Q2 2026 EMCOR Group Inc Earnings Call

July 30, 2026

Speaker #1: After the speakers prepared remarks, there will be a question-and-answer session. If you would like to ask a question during this time, simply press "Start" and the number 1 on your telephone keypad.

Speaker #1: If you would like to withdraw your question, please press "Start" and the number 2. I will now turn the call over to Lucas Sullivan, Director, Financial Planning and Analysis.

Speaker #1: Mr. Sullivan, you may begin.

Speaker #2: Thank you, Dave. Good morning, everyone, and welcome to EMCOR's second quarter 2026 earnings conference call. For those of you joining us by webcast, we are at the beginning of our slide presentation that will accompany our remarks today.

Speaker #1: Good morning. My name is Dave, and I will be your conference operator today. At this time, I would like to welcome everyone to the EMCOR Group second quarter 2026 earnings conference call.

Speaker #2: This presentation will be archived in the Investor Relations section of our website at emcoregroup.com. With me today are Tony Guzzi, our Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer; Jason Nalbandian, Senior Vice President and EMCOR's Chief Financial Officer; and Maxine Mauricio, Executive Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer, and General Counsel.

Speaker #1: All lines have been placed on mute to prevent any background noise. After the speakers' prepared remarks, there will be a question-and-answer session. If you would like to ask a question during this time, simply press star and the number 1 on your telephone keypad.

Speaker #2: For today's call, Tony will provide comments on our second quarter and discuss our RPOs. Jason will then review the second quarter numbers, then turn it back to Tony to discuss our guidance before we open it up for Q&A.

Speaker #1: If you would like to withdraw your question, please press star and the number 2. I will now turn the call over to Lucas Sullivan, Director of Financial Planning and Analysis.

Speaker #1: Mr. Sullivan, you may begin.

Speaker #2: Before we begin, a quick reminder that this presentation and discussion contains certain forward-looking statements and may contain certain non-GAAP financial information. Slide 2 of our presentation describes in detail these forward-looking statements, and the non-GAAP financial information disclosures.

Speaker #2: I encourage everyone to review both disclosures in conjunction with our discussion and accompanying slides. And finally, as a reminder, all financial information discussed during this morning's call is included in our consolidated financial statements, within both our earnings press release issued this morning and in our Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Speaker #2: This presentation will be archived in the Investor Relations section of our website at emcorgroup.com. With me today are Tony Guzzi, our Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer; Jason Nalbandian, Senior Vice President and EMCOR's Chief Financial Officer; and Maxine Mauricio, Executive Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer, and General Counsel.

Speaker #2: And with that, let me turn the call over to Tony. Tony?

Speaker #3: Yes. Thank you, Lucas. And good morning, and thanks for joining us today. I'm going to start my remarks on slide 4. EMCOR delivered another outstanding quarter, highlighted by exceptional organic growth, strong conversion of revenue into operating income and cash flow, continued booking strength, and record remaining performance obligations or RPOs.

Speaker #2: Before we begin, a quick reminder that this presentation and discussion contains certain forward-looking statements and may contain certain non-GAAP financial information. Slide 2 of our presentation describes in detail these forward-looking statements and the non-GAAP financial information disclosures.

Speaker #3: These results reflect the consistent execution, operational discipline, and customer focus that have defined EMCOR's success over many years. Importantly, our strong performance during the first half of 2026, combined with the visibility provided by our record RPOs, supports a substantial increase to our full-year 2026 earnings guidance.

Speaker #2: I encourage everyone to review both disclosures in conjunction with our discussion and accompanying slides. And finally, as a reminder, all financial information discussed during this morning's call is included in our consolidated financial statements within both our earnings press release issued this morning and in our Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Speaker #3: As we will discuss in more detail later in the call, we also continue to execute our balanced capital allocation strategy, returning significant cash-to-shareholders while investing in strategic acquisitions that strengthen our capabilities and deepen our position in attractive end markets to better serve our customers.

Speaker #2: And with that, let me turn the call over to Tony. Tony?

Speaker #3: Yeah. Thank you, Lucas. And good morning, and thanks for joining us today. I'm going to start my remarks on slide 4. EMCOR delivered another outstanding quarter, highlighted by exceptional organic growth, strong conversion of revenue into operating income and cash flow, continued booking strength, and record remaining performance obligations or RPOs.

Speaker #3: So let's go to the second quarter. In the second quarter, revenues were 5.15 billion, an increase of 19.8% over the prior year. Excluding the impact of acquisitions, and the divestiture of EMCOR UK, organic revenue growth was 19.6%.

Speaker #3: These results reflect the consistent execution, operational discipline, and customer focus that had defined EMCOR's success over many years. Importantly, our strong performance during the first half of 2026, combined with the visibility provided by our record RPOs, supports a substantial increase to our full-year 2026 earnings guidance.

Speaker #3: Operating income reached 547 million, resulting in an operating margin of 10.6%. While diluted earnings per share increased by 35% year over year, to $9.06 in the quarter.

Speaker #3: As we will discuss in more detail later in the call, we also continue to execute our balanced capital allocation strategy returning significant cash-to-shareholders while investing in strategic acquisitions that strengthen our capabilities and deepen our position in attractive end markets to better serve our customers.

Speaker #3: These results demonstrate the strength of our business model, the quality of our execution, and the sustained demand that we continue to see across many of our core markets.

Speaker #3: Electrical construction generated revenue growth of 24% year over year, while delivering an impressive operating margin of 13.9%. Mechanical construction achieved revenue growth of 31% year over year, with a strong operating margin of 12.5%.

