UNITED STATES
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 (Date of earliest event reported) October 10, 2005

MASTEC, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

Florida
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

         0-08106 65-0829355
(Commission File Number) (IRS Employer Identification No.)

800 S. Douglas Road, 12th Floor, Coral Gables, Florida 33134
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

(305) 599-1800
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

N/A
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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[ ] Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

ITEM 5.02   Departures of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers.

On October 10, 2005 the Board of Directors of MasTec, Inc (the “Company”) elected Ernst N. Csiszar, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America, to fill a newly created board seat on the Company’s Board of Directors for a term ending on the date of the Company’s next Annual Meeting. A copy of the Company’s press release announcing Mr. Csiszar’s appointment is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.

There are no arrangements or understandings between Mr. Csiszar and any other person pursuant to which Mr. Csiszar was elected as a Director, other than the Company’s compensation arrangements and plans for non-employee Directors and the Company’s other policies and procedures which are generally applicable to Directors.

At the time of his election, Mr. Csiszar was not appointed to any committee of the Board of Directors, and there is no current expectation as to which committees Mr. Csiszar might ultimately be appointed to by the Board.

Since the beginning of the Company’s last fiscal year, the Company and its subsidiaries have not engaged in any transactions, and there are no proposed transactions, or series of similar transactions, in which Mr. Csiszar had a direct or indirect material interest.

ITEM 9.01   Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 
(a)  Financial Statements of Businesses Acquired   Not applicable.
     
(b)  Pro Forma Financial Information   Not applicable.
     
(c)  Exhibits   The following exhibits are filed with this report:

Exhibit Number Description
99.1 Press Release announcing Ernst N. Csiszar dated October 11, 2005
   


SIGNATURE

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

Date: October 14, 2005 MASTEC, INC.


BY: /S/ Michael G. Nearing
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Michael G. Nearing
General Counsel

EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit Number Description
99.1 Press Release announcing Ernst N. Csiszar dated October 11, 2005