Griffin Valuation Group,
Ltd. is comprised of tax accounting, valuation and
cost engineering experts dedicated to the construction
cost segregation, and the commercial and industrial property tax and valuation fields.We are based just outside of
Chicago
and provide tax savings to corporations and
business owners nationwide.
The specialty composite of professional skills
we have enables our clients to utilize us for all of their depreciation and property tax-related needs across the United States. With over twenty-five years
of experience within the engineering and accounting firm environments,
Griffin Valuation Group, Ltd. has the knowledge and qualifications
required for today’s complex tax world.
We have garnered
significant tax savings in such diverse
industries as:
Light & Heavy Manufacturing
Hotels, Resorts
& Casinos
Shopping Centers,
Theatres, Retail & Restaurants
Public Utilities
Sports Facilities
including Thoroughbred Racing and Golf Courses
Banking & Financial Institutions
and other Office Facilities
Apartment
Complexes
Below
is a
biography of our founder:
Barbara J. Wiggins
Barbara
Wiggins is the Founder and Pr
esident of Griffin Valuation Group, a company she
formed in order to provide businesses with a more cost effective means to tax
reductions. She has 25 years of cost segregation, property
valuation, engineering and construction experience.
Barb's extensive
background includes 14 years at PricewaterhouseCoopers in Chicago where she co-developed,
managed and trained the cost segregation and property tax practice.
Her
cost segregation studies and property tax analyses resulted in significant savings for
Fortune 500
clients throughout the United States.
Barb has performed
cost segregation studies and achieved substantial property tax reductions for very
large corporations including:
national chain restaurants and retail stores, several of the nation's largest financial
institutions, public utilities, hotels and resorts, casinos, refineries, pharmaceuticals, light and heavy manufacturing, food processing, and
many other ventures.
In addition to her cost segregation
expertise, Barb has valued both real and personal property throughout the country and won substantial
property tax reductions through negotiations and testimony in state and
local hearings as an expert witness.
Alone, and in conjunction with major law
firms, she has been instrumental in achieving millions of dollars in tax reductions for numerous Fortune
500 clients.
Prior to her tenure at PricewaterhouseCoopers, Barb
was an Engineer at Sargent & Lundy Engineers in Chicago, specializing in
cost engineering, design and construction project scheduling for the
international power industry.
Her work on both new and retrofit electric
utility projects included ventures in Turkey, Indonesia, Vietnam, and China as
well as throughout the United States.
Preceding Sargent & Lundy, Barb was an Engineer at
Envirodyne Engineers in Chicago where she was a construction manager
specializing in cost engineering for the expansions of both the DuPage Airport and O’Hare International
Airport.
Also at Envirodyne, her expertise in cost engineering was
utilized during the renovation of the city of Chicago’s elevated rail
track system.
Barb is a graduate of
Purdue University with both an Associate of Applied Science and a
Bachelor of Science degree in Construction.
She has continued
her education through such organizations as the American Society of Appraisers,
the International Association of Assessing Officers and the Institute for Professionals in
Taxation.
Barb recently completed a one year
appointment as a State Administrative Law Judge to hear property tax
cases and also continues in her
fourth term on the Property Tax Appeals
Board in her home county.
Barb is a
member of the Appraisal
Institute, Society of Women Engineers, the Association for the
Advancement of Cost Engineering International, the National Association of Tax
Professionals, Hospitality Financial and Technology Professionals, National
Association of Women Business Owners, Chamber of
Commerce, and the
National Association for Female Executives. Barb is listed as a lifetime
VIP in Who's Who of Global Industry Leaders, and she was formerly awarded the
Senior
Member designation in the American Society of Appraisers.
The
cost engineering, valuation and tax accounting expertise of our
staff makes Griffin Valuation Group one of the most
qualified cost segregation and property tax firms in the country.