Speaker #3: So let's go to the second quarter. In the second quarter, revenues were $5.15 billion, an increase of 19.8% over the prior year. Excluding the impact of acquisitions and the divestiture of EMCOR UK, organic revenue growth was 19.6%.

Speaker #3: These results reflect our ability to execute complex projects, across multiple geographies and trades, and expand our scope with existing customers. And consistently delivered value to our customers on mission-critical projects.

Speaker #3: Operating income reached $547 million, resulting in an operating margin of 10.6%. Diluted earnings per share increased by 35% year over year, to $9.06 in the quarter.

Speaker #3: Growth across our construction businesses continues to be supported by strength in several sectors. In the quarter, the largest revenue increases were generated in network and communications, which is where our data center business is, institutional, manufacturing and industrial, and warehousing and distribution within commercial.

Speaker #3: These results demonstrate the strength of our business model, the quality of our execution, and the sustained demand that we continue to see across many of our core markets.

Speaker #3: Our teams are leveraging industry-leading prefabrication capabilities, virtual design and construction technologies, which we refer to as VDC many times, disciplined labor management, and advanced project planning to execute these projects safely, efficiently, and productively for our customers.

Speaker #3: These results reflect our ability to execute complex projects across multiple geographies and trades, and expand our scope with existing customers. We have consistently delivered value to our customers on mission-critical projects.

Speaker #3: Our U.S. Building Services segment also delivered solid performance. Revenues increased 5.6% from the second quarter of 2025, while operating income grew 26.6%. Our mechanical services divisions continues to perform exceptionally well, benefiting from an increased service base as well as customer investments in ATAC retrofits, control systems upgrades, indoor air quality improvements, and energy efficiency initiatives.

Speaker #3: Growth across our construction businesses continues to be supported by strength in several sectors. In the quarter, the largest revenue increases were generated in network and communications, which is where our data center business is; institutional; manufacturing and industrial; and warehousing and distribution within commercial.

Speaker #3: In addition, the restructuring actions we implemented last year and our site-based services business are generating meaningful benefits through a leaner cost structure, and a more profitable portfolio of contracts.

Speaker #3: Our teams are leveraging industry-leading prefabrication capabilities, virtual design and construction technologies, which we refer to as VDC many times, discipline labor management, and advanced project planning to execute these projects safely, efficiently, and productively for our customers.

Speaker #3: Our industrial services segment generated revenue growth of 26% year over year, led by strong performance within field services, while also delivering year over year improvement in profitability.

Speaker #3: Our U.S. Building Services segment also delivered solid performance. Revenues increased 5.6% from the second quarter of 2025, while operating income grew 26.6%. Our mechanical services division continues to perform exceptionally well, benefiting from an increased service base as well as customer investments in ATAC retrofits, control systems upgrades, indoor air quality improvements, and energy efficiency initiatives.

Speaker #3: Now I'll ask you to turn to slide 5. One of the most significant indicators of future growth continues to remain our RPO position. At quarter end, total RPOs reached a record 17.14 billion, an increase of 44% from the prior year, 29% from December, and despite the record organic growth in the quarter, 10% sequential growth from March.

Speaker #3: Notably, 95% of this growth was organic. This record position provides visibility into future revenue and reflects the strength of customer demand across several sectors.

Speaker #3: Demand within the network and communication sector, led by data centers, remains exceptionally strong. We continue to see expanding opportunities as customers invest in AI infrastructure, in digital transformation initiatives, equally important to our RPO growth with broad base with strong bookings in water and wastewater, healthcare, and the institutional sectors.

Speaker #3: Customers continue to place trust in EMCOR, as we successfully execute projects and we consistently meet our commitments many customers are expanding across geographies and scope in the facilities, geographies, trades, and other technical disciplines like our pre-construction.

Speaker #3: Notably, 95% of this growth was organic. This record position provides visibility into future revenue and reflects the strength of customer demand across several sectors.

Speaker #3: This ability to deepen relationships and grow alongside our customers remains a significant competitive advantage for EMCOR, and with that, I'll turn the call over to Jason to go through the numbers.

Speaker #2: Thank you, Tony. And good morning, everyone. Over the next two slides, I will cover the operating performance for each of our segments, as well as some of the key financial data for the second quarter of 2026, as compared to the second quarter of 2025.

Speaker #2: I'm going to start on slide 6. Revenues of 5.15 billion established a quarterly record for EMCOR, increasing 19.8% or 19.6% on an organic basis when excluding acquisitions and adjusting for the sale of EMCOR UK.

Speaker #2: Each of our segments experienced meaningful revenue growth, contributing to our consolidated performance. Revenues of electrical construction were 1.66 billion, increasing 24%. While this segment did experience increased activity across a number of the market sectors we serve, the majority of its growth in the quarter resulted from greater data center projects within the network and communications market sector, where revenues increased by 45%.

Speaker #2: Thank you, Tony, and good morning, everyone. Over the next few slides, I will cover the operating performance for each of our segments, as well as some of the key financial data for the second quarter of 2026, as compared to the second quarter of 2025.

Speaker #2: Mechanical construction revenues of 2.3 billion grew by just over 31%. Similar to electrical, this segment experienced the greatest growth from the network and communications market sector, where revenues more than doubled year over year.

Speaker #2: I'm going to start on slide 6. Revenues of $5.15 billion established a quarterly record for EMCOR, increasing 19.8%, or 19.6% on an organic basis when excluding acquisitions and adjusting for the sale of EMCOR UK.

