Form: S-1/A

General form of registration statement for all companies including face-amount certificate companies

January 26, 1998

CONSENT OF JAMES R. BALL

Published on January 26, 1998




EXHIBIT 23.10

CONSENT OF PROPOSED DIRECTOR

The undersigned hereby consents to being named as a proposed member of the
Board of Directors of Quanta Services, Inc. (the "Registrant") in the
Prospectus constituting a part of the Registration Statement on Form S-1 of
the Registrant filed under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

/s/ James R. Ball
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James R. Ball

January 21, 1998