Construction Consultants & Expert Witnesses
Palm Beach Gardens & Jupiter Construction Consulting
Forensic schedule analysis, delay and disruption opinions, and defect and damages consulting for Palm Beach Gardens and Jupiter construction disputes, including work in the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit and the Southern District of Florida.
Oxley serves Palm Beach Gardens and Jupiter 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 Palm Beach Gardens, Jupiter and elsewhere in northern Palm Beach County.
When a condominium or residential development project finishes late, or is in a cost or defect 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.
Northern Palm Beach County communities
This page covers construction matters in Palm Beach Gardens and Jupiter. For West Palm Beach and the rest of Palm Beach County, see West Palm Beach and Palm Beach County. Nearby: the Town of Palm Beach and Boca Raton.
Courts and forums where delay opinions are tested
State court: Palm Beach Gardens and Jupiter civil matters are heard in the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit at the 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: These northern county cities are in the 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: Circuit appeals from Palm Beach Gardens or Jupiter go to Florida’s Fourth District Court of Appeal, 110 S. Tamarind Ave., West Palm Beach; federal appeals go to the Eleventh Circuit.
Arbitration and mediation: many northern 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 Gardens and Jupiter projects behind these disputes
Luxury condominium and residential development work in Palm Beach Gardens and Jupiter generates schedule, cost and defect 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 northern Palm Beach County include Palm Beach County and the City of Palm Beach Gardens. 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 and residential developments. Earlier in his career, he managed residential construction for general contractors in South Florida, including a project in West Palm Beach. That was prior employment experience, not work performed by Oxley.
Technical questions
Questions a Palm Beach Gardens or Jupiter assignment may present
- Project-cost questions on a luxury condominium in Palm Beach Gardens
- Construction-defect questions on a residential development in Jupiter
- Schedule updates, time-impact analysis and delay questions on northern Palm Beach County residential work
- How the contract’s notice, change and extension procedures affect a time or cost request in this corridor
The records for a Palm Beach Gardens or Jupiter project — schedules, daily reports, drawings, estimates and cost support — are reviewed for what they show on the assigned questions. Testimony and reports may be used in the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit, the West Palm Beach Division of the Southern District of Florida, or in 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 Palm Beach Gardens or Jupiter delay assignment covers
Delay opinions from this northern Palm Beach County corridor 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 in West Palm Beach, or to the Eleventh Circuit in federal matters. Many contracts in the county require mediation first or arbitration, often under the AAA Construction Industry Arbitration Rules.
Residential developments and luxury condominium work in Palm Beach Gardens and Jupiter generate schedule, defect and cost questions. Consulting and expert assignments on this page include project-cost questions on a luxury condominium in Palm Beach Gardens and construction-defect questions on a residential development in Jupiter.
A live-project schedule review, a forensic delay analysis, or a defect or cost opinion may be requested, depending on the records and the questions presented. 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.
- The Park at Riverbridge, West Palm Beach. Project Manager.
- Ventana condominium, Tampa. Senior Project Manager.
- Regatta condominiums, North Beach (Miami-Dade). Project Manager.
- Porto Bellagio condominiums, Sunny Isles Beach. Assistant Project Manager.
- Westin Sarasota hotel and Vue Sarasota condominium (Senior Project Manager for the general contractor).
Palm Beach Gardens and Jupiter consulting and expert assignments.
- Luxury condominium, Palm Beach Gardens. Project costs.
- Residential development, Jupiter. Construction defects.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does Oxley handle Palm Beach Gardens and Jupiter construction matters?
Yes. Oxley serves Palm Beach Gardens and Jupiter construction matters from its Clearwater office. We travel for depositions, mediations, site visits and document reviews in northern 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, 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 page: West Palm Beach and Palm Beach County. Nearby: the Town of Palm Beach, Boca Raton, the Treasure Coast and South Florida. Statewide: all Florida areas.
To discuss a Palm Beach Gardens or Jupiter project or dispute, call 727-821-9190 or send a message. For conflict review, start with party names and a brief nonconfidential description.