Speaker #2: Increased cooling requirements for data centers, coupled with our expansion into newer adjacent geographies, continued to drive more opportunities for this segment. In addition to data centers, mechanical construction generated notable revenue growth from several other sectors in which we operate.

Speaker #2: Each of our segments experienced meaningful revenue growth, contributing to our consolidated performance. Revenues of electrical construction were $1.66 billion, increasing 24%. While this segment did experience increased activity across a number of the market sectors we serve, the majority of its growth in the quarter resulted from greater data center projects within the network and communications market sector, where revenues increased by 45%.

Speaker #2: Specifically, institutional revenues increased 77%, commercial increased by 26% due to resumption in demand for warehousing, distribution, and logistics projects, largely within fire protection, and manufacturing and industrial, including food processing, was up 18%.

Speaker #2: Mechanical construction revenues of $2.3 billion grew by just over 31%. Similar to electrical, this segment experienced the greatest growth from the network and communications market sector, where revenues more than doubled year over year.

Speaker #2: On a combined basis, our construction segments generated revenues of 3.96 billion, an increase of 28%, establishing new quarterly revenue records for both segments. Moving to building services, revenues of 837.7 million increased by 5.6%.

Speaker #2: Increased cooling requirements for data centers, coupled with our expansion into newer, adjacent geographies, continued to drive more opportunities for this segment. In addition to data centers, mechanical construction generated notable revenue growth from several other sectors in which we operate.

Speaker #2: Revenues of our mechanical services division increased by 30 million dollars or nearly 5%, driven by broad-based strength across each of their service lines. In addition, the segment's commercial site-based services division returned to growth, experiencing a 14 million dollar or roughly 11% increase in revenues, due to the award of new facilities maintenance contracts, as well as scope per site expansion with existing customers.

Speaker #2: Like our construction segments, the performance of building services represents a quarterly record for revenues. Industrial services revenues were 353.8 million, reflecting an increase of nearly 26%, driven by our field services division, which benefited from greater turnaround activity, higher petrochemical project volume, and progress made on a large solar project.

Speaker #2: Let's move to slide 7 for operating income. We generated operating income of 547.3 million, or 10.6% of revenues, both of which are records for EMCOR for a second quarter.

Speaker #2: Revenues of our mechanical services division increased by $30 million, or nearly 5%, driven by broad-based strength across each of their service lines. In addition, the segment's commercial site-based services division returned to growth, experiencing a $14 million, or roughly 11%, increase in revenues due to the award of new facilities maintenance contracts, as well as scope for site expansion with existing customers.

Speaker #2: Operating income increased nearly 32%, and operating margin expanded by 100 basis points. Looking at each of our segments, operating income of electrical construction increased by 46.8% to a quarterly record of 231.4 million, due to the revenue growth I previously mentioned, coupled with 210 basis points of operating margin expansion.

Speaker #2: Like our construction segments, the performance of building services represents a quarterly record for revenues. Industrial services revenues were $353.8 million, reflecting an increase of nearly 26%, driven by our field services division, which benefited from greater turnaround activity, higher petrochemical project volume, and progress made on a large solar project.

Speaker #2: While the segment did benefit from a 20 basis point reduction in SG&A margin, the vast majority of the increase in operating margin was a result of greater gross profit margin, given exceptional field execution and a more favorable project mix.

Speaker #2: Let's move to the income slide. We generated operating income of $547.3 million, or 10.6% of revenues, both of which are records for EMCOR for a second quarter.

Speaker #2: Mechanical construction had operating income of 286.6 million, which represents a 20.1% increase. As with electrical, operating income for this segment represents a quarterly record.

Speaker #2: Operating income increased nearly 32%, and operating margin expanded by 100 basis points. Looking at each of our segments, operating income of electrical construction increased by 46.8% to a quarterly record of $231.4 million, due to the revenue growth I previously mentioned, coupled with 210 basis points of operating margin expansion.

Speaker #2: Although down 110 basis points, mechanical construction earned a solid 12.5% operating margin, which is in line with the segment's average margin over both the last 12 and 24-month periods.

Speaker #2: Similar to the first quarter, and very much as we anticipated, the reduction in operating margin of this segment resulted from a shift in mix that included a greater percentage of revenues from projects where we were acting as either the construction manager or prime contractor, and which inherently carry lower-than-average gross profit margins due to reduced markups on materials, equipment, and subcontractor costs, as well as an increase in the number of GMP or cost-plus contracts.

Speaker #2: While the segment did benefit from a 20-basis-point reduction in SG&A margin, the vast majority of the increase in operating margin was a result of greater gross profit margin, given exceptional field execution and a more favorable project mix.

Speaker #2: Mechanical construction had operating income of 286.6 million, which represents a 20.1% increase. As with electrical, operating income for this segment represents a quarterly record.

Speaker #2: Together, our construction segments grew operating income by over 30% and earned a combined operating margin of 13.1%, an increase of 30 basis points. Building services generated operating income of 63.4 million, an increase of 26.6%.

Speaker #2: In addition to the impact of greater revenues, the segment achieved 130 basis points of margin expansion, with operating margin reaching an impressive 7.6%. Given a more favorable project mix, coupled with improved execution, gross profit margin increased by 70 basis points, and due to the restructuring actions we completed within our site-based businesses, SG&A margin decreased by 60 basis points.

Speaker #2: Operating income for industrial services was 9.6 million, a significant improvement versus the year-ago period, driven by the increased revenues I previously mentioned. If we turn to page 8, I'll quickly cover a few highlights not included on the previous slides.

