October 13th, 2008

Jerry Beukelman Joins Consolidated Utility Services

10/13/2008 - Omaha, NE Consolidated Utility Services, Inc., a leading provider of utility construction and damage prevention services to the North American utility and telecommunication industries, announced today that Jerry Beukelman will be joining Consolidated as Director of One Call Business Development.

Mr. Buekelman has over 12 years of experience in vendor contract management, claims and risk management and one call center operations. His most recent endeavors included working for Qwest in a variety of capacities including developing and managing Qwest's screening center for their 14-state operating territory.

Prior to joining Qwest, Mr. Beukelman served as General Manager for Gopher State One Call (One Call Concepts, Inc.) from 1997 to 1999. Earlier he served as Director of Education and Public Relations for One Call Concepts.

CUS Chief Operating Officer Brian Johnson said, "Through this collective experience, Jerry has developed key relationships and process knowledge associated with every significant one call center operation, ticket management system, screening process and claims management service in the Untied States. We are looking forward to bringing that knowledge to our company to develop and deliver one call-based services and other services that will help broaden CUS's reach across the utility construction and damage prevention supply chain."

Mr.Buekelman is a Director for the Utility Notification Center of Colorado and served as a Director for the Wyoming One Call Utility Notification Center. His extensive experience also includes serving as a Member in the Best Practices Committee and Common Ground Alliance from 2000 to 2003.

For any questions regarding this announcement, please contact Susan Lynch at 402-334-8150.