Goochland County is pleased to announce Casey Littlefield as the new Building Official. Littlefield will succeed Gary Fisher, who is set to retire at the end of January after 15 years of service to Goochland County.

Casey Littlefield CBO/MCP joined Goochland County in 2018, starting as a Senior Combination Commercial Inspector; and was the lead inspector on several large commercial projects such as the Residence Inn hotel, Sheltering Arms Hospital, Avery Point Continuing Care Retirement Facility, several Capitol One building renovations, and Benedictine College Preparatory school , among others.  

In 2020, Littlefield became the County’s first Deputy Building Official, overseeing day-to-day operations and logistics for the Department of Building Inspection. In addition to his duties for Goochland County, Littlefield offered support for other counties in the Commonwealth. Following the devastating floods in 2022, including providing damage assessments to Buchanan County. He also served as the acting Building Official for Cumberland County for 5 months while they searched for a new Building Official.

Prior to his time in Goochland, Littlefield worked for Louisa and Hanover Counties and the Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development. He holds a Master Electrician certification in the Commonwealth and spent 10 years as an electrical contractor before becoming an inspector in 2007. In addition, he attained his Master Code Professional designation in 2009 from the International Code Council. 

Littlefield also represents Goochland County at the national level serving the Independent Alliance of the Electrical Industry on a National Electric Code Making Panel (CMP) since 2017.  He served on CMP-11 for three cycles and was just appointed as Chairman of CMP-8 for the upcoming 2029 National Electric Code.  Littlefield is also a lead instructor for the Jack Proctor Virginia Building Code Academy and is the current Chairman of the Virginia Amusement Device Technical Advisory Committee.

On accepting his new role, Littlefield said, “It is an honor and privilege to serve the people of Goochland County. I look forward to leading the department into the future.”

He will officially begin his new role on February 1^st