Speaker #2: Together, our construction segments grew operating income by over 30% and earned a combined operating margin of 13.1%, an increase of 30 basis points. Building Services generated operating income of $63.4 million, an increase of 26.6%.

Speaker #2: Gross profit of 1.02 billion increased by 22.6%, and our gross profit margin of 19.8% increased by 40 basis points. While all of our operating segments contributed to the greater gross profit dollars, the improvement in gross profit margin resulted from the performance of electrical construction and building services as I just highlighted.

Speaker #2: In addition to the impact of greater revenues, the segment achieved 130 basis points of margin expansion, with operating margin reaching an impressive 7.6%. Given a more favorable project mix, coupled with improvements that increased margin by 70 basis points, and due to the restructuring actions we completed within our site-based businesses, SG&A margin decreased by 60 basis points.

Speaker #2: SG&A was 475 million, or 9.2% of revenues, compared to 418.6 million, or 9.7% of revenues a year ago. While revenues grew nearly 20%, we attained meaningful operating leverage during the quarter with SG&A increasing by only 13.5%, resulting in a 50 basis point reduction in quarterly SG&A margin.

Speaker #2: Operating income for industrial services was 9.6 million, a significant improvement versus the year-ago period, driven by the increased revenues I previously mentioned. If we turn to page 8, I quickly cover a few highlights not included on the previous slides.

Speaker #2: And lastly on this page, diluted earnings per share was $9.06, which represents an increase of nearly 35% when compared to the $6.72 earned in last year's second quarter.

Speaker #2: If we briefly look at slide 9, you can see the strength of our performance for the first half of the year. Revenues have grown by 19.7%, or 18.3% organically.

Speaker #2: Our gross profit margin has improved by 30 basis points. And we successfully leveraged our overhead cost structure, reducing SG&A margin by 50 basis points.

Speaker #2: SG&A was $475 million, or 9.2% of revenues, compared to $418.6 million, or 9.7% of revenues a year ago. While revenues grew nearly 20%, we attained meaningful operating leverage during the quarter, with SG&A increasing by only 13.5%, resulting in a 50 basis point reduction in quarterly SG&A margin.

Speaker #2: This resulted in operating income, which has grown by nearly 30%, along with a record operating margin of 9.7%. Let's turn to slide 10. Our balance sheet, including 924 million of cash on hand and 1.45 billion of working capital, continues to provide us with a competitive advantage and enables us to fund organic growth, pursue strategic M&A, and return capital to shareholders.

Speaker #2: And lastly on this page, diluted earnings per share was $9.06, which represents an increase of nearly 35% when compared to the $6.72 earned in last year's second quarter.

Speaker #2: All of which you'll see on the next two pages. Although not shown on this slide, we did generate 289.4 million dollars of operating cash flow in the quarter, and on a year-to-date basis, our operating cash flow is now relatively comparable to that of the year-ago period, despite our growth and the associated increase in working capital.

Speaker #2: If we briefly look at slide 9, you can see the strength of our performance for the first half of the year. Revenues have grown by 19.7%, or 18.3% organically, our gross profit margin has improved by 30 basis points, and we successfully leveraged our overhead cost structure, reducing SG&A margin by 50 basis points.

Speaker #2: With that, I'll turn the call back over to Tony.

Speaker #3: Thanks. And I'm going to go to page 11. And this is a great page, by the way. And so before I get into the guidance, Jason and I are going to talk about the acquisitions and capital allocation.

Speaker #3: I want to briefly highlight on this page some of our business development activity. We continue to execute our acquisition strategy, with a focus on transactions that expand our capabilities and strengthen our core competencies.

Speaker #3: These acquisitions deepen our trade and technical expertise and broaden our geographic reach to better support our customers and our fastest-growing sectors. These acquisitions actually showcase our playbook.

Speaker #2: All of which you'll see on the next two pages. Although not shown on this slide, we did generate $289.4 million of operating cash flow in the quarter, and on a year-to-date basis, our operating cash flow is now relatively comparable to that of the year-ago period, despite our growth and the associated increase in working capital.

Speaker #3: And mindset with acquisitions. We look to create a cumulative and compounding impact with our acquisitions that provide durable performance. Further, we know that we have both cost and revenue synergies in an acquisition.

Speaker #3: In this these cases, in most of the cases over the last five, eight years, our revenue synergies that we create far outweigh the cost synergies over time.

Speaker #2: With that, I'll turn the call back over to Tony.

Speaker #3: If you like each of these acquisitions in turn, B&B Electric provides us really good capability in Wisconsin. They are good industrial contractor that can do highly complex work.

Speaker #3: Sydney Electric and Sydney, Ohio, complements the capability we have in Ohio. They came through our Quibi acquisition over five years ago. We learned with things like Sydney who are great industrial contractors and can do healthcare work, that we can pivot them if the data center opportunities become available, and then we can grow them pretty significantly.

Speaker #3: And with regard to mindset with acquisitions, we look to create a cumulative and compounding impact with our acquisitions that provides durable performance. Further, we know that we have both cost and revenue synergies in an acquisition.

Speaker #3: Jows, was actually acquired with our Miller team, and provides access to the Daytona beach market and goes will allow us to go down through the growing space market in Florida.

Speaker #3: Schmidt Electric, market leader in Central Texas and Austin, it opens up that market to us. They have the ability to do data center market, but that's where we're going to be able to bring some real capability they can do the most complex work known.

Speaker #3: In this these cases, in most of the cases over the last five, eight years, our revenue synergies that we create far outweigh the cost synergies over time.

