SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                              WASHINGTON, DC 20549


                                    FORM 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT
                     PURSUANT TO SECTION 14 OR 15(d) OF THE
                         SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934


         Date of report (Date of earliest event reported) August 6, 1997



                                  MASTEC, INC.
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               (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)




         Delaware                    0-3797                  59-1259279
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(State or Other Jurisdiction      (Commission               (IRS Employer
     of Incorporation)            File Number)           Identification No.)


                3155 N.W. 77th Avenue, Miami, Florida 33122-1205
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               (Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)


       Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (305) 599-1800


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





















                             Item 5.        Other Events

         On  August  6,  1997,  MasTec,   Inc.  announced  the  closing  of  the
acquisition by MasTec of 51% of MasTec Inepar S/A - Sistemas De Telecomunicacoes
(MasTec-Inepar),  a newly  formed  Brazilian  telecommunications  infrastructure
contractor  with  a  backlog  of  approximately  $280  million  in  construction
contracts in Brazil.  This  includes $50 million in contracts  awarded since the
acquisition  agreement was first  announced last May. MasTec  contributed  $29.4
million in new capital to the company and issued  250,000 shares of MasTec stock
and  options to acquire an  additional  50,000  shares in  exchange  for the 51%
interest.


                             Item 7.        Financial Statements and Exhibits.

                             (c)

                             99.1             Press release dated August 6,1997.


                                   SIGNATURES

                   Pursuant  to  the  requirement  of  the  Securities
          Exchange Act of 1934,  the  Registrant  has duly caused this
          report  to be  signed  on  its  behalf  by  the  undersigned
          thereunto duly authorized.

        Date: August 6, 1997.                    /s/ Edwin D. Johnson
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                                                 Edwin D. Johnson
                                                 Senior Vice President-
                                                 Chief Financial Officer
                                                 (Principal Financial Officer
                                                   and Authorized Officer)








NEWS
For Immediate Release                     From MasTec, Inc.
August 6, 1997                            3155 N.W. 77th Avenue, Suite 135
                                                   Miami, Florida 33122-1205
                                                   Tel :    (305) 599-1800
                                                   Fax :    (305) 406-1908
                                                   For more information contact:
                                                   Edwin D. Johnson,
                                                   Chief Financial Officer
                                                   www.ejohnson@mastec.com


            MASTEC CLOSES ACQUISITION OF BRAZILIAN TELECOM CONTRACTOR

MIAMI,  FL -  MasTec,  Inc.  (NYSE:  MTZ)  announced  today the  closing  of the
acquisition by MasTec of 51% of MasTec Inepar S/A - Sistemas De Telecomunicacoes
(MasTec-Inepar),  a newly  formed  Brazilian  telecommunications  infrastructure
contractor  with  a  backlog  of  approximately  $280  million  in  construction
contracts in Brazil.  This  includes $50 million in contracts  awarded since the
acquisition  agreement was first  announced last May. MasTec  contributed  $29.4
million in new capital to the company and issued  250,000 shares of MasTec stock
and  options to acquire an  additional  50,000  shares in  exchange  for the 51%
interest.

The new contracts  recently awarded to MasTec-Inepar  are: a turn-key project to
construct the infrastructure  for Motorola's  cellular equipment being installed
in Parana for  TELEPAR,  the local  telephone  company for Parana  state,  and a
similar turn-key  cellular  infrastructure  project for CRT, the local telephone
company in Rio Grande do Sul. Both TELEPAR and CRT are incumbent  local exchange
carriers in the Telebras system and their cellular systems are considered A-band
systems.  Telefonica de Espana,  MasTec's  principal foreign customer,  recently
acquired  a  significant  ownership  interest  in CRT  as  part  of the  ongoing
privatization  of the state owned  telephony  system.  These two contracts total
approximately $50 million.

MasTec also  announced  that Kalil Cury Filho has been  appointed  President and
Chief  Executive  Officer of the new  company.  Mr.  Cury was the CEO of Partner
Desenvolvimento  de  Negocios,  a  consulting  and  advisory  company  providing
specialized expertise regarding privatization,  finance and business development
in the energy, telecommunications,  sanitation and transportation industries. In
1995, Mr. Cury was appointed the State Secretary of Trade, Industry and Economic
Development  of  Parana  State,  Brazil.  Mr.  Cury  has  over  twenty  years of
management experience in infrastructure engineering and construction.

MasTec-Inepar will continue to target infrastructure  projects in the burgeoning
Brazilian  telecommunications  field.  Over the past thirty days,  the Brazilian
government has begun to award multi-billion  dollar B-band cellular licenses and
the Brazilian Congress has approved and forwarded to the President for signature
a telecommunications  act to allow the further privatization and deregulation of
telephony throughout the country. Each of these developments continue to promote
infrastructure spending and provide excellent prospects for MasTec-Inepar.

Opening the Lines of  Communication(R)  worldwide,  MasTec is one of the world's
leading telecommunications and related infrastructure service providers, serving
clients throughout the United States, Latin America and Spain.




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