Construction Consultants & Expert Witnesses
Hallandale & Aventura 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 Hallandale Beach and Aventura construction disputes, including work in the Eleventh and Seventeenth Judicial Circuits and the Southern District of Florida.
Oxley serves Hallandale Beach and Aventura construction matters from its office at 13830 58th St N, Suite 403, Clearwater, FL 33760. The firm does not maintain an office in either city. We travel for depositions, mediations, site visits and document reviews in Hallandale Beach, Aventura and nearby coastal communities.
When a coastal high-rise or condominium project finishes late, or is in a defect, termination or completion 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.
Coastal communities
Hallandale Beach is in Broward County; Aventura is in Miami-Dade County. This page covers construction matters in both cities. For the rest of Broward County, see Fort Lauderdale and Broward County. For the rest of Miami-Dade County, see Miami and Miami-Dade County. Nearby beach-town coverage is also described on the Miami Beach and Sunny Isles Beach page.
Courts and forums where delay opinions are tested
State court: Aventura is in Miami-Dade County and is served by the Eleventh Judicial Circuit, civil division at the Osvaldo N. Soto Miami-Dade Justice Center, 20 N.W. 1st Ave., Miami. Hallandale Beach is in Broward County and is served by the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit, Broward County Courthouse, 201 S.E. 6th St., Fort Lauderdale. Each circuit also lists a complex business litigation section or division and coordinates court-ordered civil mediation.
Federal court: Southern District of Florida, including the Miami Division at the Wilkie D. Ferguson, Jr. U.S. Courthouse, 400 N. Miami Ave., Miami, and the Fort Lauderdale Division at the U.S. Federal Building and Courthouse, 299 E. Broward Blvd., Fort Lauderdale.
Appeals: Florida’s Third District Court of Appeal, 2001 S.W. 117th Ave., Miami, covering the Eleventh Circuit (Miami-Dade); and Florida’s Fourth District Court of Appeal, 110 S. Tamarind Ave., West Palm Beach, covering the Seventeenth Circuit (Broward). Federal appeals go to the Eleventh Circuit.
Arbitration and mediation: many contracts in these cities 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 Hallandale Beach and Aventura projects behind these disputes
Coastal high-rise and condominium work in Aventura and Hallandale Beach generates schedule, defect, termination and completion 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 this corridor include the City of Hallandale Beach, the City of Aventura, Broward County and Miami-Dade County. They are listed here to describe the local market, not as Oxley clients.
Dan’s experience, as an employee and as an expert, includes high-rise condominiums and other residential construction in South Florida. Earlier in his career, he managed condominium and residential construction for general contractors in the region. That was prior employment experience, not work performed by Oxley.
Technical questions
Questions a Hallandale Beach or Aventura assignment may present
- Construction defects on a high-rise condominium in Aventura
- Termination and completion costs on a Hallandale Beach condominium
- Schedule, delay and defect questions on high-rise and residential construction along this Broward–Miami-Dade line
Because Hallandale Beach is in Broward County and Aventura is in Miami-Dade County, the forum may be the Seventeenth or Eleventh Judicial Circuit, or the Southern District of Florida. The project record is reviewed for the assigned defect, termination or delay questions, including evidence contrary to a proposed conclusion.
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 Hallandale Beach or Aventura delay assignment covers
Hallandale Beach is in Broward County and Aventura is in Miami-Dade County, so a delay opinion here may be tested in the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit or the Eleventh Judicial Circuit, and in the Southern District of Florida, with appeals to the Fourth or Third District Court of Appeal, or to the federal Eleventh Circuit. We travel for depositions, mediations, site visits and document reviews in Hallandale Beach, Aventura and nearby coastal communities.
High-rise condominium and residential construction in these cities generates defect, delay, termination and completion-cost questions. Consulting and expert assignments on this page include construction defects on a high-rise condominium in Aventura, and termination and completion costs on a Hallandale Beach condominium.
The assignment may call for a forensic delay analysis, a completion-cost or termination opinion, or defect analysis, with reports and testimony as requested. 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.
- Regatta condominiums, North Beach (Miami-Dade). Project Manager.
- Porto Bellagio condominiums, Sunny Isles Beach. Assistant Project Manager.
- Ventana condominium, Tampa. Senior 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).
Hallandale Beach and Aventura consulting and expert assignments.
- High-rise condominium, Aventura. Construction defects.
- Condominium, Hallandale Beach. Termination and completion costs.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does Oxley handle Hallandale Beach and Aventura construction matters?
Yes. Oxley serves Hallandale Beach and Aventura construction matters from its Clearwater office. Hallandale Beach is in Broward County; Aventura is in Miami-Dade County. We travel for depositions, mediations, site visits and document reviews in Hallandale Beach and Aventura.
Which courts and forums does this page cover?
The Eleventh Judicial Circuit (Aventura, Miami-Dade), the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit (Hallandale Beach, Broward), the Southern District of Florida in its Miami and Fort Lauderdale Divisions, Florida’s Third and Fourth District Courts 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
Parent county pages: Fort Lauderdale and Broward County and Miami and Miami-Dade County. Nearby: Miami Beach and Sunny Isles Beach and South Florida. Statewide: all Florida areas.
To discuss a Hallandale Beach or Aventura project or dispute, call 727-821-9190 or send a message. For conflict review, start with party names and a brief nonconfidential description.