Speaker #3: If you like each of these acquisitions in turn, B&B Electric provides us really good capability in Wisconsin, they are good industrial contractor that can do highly complex work.

Speaker #3: And we've learned that they can pivot into data center work through our customer relationships. So keep the base grow that, and put the data centers on top of it.

Speaker #3: Sydney Electric and Sydney, Ohio complements the capability we have in Ohio. They came through our Quibi acquisition over five years ago. We learned with things like Sydney who are great industrial contractors and can do healthcare work, that we can pivot them if the data center opportunities become available, and then we can grow them pretty significantly.

Speaker #3: Likewise, Conley Electric, we have great businesses in Chicagoland area. This is purely complementary in the locals they operate. There too, great contracting ability. They bring a design build capability we don't necessarily have, on some warehousing and logistics work.

Speaker #3: And we think we can pivot them. We know we can pivot them also to the expanding data center market in the southern and western Chicago suburbs.

Speaker #3: Jows was actually acquired with our Miller team and provides access to the Daytona Beach market, and Jows will allow us to go down through the growing space market in Florida.

Speaker #3: We feel really good. I'm going to let Jason go through and what's important about all this, you look at this page, and there are just names on a page, right?

Speaker #3: Schmidt Electric market leader in Central Texas and Austin, it opens up that market to us. They have the ability to do data center market, but that's where we're going to be able to bring some real capability they can do the most complex work known, and we've learned that they can pivot into data center work through our customer relationships.

Speaker #3: Each one of them have a story. Of a great operator or a great operating family that have owned the businesses for a long time.

Speaker #3: And now they've trusted us to take that with them. They're still going to be here. With them, take these businesses to the next level.

Speaker #3: With how we know to grow our customer relationships. And we're going to learn from them too. We talked about the design build capability. Some of the prefabrication techniques that they have on specific products.

Speaker #3: So, keep the base, grow that, and put the data centers on top of it. Likewise, Conley Electric—we have great businesses in the Chicagoland area.

Speaker #3: This is purely complementary in the locals they operate. There too, great contracting ability. They bring a design build capability we don't necessarily have, on some warehousing and logistics work.

Speaker #3: So this is a two-way street, but I know we feel the pressure to continue to build and make these companies successful, as now up to 70 years in some cases, family legacy, and ownership legacy have now entrusted us to take it to the next level.

Speaker #3: And we think we can pivot them. We know we can pivot them also to the expanding data center market in the western Chicago suburbs. We feel really good.

Speaker #3: And we don't take that lightly. That'll turn it over to Jason.

Speaker #2: Yeah. As Tony noted, these businesses will all be included in our electrical construction segment. And we do anticipate funding the acquisitions through a combination of cash on hand and to the extent necessary the borrowing capacity provided by our credit facility.

Speaker #3: I'm going to let Jason go through and what's important about all this, you look at this page, and there are just names on a page, right?

Speaker #3: Each one of them have a story. Of a great operator or a great operating family that have owned the businesses for a long time.

Speaker #2: The slide shows here that these five businesses collectively generated $625 million of revenues and $105 million of EBITDA during the trailing 12 months ended June 30th.

Speaker #3: And now they've trusted us to take that with them. They're still going to be here. With them, take these businesses to the next level.

Speaker #2: And when considering the closing dates for Schmidt and Conley, which collectively represent approximately $75% of the aggregate revenues and EBITDA presented, our guidance, which Tony will discuss shortly, assumes between $250 and $275 million of revenue contribution from these five acquisitions in the back half of the year.

Speaker #3: With how we know to grow our customer too. We talked about the design build capability. Some of the prefabrication techniques that they have on specific products.

Speaker #3: So this is a two-way street, but I know we feel the pressure to continue to build and make these companies successful as now up to 70 years in some cases, family legacy, and ownership legacy have now entrusted us to take it to the next level.

Speaker #2: Given the anticipated intangible asset amortization, as well as the reduction in net interest income, the impact to diluted earnings per share will be limited for the remainder of the year.

Speaker #3: And we don't take that lightly. With that, I'll turn it over to Jason.

Speaker #2: Yeah. As Tony noted, these businesses will all be included in our electrical construction segment. And we do anticipate funding the acquisitions through a combination of cash on hand and, to the extent necessary, the borrowing capacity provided by our credit facility.

Speaker #2: But as backlog amortization rolls off over the succeeding 12 to 18 months, these acquisitions will provide further accretion as supported by their margin profile.

Speaker #2: If you look on slide 12, we provided a summary of our capital allocation both year to date, as well as over the past 10 years.

Speaker #2: The slide shows here that these five businesses collectively generated $625 million of revenues and $105 million of EBITDA during the trailing twelve months ended June 30th.

Speaker #2: As that slide shows, we remain committed to our philosophy of balanced capital allocation. When you factor in these pending acquisitions, we expect the mix for full year 2026 to be comparable to that of full year 2025, as the percentage deployed towards M&A increases.

Speaker #2: And when considering the closing dates for Schmidt and Conley, which collectively represent approximately 75% of the aggregate revenues and EBITDA presented, our guidance, which Tony will discuss shortly, assumes between $250 and $275 million of revenue contribution from these five acquisitions in the back half of the year.

Speaker #2: I'll turn the call back over to Tony for updated guidance.

Speaker #3: Thanks, Jason. And I'm going to be on page 13 to close this out. Given our strong first half performance and the visibility provided by our record RPO position, we're going to raise full year 2026 guidance, which is outlined on page 12.

