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EXHIBIT 10.18

                 DUCT UTILITY CONSTRUCTION & TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

                                  March 7, 2002

William Delgado
7154 Sutter Avenue
Carmichael, California 95608

Dear Mr. Delgado:

         On behalf of DUCT Utility Construction & Technologies, Inc. (the
"Company"), I am pleased to offer you a position as the Chief Executive Officer
of the Company effective March 1st, 2002 and invite you to become a member of
the Board of Directors of the Company, subject to any required Board and
shareholder approval. In the position of Chief Executive Officer, you will be
responsible for the total operation of the Company and will possess the
authority and perform the duties customarily associated with that office. You
will serve under the direction of and report directly to the Board of Directors.
You will be expected to devote your full business time, attention and energies
to the performance of your duties with the Company.

         The specific terms of this offer of employment are as follows:

         1. COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS. The Company will pay you a gross annual
salary of $150,000.00 (the "Base Salary"), which will be paid semi monthly in
accordance with the Company's normal payroll procedures, including compliance
with applicable withholding. You will also be eligible for unspecified executive
management bonuses at the sole discretion of, and as determined by, the Board of
Directors of the Company. As a Company employee, you will also be eligible to
receive certain employee benefits, including health and dental coverage and to
participate in the 401K plan when and as such benefits are offered by the
Company.

         2. STOCK OPTIONS. The Company is adopting an employee stock option plan
(the "Plan"), pursuant to which you will be granted stock options ("Options"),
to purchase 1,000,000 shares of Common Stock at an exercise price per share
equal to the fair market value of a share of Common Stock as determined by the
Board of Directors in accordance with the Plan. The Options will be, to the
extent possible under the $100,000 rule of Section 422(d) of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code"), "incentive stock options" (as
defined in Section 422 of the Code). It is anticipated that your Options will
vest 25% upon completion of your first year of service with the Company, with
the remaining Options to vest at the rate of 2.08% per month over thirty-six
months in accordance with the Plan.

         3. AT-WILL EMPLOYMENT. You will serve at the pleasure of the Board of
Directors. Your employment with the Company is for no specified period and
constitutes at-will employment. As a result, you are free to resign at any time,
for any reason or for no reason. Similarly, the Company is free to conclude its
employment relationship with you at any time, with or without cause, and with or
without notice.

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         4.   SALARY CONTINUANCE.

                   (a) INVOLUNTARY TERMINATION. If your employment with the
Company terminates other than voluntarily or for "Cause" (as defined herein),
and you sign and do not revoke a standard release of claims with the Company in
the form attached as Exhibit A, then, subject to Section 9, you will be entitled
to receive continuing payments of salary (less applicable withholding taxes) in
an amount equivalent to three months salary at your Base Salary rate, as then in
effect. This amount will be paid in equal installments periodically in
accordance with the Company's normal payroll policies, over the twelve month
period immediately following your termination of employment. The Company's
obligation to make continuing payments of salary shall immediately cease upon
your obtaining employment with a third party.

                   (b) VOLUNTARY TERMINATION; TERMINATION FOR CAUSE. If your
employment with the Company terminates voluntarily by you or for Cause by the
Company, then all unvested Options will terminate immediately as of the date of
termination in accordance with the Plan, and all payments of compensation by the
Company to you hereunder will terminate immediately (except as to amounts
already earned).

                   (c) CAUSE DEFINED. For purposes of this agreement, the term
"Cause" includes, but is not limited to (i) any act of dishonesty made by you in
connection with your responsibilities as an employee, (ii) your conviction of,
or plea of nolo contendere to, a felony, (iii) your gross misconduct, (iv) your
material breach of this agreement, including, without limitation, your failure
to carry out and perform a direct order or instruction of the Board of
Directors, and (v) your continued violation of your employment duties after you
have received a written demand for performance from the Company which
specifically sets forth the factual basis for the Company's belief that you have
not substantially performed your duties.

         5. IMMIGRATION LAWS. For purposes of federal immigration law, you will
be required to provide to the Company documentary evidence of your identity and
eligibility for employment in the United States. Such documentation must be
provided to us within three (3) business days of your date of hire, or our
employment relationship with you may be terminated.

         6. NON-COMPETITION AND CONFLICTING OBLIGATIONS. You agree that, during
the term of your employment with the Company, you will not engage in any other
employment, occupation, consulting or other business activity, directly or
indirectly (whether as an employee, consultant, agent, proprietor, principal,
partner, stockholder, corporate officer, director or otherwise), nor have any
ownership interest in or participate in the financing, operation, management or
control of, any person, firm, corporation or business that competes with the
Company in any location where the Company does or plans to do business during
the term of your employment, or which is a customer of the Company, or which is
directly related to any business in which the Company is now involved or becomes
involved during the term of your employment, nor will you engage in any other
activities that conflict with your obligations to the Company.

