George is an Associate of the Firm and is located in the Firm's Norfolk office. George's practice focuses on construction law, architectural and construction issues, public contracts and community associations. George's 21 years of experience as an architect includes a full range of traditional architectural professional services including project management, fee preparation, fee negotiation, field data collection, direction of consultant engineers and coordination, project design, construction estimating, preparation of construction documents, specification writing, shop drawing review and construction administration for both commercial and residential project types.
George's experience as a forensic architect includes the analysis of an extensive range of building forensic issues including building/material defects, building component failure, moisture intrusion, building code violations, roof failures and settlement damage.
George received his Bachelors of Environmental Design in Architecture from the School of Design at North Carolina State University, Masters of Architecture from Georgia Institute of Technology, and J.D. from the School of Law at Regent University. George is a member and President of the Hampton Roads Chapter of the American Institute of Architects and a Board Member of the Hampton Roads Green Building Council.
Professional & Community Activities
· American Institute of Architects - President, Hampton Roads VA. Chapter
· Chesapeake VA. Historic Preservation Commission - Chairperson
· Chesapeake VA. Architectural Review Board - Commissioner
· Hampton Roads Green Building Council - Board Member
Notable Accomplishments
· Registered Architect - VA
· National Council Architectural Registration Board - NCARB
· Green Building Council Institute - LEED Green Associate
Select Publications
· Sudden Policy Re-direction/Congress Restricts LEED Spending at Department of Defense
· Green Model Building Codes on the Not So Distant Horizon?
· Part II: EPA's Renovation, Repair and Painting Rule (RRP) Deadlines/Lead Poisoning Prevention in renovation projects
· Part I: EPA's Renovation, Repair and Painting Rule (RRP) Deadlines
· Beware of the Far Reach of LEED Minimum Program Requirement #1 and #6
· New to LEED Version 3.0 Minimum Program Requirements:What are These and Why Should I be Concerned?
· LEED ver 3 Certification/Decertification View all Publications