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You Deserve an Expert Who Has Actually Done the Work

Jeff Martin started in commercial roofing as a teenager, working alongside his father and grandfather in Savannah. Mark Stewart spent 31 years in roofing production and estimating. Between them, they have spent 60+ years installing, repairing, and inspecting the systems that keep water out of buildings.

They started Fortress BEC because they kept seeing the same thing: buildings failing and nobody asking the right questions about why. They knew they could find the answers because they had done the work themselves.
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  • WHAT DRIVES US

Every Building Tells the Truth. You Just Need Someone Who Knows How to Listen.

We built Fortress BEC on a simple idea. If you are going to inspect a building, you better know how it was built. If you are going to testify about what went wrong, you better have done the work yourself. And if someone hires you to find the truth, that is exactly what you give them.
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Our Vision

To become a trusted global consulting partner that empowers organizations to thrive in competitive markets.

Our Mission

We aim to help businesses reach their fullest potential through strategy, innovation, and actionable insight.

  • 60+ years of combined field experience
  • Since 1987 in commercial roofing and waterproofing
  • 27+ states served in a single year
  • Both plaintiff and defense litigation
  • 100% client retention rate
  • Our Team

The Experts Behind Every Investigation

When you hire Fortress, you get Jeff and Mark. Not a junior associate. Not a subcontractor. The same people who review your case are the same people who show up on site and take the stand.
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Mark Stewart

Principal / Co-Founder

31 years at Hamlin Roofing Company in production and estimating. Bachelor's degree in Construction Management from East Carolina University. Certified RRC and CEI. Named Manager of Estimating and Sales in 2013. Mark is the one who catches the detail everyone else missed. When he speaks, it carries weight because he does not say things he does not mean.

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Jeff Martin

Principal / Co-Founder

Started in commercial roofing in 1987, working alongside his father and grandfather in Savannah. Owned a commercial roofing contracting firm before becoming a consultant. Certified RRC, RRO, CDT, CIT, CEI, REWO, and EDI Level I and II Wall Inspector. Has worked in 27+ states. If it involves a roof, a wall, or water getting where it should not be, Jeff has seen it.

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  • WHERE WE WORK

Based in the Carolinas. Working Nationwide.

Fortress is headquartered in North Carolina and South Carolina with principals in Rougemont, NC, and Anderson, SC. But our work goes wherever the building is. We have tested and investigated projects in 27+ states, from Alaska to Hawaii. Our testing equipment travels with us. If you have a case or a project, distance is never the issue.
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Send us your case documents, project specs, or building concerns. We review everything before the first call to make sure we can actually help. If we can not, we will point you in the right direction.
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