Helm Group | People Building Value

HELM. Building Excellence In The Heartland Since 1946.

From construction of the largest new hospitals in the Midwest to the smallest industrial processes, Helm Group focuses on safety, quality, productivity and efficiency. Our project teams’ engineering, planning and construction innovation and our exemplary safety record allow us to excel while providing fair costs to our customers. Our commitment to leveraging state-of-the-art technology for the benefit of owners and project partners is unmatched.

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SERVICES

HVAC

Since 1969, Helm Mechanical has supplied expert mechanical design, engineering, installation and service to the construction industry.

Highway Structures

Helm is one of the oldest, most well-established bridge builders in the Midwestern United States.

Paving

Helm has been paving the roads you drive on in the Midwest for over 50 years.

Technology

At Helm, we have been using parametric 3D modeling technology to detail our projects since 1999.

Service & Facility Management

Our goal is to make your facility comfortable and cost-effective – and its operation worry-free.

Foundations

Foundation and earth retention systems are often components of our own projects: work we self-perform.

Building Automation and Controls

We design collaborative building systems using best-in-class third party software/hardware solutions that result in customized, highly efficient management.

Fabrication, Modularization, and Assembly

The concept of the accuracy being of ultimate importance has really come to life in the modern world of HVAC design, manufacturing and installation.

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HELM CAREERS

LIFE WITH
The Helm Group

We have built an extraordinary team by attracting smart, talented, hard-working people and training, encouraging and challenging them to excel. At the Helm Group. we have created a safe, respectful and enjoyable work environment that has resulted in amazing employee loyalty and longevity. For more information on what it’s like to be a part of our team.

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PROJECTS

Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital

Helm was awarded a $30 million contract for the HVAC and plumbing scopes of work for a new patient care tower at Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital in Barrington, IL. This multi-year project required a great deal of coordination for all trades. As a design assist project, Helm was also contracted to provide design services to […]

O’Hare Terminal 5

O’Hare Airport’s Terminal 5 serves international air travel as well as select domestic routes. Helm contracted to replace the air handling units and distribution ductwork for the terminal as part of the O’Hare 21 Modernization program. As one of the 10 busiest airports in the world, the team worked through the complicated scheduling and sequencing […]

I-74 EB Viaduct

The $1.2 billion I-74 Mississippi River Bridge project was broken into 6 separate contracts. Helm was the contractor for the Westbound portion of the corridor on the Iowa side of the river in 2019 and the Eastbound portion in 2021. Caissons, Y-shaped bridge piers and steel girders support a deck that will carry 100,000 vehicles a […]

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NEWS

Helm Builds Olympic Trials Pool for US Swimming

The US Swimming Olympic Team swimmers qualified for the Tokyo games in a pool built by Helm Mechanical. The temporary pool, constructed on the floor of the CHI Health Arena in Omaha, Nebraska was used for the time trials. A structural frame held stainless steel panels, which were then covered with a waterproof liner. At […]

Helm Going Strong in Kansas City

Helm Service expanded its offerings to the Kanas City market in 2020, opening an office in the suburb of Lenexa, Kansas. Kansas City is the 30th largest metro area in the US by population and is the home of many companies, particularly in the manufacturing, healthcare, and transportation industries. Since starting the office, Helm has […]

Helm Grows Their Facilities

Helm continues its expansion with additions to several of its facilities. On its headquarter campus in Freeport, an addition to the Technology Building will increase the space available for the IT and VDC staffs. IT and VDC are two of the fastest-growing groups in the company and the new addition allows them space for current […]

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BLOG

Using Our Situational Awareness

I’d like to take some time to write about one of the characteristics of our employees that I think makes us very unique and successful. Industrial psychologists call it Situational Awareness. In layman’s terms, we know what is going on around us and can adapt to changing situations quickly. The full definition of Situational Awareness […]

Your First 5 Years

One of the most gratifying things in our business is when a new employee chooses to begin his or her career with us. Sometimes the employee is blindly assigned by the apprentice coordinator, but more often than not, we have done a good job of recruiting the employee and they have chosen us over other […]

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HELM. Building Excellence In The Heartland Since 1946.

LIFE WITH The Helm Group

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The Helm Group