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BSC FORENSICS
BSC Forensics, part of Alpine Intel, is dedicated to providing clients with the expertise to handle even the most challenging commercial and large loss property claims. With over a decade of experience assessing properties such as high-rises, multi-family complexes, and educational facilities, our licensed engineers specialize in large-loss evaluations and catastrophe damage assessments with precision. Customers appreciate our use of advanced technology and thorough investigations to deliver accurate, comprehensive reports. We conduct 100% Assessments on large properties, documenting elements with photos and data visualization, ensuring accurate damage assessments, and eliminating the need for additional damage assessment requests.
With our team holding multiple licenses and certifications, and a nationwide network of engineers and building consultants, we provide unmatched expertise in evaluating perils from earthquakes to storm surge, and assessments in construction defects, fenestration damage, and more. BSC’s trial-tested experts are ready to help you at any stage in litigation, including deposition, mediation, arbitration, and trial. Our litigation support includes expert testimony, subrogation, peer review, non-disclosed consulting experts, and demonstrative exhibits or graphics. Insurance claim adjusters and legal professionals trust our experts for complex loss, construction deficiency, and catastrophe event assessments.
MISSION
BSC unites structured support with industry-leading technology, empowering our expert team to reliably serve our clients with scientific accuracy.
BSC
LEADERSHIP
JARROD C. BURNS, MS, PE
FOUNDER, OWNER
SERVES AS SENIOR FORENSIC INVESTIGATOR SPECIALIZING IN STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING AND BUILDING ENCLOSURES/GLAZING SYSTEMS
SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT ON BSC’S COMPLEX & LARGE LOSS PROJECT TEAM
STRUCTURAL DESIGN, FAILURE ANALYSIS, CONSTRUCTION DEFECT, PREMISES SAFETY/INJURY (INCLUDING TRIPS AND SLIPS), WATER LOSSES, WIND ASSESSMENTS, FOUNDATION PERFORMANCE EVALUATIONS (INCLUDING MOVEMENT ATTRIBUTED TO PLUMBING LEAKS), BUILDING ENVELOPES, AND MUCH MORE
BENJAMIN P. SWAN, MS, CFA
CEO / CFO
DANIEL D. SWAN, PE, PMP
DIRECTOR OF PROGRAM MANAGEMENT
SENIOR PRINCIPAL ENGINEER
LINDSEY BEAM
DIRECTOR OF CLIENT RELATIONS
SERVES AS A LIAISON WITH CLIENTS TO ESTABLISH NEW AND EXISTING RELATIONSHIPS, COORDINATES CONTINUING EDUCATION CLASSES, BUILDS AND MAINTAINS RELATIONSHIPS
LINDSEY BEGAN HER FORENSIC ENGINEERING CAREER IN 2008 AND HAS RECEIVED MULTIPLE AWARDS FOR CUSTOMER SERVICE INCLUDING THE JOHN MANDEL DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD
JEFF GISH, PE, DFE
TECHNICAL DIRECTOR
OVER 23 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN FORENSIC ENGINEERING, FACILITIES DIAGNOSTICS, GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING, ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING, CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS ENGINEERING AND TESTING, AND BUILDING ENCLOSURE CONSULTING AND TESTING
SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT ON BSC’S COMPLEX & LARGE LOSS PROJECT TEAM
PROVIDED EXPERT WITNESS AND LITIGATION SUPPORT FOR OVER 19 YEARS, ON HUNDREDS OF CASES, TESTIFIED MORE THAN 50 TIMES (DEPOSITIONS, ARBITRATIONS, PRELIMINARY/DAUBERT
HEARINGS, OPEN COURT TESTIMONY)
EVAN J. MARSHALL, PE, SE
DIRECTOR OF STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING
CONCRETE AND MASONRY STRUCTURES EXPERT (STRUCTURAL ENGINEER) WITH OVER 20 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN ENGINEERING DESIGN, ANALYSIS, AND FIELD INVESTIGATION ON LARGE
