Utility Contractor - A company that performs utility contracting as their primary means of business. Examples: Water, sewer, electrical, communications, natural gas, liquid pipelines, etc.

Service Contractor - A company that performs contracting services in support of the Utility Contractor in the utility construction industry. Examples include blasting, drilling services, case bore services, clearing, grading, erosion control, wet taps, cctv testing, pothole locating services, masonry, concrete cutters, etc.

Associate Member - Any supplier, attorney, accountant, insurance agent, equipment dealer, utility locate companies for damage prevention tickets, other vendors, etc., that support and service the utility construction industry. This does not include any company who performs contracting services on a job site.

Affiliate Member - Any utility company, municipal department within a city such as fire department, flood control districts, irrigation, utility departments of municipalities that provide utilities such as gas, electric etc, waste water agencies, etc.

Institution/Agency Member - Any engineer, city/county or municipal government, education institution, municipal authority, state agency or other associations.