02/16/2026
CES Consulting is pleased to announce the addition of Mitch Ball as a Senior Advisor and Mentor supporting all CES divisions. His extensive industry leadership and commitment to developing engineering professionals will be a valuable asset to our team. Mitch Ball is a seasoned transportation infrastructure professional with more than 30 years of experience across both the contracting and public sectors. He spent 18 years with a major Virginia heavy‑highway contractor, progressing from entry‑level engineer to Chief Engineer while gaining deep expertise in construction management, estimating, scheduling, value engineering, field operations, and claims.
In 2006, he joined the Virginia Department of Transportation, serving in multiple leadership roles including Project Controls Manager, Deputy Director for Megaprojects, and Area Construction Engineer. His work at VDOT spanned project controls, engineer’s estimates, change order and dispute resolution, constructability reviews, risk assessment, and policy development. In his final role as State Cost Estimation Engineer, he established VDOT’s Cost Estimation Office and led statewide estimating policy, technology advancement, and training for hundreds of VDOT, locality, and industry staff.
Mitch is recognized as a collaborative and respectful leader who prioritizes understanding, stakeholder alignment, and mentoring the next generation of engineering professionals. 😄