EMCOR Group, Inc. Named By FORTUNE Magazine World's #1 Most Admired Company In The Engineering And Construction Industry

NORWALK, CONNECTICUT, March 10, 2009 - 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, is proud to announce that it has been named the 2009 World's Most Admired Company in the Engineering and Construction industry by FORTUNE magazine. EMCOR was named America's #1 Most Admired Company in the industry in the 2008 FORTUNE ranking.

FORTUNE's Most Admired list is the definitive report card on corporate reputations. The annual ranking was compiled starting with some 1,400 companies and, after sorting, surveying 689 companies, in 64 industries, from 28 countries. The Hay Group, FORTUNE's survey partner, asked 4,047 executives, directors, and analysts to rate companies in their industry on nine criteria, from investment value to social responsibility. A company's score must rank in the top half of its industry survey. The full list of companies appears in the March 16, 2009 edition of FORTUNE, and is currently available at www.fortune.com .

"We are extremely proud to be designated among the world's most innovative and renowned leaders in their fields," said Frank T. MacInnis, Chairman and CEO of EMCOR. "It is exceptionally rewarding and humbling to be named one of the World's Most Admired Companies by FORTUNE; we look forward to continuing the dedicated service and commitment to our clients and providing industry-leading solutions for which we are being recognized in this prestigious fashion. I thank the 28,000 EMCOR employees who made this important award possible."

EMCOR recently announced its most profitable fourth quarter and year in its history, which was also its 54th consecutive profitable quarter.

Over the course of the past year EMCOR continued its leadership in delivering innovative mechanical and electrical construction, energy infrastructure, and facilities service solutions with a diverse range of new projects for companies and organizations, including government entities (such as NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory; the U.S. Coast Guard; D.C. Steam Tunnel System; MTA New York City Transit System; the FDIC Headquarters, and the Hubert H. Humphrey Building), as well as many of the country's top healthcare providers (such as St. Vincent Medical Center, Methodist Hospital Research Institute, St. Joseph Health Center, the Critical Access Hospital in KS), universities (such as Harvard, Yale, California State University Channel Islands, and George Mason University), power plants and energy services projects (such as the Bruce A Nuclear Generating Station in Canada, and Nevada Power Clark Station), and a host of additional, coast to coast infrastructure projects (such as an Automated Traffic Surveillance and Control System in LA, a Nanofiltration Water Facility in FL, an EPA Water Treatment Plant in New York, and Lancaster Water Reclamation Plant in CA).

EMCOR has also continued its "Touching Lives" corporate responsibility program, which includes the further expansion of its "Taking KidSafety to the Street^TM " program, leveraging EMCOR's fleet of more than 6,000 service vehicles nationwide to display posters from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) of missing children. To date, EMCOR's efforts have aided in the recovery of 130 children since the inception of the program less than four years ago.

About EMCOR Group, Inc.

A Fortune 500 company with estimated 2009 base revenues of $6.0 - $6.3 billion, EMCOR Group, Inc. (NYSE: EME) is a global leader in mechanical and electrical construction, energy infrastructure, and facilities services. EMCOR gives life to new structures and sustains life in existing ones by its planning, installing, operating and maintaining the sophisticated and dynamic systems that create facility environments---such as electrical, mechanical, lighting, air conditioning, heating, security and power generation systems---in virtually every sector of the economy and for a diverse range of businesses. 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 28,000 skilled employees of EMCOR have made the company, in the eyes of leading business publications, amongst America's "Most Admired" and "Best Performing." 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. Additional information on EMCOR can be found at www.EMCORGroup.com .

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's 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, project 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, mix of business, and risks associated with foreign operations. Certain of the risks and factors associated with EMCOR's business are also discussed in the Company's 2008 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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