Speaker #3: Our updated guidance reflects continued demand across several key markets, our success in winning and executing large-scale projects, and our confidence in the operational capabilities of our teams.

Speaker #2: But as backlog amortization rolls off over the succeeding 12 to 18 months, these acquisitions will provide further accretion as supported by their margin profile.

Speaker #2: If you look on slide 12, we provided a summary of our capital allocation both year to date as well as over the past 10 years.

Speaker #3: As a reminder, while acquisition strengthened our long-term earnings power, as Jason just said, the earnings contribution near term on a diluted EPS basis remains moderated by acquisition-related backlog amortization.

Speaker #3: We now expect to earn revenue of between $20 and $20.5 billion and diluted earnings per share of between $32 and $33.25. Our outlook assumes strong continued operating performance and margins, disciplined project execution, and sustained demand across our core market sectors.

Speaker #2: I'll turn the call back over to Tony for updated guidance.

Speaker #3: Thanks, Jason. And I'm going to be on page 13 to close this out. Given our strong first-half performance and the visibility provided by our record RPO position, we're going to raise full-year 2026 guidance, which is outlined on page 12.

Speaker #3: We remain focused on maintaining pricing discipline, carefully selecting opportunities, and delivering those opportunities to provide exceptional value to our customers. I've said these things before, and I always think they merit reiterating.

Speaker #3: We have four enduring fundamentals that we build our company on. First, our commitment to training, innovation, and safety. We continue to invest in workforce development, prefabrication, virtual design, and construction of VDC, project delivery methods that improve productivity and strengthen execution.

Speaker #3: As a reminder, while the acquisition strengthened our long-term earnings power, as Jason just said, the earnings contribution in the near term on a diluted EPS basis remains moderated by acquisition-related backlog amortization.

Speaker #3: Second, our discipline approach to contract management. Our team's consistently balanced customer service, with prudent risk management, particularly on large and complex projects. Third, we do have exceptional field leadership.

Speaker #3: The dedication and expertise of our foremen, superintendents, project managers, project engineers, and operating leaders at the subsidiary level and segment level remain an important differentiator for MCOR and a major reason why customers continue to choose us.

Speaker #3: And finally, disciplined capital allocation. We continue to fit in organic growth, execute strategic acquisitions, and return capital to shareholders, creating long-term value while maintaining financial flexibility.

Speaker #3: We have four enduring fundamentals that we build our company on. First, our commitment to training, innovation, and safety. We continue to invest in workforce development, prefabrication, virtual design and construction or VDC, project delivery methods that improve productivity and strengthen execution.

Speaker #3: Together, these strengths create a durable competitive advantage and position us for continued success. I put this line in here. This paragraph in here all the time.

Speaker #3: Second, our discipline approach to contract management, our team's consistently balanced customer service, with prudent risk management, particularly on large and complex projects. Third, we do have exceptional field leadership.

Speaker #3: I don't know when there hasn't been macroeconomic uncertainties that continue to exist, including geopolitical conflicts, commodity cost fluctuations, equipment lead time volatility, however, our teams have always repeatedly demonstrated their ability to manage through such complexity and deliver results.

Speaker #3: The dedication and expertise of our foremen, superintendents, project managers, project engineers, and operating leaders at the subsidiary level and segment level remain an important differentiator for EMCOR and a major reason why customers continue to choose us.

Speaker #3: We entered the second half of 2026 with strong momentum and confidence in our ability to continue creating value for our customers and our shareholders.

Speaker #3: And finally, and probably most importantly, I want to thank all my teammates for their commitment to safety, discipline execution, and customer service. Your dedication is what continues to drive MCOR's performance and our long-term success.

Speaker #3: And finally, disciplined capital allocation. We continue to fund organic growth, execute strategic acquisitions, and return capital to shareholders, creating long-term value while maintaining financial flexibility.

Speaker #3: Thank you for joining us today. And with that, I will turn the questions over to Dave to open the line, so that you can ask Jason and I questions innumerable questions about data centers.

Speaker #3: Together, these strengths create a durable competitive advantage and position us for continued success. I put this line in here. This paragraph in here all the time.

Speaker #3: With that, I'll turn it over to Dave.

Speaker #1: We will now begin the question and answer session. To ask a question, you may press star, then 1 on your telephone keypad. If you're using a speakerphone, please pick up your handset before pressing the keys.

Speaker #3: I don't know when there hasn't been macroeconomic uncertainty that continues to exist, including geopolitical conflicts, commodity cost fluctuations, and equipment lead time volatility. However, our teams have always repeatedly demonstrated their ability to manage through such complexity and deliver results.

Speaker #1: If at any time your question has been addressed and you would like to withdraw your question, please press star and then 2. Our first question comes from Adam Thalheimer with Thomson Davis.

Speaker #3: We entered the second half of 2026 with strong momentum and confidence in our ability to continue creating value for our customers and our shareholders.

Speaker #1: Please go ahead.

Speaker #4: Hey, good morning, guys. Great quarter.

Speaker #3: Thanks, Adam.

Speaker #3: And finally, and probably most importantly, I want to thank all my teammates for their commitment to safety discipline execution and customer service. Your dedication is what continues to drive MCOR's performance and our long-term success.

Speaker #4: I'm going to try not to ask about data centers.

Speaker #3: Okay, great.

Speaker #4: Good. I actually wanted to ask more in the semiconductor space, which maybe that's the high-tech manufacturing. But can you talk about the any bookings in the quarter or upcoming bids in that sector?

