Construction Consultants & Expert Witnesses
West Palm Beach 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 West Palm Beach and Palm Beach County construction disputes, including work in the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit and the Southern District of Florida.
For high-rise and condominium building-envelope, waterproofing and related defect work in West Palm Beach and Palm Beach County, see West Palm Beach Construction Defect Expert Witnesses.
Oxley serves West Palm Beach and Palm Beach County construction matters from its office at 13830 58th St N, Suite 403, Clearwater, FL 33760. The firm does not maintain a West Palm Beach office. We travel for depositions, mediations, site visits and document reviews in West Palm Beach, the Town of Palm Beach, Palm Beach Gardens, Jupiter, Boca Raton and elsewhere in the county.
When a Palm Beach County project finishes late, or a condominium, residence, civic or marine 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.
Dan Zorrilla also worked in project management for national and regional general contractors on residential projects throughout South and Central Florida, including a project he managed in West Palm Beach. This was prior employment experience, not work performed by Oxley.
Palm Beach County courts and forums where delay opinions are tested
State court: Fifteenth Judicial Circuit, Palm Beach County Courthouse, 205 N. Dixie Hwy., West Palm Beach, which also lists a complex business litigation division and coordinates court-ordered civil mediation.
Federal court: Southern District of Florida, West Palm Beach Division, Paul G. Rogers Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, 701 Clematis St., West Palm Beach, serving Palm Beach 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 Palm Beach County 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 Palm Beach County projects behind these disputes
Condominium and residential work in West Palm Beach, the Town of Palm Beach, Palm Beach Gardens, Jupiter, Boca Raton and Singer Island, along with civic and marine 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 Palm Beach County include Palm Beach County, the City of West Palm Beach, the Town of Palm Beach, the Port of Palm Beach District 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 condominiums, residential developments, civic buildings and marine work. Earlier in his career, he managed The Park at Riverbridge in West Palm Beach for a general contractor. That was prior employment experience, not work performed by Oxley.
What a Palm Beach County delay assignment covers
Palm Beach County delay opinions are often tested in the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit at the Palm Beach County Courthouse, 205 N. Dixie Hwy., West Palm Beach, or in the Southern District of Florida, West Palm Beach Division, at the Paul G. Rogers Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, 701 Clematis St. Appeals go to Florida's Fourth District Court of Appeal, 110 S. Tamarind Ave., West Palm Beach, or to the Eleventh Circuit. We travel for depositions, mediations, site visits and document reviews in West Palm Beach, the Town of Palm Beach, Palm Beach Gardens, Jupiter, Boca Raton and elsewhere in the county.
Condominium and residential work in West Palm Beach, the Town of Palm Beach, Palm Beach Gardens, Jupiter, Boca Raton and Singer Island, along with civic and marine construction, generates schedule, defect and damages questions. Public owners named on this page to describe the market, not as clients, include Palm Beach County, the City of West Palm Beach, the Town of Palm Beach, the Port of Palm Beach District and FDOT District Four. Consulting and expert assignments include recoverable costs pursuant to a GMP contract on the Ocean Towers condominium renovation in Palm Beach, project costs on a luxury condominium in Palm Beach Gardens, delay and disruption on a new berth and dolphin in Palm Beach County, delay analysis on a Boca Raton library, construction defects on a residential development in Jupiter, defects on a Palm Beach residence renovation, and defect remediation costs on a Singer Island condominium.
Live-project schedule consulting, forensic delay analysis, marine and civic time questions, and defect or cost opinions may all come up, with testimony when the forum requires it. More on method and scope is on the construction delay expert witnesses page.
Typical matters
What we are retained for
- Forensic schedule analysis of events, progress and possible time effects
- Disruption, lost productivity and disputed time extensions
- Construction defects, repair scope and cost of repair
- Completion costs, delay damages and construction accounting
- Review and rebuttal of opposing schedule and damages opinions
How we work
Oxley considers the assigned technical questions and material evidence, including information contrary to a proposed conclusion.
Services
Services for this market
- Delay analysis
- Disruption & lost productivity
- Delay damages
- Construction defects
- Damages calculations
- Forensic construction accounting
- First-party property insurance claims
- Time impact analysis (TIA)
- Baseline schedule review for owners
- Contractor scheduling services
The team
Who does the work
- Daniel R. Zorrilla, J.D., BSBC, CGC, CFCC, President
- Brian C. Moye, CBC, Managing Director
- Edmund Mahabir, MBA, Managing Director
- David Hengelbrok, P.E., PSP, Sr. Schedule Consultant
- Jeremy Easen, CGC, Construction Scheduling Consultant
- Aaron Goodman, BBA, 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.
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.
- The Park at Riverbridge, West Palm Beach. Project Manager.
- Ventana condominium, Tampa. Senior Project Manager.
- Regatta condominiums, North Beach (Miami-Dade). 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.
Palm Beach County consulting and expert assignments.
- Ocean Towers condominium renovation, Palm Beach. Recoverable costs pursuant to a GMP contract.
- Luxury condominium, Palm Beach Gardens. Project costs.
- New berth and dolphin, Palm Beach County. Delay and disruption.
- Library, Boca Raton. Delay analysis.
- Residential development, Jupiter. Construction defects.
- Residence renovation, Palm Beach. Defects.
- Condominium, Singer Island. Defect remediation costs.
Questions
Frequently Asked Questions
Does Oxley handle West Palm Beach matters?
Yes. Oxley serves West Palm Beach, the Town of Palm Beach, Palm Beach Gardens, Jupiter, Boca Raton, Singer Island and other Palm Beach 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 Fifteenth Judicial Circuit in Palm Beach County, the Southern District of Florida (West Palm Beach Division), Florida's Fourth District Court of Appeal (headquartered in West Palm Beach), 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.
Do you consult on condominium and residential defect disputes in Palm Beach County?
Yes. Consulting and expert assignments in the county have included condominium, residential, civic and marine work. Our consultants analyze reported conditions, contributing construction events, repair costs and related schedule effects, using the records and scope defined for the assignment.
Nearby coverage
For matters across Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach counties, see South Florida. Local pages: Palm Beach Gardens and Jupiter, the Town of Palm Beach and Boca Raton. Nearby: Fort Lauderdale and Broward County, Miami and Miami-Dade County and the Treasure Coast. Statewide: all Florida areas.
To discuss a West Palm Beach or Palm Beach County project or dispute, call 727-821-9190 or send a message. For conflict review, start with party names and a brief nonconfidential description.
Talk to Oxley
Call 727-821-9190 or email [email protected].