Brian Wood is a Partner in the Washington, D.C. office of Smith Currie, a U.S. law firm focused on construction and government contract law. Brian is experienced in matters involving both public (federal, state, and municipal) and private construction representing owners (public and private), contractors, design-builders, subcontractors, engineers, and sureties. Prior to Smith Currie, Brian was General Counsel for Keller Foundations, LLC and its U.S. subsidiaries. Brian handles a broad spectrum of construction matters, ranging from pre-bid risk analysis to bid protests, contract drafting and negotiation, claim preparation, negotiation, and prosecution, and dispute resolution in private, public, and international arbitration, state and federal courts, and boards of contract appeals. Brian holds a degree in civil engineering and has worked as an engineer, construction manager, estimator, inspector, and scheduling and claims consultant on transportation, flood control, environmental restoration, and vertical construction projects.