Thad Brunson, PE, DBIA

Thad Brunson is a CEI services manager and construc­tion project engineer at CDM Smith. With over 35 years of experience serving in a wide range of capacities, Thad’s knowledge spans across construc­tion, maintenance, and traffic engineering, flexing a special focus on road and bridge construc­tion project management, field engineering and inspection.

“I’m inspired by construct­ing quality trans­porta­tion projects where all team members are successful and enjoy the project delivery journey,” he says. Thad consis­tently delivers high quality projects on time and on budget, driven by his extensive experience in CEI staff management, construc­tion quality assurance, schedule and scope review.

As a former South Carolina Department of Trans­porta­tion (SCDOT) district engineering admin­is­tra­tor, district construc­tion engineer and resident construc­tion engineer, Thad has detailed knowledge of SCDOT construc­tion practices, policies, and procedures and has excellent profes­sional rela­tion­ships with county and municipal staff.

His proudest project to date is collab­o­rat­ing with SCDOT on the Carolina Crossroads project, delivering the largest trans­porta­tion infra­struc­ture project in the history of South Carolina. “It has been exciting and challenging to implement an innovative quality approach by providing systems and process development,” he says. “The team is also providing construc­tion management on the initial project phases, owner veri­fi­ca­tion inspection, testing and statistical validation of contractor performed materials testing. We are delivering a truly historical project.”