NORWALK, CONNECTICUT, April 22, 2010 - EMCOR Group, Inc. (NYSE: EME), a Fortune 500® leader in mechanical and electrical construction, energy infrastructure and facilities services for a diverse range of businesses announced that its Poole and Kent Company of Florida subsidiary has been awarded a contract by Miami-Dade County for the construction work within the South District Wastewater Treatment Plant in Miami, Florida.
Poole and Kent will be responsible for the construction of a 60,000 square foot Septage Receiving and Solids Handling Building with two 50,000-gallon fatty oils and greases tanks. The building will include a multi-level structure to house process equipment, a finished area for offices, employee facilities, and an influent channel to receive and transfer raw sewage. Poole and Kent will also install a Motor Control Center, electrical switchgear, HVAC units, and ventilation fans at the facility.
In addition, Poole and Kent will construct a chemical storage area with secondary containment and storage tanks, as well as an odor control system, with blowers, scrubbers, circulation pumps, duct work and associated valves and controls. Its scope of work will also include installation of 2,000 feet of ductile iron pipe, hot tapping of an existing pre-cast concrete pipe, installation of over 1,000 feet of CPVC pipe, and hot taps for flushing and potable water systems. The company will also be responsible for construction of two independent truck scales, along with guard shacks, instrumentation, lighting and traffic control devices, as well as installation of new control valves and piping at seventeen existing injection wells, pumps and piping at a flushing water pump station.
"We are pleased to again be working with Miami-Dade County on this project for the South District Wastewater Treatment Plant," said Steve Jordan, President and CEO of Poole and Kent Company. "The scope of this work requires a breadth and depth of expertise that optimally leverages our extensive skills and experience; it also allows us to serve the community in a meaningful way, knowing that our work will endure for many years to come."
About EMCOR Group, Inc.
A Fortune 500 company with estimated 2010 revenues of $5.0 billion, EMCOR Group, Inc. (NYSE: EME) is a global leader in mechanical and electrical construction, energy infrastructure, and facilities services. A leading provider of critical infrastructure systems, EMCOR gives life to new structures and sustains life in existing ones by its planning, installing, operating, maintaining, and protecting the sophisticated and dynamic systems that create facility environments--such as electrical, mechanical, lighting, air conditioning, heating, security, fire protection, and power generation systems--in virtually every sector of the economy and for a diverse range of businesses, organizations and government. EMCOR represents a rare combination of broad reach with local execution, combining the strength of an industry leader with the knowledge and care of 170 locations. The 25,000 skilled employees of EMCOR have made the company, in the eyes of leading business publications, amongst the "World's Most Admired" and "Best Managed". EMCOR's diversity---in terms of the services it provides, the industries it serves and the geography it spans---has enabled it to create a stable platform for sustained results. The Company's strong financial position has enabled it to attract and retain among the best local and regional talent, to undertake and complete the most ambitious projects, and to redefine and shape the future of the construction and facilities services industry.
This release may contain certain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Reform Act of 1995. Any such comments are based upon information available to EMCOR management and its perception thereof, as of this date, and EMCOR assumes no obligation to update any such forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements may include statements regarding market opportunities, market share growth, gross profit, backlog mix, projects with varying profit margins, and selling, general and administrative expenses. These forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from the forward-looking statements. Accordingly these statements are no guarantee of future performance. Such risk and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, adverse effects of general economic conditions, changes in the political environment, changes in the specific markets for EMCOR's services, adverse business conditions, availability of adequate levels of surety bonding, increased competition, unfavorable labor productivity and mix of business. Certain of the risks and factors associated with EMCOR's business are also discussed in the Company's 2009 Form 10-K, and in other reports filed from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission. All these risks and factors should be taken into account in evaluating any forward-looking statements.
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