EXPERIENCE
Civil engineering experience grounded in design, construction, and field conditions.
I bring 16 years of full-time experience across civil site development, stormwater, utilities, public infrastructure, construction support, engineering leadership, and dispute-related technical review.
Areas of Experience
Civil Site Development
Site planning, grading, access, pavement, erosion control, permitting coordination, constructability, and development constraints for commercial, industrial, institutional, and public projects.
Stormwater and Drainage
Drainage pathways, detention and retention facilities, outlet structures, spillways, erosion, flooding conditions, stormwater calculations, maintenance, and performance review.
Water and Wastewater Infrastructure
Water distribution, sanitary sewer, utility conflicts, easements, extensions, rehabilitation considerations, and coordination with owners, agencies, contractors, and other design disciplines.
Construction and Field Support
Review of changed conditions, civil-site conflicts, field observations, maintenance history, cost and schedule implications, remedial concepts, and practical paths forward.
Technical Disputes and Expert Support
Document review, site inspection, causation analysis, chronology development, standard-of-care evaluation, cost-to-cure concepts, written opinions, rebuttal review, deposition preparation, and mediation and settlement support.
Retained in five civil engineering matters to date. Each has resolved prior to testimony; I have not testified at deposition or trial.
Project and Client Context
Experience includes work involving:
- Commercial and industrial development
- Municipal and public infrastructure
- Water and wastewater systems
- Stormwater facilities and drainage improvements
- Development planning and due diligence
- Construction-phase problem solving
- Attorneys, owners, developers, municipalities, agencies, and contractors
Representative Project Experience
I performed these projects as part of my professional work. Descriptions summarize publicly available project experience. Images identified as illustrative are temporary category imagery and do not depict the named project.
Project ECO — E. & J. Gallo Winery Manufacturing and Bottling Facility
Chester County, South Carolina · Industrial and Economic Development
Illustrative industrial-site image; project photography will be added when available.
Primary design engineer, project manager, and client contact for a six-phase manufacturing and bottling facility. The announced first phase represented $423 million in capital investment, within a master plan the company has publicly described as potentially exceeding $1 billion over time.
The project required large-scale wetlands and stream permitting, coordination with multiple regulatory agencies and Native American Tribes, utility extensions, rail-spur design, and careful management of schedule-critical approvals. I was responsible for civil design calculations, plan production, permitting, client coordination, and day-to-day project management.
The announced first phase was projected to create 496 new jobs. The project demonstrates the importance of early stakeholder involvement, disciplined multi-agency coordination, and integrating permit timelines into the project’s critical path.
Great Falls Pump Station and Force Main Improvements
Great Falls, South Carolina · Water and Wastewater Infrastructure
Illustrative municipal-utility image; project photography will be added when available.
Engineer of record, primary design engineer, project manager, and municipal client contact for a new pump station, upgrades to an existing pump station, and more than five miles of force main.
Challenging topography required the system to overcome more than 150 feet of total dynamic head. The design process included hydraulic calculations, pump selection and manufacturer coordination, geotechnical evaluation, permitting, construction support, and coordination with project funding agencies.
The work forms part of an approximately $10 million infrastructure program funded through South Carolina’s Infrastructure Investment Program. Anticipated rock excavation was identified during design and addressed through the project’s geotechnical recommendations, reducing the potential for an unforeseen construction issue.
South Carolina Public Health and Environmental Laboratory
Columbia, South Carolina · State Laboratory and Office Facility
South Carolina Public Health and Environmental Laboratory during construction.
Engineer of record, primary design engineer, project manager, and client contact for the civil-site components of South Carolina’s new centralized public health and environmental laboratory, operated jointly by the Department of Public Health and the Department of Environmental Services.
The approximately $120 million facility consolidates regional laboratory functions at a central location. Civil design challenges included a constrained site adjacent to an existing office building, an elevated pedestrian connection, extensive stakeholder coordination, and sustainability requirements established for the state project.
I was responsible for civil design calculations, plan production, permitting, agency coordination, and day-to-day project management. The completed facility illustrates the importance of maintaining clear communication among agency representatives, designers, users, and other stakeholders throughout a complex public project.
Professional Credentials
Current Leadership Role
Principal. Executive-level leadership responsibilities encompass the firm’s Columbia, Greenville, and Charleston offices, together with continued growth in North Carolina. This professional background is presented as experience and is separate from the limited expert witness and independent technical review services described on this site.
Professional Licensure
- South Carolina Professional Engineer, No. 32125
- North Carolina Professional Engineer, No. 053698
- Georgia Professional Engineer, No. 051758
All licenses are current. Services are provided only where properly licensed or otherwise authorized.
Education and Academic Service
Bachelor of Science in Engineering, Civil Engineering, University of South Carolina, 2010. Concentration in Environmental and Water Resource Engineering.
I remain actively involved with the university as a volunteer Senior Design instructor for one class each semester, Senior Design Mentor, and Jury Panelist.
Leadership and Professional Service
- Leadership South Carolina, Graduate, Class of 2026
- Leadership Columbia, Graduate, Class of 2024
- South Carolina Economic Developers' Association, Emerging Leaders Committee
- Southern Carolina Regional Development Alliance, Board Member
- Central South Carolina Alliance, Committee of 100, Board Member
- City of Cayce Board of Consolidated Reviews, Board Member
- SCAWWA/WEASC, Member
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Email: travis@travisbasnett.com
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/travis-basnett