SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT

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Exhibit 10.16

SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT

January 27, 2004

InfraSource Services, Inc.
000 Xxxx Xxxxxx Xxxx Xxxx
Xxxxx, XX 00000

Attention: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxx, Chief Financial Officer

The undersigned, OCM Principal Opportunities Fund II, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, hereby agrees to subscribe for and purchase 135,430 shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the "Common Stock"), of InfraSource Services, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Corporation"), at a price of $100 per share, for an aggregate purchase price of $13,543,000. The Corporation hereby acknowledges receipt of payment in the amount of $13,543,000.

		OCM/GFI Power Opportunities Fund, L.P.
		By:		Oaktree Capital Management, LLC, its General Partner
		By:		/s/ XXXXXXXXXXX X. BROTHERS
		Name:		Xxxxxxxxxxx X. Brothers
		Title:		Managing Director
		By:		/s/ XXXXXXX X. XXXXXX
		Name:		Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
		Title:		Senior Vice President