AIA Clint Burdett

AIA Clint Burdett serves as a key procurement lead within the Office of the State Engineer for the State of South Carolina, where he oversees the acquisition of architectural and engineering services critical to the assessment and preservation of state-owned infrastructure. His role centers on ensuring that condition evaluations, structural analyses, and long-term asset management plans are executed through competitively awarded contracts that align with state safety and sustainability mandates. Burdett specializes in managing professional service acquisitions under the architectural services domain, coordinating with technical staff to define scope, evaluate qualifications, and ensure compliance with state procurement codes and federal standards for public works. Burdett maintains a broad network of qualified architectural and engineering firms with demonstrated expertise in structural integrity assessments, building performance evaluations, and forensic investigations of deteriorating infrastructure. He engages with both large multidisciplinary firms and specialized consultants capable of delivering detailed condition reports, load analyses, and remediation design services. His contracting approach emphasizes technical competency, past performance, and adherence to state engineering standards, fostering long-term partnerships with vendors who consistently deliver high-quality, code-compliant deliverables. Burdett’s procurement portfolio reflects a strict preference for open, non-set-aside competitions, with 100% of awards issued under general commercial solicitation procedures. He does not routinely utilize socioeconomic set-asides such as 8(a), HUBZone, or SDVOSB programs, instead prioritizing technical merit and qualifications-based selection to ensure the highest level of engineering expertise is applied to public infrastructure projects. His primary focus is on NAICS 541310—Architectural Services—encompassing condition assessments, structural evaluations, life-cycle analysis, and remediation planning for public buildings and facilities. He procures services related to building envelope inspections, seismic vulnerability studies, material degradation analysis, and code compliance audits, demonstrating deep domain expertise in infrastructure resilience and asset management.