Management

William R. Zollinger, III, P.E.
President, CEO
As president and CEO of Buric, Bill Zollinger provides strategic leadership and direction to the company and its employees. Since moving into his current role in 1997, Bill has overseen significant growth in Buric by diversifying its services, expanding the client base and adding office locations. Bill has also increased Buric’s visibility and reputation through high-profile international construction projects.

An industry veteran of 30 years, (over 25 with Buric), Bill continues to provide a wide range of services to clients, including claim analysis, schedule impact analysis, labor productivity studies and additional cost analysis. He is a sought-after consultant and expert witness, providing testimony for clients in negotiations, mediations, arbitrations, and court rooms.  In addition, he is a frequent lecturer and published author on a range of construction-related topics.

Ron E. Wright, P. E.
Chief Operating Officer
As chief operating officer, Ron Wright ensures that Buric uses its resources–people and technology–wisely and consistently. Ron works closely with President Bill Zollinger to direct the firm’s strategic planning, operations, financial affairs, information systems and overall technical and service quality.

A construction industry veteran of nearly 30 years, Ron’s expertise and focus is in the field of building diagnostics. Ron is often asked to provide presentations regarding building diagnostics topics at industry seminars and conferences. Additionally, Ron is an author and has been published in an online trade magazine concerning building diagnostics. However, he is also involved in claims management, CPM scheduling, surety contract management and project management. Ron continues to serve as an experienced expert witness at trials, arbitrations and mediations.

Based in our North Carolina office, Ron includes in his responsibilities the management of the building diagnostics services throughout the company.

David L. Sutton, P.E.
Executive Vice President
Dave Sutton possesses project controls expertise and strong management skills. Dave joined the company in 1985 as a project consultant with significant experience in large E/P/C contracts. His career and responsibilities at Buric include oversight of business operations of Buric offices in North Carolina, Ohio and New Jersey.

Dave is an excellent problem solver, excels at transforming data into information, and is highly successful in communicating and creatively presenting complex matters in simple, understandable terms. He has provided expert testimony on multi–million dollar projects and claims in trials, arbitrations and mediations. He is an active leader in professional and community organizations, and often lectures at industry conferences and seminars.

Michael W. Leary, P.E.
Senior Vice President
Mike Leary started his career working as an engineer/estimator for a general contractor. Mike specializes in the analysis of construction claims, including time and cost impacts to projects involving delays, loss of productivity, disruption, acceleration, critical path scheduling and construction administration. A civil engineer with more than 26 years of construction experience, Mike has provided expert testimony on multi-million dollar projects and claims in trials, arbitrations and mediations.

Mike, who joined Buric in 1984, serves as an arbitrator for the American Arbitration Association and a frequent speaker at construction industry seminars and conferences and is a published author.

Jeffrey S. Roush
Senior Vice President
Jeff Roush is a 26-year construction industry veteran providing scheduling, project management, surety and claims services. Jeff is actively involved with clients on a wide range of projects, and draws from his previous project management experience with two ENR Top 20 contractors.

Jeff also provides expert witness testimony on behalf of clients. He frequently conducts seminars on scheduling, construction documentation, surety assistance, and claims management topics to contractors, owners, sureties and universities.

Mark Harris Berman, AIA
Architect & Planner
Mark provides architectural services for commercial, institutional, educational, and residential projects and professional planning services for land-use design, planning board and zoning board of appeals applications.

Having begun his career in the design and construction industry in 1976, his professional experience includes residential, commercial and institutional architecture, planning, interiors, building diagnostics, new construction and building rehabilitation. Mark has also served on local planning and zoning boards in New Jersey.

He has provided forensic-code and technical analysis, investigations, reports and expert testimony for over a decade in a wide range of cases, including site and facility planning, building safety and construction deficiencies.

Dennis R. Jasinski
Project Director
Dennis works directly with contractors, owners, bonding companies, and attorneys to develop and analyze construction claims and change orders. His expertise involves CPM schedule analysis, time impact and delay analysis, loss of productivity/acceleration/disruption cost analysis, and job extension cost analysis. Among the projects he has investigated are office buildings, correctional facilities, highways, bridges, industrial and manufacturing facilities, and educational and residential facilities. He has testified in federal, state and local courts, arbitrations, mediations and depositions in a number of construction cases.

Dennis joined Buric in 1987. He has lectured on a variety of construction–related topics including documentation, scheduling, construction delays, damages and delay costs, and loss of productivity.

Brian Stewart
Director – Scheduling and Surety Services
Brian provides CPM scheduling and updating, surety project management, construction claims, and building diagnostics services. Brian’s 28 years’ experience in the construction industry includes educational facilities, healthcare facilities, office buildings, industrial plants, manufacturing facilities, highways, bridges, and residential. Brian is also a frequent presenter at CPM scheduling seminars and conducts in-house scheduling training.

David Holsinger, P.E.
Senior Project Consultant
With over 15 years’ experience in civil, environmental, and forensic engineering David Holsinger has managed numerous high profile and controversial environmental programs. He has knowledge and experience in the commercial, industrial and residential fields. His areas of expertise also include hydrology, hydrogeology, water quality, environmental assessments and remediation, geographic information systems and computer applications, concrete, timber bridge design, residential structure design and building diagnostics.