Expert witness duty in litigation or arbitration
The engagement identifies the questions to be examined. Findings depend on the available evidence rather than the retaining party's desired outcome.
Construction Expert Witnesses in Florida
Oxley provides construction planning, schedule and cost analysis, and expert explanations suited to the assignment. The technical findings identify their supporting basis and limitations; admission or a particular dispute outcome is not promised.
The expert addresses the questions presented using the available evidence and explains the basis and limitations of the conclusions. Additional records or analysis may affect those conclusions.
Oxley provides expert witness work in litigation and arbitration and technical support for mediation. Members of the firm hold Florida Certified General Contractor, Certified Building Contractor and Professional Engineer licenses. Daniel R. Zorrilla leads the practice. He is a Florida Supreme Court Certified County and Circuit Court Mediator (Florida Courts mediator lookup). Construction field experience and project management inform opinions on schedules, costs and day-to-day contract administration. Work through Oxley is technical consulting, not legal representation.
Oxley considers the assigned technical questions and material evidence, including information contrary to a proposed conclusion. Conclusions may develop as additional facts or records become available.
Assignments cover delay, disruption, defects, construction practice, contract administration and related cost analysis, including reconciling claimed costs to the project records.
The explanation and level of detail depend on the assignment and intended audience. Technical findings identify their supporting basis, assumptions and limitations.
Say where the evidence stops
Stating the limits of what the records support is what makes the supported parts credible.
Explain it so it can be followed
Reports set out the documents, method and assumptions so another reader can follow and check each step.
The full practice
Every service in this group
- DelayTechnical opinions on delay events, schedule effects and related contract administration.
- DisruptionTechnical opinions on productivity effects, including effects without a change in the completion date.
- TerminationOpinion on the circumstances and consequences of a termination.
- EstimatingTechnical estimating analysis addressing scope, quantities, pricing and assumptions.
- RepairOpinion on repair scope, method and cost to restore what was damaged or defective.
- Completion CostsTechnical analysis of remaining work and construction completion costs.
- Estimating
- Repair
- Completion Costs
- Construction DefectsOpinion on the existence, cause and cost of remedy of alleged defects.
- Construction Industry StandardsConstruction-practice opinions grounded in the project facts and records.
- Construction Contract AdministrationOpinions on day-to-day administration of contracts and subcontracts from a contractor project manager’s perspective.
- Delay DamagesTechnical analysis of delay-related costs, supporting records and assumptions.
- Contractor, Owner & Subcontractor Damages CalculationsDamages quantification for different roles in the contractual chain.
- Forensic Construction AccountingTracing claimed cost back through the books to what was actually spent.
- Property Damage Expert OpinionsOpinion on first-party windstorm, hurricane and water losses: scope, repair and cost.
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