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R.S. Harritan Employees and Construction Workers Wear Pink Hard Hats at Job Sites in October

---Creates "Call to Action" During Breast Cancer Awareness Month for EMCOR's 8th Annual "Protect Yourself. Get Screened Today" Campaign---

RICHMOND, VIRGINIA -- October 21, 2016 –– R.S. Harritan & Company, Inc. proudly announces that its construction workers and employees at various job sites throughout Virginia are wearing EMCOR Pink Hard Hats in October, Breast Cancer Awareness Month, as a "Call to Action" supporting breast cancer screening and awareness as part of EMCOR's 8th Annual "Protect Yourself. Get Screened Today." campaign. R.S. Harritan & Company employees will be seen by scores of people as they work at a host of client locations ranging from commercial and healthcare, to industrial.

A market leader in manufacturing and installing sheet metal, structural steel, utility piping systems, R.S. Harritan & Company, Inc., is a subsidiary of EMCOR Group, Inc. (NYSE: EME), a Fortune 500® leader in mechanical and electrical construction, industrial and energy infrastructure, and building services for a diverse range of businesses.

“This is EMCOR’s 8th consecutive year of spearheading the national Pink Hard Hat initiative. Over the years people have come forward to say they believe this unique way of raising awareness of the importance of breast cancer screening has had a positive impact on their own lives or that of a loved one,” stated Michael Pantele, President, R.S. Harritan & Company, Inc. "Many of our employees wear hard hats on a daily basis for personal protection, and we’re proud of their commitment to wear an EMCOR/ R.S. Harritan Pink Hard Hat in October to raise awareness for breast cancer, reminding women and men they can help protect themselves by getting screened."

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R.S. Harritan employees will be joined by thousands of additional EMCOR employees nationally wearing Pink Hard Hats during October at hundreds of work sites, ranging from hospitals to bridges, malls to military bases, and data centers to refineries.

The “multiplier effect” continues as even more people are reached with the “Protect Yourself. Get Screened Today.” message when EMCOR employees take the Pink Hard Hats home each night and they are seen by spouses, daughters, sisters, neighbors, and many others.

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Millions more people will be reached nationally by EMCOR’s fleet of 7,000+ service vehicles, including R.S. Harritan’s vehicles, which are displaying Pink Hard Hat posters during October with the “Protect Yourself. Get Screened Today.” campaign message.

Visit EMCOR’s Pink Hard Hat site: http://www.emcorgroup.com/pinkhardhat

About R.S. Harritan & Company, Inc.

R.S. Harritan is a leading industrial construction firm, specializing in the manufacturing and installation of process and utility piping systems, custom sheet metal fabrication, including installation of ducts and chutes, structural steel fabrication and erection, as well as equipment setting and erection. Its highly skilled work force consists of project managers and estimators, ironworkers, pipefitters and plumbers, millwrights, sheet metal workers, laborers, and welders. Based in Richmond, Virginia and with a full service division office in Newport News, Virginia they offer extensive client-based local support serving the food/beverage/tobacco, pulp and paper, power generation, shipbuilding, education, and research and development industries throughout Virginia. R.S. Harritan is a subsidiary of EMCOR Group, Inc. (NYSE: EME), a Fortune 500 company with estimated 2016 revenues of ~$7.4B. EMCOR is a leader in mechanical and electrical construction, industrial and energy infrastructure, and building services. A 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 ~33,000 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. 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 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 2015 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.

Suggested caption for photo: Construction workers and employees at R.S. Harritan, an EMCOR Company, are wearing Pink Hard Hats at scores of job sites throughout Virginia in October as a Call to Action for EMCOR’s 8th Annual ‘Protect Yourself. Get Screened Today.’ campaign, joining thousands of additional EMCOR employees nationally also wearing Pink Hard Hats in this massive show of support. Pictured: R.S. Harritan construction workers proudly pose wearing their EMCOR/ R.S. Harritan Pink Hard Hats.

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