EMCOR Group, Inc. (NYSE: EME) today announced that it has acquired Southern Industrial Constructors, Inc. (Southern), an industrial services contractor, headquartered in Raleigh, North Carolina. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Southern, with 2011 estimated revenues of approximately $90 million, is a leading industrial services company providing industrial maintenance and construction services at process and manufacturing facilities throughout the southeastern United States. Founded in 1962, Southern has strong relationships with major industrial customers in the manufacturing, automotive, pharmaceutical, power and chemical markets.

With an estimated current backlog of $36 million, Southern specializes in plant equipment installation and relocation, rigging and machinery moves, and plant maintenance. The Company's operations are located in Raleigh, Wilmington, and Charlotte, North Carolina and Columbia, South Carolina.

Commenting on the announcement, Tony Guzzi, President and Chief Executive Officer of EMCOR Group, stated, "We are pleased that Southern has joined EMCOR. Southern has leading positions in the process plant and heavy industrial sectors and will be a valuable addition to EMCOR's growing industrial services capabilities. We continue to add leading industrial companies as part of our strategy to offer an unparalleled level of maintenance and construction services to companies throughout the industrial sector."

John Wilson, President of Southern, said, "We are delighted to join with EMCOR, an industry leader in the maintenance, service and construction of all types of facilities across industry sectors. Southern's long tradition of customer service to industrial customers aligns with EMCOR's culture of providing its customers with a comprehensive suite of core facilities and construction services. We are excited about our future prospects as part of EMCOR."

EMCOR Group, Inc. is a Fortune 500® leader in mechanical and electrical construction services, energy infrastructure and facilities services. This press release and other press releases may be viewed at the Company's Web site 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 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 and that the USM business will not be integrated successfully and that the cost savings from the USM transaction may not be fully realized or may take longer to realize than expected or that disruption from the transaction may make it more difficult to maintain relationships with customers, employees or suppliers. Certain of the risks and factors associated with EMCOR's business are also discussed in the Company's 2010 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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