Construction Consultants & Expert Witnesses
Miami Beach & Sunny Isles 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 Miami Beach, Sunny Isles Beach and nearby Miami-Dade beach towns, including work in the Eleventh Judicial Circuit and the Southern District of Florida.
For high-rise and condominium building-envelope, waterproofing and related defect work in Miami Beach, Sunny Isles Beach and nearby Miami-Dade beach towns, see Miami Beach & Sunny Isles Construction Defect Expert Witnesses.
Oxley serves Miami Beach, Sunny Isles Beach and nearby Miami-Dade beach towns from its office at 13830 58th St N, Suite 403, Clearwater, FL 33760. The firm does not maintain a Miami Beach office. We travel for depositions, mediations, site visits and document reviews in Miami Beach, Sunny Isles Beach, Surfside, Bal Harbour, Golden Beach and North Bay Village.
When a beach-town high-rise, hotel or civic project finishes late, or is in a defect 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.
Oxley’s construction expert witnesses address delay, disruption, termination, construction defects and first-party claims in reports and testimony.
Coastal communities
Service coverage on this page is centered on Miami Beach and Sunny Isles Beach. It also includes Surfside, Bal Harbour, Golden Beach and North Bay Village. Oxley serves these construction matters from Clearwater. For downtown Miami, Brickell, Coconut Grove, Coral Gables, Doral and the rest of Miami-Dade County, see the Miami and Miami-Dade County page.
Courts and forums where delay opinions are tested
State court: Eleventh Judicial Circuit, civil division at the Osvaldo N. Soto Miami-Dade Justice Center, 20 N.W. 1st Ave., Miami, which also lists a complex business litigation section and coordinates court-ordered civil mediation.
Federal court: Southern District of Florida, Miami Division, Wilkie D. Ferguson, Jr. U.S. Courthouse, 400 N. Miami Ave., serving Miami-Dade and Monroe counties.
Appeals: Florida’s Third District Court of Appeal, 2001 S.W. 117th Ave., Miami, covering the Eleventh and Sixteenth Circuits (Miami-Dade and Monroe); federal appeals go to the Eleventh Circuit.
Arbitration and mediation: many Miami-Dade 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 Miami Beach and Sunny Isles Beach projects behind these disputes
Miami Beach civic and hotel work, and Sunny Isles Beach high-rise condominium and mixed-use towers, generate schedule, defect and completion disputes along this corridor. 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 these communities include the City of Miami Beach 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, hotels, and civic and convention facilities. Earlier in his career, he managed condominium construction in Sunny Isles Beach for a general contractor. That was prior employment experience, not work performed by Oxley.
Technical questions
Questions a Miami Beach or Sunny Isles Beach assignment may present
- Delay and disruption on the Miami Beach Convention Center renovation and expansion
- Construction defects on a high-rise condominium in Sunny Isles Beach
- Completion and defects on two high-rise condominium towers in Sunny Isles Beach
- Delay, delay damages and completion costs on a high-rise multi-use building in Sunny Isles Beach
Schedules, daily reports, drawings and cost records from these beach-town projects are used to evaluate the assigned delay, disruption, termination or defect questions. Reports and testimony may be prepared for the Eleventh Judicial Circuit, the Southern District of Florida, the Third District Court of Appeal, or arbitration and mediation.
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 Miami Beach or Sunny Isles Beach delay assignment covers
Assignments in these Miami-Dade beach communities are often tested in the Eleventh Judicial Circuit and in the Southern District of Florida, with appeals to the Third District Court of Appeal or the federal Eleventh Circuit. We travel for depositions, mediations, site visits and document reviews in Miami Beach, Sunny Isles Beach, Surfside, Bal Harbour, Golden Beach and North Bay Village.
High-rise condominium, hotel and convention work along this coast generates delay, disruption, termination and defect questions. Consulting and expert assignments on this page include delay and disruption on the Miami Beach Convention Center renovation and expansion, construction defects on a high-rise condominium in Sunny Isles Beach, completion and defects on two high-rise condominium towers in Sunny Isles Beach, and delay, delay damages and completion costs on a high-rise multi-use building in Sunny Isles Beach.
Scope may include CPM schedule consulting while the project is running, forensic delay analysis, disruption or termination questions, and testimony. 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.
- Porto Bellagio condominiums, Sunny Isles Beach. Assistant Project Manager.
- Regatta condominiums, North Beach (Miami-Dade). Project Manager.
- The Park at Riverbridge, West Palm Beach. Project Manager.
- Ventana condominium, Tampa. Senior Project Manager.
- Westin Sarasota hotel and Vue Sarasota condominium (Senior Project Manager for the general contractor).
Miami Beach and Sunny Isles Beach consulting and expert assignments.
- Miami Beach Convention Center renovation and expansion. Delay and disruption.
- Historic hotel renovation and expansion, Miami Beach. Delay.
- Two high-rise condominium towers, Sunny Isles Beach. Completion and defects.
- High-rise multi-use building, Sunny Isles Beach. Delay, delay damages, completion costs.
- High-rise condominium, Sunny Isles Beach. Construction defects.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does Oxley handle Miami Beach and Sunny Isles Beach construction matters?
Yes. Oxley serves Miami Beach, Sunny Isles Beach, Surfside, Bal Harbour, Golden Beach and North Bay Village construction matters from its Clearwater office. We travel for depositions, mediations, site visits and document reviews in Miami Beach and Sunny Isles Beach.
Which courts and forums does this page cover?
The Eleventh Judicial Circuit in Miami-Dade County, the Southern District of Florida (Miami Division), Florida’s Third 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.
Do you consult on high-rise, hotel and condominium disputes in Miami Beach and Sunny Isles Beach?
Yes. Consulting and expert assignments have included civic, hotel and high-rise condominium work in Miami Beach and Sunny Isles Beach. Opinions address the assigned questions and the project record.
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 page: Miami and Miami-Dade County. Nearby: Hallandale Beach and Aventura, Fort Lauderdale and Broward County and South Florida. Statewide: all Florida areas.
To discuss a Miami Beach or Sunny Isles Beach project or dispute, call 727-821-9190 or send a message. For conflict review, start with party names and a brief nonconfidential description.