A construction expert witness who has built what is in dispute: a Florida Certified General Contractor and Certified Roofing Contractor reviews the work, the permit record and the code, and documents what he finds. Call (561) 779-3213. Advisory only.
When a workmanship dispute, a code question or a claim of defective construction reaches an attorney, an insurer or a board, someone has to say what was built, what should have been built, and the difference. A construction defect expert does that on the technical side. The strongest credential for the job is having done the work: framed the roof, run the crew, pulled the permit and passed the inspection.
Randolph Scott Bell holds two active state certifications that sit directly on top of these disputes, Certified General Contractor CGC1528750 and Certified Roofing Contractor CCC1332751. He is also a RESNET Certified HERS Rater (RTIN 4516301), which adds measured building performance to the picture, and a LEED Accredited Professional with an MBA from the University of Miami and a B.S. in Engineering from Aalborg University, Denmark.
He is not an attorney and does not give legal advice. The engagement is technical: construction and code expertise offered in support of a legal or dispute process.
1. First call. You describe the dispute, the address and what has already been done. Nothing is promised until the scope is clear.
2. Records and site walk. The permit history, inspection record, contract scope and any manufacturer or code specification are read before the work is inspected in person.
3. Written findings. What was found, what standard it was measured against and what it means, with photographs. Where the matter calls for it, the same expert can serve as a consulting or testifying expert witness on the construction and code side.
4. Next steps. Your attorney or board decides what to do with the findings. Defect and expert witness work is an engagement, not a fixed-price product, so the scope is set after the first conversation.
A report written by someone who has never held the permit can describe a defect. It is harder for it to say how the job was supposed to be sequenced, what an inspector looks for and why a shortcut shows up where it does. The same person who reads your dispute also sits on the owner's side of the table in owner's representative work, reviews condo milestone and reserve study reports, and tests buildings through blower door testing and HERS rating.
State certification is not a county registration. Most of this work is in Palm Beach County, and the first conversation covers where your property sits. If your question is about a licence rather than a dispute, the Florida contractor license guide comes first.
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A construction defect expert inspects the disputed work, compares it with the Florida Building Code, the permit record and the manufacturer's installation requirements, and documents what was found and why it matters. The role is technical: the expert explains how the work was supposed to be built and where it was not. Legal conclusions stay with the attorney.
A construction expert witness is a person with trade or licensing credentials who gives an objective opinion on construction questions in a legal or dispute process. The duty is to the process, not to the side that hired the expert, so the opinion has to hold up whichever way it cuts.
A consulting expert advises an attorney or owner privately on whether a claim has technical merit. A testifying expert is disclosed to the other side and may give a written report or testimony. Many matters start with a consulting review so the attorney can decide whether to go further.
He is a Florida Certified General Contractor (CGC1528750) and Certified Roofing Contractor (CCC1332751), a RESNET Certified HERS Rater (RTIN 4516301), a LEED Accredited Professional, and holds an MBA from the University of Miami and a B.S. in Engineering from Aalborg University, Denmark.
No. He is not an attorney and does not give legal advice. The work is construction and code expertise offered in support of a legal or dispute process.
Roof assemblies and leak paths, water intrusion at windows and doors, structural framing and concrete repair, workmanship measured against the Florida Building Code, and building airtightness or energy performance questions that a blower door test can measure.
A blower door test measures how much air a building leaks at a known pressure, so it gives a number instead of an opinion. Whether a result is usable in a given case is a question for the attorney, but the measurement and the written report can support a technical finding.
Certified contractor licenses in Florida are state licenses, not county registrations. Most of this work is in Palm Beach County, and the first conversation covers where your property is.
The address, a short description of the dispute, the permit number if you have it, any inspection reports, photographs and the contract or scope of work. If you only have a photo and a question, call anyway.
Call (561) 779-3213 or send the short form on this page with your name, phone and one line about the dispute. Defect and expert witness work is an engagement, not a fixed-price product, so the scope is set after the first conversation.