Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, May 23, 2006--Dycom Industries, Inc. (NYSE Symbol: "DY") announced its results today for the third quarter ended April 29, 2006. The Company reported a net loss for the quarter ended April 29, 2006 of $6.5 million, or $0.16 per common share diluted, versus net income for the quarter ended April 30, 2005 of $13.7 million, or $0.28 per common share diluted. Included in the net loss for the quarter ended April 29, 2006 was a goodwill impairment charge of approximately $14.8 million (or $0.37 per common share diluted) related to the Company’s Can Am Communications subsidiary. Can Am was underperforming compared to expectations, increasing the uncertainty about its future cash flows. As a result, management recently implemented operational changes at Can Am which, together with Can Am’s underperformance, required the Company to perform an interim impairment test in accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 142 “Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets,” resulting in the impairment charge. Excluding this item, non-GAAP net income for the quarter ended April 29, 2006 was $8.3 million, or $0.21 per common share diluted. Total contract revenues for the quarter ended April 29, 2006 were $258.7 million compared to total contract revenues of $247.7 million for the quarter ended April 30, 2005, an increase of 4.5%. Stock-based compensation expense for the quarter ended April 29, 2006 and quarter ended April 30, 2005 was $1.4 million and $0.3 million, respectively, on a pre-tax basis.

For the nine months ended April 29, 2006 net income was $8.1 million, or $0.19 per common share diluted. For the nine months ended April 30, 2005 net income was $36.7 million, or $0.75 per common share diluted. Included in the net income for the nine months ended April 29, 2006 was a goodwill impairment charge of approximately $14.8 million (or $0.35 per common share diluted) related to the Company’s Can Am Communications subsidiary. Excluding this item, non-GAAP net income for the nine months ended April 29, 2006 was $22.9 million, or $0.54 per common share diluted. Total contract revenues for the nine months ended April 29, 2006 were $763.7 million compared to total contract revenues of $735.4 million for the nine months ended April 30, 2005, an increase of 3.9%. Stock-based compensation expense for the nine months ended April 29, 2006 and the nine months ended April 30, 2005 was $3.3 million and $0.7 million, respectively, on a pre-tax basis.

Dycom also announced its outlook for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2006. The Company currently expects revenue for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2006 to range from $240 million to $260 million and diluted earnings per share to range from $0.17 to $0.23. Included in the expected results is stock-based compensation expense of approximately $1.5 million on a pre-tax basis.

A Tele-Conference call to review the Company's results and address its outlook will be hosted at 9:00 a.m. (ET), Wednesday, May 24, 2006; Call 877-209-0397 (United States) or 612-332-1213 (International) and request "Dycom Earnings" conference call. A live webcast of the conference call will be available at http://www.dycomind.com. If you are unable to attend the conference call at the scheduled time, a replay of the live webcast will also be available at http://www.dycomind.com until Friday, June 23, 2006.

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 locating services to various utilities including telecommunications providers, and other construction and maintenance services to electric utilities and others.

Fiscal 2006 third quarter and nine-month results are preliminary and are unaudited. This press release contains forward-looking statements as contemplated by the 1995 Private Securities Litigation Reform Act. Such statements include, but are not limited to, the Company’s expectations for revenues and earnings per share. These statements are based on management’s current expectations, estimates and projections. Forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results in the future to differ materially from the results projected or implied in any forward-looking statements contained in this press release. Such risks and uncertainties include: business and economic conditions in the telecommunications industry affecting our customers, the adequacy of our insurance and other reserves and allowances for doubtful accounts, whether the carrying value of our assets may be impaired, whether our recent acquisition can be efficiently integrated into our existing operations, the impact of any future acquisitions, the anticipated outcome of other contingent events, including litigation, liquidity needs and the availability of financing, as well as other risks detailed in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Company does not undertake to update forward-looking statements.

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