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         7. BOARD MEMBERSHIP. During the term of your employment, you will serve
as a member of the Board of Directors, subject to (i) any required Board and/or
shareholder approval, and (ii) satisfactory review of your completed Standard
Officer and Director Questionnaire in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B.

         8. D&O INSURANCE. Promptly following the next rounds of financing in
which an aggregate amount not less than $2,000,000 (excluding the Company's
current offering or common stock in an amount no t to exceed $1,000,000) is
raised (but in no event to exceed 90 days from the closing of such financing),
the Company shall, unless the Board of Directors unanimously determines
otherwise, obtain and maintain Director's and Officer's Liability Insurance
providing for no less than $1 million in coverage.

         9. GENERAL. This letter agreement, when signed by you, sets forth the
terms of your employment with the Company and supersedes any prior
representations or agreements, whether written or oral. This agreement may not
be modified or amended except by a written agreement, approved by a majority of
the board of directors and by you. This agreement will be governed by California
law.

         10.  CONFIDENTIALITY; CONDITIONAL NATURE OF SALARY CONTINUANCE.

                   (a) CONFIDENTIALITY. You acknowledge and agree that by virtue
of your position with the Company, you will from time to time develop and/or
receive confidential and proprietary information of the Company which the
Company has not and will not voluntarily disclose to the public and which the
Company holds or will hold as trade secrets. Accordingly, this offer of
employment is conditioned upon your signing and delivering our standard form of
Employee Confidentiality and Inventions Agreement, in the form attached as
Exhibit C (the "Confidentiality Agreement").

                   (b) NONCOMPETE. You hereby acknowledge that the nature of the
Company's business is such that if you were to become employed by, or
substantially involved in, the business of a competitor of the Company during
the twelve (12) months following the termination of your employment with the
Company for any reason, it would be very difficult for you not to rely on or use
the Company's trade secrets and confidential information. Thus, to avoid the
inevitable disclosure of the Company's trade secrets and confidential
information, you agree and acknowledge that your right to receive the salary
continuance, payments and/or benefits set forth in Sections 4 (to the extent you
are otherwise entitled to such payments) shall be conditioned upon Employee not
directly or indirectly engaging in (whether as an employee, consultant, agent,
proprietor, principal, partner, stockholder, corporate officer, director or
otherwise), nor have any ownership interest in or participate in the financing,
operation, management or control of, any person, firm, corporation or business
that competes with the Company in any location where the Company does or plans
to do business during the term of your employment, or which is a customer of the
Company. Upon any breach of this section and/or the Confidentiality Agreement,
all salary continuance, payments and benefits pursuant to this Agreement shall
immediately cease.

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                  (c) NON-SOLICITATION. Further, until the date one (1) year
after the termination of your employment with the Company for any reason, you
agree and acknowledge that your right to receive the salary continuance,
payments and/or benefits set forth in Section 4 (to the extent you are otherwise
entitled to such payments) shall be conditioned upon you not either directly or
indirectly (i) soliciting, inducing, encouraging or taking away any customer of
Company for the benefit of you or any other entity or person or (ii) soliciting,
inducing, attempting to hire, recruiting, encouraging, taking away or hiring any
employee of the Company or causing an employee to leave his or her employment
for the benefit of you or for any other entity or person.

                  (d) UNDERSTANDING OF COVENANTS. You acknowledge and agree that
you (i) are familiar with the foregoing covenants not to compete and not to
solicit, and (ii) are fully aware of your obligations hereunder, including,
without limitation, the reasonableness of the length of time, scope and
geographic coverage of these covenants.

         11. SEVERABILITY. In case any provision of this Agreement shall be
invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of
the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.

         To indicate your acceptance of the Company's offer, please sign and
date this letter in the space provided below and return it to me. A duplicate
original is enclosed for your records. We look forward to working with you at
the Company.

