Dycom Industries, Inc. Appoints Patricia L. Higgins As Director

PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla., May 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Dycom
Industries, Inc. (NYSE: DY) announced today the appointment of Patricia L.
Higgins as a director. Ms. Higgins was President, Chief Executive Officer, and
a director of Switch & Data Facilities Company, Inc., a leading provider of
neutral interconnection and collocation services, from September 2000 to
February 2004. Prior to that, Ms. Higgins served as Chairman and Chief
Executive Officer of The Research Board, a consulting and research services
company for information technology from May 1999 to August 2000. Prior to
1999, Ms. Higgins was the Chief Information Officer of Alcoa Inc. and also
held senior management positions at UNISYS Corporation, Verizon (NYNEX) and
AT&T Inc. In connection with Ms. Higgins appointment, Dycom's Board of
Directors approved a resolution to increase the number of board members from
seven to eight. The appointment, effective May 20, 2008, is for a term
extending until Dycom's next Annual Meeting of Shareholders. Ms. Higgins
currently serves on the Boards of Directors of The Travelers Company, Inc.,
Visteon Corporation and Barnes and Noble, Inc.
Dycom is a leading provider of specialty contracting services throughout
the United States. These services include engineering, construction,
maintenance and installation services to telecommunications providers,
underground facility locating services to various utilities including
telecommunications providers, and other construction and maintenance services
to electric utilities and others.
SOURCE Dycom Industries, Inc.

Steven E. Nielsen, President and CEO, or H. Andrew DeFerrari, Senior Vice
President and CFO, +1-561-627-7171, both of Dycom Industries, Inc.