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<LEGEND>
This schedule  contains  summary  financial  information  extracted from EMCOR's
Condensed  Consolidated Financial Statements for the nine months ended September
30,  2000 and is  qualified  in its  entirety  by  reference  to such  financial
statements.
</LEGEND>
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