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EMCOR Group, Inc. Subsidiary Awarded Contract To Provide Mechanical Construction Services For New Water Treatment Plant in Gilbert, AZ

NORWALK, CONNECTICUT, December 20, 2007 - 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 globally, announced one of its subsidiaries has been awarded a contract to provide mechanical construction services for a new 24 million gallon per day (MGD) water treatment plant in Gilbert, Arizona.

University Mechanical & Engineer Contractors (UMEC), an EMCOR subsidiary, will construct and install process equipment and piping installation for the raw water control, ballasted flocculation basins, filter gallery and filters, blower room, reservoir/pre-chlorination well, finished water pump station, recovered water basin, thickened sludge pump station, sludge drying beds, chemical building, and lox / ozone mechanical room for the water treatment plant. UMEC will also provide all chemical piping as well as heating, ventilation, air conditioning, plumbing, and ductwork.  The plant, which will have an expansion capacity of 48 MGD, will utilize a ballasted flocculation with a standard filtration treatment process.

“This complex and sophisticated project is typical of the work that EMCOR is undertaking at key locations across the country as clean, fresh water becomes scarcer and more valuable,” said Brad Thornton, President and CEO of UMEC. “Water resource challenges will become much more frequent and widespread as a result of factors such as changing rainfall patterns, aquifer depletion, and population growth.  EMCOR is helping customers and communities meet this growing challenge with water distribution and wastewater treatment projects that help to optimize water quality, availability, and cost.  EMCOR’s presence in markets with growing populations means that our services can contribute significantly to the quality of life for residents.”    

About EMCOR Group, Inc.  

A Fortune 500 company with over $5.0 billion in annual revenues, 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 around the world.  EMCOR represents a rare combination of global reach with local execution, combining the strength of an industry leader with the knowledge and care of 170 locations worldwide.  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 2006 Form 10-K, its Form 10-Q for the third quarter ended September 30, 2007, 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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