AND COMPLEX STRUCTURES
SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT ON BSC’S COMPLEX & LARGE LOSS PROJECT TEAM
STRUCTURAL LEAD ON A US $1.2 BILLION MINE PROJECT, TO HIGH-RISE BUILDINGS, MULTI-FAMILY BUILDINGS, SHOPPING CENTERS, AND SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENCES
TRAVIS E. TISDALE, PE
SENIOR PRINCIPAL ENGINEER
25 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN ENGINEERING AND CONSTRUCTION
EVALUATED HUNDREDS OF STRUCTURES FOR DAMAGES RELATED TO ROOFING, CLADDING, FRAMING, MOISTURE INTRUSION AND FOUNDATIONS FROM VARIOUS CAUSES
DETERMINED THE EXTENT OF STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO CRITICAL COMPONENTS OF BUILDINGS AFTER FIRES
BEEN DEPOSED AND TESTIFIED AS AN EXPERT IN VARIOUS VENUES ON MULTIPLE CONSTRUCTION DEFECT AND STORM DAMAGE CASES; ACTED AS COURT-APPOINTED NEUTRAL UMPIRE IN AN APPRAISAL
ANDREW J. FEENSTRA, PE, AIA
SENIOR PRINCIPAL ENGINEER
20 YEARS OF BUILDING ENCLOSURE AND ARCHITECTURE EXPERIENCE
CAUSE AND EXTENT OF CONDITIONS AT BUILDING ENCLOSURE ELEMENTS AND FENESTRATIONS, SUCH AS GLAZING SYSTEMS
SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT ON BSC’S COMPLEX & LARGE LOSS PROJECT TEAM
EXPERIENCE INCLUDES CATASTROPHE RESPONSE INVOLVING HURRICANES, FLOODS, TORNADOES
ANTHONY WM. FLYNN, CFEI, CFI, CIH, PE
SENIOR PRINCIPAL ENGINEER
OVER 40 YEARS OF DOMESTIC AND OVERSEAS ENGINEERING EXPERIENCE
LICENSED PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER (PE) IN OVER 20 STATES AND HAS THE UNIQUE DISCTINCTION OF BEING QUALIFIED BY THE TEXAS BOARD OF PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS (TBPE) IN THE MECHANICAL, ELECTRICAL, AND CIVIL DISCIPLINES
SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT ON BSC’S COMPLEX & LARGE LOSS PROJECT TEAM
PRIOR TO FORENSIC INVESTIGATIONS, WORKED IN COMPUTER MANUFACTURING, OILFIELD EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURING, AND AEROSPACE (NASA), INCLUDING THE FINAL MISSIONS OF THE APOLLO PROGRAM
ANDREW S. INGRAM, PE
SENIOR ENGINEER
OVER 9 YEARS EXPERIENCE IN MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
DESIGNED AND ASSESSED OF OFFSHORE EQUIPMENT FOR THE ENERGY INDUSTRY.
INVESTIGATED SPLIT UNIT MECHANICAL HVAC SYSTEMS, ROOFING, CLADDINGS, AND FENESTRATIONS, AMONG OTHER BUILDING ELEMENTS FOR RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES AND SYSTEMS, SMALL- AND LARGE-SCALE COMMERCIAL FACILITIES
PRIMARY INVENTOR OF HIS FIRST GRANTED PATENT AND IS INCLUDED IN MORE THAN 3 OTHER PATENT APPLICATIONS
FRANK D. POAG, CFEI, PE
SENIOR PRINCIPAL ENGINEER
SPECIALIZING IN LOSS INVESTIGATION AND FAILURE ANALYSIS WITH OVER 40 YEARS OF EXPERIENCEIN MECHANICAL AND ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING, FORENSIC INVESTIGATION, AND FAILURE ANALYSIS
SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT ON BSC’S COMPLEX & LARGE LOSS PROJECT TEAM
ORIGIN AND CAUSE ASSESSMENTS FOR FIRES AND EXPLOSIONS, ELECTROCUTIONS/FATALITIES, APPLIANCE & ELECTRONIC FAILURES, HVAC SYSTEMS, ELEVATORS, ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS AND WIRING, WATER DAMAGE TO ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT, ETC
ANDREW N. SMITH, PE
SENIOR ENGINEER
OVER 10 YEARS EXPERIENCE IN STRUCTURAL AND FORENSIC ENGINEERING
STRUCTURAL DESIGN AND FORENSIC ASSESSMENTS: FAILURE ANALYSIS; CONSTRUCTION DEFECTS; WIND ASSESSMENTS; HAIL ASSESSMENTS; IMPACT ASSESSMENTS; FOUNDATION PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENTS; AND BUILDING ENCLOSURE ASSESSMENTS
COMMERCIAL, RESIDENTIAL, MULTI-FAMILY, INDUSTRIAL, EDUCATION, AND GOVERNMENT FACILITIES
EXPERT WITNESS, LITIGATION SUPPORT, AND DEPOSITION TESTIMONY