GREGORY C. NEFFINGER, A.I.A., N.C.A.R.B.

Architect

Provides technical investigation, analysis, reports, and testimony toward the resolution of litigation involving slip, trip, and fall injuries; construction materials failures; code compliance issues; construction claims; and professional liability.  Services include:

- Slip and Trip Accidents: Analysis of wet and dry surfaces; slip accidents occurring on building surfaces and ice: analysis of site and building drainage issues contributing to the formation of ice as related to slips and accidents. Analysis of as built building systems for misalignment of surfaces, obstructions, maintenance and unmarked sloped surfaces.

- Issues for special users: Barrier-Free standards, Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) guidelines, access for persons with disabilities, special requirements for the elderly and children of various age groups.

- Building Safety: Codes, standards; lighting levels and uniformity, unprotected openings in floors and walls; guard rails; glass and glazing; egress lighting and construction.

- Zoning by-laws: Appeals concerning decisions by municipal zoning boards, interpretation of zoning regulations.

- Security: Site planning and design; site and building exterior lighting; facility planning; door hardware.

- Elevator design: design; codes and standards; construction; ADA compliance.

- Security: Site plan and design, facility planning, door hardware.

- Conspicuousness of Hazards: Placement, effectiveness, and illumination of warnings; signage; color and contrast of adjacent materials.

- Building Maladies: Foundation cracking, settling, or failures due to soil conditions, grading, and water intrusion: concrete failures due to construction and materials; masonry failures; roof and wall collapses; construction means and methods.

- Building Design and Planning: Building codes and standards; means of egress; security; retrofitting requirements, access for persons with disabilities.

- Site Design and Planning: Site planning; zoning; grading and drainage; control of storm water; parking lots; access for persons with disabilities.

PROFESIONAL CREDENTIALS

Registered Architect- New York, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island

National Council of Architectural Registration Board (NCARB)-certified

American Institute of Architects (AIA) Past President, Western Massachusett

Zoning Board of Appeals, Town of West Springfield, Massachusetts

Historic District Commission Chairman, Town of West Springfield, Massachusetts 

EDUCATION 

Bachelor of Architecture (5 year Professional Degree), University of Minnesota, College of Architecture, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1985 

REPRESENTATIVE CONTINUING EDUCATION

Continuing education on the health, safety and welfare of the public; 2000 -2004

“Recovery from Natural Disasters,” American Institute of Architect; May, 1999

“Chapter 34 of the Massachusetts Building Code,” Boston Society of Architects, February, 1999

“AIA B141 Owner/Architect Contract,” Boston Society of Architects, March, 1998

“1997 AIA Contract Updates,” AIA Component Affairs, February, 1998

“Massachusetts State Building Code Update Seminar,” State of Mass. Public Affairs, June, 1997