Speaker #3: Thank you for joining us today. And with that, I will turn the questions over to Dave to open the line, so that you can ask Jason and me innumerable questions about data centers.

Speaker #3: We continue to see opportunities there. Fire life safety has been particularly strong in the data center space. Mechanically, we're doing some important work in Arizona.

Speaker #3: With that, I'll turn it over to Dave.

Speaker #1: We will now begin the question and answer session. To ask a question, you may press star, then one on your telephone keypad. If you're using a speakerphone, please pick up your handset before pressing the keys.

Speaker #3: On top of the fire life safety work, we're doing that in multiple locations. And we continue to see opportunities. We're very capable in that market.

Speaker #1: If at any time your question has been addressed and you would like to withdraw your question, please press star, then two. Our first question comes from Adam Fauheimer with Thomson Davis.

Speaker #3: It's always balancing those opportunities versus other opportunities. For us, high-tech manufacturing also includes pharma and biotech. And EV battery. Jason?

Speaker #1: Please go ahead.

Speaker #4: Hey, good morning, guys. Great quarter.

Speaker #2: Yeah, I think if you look at where we stand today versus both year-end and sequentially, so from March, we've had strong bookings. Our POs are up in that space to about 7%, both sequentially and from year-end.

Speaker #3: Thanks, Adam.

Speaker #4: I'm going to try not to ask about data centers.

Speaker #3: Okay, great.

Speaker #4: Good. I actually wanted to ask more in the semiconductor space—which maybe that’s the high-tech manufacturing. But can you talk about any bookings in the quarter or upcoming bids in that sector?

Speaker #2: I think the compares get a little bit easier for us as the year goes on. So as we continue to book some of this work and the first phase to completion of the first phase of semiconductors is behind us in prior years, I think you'll see some growth here, either later this year or early next year.

Speaker #3: We continue to see opportunities there. Fire and life safety has been particularly strong in the data center space. Mechanically, we're doing some important work in Arizona.

Speaker #3: We are fire life safety, I think, on just about every important site that's being built right now. And mechanically, we're on a couple of them and electrically, on some of the low-voltage work, we continue to do the work also.

Speaker #3: On top of the fire life safety work, we're doing that in multiple locations. And we continue to see opportunities. We're very capable in that market.

Speaker #3: Like anything else in contracting, you're balancing that opportunity versus other opportunities in that geographic market. And in some places, the data center market might be stronger and provide us more near-terms earnings power.

Speaker #3: It's always balancing those opportunities versus other opportunities. For us, high-tech manufacturing also includes pharma and biotech, and EV battery. Jason?

Speaker #3: We can always go back and do some of that semiconductor work in some of these markets.

Speaker #2: Yeah, I think if you look at where we stand today versus both year-end and sequentially—so from March—we've had strong bookings. Our POs are up in that space to about 7%, both sequentially and from year-end.

Speaker #4: Got it. Okay, super helpful. And then with all the acquisitions a lot of other contractors entering your end markets via acquisition, I thought maybe it would be helpful for you to just break down how your capacity, the machine that you guys have built over decades, compares to some of the competitors out there.

Speaker #2: I think the compare has gotten a little bit easier for us as the year goes on. So as we continue to book some of this work and the completion of the first phase of semiconductors is behind us in prior years, I think you'll see some growth here, either later this year or early next year.

Speaker #3: We are fire life safety, I think, on just about every important site that's being built right now. And mechanically, we're on a couple of them, and electrically, on some of the low-voltage work, we continue to do the work also.

Speaker #3: Yeah, I think for the most part, page 11, the page 13, 11? 11?

Speaker #4: 11.

Speaker #3: 11 is a great example of our machine in action. And that machine will continue. First thing we look for is, can they execute in the field?

Speaker #3: So we're not doing anything different today than we were doing five years ago or eight years ago. Doing a little more, a little larger but can they execute in the field?

Speaker #3: We can always go back and do some of that semiconductor work in some of these markets.

Speaker #4: Got it. Okay, super helpful. And then, with all the acquisitions and a lot of other contractors entering your end markets via acquisition, I thought maybe it would be helpful for you to just break down how your capacity—the machine that you guys have built over decades—compares to some of the competitors out there.

Speaker #3: If they can't execute in the field, whether they're a $5 million acquisition or a $400 million acquisition, we're not touching it. Then the second part is, do they share our values?

Speaker #3: The smaller ones, that's hard to $10 million acquisition, maybe that's less important because we're going to mold that into one of our existing operations.

Speaker #3: But if we're going to do a significant acquisition, like some of the ones on page 11, they got to look at the world the way we do.

Speaker #3: Yeah, I think for the most part, page 11—the page 13... 11? Eleven?

Speaker #3: We're a values-driven company. We have a disciplined operating model. And they have to be willing to share learning and put learning and be willing to accept learning and best practices.

Speaker #2: 11.

Speaker #3: Eleven is a great example of our machine in action, and that machine will continue. First thing we look for is, can they execute in the field?

Speaker #3: And so that hasn't changed. When you look at others in the space, I don't know how they do acquisitions or whatever, but to buy into this space cold and not know how it operates and think you're going to generate synergy, here's some things I do know over a long period of time.

Speaker #3: So, we're not doing anything different today than we were doing five years ago or eight years ago. We're doing a little more, a little larger, but can they execute in the field?

Speaker #3: If they can't execute in the field, whether they're a $5 million acquisition or a $400 million acquisition, we're not touching it. Then the second part is, do they share our values?

