-plus years, Mr. Schelling has been involved in inspecting, assessing, estimating, project management, on-site project monitoring, and auditing collapse, fire, water, flood, wind, hail, and renewable energy damage claims of various sizes throughout the United States and has consulted on large complex insurance losses.

Credentials

  • Certified Construction Manager
  • OSHA Safety Program
  • Construction Quality Control (QCM Construction Project Management Course)

Representative Consulting Assignments

  • Hotels | Multiple States | Complete Renovations | $2M - $25M
  • Hotel | Carlsbad, CA | Complete Renovations | $20M
  • High-End Custom Residential | Ground-Up Builds | $2M - $25M
  • Multilevel Lab Facility | Ardmore, OK | Fire/Smoke | $100M
  • Fast Food Restaurant | Ontario, CA | Fire/Smoke | $2M
  • Car Dealership | Panama City, FL | Hurricane | $5M
  • Senior Living Facility | Panama City, FL | Hurricane | $5M
  • High-End Residential | Malibu, CA | Fire/Smoke | $1M - $50M
  • High-End Residential | Texas | Ice/Snow | $20M
  • Renewable Solar Energy Site | Palm Springs, CA | Water/Flood | $3M

Professional Experience

  • 2023 - Current | Regional Consultant | YA Group
  • 2018 - 2023 | Assistant Vice President | J.S. Held, LLC
  • 2012 - 2018 | Sr. Estimator/Purchasing Agent | Building Worx, Inc.
  • 2009 - 2012 | Sr. Project Manager/Partner Hotel Renovation Division | Boehmer Construction, Inc.
  • 2007 - 2009 | Sr. Project Manager | Plante's Hotel Renovation, Inc.
  • 2002 - 2007 | Sr. Project Manager/Director of Operations | Big E Construction, Inc.
  • 1995 - 2002 | Owner/Operator | D.S. Trucking and Backhoe Service

Education

  • Ontario Christian High School - Ontario - California