Chris Ball, Founder and President

Real Estate and Construction experience:

• 50 years of commercial, residential, public works, public school, and civil construction

• 40 years licensed California General Contractor

• 30 years of litigation support experience, including forensic inspections & destructive testing

• 20 years of experience in self-performed earthwork

• 20 years of experience owning/operating bulldozer, backhoe, hydrocrane

• 14 years of experience in tilt-up concrete construction

• 12 years of experience in supported slabs and post-tensioned concrete

• 10 years of experience creating, licensing and managing a mutual water company

• 8 years of experience designing & building custom homes

• 5 years of experience obtaining post hoc building permits

• 3 years of experience as Assistant Project Manager for a 27-story high-rise condo

• Shallow and deep underpinning & earth retention (multiple projects)

• High-rise concrete structures using flying forms (multiple projects)

• Parcel split of RR station property from main right of way

• Development of a commercial building on ground-leased land

• Foundations with driven concrete piles (multiple projects)

Litigation experience:

• Construction Defects (single- and multi-family residential) in California and Arizona

• Inverse Condemnation (irrigation district flooding - 2 cases)

• Property Damage (fire, flooding, earth subsidence)

• Embezzlement Fraud

• Bankruptcy Fraud

• State and Federal Court Mandamus Petitions

• Wrongful Death from Mold Infestation (residential dwelling rental, plaintiff)

• Wrongful Death from Construction Accident (defense of crane owner)

• Labor impact claims (light-gauge metal framing and drywall - 2 separate cases)

• Constructive acceleration claim (public school project)

• Presentations and participations in complex litigation mediations

• Arbitration and court testimony in CA & AZ