After his graduation from college, one of the first positions Kirk held was Program Administrator for the Center for Independent Living in Birmingham. While there, he spearheaded a campaign for informing those in the disabled community of the need for and benefits of the passage of the ADA. He personally testified on behalf of the passage of the ADA and made recommendations for concerns that should be addressed in the ADA. His personal training in connection with the ADA included training provided by the Disability Rights and Education Defense Fund (DREDF) which was sponsored by the EEOC and DOJ. This training provided extensive insight to the DOJ's and EEOC's final rulings for the ADA and how those departments would interpret and enforce the law.

Kirk has been instrumental in educating and informing business leaders, architects, attorneys and individuals with disabilities throughout the country of the rights and responsibilities addressed in the ADA. In 1989, Kirk delivered a presentation on behalf of the U.S. Department of Labor to hundreds of business leaders in the southeast emphasizing the importance of technology and the removal of barriers so that people in the disabled community could enter the work force and become productive citizens in the new millennium.

From 1993 until !996, Kirk worked as an accessibility consultant for Evan Terry Associates, P.C., where he worked with several large clients including the Bank of America, Broward County Hospital, and the Escambia County School District in northwest Florida. While employed with Evan Terry Associates, Kirk had several articles published in the 1995 supplement to the Americans with Disabilities Act Facilities Compliance Workbook

In 1996, Kirk moved to southwest Florida and established Tcherneshoff Consulting, Inc. Kirk has inspected hundreds of properties across the United States ranging from small restaurants to very large hotels and places of entertainment. He is recognized as an ADA Consultant who is extremely knowledgeable about the requirements of the ADA and other disability -related laws, his fairness and objectivity in applying the law whether working as a consultant for defense or plaintiff attorney's or businesses wishing to comply on a voluntary basis.  E-Mail Kirk Tcherneshoff

A practicing architect committed to the principles of universal design, Steve is a member of the American Institute of Architects and holds a certification from the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards. When the ADA was in its infancy and people around the country were wondering what it all meant, Steve was employed in the offices of David Kessler and Katherine McGuinness, whose seminal work in ADA action plans, voluntary compliance plans and accessibility audits has been the model for subsequent accessibility achievement nation-wide. Clients included Harvard University , Massachusetts Institute of technology, Brandeis University , Wellesley College, The Lahey Clinic, Massachusetts Port Authority, Greater Boston Rehabilitation Services and The John Hancock Tower.

Since that time, Steve has been assuring accessibility in the architectural design of new construction and restoration projects, for such clients as Cornell University, Marriott, Delta and Northwest Airlines. Over the years, he has lent a hand in works ranging in scope from the design of small professional offices to the master plan for a five county national heritage area. Project types run the gamut, from orthodox church to line-maintenance airplane hangar. With Tcherneshoff Consulting, Inc, Steve provides architectural expertise in property inspections, accessibility reports, cost estimates and settlements relating to federal ADA lawsuits. He brings to bear both the knowledge of the ADA and the experience of an architect in order to find readily achievable solutions to the often thorny problems associated with barrier removal in existing facilities. Steve has a special interest in historic preservation, and brings that vision to his work.

A practicing architect with over 25 years of experience in the construction industry .Gil is a member of the American Institute of Architects, The International lnterior Design Association and the Illuminating Engineering Society of North America. Since the Inception of the ADA, Gil has fostered the concept of integrating the guidelines of accessibility into the building fabric starting from the programming phase and continuing through final construction completion. A concentration of experience in interior architecture has aided him in finding readily achievable solutions to often complicated problems associated with barrier removal. Additionally, Gil has been involved with health care construction both in new and renovated facilities.

In addition to ADA Compliance, Gil's professional scope of work has included facility programming, comprehensive space planning, interior and exterior lighting, furniture systems design, and energy code compliance. With Tcherneshoff Consulting, Inc, Gil provides architectural expertise in property inspections, accessibility reports, cost estimates and settlements relating to federal ADA lawsuits. Gil also brings his knowledge as an interior designer combined with the complexities of the ADA to find readily achievable and cost effective solutions to barrier removal in existing facilities.