Construction Consultants & Expert Witnesses
Fort Lauderdale Construction Expert Witnesses
Delay, disruption, termination, construction defects and first-party claims.
Forensic schedule analysis, delay and disruption opinions, and defect and damages consulting for Fort Lauderdale and Broward County construction disputes, including work in the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit and the Southern District of Florida.
For high-rise and condominium building-envelope, waterproofing and related defect work in Fort Lauderdale and Broward County, see Fort Lauderdale Construction Defect Expert Witnesses.
Oxley serves Fort Lauderdale and Broward County construction matters from its office at 13830 58th St N, Suite 403, Clearwater, FL 33760. The firm does not maintain a Fort Lauderdale office. We travel for depositions, mediations, site visits and document reviews in downtown Fort Lauderdale and elsewhere in Broward County.
When a Broward project finishes late, or a civic, high-rise or coastal project is in dispute, the questions are usually the same. Which events actually moved the completion date? How much time or cost does each one account for? What do the baseline, the updates and the daily record show, as opposed to what each side remembers? Those questions are evaluated against the contract and the available evidence.
Oxley’s construction expert witnesses address delay, disruption, termination, construction defects and first-party claims in reports and testimony.
Coastal and high-rise communities
Broward service coverage includes Hollywood, Hallandale Beach, Pompano Beach, Lauderdale-by-the-Sea, Deerfield Beach and Dania Beach, along with downtown Fort Lauderdale and the city’s coastal areas. Oxley serves these construction matters from Clearwater.
Broward courts and forums where delay opinions are tested
State court: Seventeenth Judicial Circuit, Broward County Courthouse, 201 S.E. 6th St., Fort Lauderdale, which also lists a complex business litigation division and coordinates court-ordered civil mediation.
Federal court: Southern District of Florida, Fort Lauderdale Division, U.S. Federal Building and Courthouse, 299 E. Broward Blvd., serving Broward County.
Appeals: Florida’s Fourth District Court of Appeal, 110 S. Tamarind Ave., West Palm Beach, covering the Fifteenth, Seventeenth and Nineteenth Circuits (Palm Beach, Broward and the Treasure Coast); federal appeals go to the Eleventh Circuit.
Arbitration and mediation: many Broward contracts require mediation first or arbitration, often under the AAA Construction Industry Arbitration Rules. The analysis is the same in each forum; disclosure timing, report format and how testimony is taken change.
The Broward projects behind these disputes
Downtown Fort Lauderdale civic and high-rise work, coastal condominium and mixed-use buildings, and other Broward County construction all generate schedule, defect and damages disputes. Public owners bring their own schedule specifications, time-extension procedures, notice requirements and liquidated damages clauses, and those terms frame any delay analysis.
Public owners that build in Broward include Broward County, the City of Fort Lauderdale, the Broward County Aviation Department (Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport), Port Everglades and the Florida Department of Transportation’s District Four. They are listed here to describe the local market, not as Oxley clients.
Dan’s experience, as an employee and as an expert, includes civic buildings, high-rise condominiums, hotels and infrastructure. Earlier in his career, he managed condominium and residential construction for general contractors in South Florida. That was prior employment experience, not work performed by Oxley.
Technical questions
Questions a Broward assignment may present
- Delay on civic work, including the Broward County Courthouse
- Termination and completion costs on a Hallandale Beach condominium
- Scheduling and delay on a Broward County condominium
- Time questions on downtown Fort Lauderdale civic and high-rise work, coastal condominium and mixed-use buildings, and other Broward construction, including work involving Port Everglades, Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport and FDOT District Four
Broward project schedules, field records and cost documents are reviewed for the assigned delay, termination or damages questions. Opinions may be used in the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit, the Fort Lauderdale Division of the Southern District of Florida, or in arbitration and mediation coordinated in Broward County.
Services
Related technical services
- Contractor scheduling services
- Owner and developer consulting
- Expert delay analysis
- Construction defects
- Estimating
- Damages calculations
The team
The requested scope and the professionals’ relevant backgrounds affect staffing for an assignment. Public biographies describe their experience and roles.
- Daniel R. Zorrilla, President
- Brian C. Moye, Managing Director
- David Hengelbrok, Sr. Schedule Consultant
- Aaron Goodman, Construction Accountant
Daniel R. Zorrilla is Oxley’s President and testifying expert. He has worked in construction consulting and expert work since 2008, with a return to project management in 2014–2015. Dan has been with Oxley since 2015, after consulting with Trace Management from 2008. He has testified in more than 40 cases, in litigation, including federal court, and in arbitration. He has been retained as a consultant or expert in more than 100 construction matters. He is a Florida Certified General Contractor (CGC1506197), an AACE International Certified Forensic Claims Consultant, a panelist of the American Arbitration Association, and a Florida Supreme Court Certified County and Circuit Court Mediator (Florida Courts mediator lookup).
