EXHIBIT 23.2

                        CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS

   We consent to the reference to our firm under the caption "Experts" in the
Registration Statement (Form S-4) and related prospectus of The IT Group, Inc.
for the registration of $225 million of Senior Subordinated notes due 2009 and
to the incorporation by reference therein of our report dated February 15, 1999
(except for the subsequent event footnote as to which the date is March 8,
1999), with respect to the consolidated financial statements and schedule of
The IT Group, Inc. included in its Transition Report (Form 10-K) for the nine
months ended December 25, 1998, filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission. We also consent to the incorporation by reference therein of our
report dated February 23, 1999 with respect to the consolidated financial
statements and schedule of EMCON included in its Annual Report (Form 10-K) for
the year ended December 31, 1998, filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission.

   We also consent to the use of our report dated February 15, 1999 (except for
the subsequent event footnote as to which the date is March 8, 1999), of The IT
Group, Inc., the use of our report dated February 12, 1998 (except for Note 1,
as to which the date is May 4, 1998) of OHM Corporation for the year ended
December 31, 1997, and the use of our report dated November 20, 1998 (except
for Note 8, as to which the date is December 3, 1998) of Fluor Daniel GTI, Inc.
for the year ended October 31, 1998, in the Registration Statement (Form S-4)
and related prospectus of The IT Group, Inc. for the registration of $225
million of Senior Subordinated notes due 2009.

                                        Ernst & Young LLP

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

September 15, 1999