                                 Sincerely,
                                 DUCT UTILITY Construction & Technologies, INC.,
                                 a Colorado corporation

                                 By: /s/  Randall A. Drew
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                                     Randy Drew, CEO, Director

ACCEPTED AND AGREED TO THIS

10th day of March, 2002

/s/  William Delgado
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William Delgado

EXHIBIT A, B, C

(attached)

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EXHIBIT 10.19

November 21, 2001

Mr. Randall Drew
DUCT Utility Construction & Technologies, Inc.
1101 Saint Gregory Street, Suite 260
Cincinnati, OH 45202

Dear Mr. Drew

The purpose of this letter is to set forth the terms and conditions upon which
DUCT Utility Construction & Technologies, Inc. ("Company" or "DUCT") and their
subsidiaries and affiliates has agreed to engage Hotovec, Pomeranz & Co.
("HPC"), to perform various services described in this letter. In order to
successfully complete this project, DUCT will need to work closely with HPC
throughout the term of the project. A description of the services, activities
and compensation are as follows:

Corporate Finance
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HPC will assist in structuring and coordinating the strategic and financing
activities primarily composed of the following activities: o Perform general
diligence activities o Review and provide feedback on the business model.
o Review financial projections, assumptions and market dynamics.
o Review and provide feedback on the business / strategic plan to ensure that
the Company's business plan is sound and effectively communicated. o Assist the
Company in identifying strategic opportunities (primarily consisting of
financing strategies and acquisition opportunities).

As a result of the aforementioned activities HPC may be engaged to perform
additional services.

Compensation to HPC
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HPC shall receive a monthly advisory fee of $10,000 per month during the term of
this agreement. In conjunction with the execution of this agreement, HPC shall
receive two million (2,000,000) shares of DUCT common stock as partial
compensation for its service. The shares shall be restricted as the company does
not currently have an open registration statement. Such shares shall have
Piggy-Back Registration rights subject to customary lockups and cutbacks per the
underwriter. It is the intention of HPC to maintain ownership of the shares
throughout the course of what HPC anticipates to be a long term-relationship.
One million (1,000,000) shares shall be payable upon execution of this agreement
with the other million (1,000,000) shares due on January 15, 2002.

Payment of Costs and Expenses
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The Company shall reimburse HPC for all reasonable direct out-of-pocket costs
and expenses incident to the performance of its obligations under this
Agreement, however any expense in excess of $2,500 shall be pre-approved by the
Company.

Termination
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This letter agreement shall be terminable by either party upon thirty days prior
written notice to the other; provided that such termination will not excuse
Company from its obligation to compensate HPC for services completed in
accordance with the terms of this letter agreement; and provided further that
such termination would not relieve HPC of its confidentiality obligations in
accordance with the terms of this letter agreement.

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No Agency; Indemnification
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This letter agreement does not, and shall not be construed to create an agency
relationship between HPC and the Company and HPC agrees that it shall not hold
itself out as an agent of Company or attempt to bind Company with respect to any
third parties absent the prior written consent of DUCT. Company and HPC shall
indemnify and hold each other harmless against any claims, damages or
liabilities to which either party may become subject which arises out of the
conduct of the other in connection with this letter agreement unless such
claims, damages or liabilities arise from the gross negligence or willful
misconduct of the party seeking indemnification.

Disclosure
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The Company agrees to disclose the terms and conditions of this agreement any
offering documents related to capital transactions which involve HPC. HPC and/or
its affiliates may have current or future business relationships with Directors,
Officers, affiliates or Shareholders of DUCT beyond the scope of this agreement.

Lockup Agreement
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The Principals, Officers and Major shareholders agree to enter into a Lock-up
Agreement to be drafted and executed as soon as possible. The Lock-Up Agreement
will restrict the ability of the shareholders to sell their securities into the
marketplace.

Confidentiality
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Except as required to be disclosed by the matters contemplated by this letter
agreement or as required by applicable law, HPC shall keep confidential all
non-public information provided to it by the Company concerning their
proprietary rights and information, including but not limited to information
about it's operations, management, technology and development plans, and HPC
shall not disclose any such information to any third party, other than employees
of HPC and advisors to HPC as HPC determines necessary for HPC to carry out the
terms of this letter agreement. Under no circumstance however, shall HPC make
any such disclosure to any party engaged in a business or activity, which the
Company deems to be competitive to it. This confidentiality provision shall
survive the termination of this letter agreement for a period of three years.

The Company will pre-approve HPC relationships as well as Company references
that may be contacted regarding this project.

If the foregoing terms are acceptable, please execute the enclosed copy and
return it to our office in San Francisco. We look forward to being an integral
part of the growth and development of DUCT Utility Construction & Technologies,
Inc.
Sincerely,

/s/  Steve Hotovec
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Steve Hotovec
Hotovec, Pomeranz & Co.

Agreed and Accepted:

/s/  Randall A. Drew
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Randall Drew
DUCT Utility Construction & Technologies, Inc.

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