Call (561) 779-3213 for an independent read on your Delray Beach permit, bid and schedule, from a Florida state-certified General Contractor (CGC1528750) who is also a B.S. engineer. Advisory only.
Site design awards: CSS Design Awards Special Kudos 2026 · Web Design Awards Winner 2026
Delray Beach is an incorporated city. Its Development Services Building Division at 100 NW 1st Avenue handles permit applications, and the City has been rolling out an eServices portal with ePlans digital plan review. That is a different office and a different submittal habit from the Palm Beach County Building Division. Some addresses with a Delray Beach mailing address sit outside city limits and permit through the county, so the first thing checked is which office your parcel belongs to.
Permit expediting is offered in Florida and in Palm Beach County. In Delray Beach it means a complete package filed with the City, review comments read in plain language, and inspections checked against the schedule. The advisory role stays separate from construction: what is found is yours to take to any licensed contractor, or to Bell Engineering & Construction for a bid, with no obligation either way.
Randolph Scott Bell holds CGC1528750, a Florida state-certified General Contractor license, and has been through the Florida contractor licensing process six times. He also holds a B.S. in Engineering from Aalborg University in Denmark, an MBA from the University of Miami, and is a LEED Accredited Professional, a RESNET Certified HERS Rater (RTIN 4516301) and an Energy Star v3 Verifier. Where a Delray Beach project turns on HVAC, envelope or energy performance, the review comes from someone who reads both the engineering and the paperwork.
A Palm Beach County business tax receipt is held, which covers Delray Beach as it sits inside the county; a receipt is a local tax registration, not a contractor license, and no Delray Beach municipal receipt is claimed. See the full service on the permit expediting and owner's representative page, the broader owner's representative page for Delray Beach, and the same permit service in Jupiter and Royal Palm Beach.
Once the permit path is clear, an owner usually needs the build itself: construction in Delray Beach covers who holds the City permit and carries the job. A roof is often the first thing the review flags, so see roofing in Delray Beach. If the property sits inside an association, property management in Delray Beach is where the board side lives, and for lot clearing and site prep, land services in Delray Beach handles the site work.
Delray Beach is an incorporated city, so permits come from the City's Development Services Building Division at 100 NW 1st Avenue, not the Palm Beach County Building Division. Some addresses with a Delray Beach mailing address sit outside city limits and permit through the county, so the office is confirmed for your exact parcel before anything is filed.
The owner's representative works for the property owner, not the contractor. In Delray Beach that means checking that the City permit package is complete, reading bids for what is left out, tracking change orders and checking that inspections are being called in sequence. The advisory role is kept separate from construction.
Permit expediting is offered in Florida and in Palm Beach County. It covers preparing the package, filing it with the City, following plan review and helping answer comments. What is prepared and what is pulled under license is settled when the project is scoped.
It can. Delray Beach has five locally designated historic districts: Old School Square Historic Arts District, Del-Ida Park, Nassau Park, the Marina Historic District and the West Settlers Historic District. The Historic Preservation Board reviews exterior changes to contributing structures, including roofing material and window styling, before a building permit is worth filing. The review is added to the schedule at the start.
All of Palm Beach County sits in the Florida Building Code's Wind-Borne Debris Region, so openings must be impact-rated or protected by approved shutters. The county's published wind-speed maps put oceanfront and Intracoastal parcels in a contour of roughly 170 mph and up, stepping down inland. Waterfront lots also carry flood-zone and elevation paperwork. A bid that is quiet on these has a gap.
Yes. Kings Point and Rainberry Bay are gated 55+ communities where exterior work routes through the association even when the owner pays for it directly. The association approval and the City permit are separate paths, and the review keeps both moving so one does not stall the other.
Yes. Many engagements start after a contractor is chosen. The review covers the signed contract, the bid, the change orders, the permit status and the inspection history without replacing your contract.
It is scoped to the project, so call (561) 779-3213 to talk through what your project needs. No price is quoted until the scope is understood.
No. The advisory findings belong to the client, who can take them to Bell Engineering & Construction for a bid or to any other licensed contractor, with no obligation either way.