Russ Dye has been working in the utility construction industry since graduating from the University of North Carolina at Wilmington in 2001. His entire career of more than 20 years has been managing utility construction projects including multimillion dollar contracts in Mississippi and Louisiana post-Katrina. He specializes in day-to-day operations, estimating, material procurement, and logistics. Russ is the qualifier for contractors’ licenses in North Carolina (Highway, Public Utilities), South Carolina (Building-BD2, Water & Sewer Lines-WL2, Water & Sewer Plants-WP2, Pipelines-PL2, and Public Electrical Utility-2U2), and Florida (Certified Underground Utility and Excavation Contractor).