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New Home Construction · West Palm Beach, FL
Florida State-Certified General Contractor CGC1528750
Ground-up homes on West Palm Beach lots, from teardown-and-rebuild parcels in the older neighborhoods to infill sites, permitted through the City's own Building Division and built by the owner, a Florida State-Certified General Contractor who is also a certified energy engineer.
Why Us
Randolph Scott Bell holds Florida Certified General Contractor license CGC1528750 and is the only Palm Beach County contractor who is also a certified energy engineer; the owner inspects every job. He was born and raised in West Palm Beach. Every new home carries a written one-year workmanship warranty, and while the walls are still open we specify the air-sealing and insulation details that lower the energy bill for years.
The company builds new construction and commercial, institutional and high-rise projects, including million-dollar builds. A single home on a city lot is built with the same discipline.
Lots, Zoning & Flood
West Palm Beach lots are not alike. A narrow historic-district parcel, a mid-century infill lot and a larger newer lot each carry different zoning, setbacks, height limits and lot coverage from the City, so the first job is confirming the district for your address and what it allows. Many sites are teardown-and-rebuild, which means demolition, utility checks and clean ground before any foundation.
Parts of the city also sit in FEMA-mapped flood zones, and a parcel in one can change finished-floor elevation, foundation type and what the plans must show. We read the flood map for your lot at the start so the design is not redrawn later. Bell Land Services, run by the same owner with an owned Bobcat T740 and 60in grapple, can clear the lot ahead of the build.
Permitting & Wind Load
West Palm Beach is an incorporated city, not unincorporated county. Its Development Services Department, Building Division handles permits, plan review and inspection scheduling through the City's EPL (Enterprise Permitting & Licensing) platform and its Civic Access portal, a different system from the Palm Beach County Building Division that covers places like Loxahatchee. A licensed contractor must hold the permit and be present at final inspection, and we submit and track the job through the City's own system.
Under the Florida Building Code, 8th edition, and the ASCE 7-22 ultimate design wind speed map (Risk Category II, Exposure C, 3-second gust), the city's coastal core, downtown and the neighborhoods along the Intracoastal, falls in the 170 mph band. Every exterior opening needs a Florida Product Approved unit rated to that standard, and we confirm the figure for your parcel before we quote. Impact-rated openings and a code-current envelope can also bear on wind-mitigation insurance credits, and the owner's energy-engineering background means we measure both.
Neighborhoods & Review
El Cid, Flamingo Park, Old Northwood and Southland Park carry City of West Palm Beach historic designation, and the Historic Preservation Board must approve exterior changes there before a permit is finaled; a new house on a teardown lot in one of them goes through that review. Grandview Heights, SoSo and Prospect Park, and West Palm Beach neighborhoods generally, follow standard City permitting with no extra board, unless the property sits in a private HOA, a different approval path that we scope before a permit set is drawn.
Proof
Our confirmed West Palm Beach project on the ledger is a structural beam and lintel restoration over a patio opening in 2025, shored, demolished, reinforced with new steel and repoured under a permit pulled through the Palm Beach County Building Department; see it at concrete restoration. That is restoration, not a new house, and we label it that way. For new construction we lead with the credentials: CGC1528750, EPA Lead-Safe Certified Firm #NAT-F122701-2 and BBB A+ accreditation. We do not hold a City of West Palm Beach business tax receipt and do not claim one. See the new home construction hub, construction services in West Palm Beach, and nearby builds in Wellington and Royal Palm Beach.
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Also in West Palm Beach
A new build leads straight to the roof, so see roofing in West Palm Beach. If the home sits in a community with an association, BeacCorp property management in West Palm Beach handles the board side. For a teardown lot that needs clearing first, land services in West Palm Beach preps the ground. And for the housewarming, AMERICA the food truck in West Palm Beach caters it.
Questions, Answered
West Palm Beach is an incorporated city, the county seat, with its own Development Services Department, Building Division. Permits, plan review and inspection scheduling run through the City's EPL (Enterprise Permitting & Licensing) platform and its Civic Access portal, a different system from the Palm Beach County Building Division that governs unincorporated areas such as Loxahatchee. A licensed contractor must hold the permit.
Yes. Bell Engineering and Construction Corporation holds Florida Certified General Contractor license CGC1528750, a state certification that lets the owner contract in any Florida county. It is also an EPA Lead-Safe Certified Firm (#NAT-F122701-2) and BBB A+ accredited.
Under the Florida Building Code, 8th edition, and the ASCE 7-22 ultimate design wind speed map (Risk Category II, Exposure C, 3-second gust), the city's coastal core, downtown and the neighborhoods along the Intracoastal, falls in the 170 mph band. Every exterior opening needs a Florida Product Approved unit rated to that standard, and we confirm the figure for your specific parcel before we quote.
They can. Parts of the city lie in FEMA-mapped flood zones, and a parcel in one can change the finished-floor elevation, foundation type and what the plans must show. We check the flood map for your lot at the start, not after the design is drawn.
No. Setbacks, height limits and lot coverage come from the City's zoning for your parcel, and they differ between a narrow historic-district lot, a mid-century infill lot and a larger newer lot. We confirm the district for your address with the City before design starts.
They can. El Cid, Flamingo Park, Old Northwood and Southland Park carry City of West Palm Beach historic designation, and the Historic Preservation Board must approve exterior changes there. Grandview Heights, SoSo and Prospect Park follow standard City permitting unless a private HOA applies.
Yes. Bell Land Services runs an owned Bobcat T740 with a 60in grapple for lot clearing, and the same owner runs both, so there is no handoff between separate contractors. Ask us about it when you call.
Residential new construction, including million-dollar builds, and commercial, institutional and high-rise work. Call (561) 779-3213 to talk through your lot and your plans.
A written one-year workmanship warranty on every job, and the owner, Randolph Scott Bell, a certified energy engineer as well as a Florida certified general contractor, inspects every job himself.
Yes, free estimates. Call (561) 779-3213 or send the form on this page.
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