8-K

                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                             Washington, D.C. 20549

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                                    FORM 8-K


                                 CURRENT REPORT

                     Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
                         Securities Exchange Act of 1934


Date of Report:  December 21, 2000              Date of earliest event reported:
                                                        December 19, 2000


                             Dycom Industries, Inc.
             (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)


    Florida                          0-5423                       59-1277135
(State or other                    (Commission                  (I.R.S. Employer
jurisdiction of                   File Number)               Identification No.)
incorporation)

4440 PGA Boulevard, Suite 500, Palm Beach Gardens, Florida              33410
(Address of principal executive offices)                              (Zip Code)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code:  (561) 627-7171

                             Exhibit Index on Page 3






Item 5.  Other Events.

                  On December 19, 2000, the Company issued a press release
announcing that pursuant to the Stock Purchase Agreement announced on November
27, 2000, Point to Point Communications, Inc. has become a wholly-owned
subsidiary of the Company.







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                                  EXHIBIT INDEX


Exhibit
No.             Description
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99(i)           Press Release, dated December 19, 2000.




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                                   SIGNATURES


Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

                                             DYCOM INDUSTRIES, INC.


Date: December 21, 2000                      By: /s/ Marc R. Tiller
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                                                Name:  Marc R. Tiller
                                                Title: General Counsel and
                                                       Secretary





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EX-99.(I)

                             DYCOM INDUSTRIES, INC.
           4440 PGA Boulevard / Palm Beach Gardens, Florida 33410-6542
            First Union Center / Suite 500 / Telephone (561) 627-7171

                                  NEWS RELEASE

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                                    December 19, 2000



               DYCOM INDUSTRIES, INC. COMPLETES THE ACQUISITION OF
                       POINT TO POINT COMMUNICATIONS, INC.

Dycom Industries, Inc. (NYSE:"DY") announced today that pursuant to a Stock
Purchase Agreement, previously announced on November 27, 2000, Point to Point
Communications, Inc. has become a wholly-owned subsidiary of Dycom. Upon
consummation of the transaction, the stockholders of Point to Point
Communications received an aggregate payment of $65,000,000, consisting of
$52,000,000 in cash and 312,312 shares of common stock of Dycom.

Point to Point Communications, based in Lafayette, Louisiana, provides central
office engineering, equipment, installation, testing and maintenance services
for telecommunication providers throughout the United States.

A Tele-Conference call to discuss this acquisition will be hosted at 11:00 a.m.
EST, Wednesday, December 20, 2000; call 1-800-450-0818 and request "Dycom
Acquisition." 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.

Dycom is a leading provider of engineering, construction, and maintenance
services to telecommunication providers throughout the United States.
Additionally, the Company 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.