At the end of the 14^th century, the noble Venetian family the Dandolos built a palace on the Grand Canal which is now the Danieli Hotel. From the historical records, this building was one of the most richly decorated buildings in Venice where there were always social events

Restoration work was undertaken to restore the grand luster of the building.  During this time, Chris was involved with conducting surveys of fire and life safety features including egress, detection/alarm, suppression, smoke management and other fire safety related features.  In order to address the varied fire and life safety challenges, a performance based approach was implemented and an overall fire/life safety strategy was developed and implemented to address stakeholder’s needs and that limited the aesthetic impact to this historic building.