George M. Nicholos
Practice Focus:
Construction
Architecture
Public Contracts
Contact Information
Norfolk Office
500 World Trade Center
Norfolk, Virginia 23510
(757) 446-8604
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George is an attorney and architect with Vandeventer Black and concentrates his law practice in construction, architecture and public contracts.
He advises clients on a variety of construction and government based matters including FOIA requests, complaint filings, building code compliance reviews and protocols, and building forensic issues. He is experienced in the analysis of construction and materials issues, accessibility issues, building code compliance, negotiations, billing disputes, contracts, claims avoidance/liability shielding and design/construction defect issues on behalf of builders, developers, architects, engineers and property owners. He is also skilled in preparing condition assessments for evaluation and remediation of both commercial and residential properties.
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, consultant engineer direction 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 a Bachelor of Environmental Design in Architecture from North Carolina State University, a Master of Architecture from Georgia Institute of Technology, and a J.D. from Regent University. He clerked with the Northrop Grumman Newport News Ship Building Law Department. George is licensed to practice both law and architecture in Virginia. He is also certified with the National Council Architectural Registration Board (NCARB) and is a member of the American Institute of Architects.
Before joining Vandeventer Black, George worked as a Forensic Architect with HBA Architecture & Interior Design.