Construction Consultants & Expert Witnesses
Town of Palm Beach Construction Consulting
Forensic schedule analysis, delay and disruption opinions, and defect and damages consulting for Town of Palm Beach construction disputes, including work in the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit and the Southern District of Florida.
Oxley serves Town of Palm Beach construction matters from its office at 13830 58th St N, Suite 403, Clearwater, FL 33760. The firm does not maintain an office in the Town of Palm Beach. We travel for depositions, mediations, site visits and document reviews in the Town of Palm Beach and nearby West Palm Beach.
When a condominium renovation or residence project 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 contract, 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.
The Town of Palm Beach
This page covers construction matters in the Town of Palm Beach, which is distinct from the City of West Palm Beach. For West Palm Beach and the rest of the county, see West Palm Beach and Palm Beach County. Nearby: Palm Beach Gardens and Jupiter and Boca Raton.
Courts and forums where delay opinions are tested
State court: The Town of Palm Beach is in the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit. Civil matters are heard 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: The Town is 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: Appeals from Town of Palm Beach circuit cases 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 contracts on work in the Town 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 Town of Palm Beach projects behind these disputes
Condominium renovation and residence work in the Town of Palm Beach generates cost, defect and related schedule disputes. Public owners bring their own specifications, notice requirements and contract procedures, and those terms frame the analysis.
Public owners that build in and around the Town include the Town of Palm Beach and Palm Beach 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 condominiums and residential work. 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 Town of Palm Beach assignment may present
- Recoverable costs pursuant to a GMP contract, as on the Ocean Towers condominium renovation in Palm Beach
- Defect questions on a residence renovation in Palm Beach
- Schedule, delay and time-related cost questions on condominium and residential work in the Town
- Document review, site visits, depositions and mediations in the Town of Palm Beach and nearby West Palm Beach
Available Town of Palm Beach project records — contracts, pay applications, schedules, photographs and correspondence — are examined for the assigned cost, defect or delay questions. The analysis is prepared for use in the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit, the Southern District of Florida, or in mediation or arbitration, and accounts for information that cuts against 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 Town of Palm Beach delay assignment covers
A Town of Palm Beach delay assignment is often heard 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., with appeals to Florida’s Fourth District Court of Appeal or, in federal cases, the Eleventh Circuit.
Condominium renovation, residential work and civic construction in the Town generate schedule, cost and defect questions. Consulting and expert assignments connected with this page include recoverable costs pursuant to a GMP contract on the Ocean Towers condominium renovation in Palm Beach, and defect questions on a Palm Beach residence renovation. We travel for depositions, mediations, site visits and document reviews in the Town of Palm Beach and nearby West Palm Beach.
The work may include schedule analysis during construction, a retrospective delay analysis, or an opinion on recoverable costs or defects, depending on the contract and the records. 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).
Town of Palm Beach consulting and expert assignments.
- Ocean Towers condominium renovation, Palm Beach. Recoverable costs pursuant to a GMP contract.
- Residence renovation, Palm Beach. Defects.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does Oxley handle Town of Palm Beach construction matters?
Yes. Oxley serves Town of Palm Beach construction matters from its Clearwater office. The Town of Palm Beach is distinct from the City of West Palm Beach. We travel for depositions, mediations, site visits and document reviews in the Town of Palm Beach.
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: Palm Beach Gardens and Jupiter, Boca Raton and South Florida. Statewide: all Florida areas.
To discuss a Town of Palm Beach project or dispute, call 727-821-9190 or send a message. For conflict review, start with party names and a brief nonconfidential description.