[DYCOM LETTERHEAD]

                              N E W S R E L E A S E


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  Contact:     Steven E. Nielsen, President and CEO
                                    Richard L. Dunn, Senior Vice President
                                    and CFO
                                               (561) 627-7171

Palm Beach Gardens, Florida                                   November 25, 2003


                DYCOM ACQUIRES SUBSTANTIALLY ALL OF THE ASSETS OF
                     FIRST SOUTH UTILITY CONSTRUCTION, INC.

PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLORIDA (November 25, 2003) - DYCOM INDUSTRIES, INC. (NYSE:
DY) announced today that pursuant to an asset purchase agreement it previously
announced on November 6, 2003, it has consummated the purchase of substantially
all of the assets of First South Utility Construction, Inc. for $50 million in
cash and 175,840 shares of common stock of Dycom.

First South, based in Greensboro, North Carolina, provides outside plant
construction, design and engineering services for telecommunication providers
throughout the eastern United States.

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Dycom is a leading provider of engineering, construction, and maintenance
services to telecommunication providers throughout the United States.
Additionally, Dycom provides similar services related to the installation of
integrated voice, data, and video local and wide area networks within office
buildings and similar structures. Dycom also provides underground utility
locating and mapping and electric utility construction services. Visit our
website at http://www.dycomind.com for additional corporate information.