John O. Woods

Biography

John co-founded Woods • Peacock Engineering Consultants in 1999 after 29 years with FDE, Ltd., Consulting Engineers in Alexandria, VA. During his 40 plus years of experience John has designed or been responsible for hundreds of significant structures, and has consulted on hundreds more, primarily in the Washington, DC area, but also worldwide. Since 1983, he has visited more than 40 countries consulting on projects for the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Overseas Building Operations, and tenant organizations. Active in professional societies, he has served as president of the American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC) of Metropolitan Washington, and numerous committees and task forces of ACEC national and the Coalition of American Structural Engineers. He is also a mediator and a large complex case commercial (construction) panel member of the American Arbitration Association. John was honored by his professional peers with the 2013 Structural Engineers Association of Metropolitan Washington’s Outstanding Achievement Award, and was inducted into ACEC-MW’s Class of 2013 College of Fellows. As a disabled Viet Nam Veteran, John has previously served on both the Governor’s Council and the Alexandria Commission for the Disabled and completed his Presidential appointment in 2008 as a Public member of the U.S. Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Access Board. He is currently the treasurer and a director of the Viet Nam Veterans Memorial Fund, has served as the chairman of the Alexandria Chamber of Commerce, and president of the Alexandria Rotary Club. He is an active member of Westminster Presbyterian Church. He has a B.S. in Civil Engineering from The Citadel, and a M.S. from Duke University

Research Interest

Civil Engineering