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Odor-Control Commissioning
Functional verification of fans, dampers, ductwork, capture points, treatment equipment, instrumentation, controls, alarms, interlocks, and operating sequences.
Independent odor-control commissioning
Verify the system.
Find the failure.
Prove performance.
Independent commissioning, troubleshooting, and performance verification for wastewater and collection-system odor-control systems.
Licensed Professional Engineer • Certified Commissioning Professional • Certified Odor Control Technician • Project & Risk Management Professional
P.E. • BCxP • OCT • PMP® • PMI-RMP®
Performance testing
Root-cause troubleshooting
Controls & sequences
Airflow & capture
Startup & acceptance
Services
Independent verification from design intent through field performance.
A treatment unit can operate correctly while the odor-control system still fails. The work is to verify how the complete system performs together under actual operating conditions.
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Performance Verification & Acceptance
Field testing, startup support, deficiency resolution, and documentation to determine whether the completed system performs as intended.
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Troubleshooting & Forensic Review
Structured root-cause investigation of persistent odors, recurring complaints, underperforming systems, and difficult multi-discipline failures.
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Design & Commissioning Readiness Review
Independent review of design intent, submittals, control sequences, testability, maintainability, access, interfaces, and performance risk before startup.
Approach
Source to symptom.
Odor complaints are symptoms. The investigation works upstream through the full chain rather than assuming the treatment equipment itself is the problem.
Source
Contain
Capture
Convey
Treat
Discharge
Receptor
If any link fails, the odor-control system can still fail.
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Define the condition
Establish when, where, and under what operating conditions the problem occurs.
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Trace the pathway
Evaluate generation, containment, pressure relationships, capture, conveyance, treatment, and discharge.
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Test the system
Verify equipment response, airflow, instrumentation, controls, alarms, interlocks, and operating sequences.
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Document the failure
Separate symptoms from root causes and prioritize deficiencies by performance risk and impact.
Experience
Engineering judgment across design, construction, commissioning, and troubleshooting.
Wastewater treatment
Odor-control systems, process buildings, ventilation, treatment equipment, controls, and commissioning interfaces.
Collection systems
Lift stations, pump stations, wet wells, storage, ventilation, and odor mitigation.
Complex facilities
Public-sector, laboratory, industrial, institutional, and high-performance building systems.
Project delivery
Technical leadership, owner representation, project management, risk management, construction-phase support, and field verification.
Principal | Odor Commissioning
Edward J. Lesnick, P.E.
Mechanical engineer, commissioning professional, project manager, and odor-control specialist focused on independent performance verification and root-cause problem solving.
Licensed Professional Engineer • Certified Commissioning Professional • Certified Odor Control Technician • Project & Risk Management Professional
P.E. • BCxP • OCT • PMP® • PMI-RMP®
P.E. — Licensed Professional Engineer
BCxP — Building Commissioning Professional
OCT — Certified Odor Control Technician
PMP® — Project Management Professional
PMI-RMP® — Risk Management Professional
Start with the problem
Have an odor-control system that needs to work—not just look complete on paper?
Send the project location, system type, current issue, and project phase. Whether the project is in design, construction, startup, acceptance, or operations, the first step is defining the problem clearly.