Dan earned his J.D. from Stetson University College of Law in 2011. He is a member of The Florida Bar and does not practice law. Work through Oxley is technical consulting, not legal representation or legal advice. Scheduling support comes from David Hengelbrok, P.E., PSP, and Jeremy Easen, CGC.
We act for only one party on a project, and fees do not depend on findings. Conflicts are checked before substantive work begins, and a CV and testimony history are available to counsel on request.
Dan has been retained on behalf of and adverse to owners, general contractors and subcontractors.
What a Broward delay assignment covers
A Broward delay assignment is often tested in the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit at the Broward County Courthouse, 201 S.E. 6th St., Fort Lauderdale, which also lists a complex business litigation division and coordinates court-ordered civil mediation, or in the Southern District of Florida, Fort Lauderdale Division, at the U.S. Federal Building and Courthouse, 299 E. Broward Blvd. Appeals from the circuit go to Florida’s Fourth District Court of Appeal, 110 S. Tamarind Ave., West Palm Beach; federal appeals go to the Eleventh Circuit. Many Broward contracts require mediation first or arbitration, often under the AAA Construction Industry Arbitration Rules.
Typical questions involve downtown Fort Lauderdale civic and high-rise work, coastal condominium and mixed-use buildings, and other Broward County construction, including work involving Broward County, the City of Fort Lauderdale, the Broward County Aviation Department (Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport), Port Everglades and the Florida Department of Transportation’s District Four. Consulting and expert assignments on this page include delay on the Broward County Courthouse, termination and completion costs on a Hallandale Beach condominium, and scheduling and delay on a Broward County condominium.
Schedule consulting while a project is running, forensic delay analysis suited to the contract and the records, concurrent-delay questions, disruption and lost productivity, and delay damages may be in scope, along with expert reports and testimony at deposition, trial, arbitration or mediation. More on method and scope is on the construction delay expert witnesses page.
Selected project experience
Daniel R. Zorrilla's Florida work includes projects he managed for general contractors and later consulting and expert assignments. Consulting and expert work is described by project and issue type only.
From 1999 to 2005, he worked for Suffolk Construction in its West Palm Beach office, rising from project engineer to project manager on mid-rise and high-rise residential projects in South Florida. After moving into consulting in 2008, he returned to the contractor side from 2014 to 2015 as a senior project manager for West Palm Beach-based KAST Construction on the $145 million Westin Sarasota hotel and Vue Sarasota condominium.
Projects managed.
- Ventana condominium, Tampa. Senior Project Manager.
- Regatta condominiums, North Beach (Miami-Dade). Project Manager.
- The Park at Riverbridge, West Palm Beach. Project Manager.
- Westin Sarasota hotel and Vue Sarasota condominium (Senior Project Manager for the general contractor).
- Porto Bellagio condominiums, Sunny Isles Beach. Assistant Project Manager.
Broward County consulting and expert assignments.
- Broward County Courthouse. Delay.
- Condominium, Hallandale Beach. Termination and completion costs.
- Condominium, Broward County. Scheduling and delay.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does Oxley handle Fort Lauderdale and Broward County construction matters?
Yes. Oxley serves Fort Lauderdale, Hollywood, Hallandale Beach, Pompano Beach and other Broward County construction matters from its Clearwater office. We travel for depositions, mediations, site visits and document reviews in Palm Beach County.
Which courts and forums does this page cover?
The Seventeenth Judicial Circuit in Broward County, the Southern District of Florida (Fort Lauderdale Division), Florida’s Fourth District Court of Appeal, and arbitration and mediation, often under the AAA Construction Industry Arbitration Rules. Federal appeals go to the Eleventh Circuit. CVs and testimony histories are available to counsel on request.
How can intake begin?
Initial contact can provide party names and a brief nonconfidential description for conflict review. Please do not send confidential, privileged or substantive case materials until Oxley has confirmed intake following conflict review. Oxley provides technical consulting, not legal representation. Contacting Oxley does not create an attorney-client relationship.
Nearby coverage
For matters across Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach counties, see South Florida. Local pages: Hallandale Beach and Aventura. Nearby: Miami and Miami-Dade County, Miami Beach and Sunny Isles Beach and West Palm Beach and Palm Beach County. Statewide: all Florida areas.
To discuss a Fort Lauderdale or Broward project or dispute, call 727-821-9190 or send a message. For conflict review, start with party names and a brief nonconfidential description.