Speaker #3: Other than the relationships, that does help. Bundling mechanical and electrical together at a local site, we aren't plenty of sites where we're together. We don't very rarely combine a bid.

Speaker #3: The smaller ones, that's hard—a $10 billion acquisition—maybe that's less important because we're going to mold that into one of our existing operations.

Speaker #3: That's not a thing. Putting all the trays together typically. The other thing I know I'm pretty sure about is, no one's asking the contractor that's doing the utility work, and they'll do the data center work because you're doing the utility work.

Speaker #3: But if we're going to do a significant acquisition, like some of the ones on page 11, they got to look at the world the way we do.

Speaker #3: And I'm pretty sure the site contractors are not the electrical contractor of choice because they did the site work. These trades are very distinct with strong expertise.

Speaker #3: And I would say that going to remain that way for a long time. So we're looking for people that are very good at what they do.

Speaker #3: And so that hasn't changed. When you look at others in the space, I don't know how they do acquisition or whatever, but to buy into this space cold and not know how it operates and think you're going to generate synergy, here's some things I do know over a long period of time.

Speaker #3: And in some of them, we think we have substantial growth because what we've learned over time, especially the sort of midsize 50 to 100 million dollar contractor, if they can do complex work, if they've been working in industrial plants, if they've been working in healthcare facilities, and let's say there's a data center adjacency with a relationship we have, we're pretty sure we can put them in the data center market in addition to that.

Speaker #3: Other than the relationships, that does help. Bundling mechanical and electrical together at a local site—we have plenty of sites where we're together. We very rarely combine a bid.

Speaker #3: And our folks have been great about sharing knowledge. And that knowledge starts all the way back or how you're going to estimate it, how you're going to bid it, what are the contractual negotiations look like, all the way through to how do you set up the VDC models, how does that work, all the way through to means and methods in the field.

Speaker #3: And I'm pretty sure the site contractors are not the electrical contractor of choice because they did the site work. These trades are very distinct with strong expertise.

Speaker #3: What we've learned through time we learn a lot from our acquisitions on means and methods, and we learn a lot from them on basic project planning, labor, and they learn a lot from us.

Speaker #3: And I would say that's going to remain that way for a long time. So we're looking for people who are very good at what they do.

Speaker #3: Overdrawn, but just thought I'd give you some highlights.

Speaker #3: And in some of them, we think we have substantial growth, because what we've learned over time—especially with the sort of midsize, $50 to $100 million contractor—is that if they can do complex work, if they've been working in industrial plants, if they've been working in healthcare facilities, and let's say there's a data center adjacency with a relationship we have, we're pretty sure we can put them in the data center market in addition to that.

Speaker #2: I also think quickly, if you look at that package of acquisitions we put together, the thing that sets this apart is they're fairly diverse, both in terms of geography when you look at them together and markets they can serve.

Speaker #2: So I think that diversity gives them the opportunity to grow similar to the way MCORE has grown over the last several years.

Speaker #3: That's a good point. Yeah.

Speaker #4: Great color. Thanks, guys.

Speaker #1: In the next question comes from Brent Thielman with Oppenheimer. Please go ahead.

Speaker #3: And our folks have been great about sharing knowledge. And that knowledge starts all the way back at how you’re going to estimate it, how you’re going to bid it, what the contractual negotiations look like.

Speaker #5: Hey, thanks. Good morning.

Speaker #3: Morning, Brooke.

Speaker #5: Hey, I guess first question, the mechanical margin comparisons, you obviously reflect some mixed effects, which always seems to be the case, Tony. But Jason, I think you mentioned performance as a prime, maybe higher proportion of cost plus contracts as some of the factors in the quarter.

Speaker #3: All the way through to how do you set up the VDC models? How does that work? All the way through to means and methods in the field.

Speaker #3: What we've learned through time we learn a lot from our acquisitions on means and methods, and we learn a lot from them on basic project planning, labor, and they learn a lot from us.

Speaker #5: Is there any sort of change in philosophy here with that business or just something more nuanced?

Speaker #3: Overdrawn, but just thought I'd give you some highlights.

Speaker #3: No. We talked about this in Q1 as well. Brent, and it's very much some of the water and wastewater work that we're doing, some of the food processing work that we're doing.

Speaker #2: So I think that diversity gives them the opportunity to grow, similar to the way EMCOR has grown over the last several years.

Speaker #3: So we had more bookings in that space. We had more revenue coming through from some of those contracts. And so it's just a little bit diluted to margin.

Speaker #3: That's a good point. Yeah.

Speaker #4: Great color. Thanks, guys.

Speaker #3: It really is more of mix and project-based than anything else. Yeah. I mean, 12 and a half percent outstanding performance and we're executing really great across a number of end markets and a number of projects.

Speaker #1: And the next question comes from Brent Thielman with Oppenheimer. Please go ahead.

Speaker #5: Hey, thanks. Good morning.

Speaker #3: Morning, bro.

Speaker #3: Yeah. And I think that those dynamics remain throughout the rest of the year, but I don't think it's an indication of the philosophical change in terms of what we're bidding.

Speaker #3: It's just the way we always have.

Speaker #5: Okay. And then you mentioned with a few of these transactions, maybe some plans to pivot some or more of their business toward kind of the data center opportunities that might be within their kind of respective territories.

Speaker #5: Is there any sort of change in philosophy here with that business or just something more nuanced?

Speaker #3: No. We talked about this in Q1 as well. Brenton, it's very much some of the water and wastewater work that we're doing, some of the food processing work that we're doing.

Speaker #5: Obviously, you bring the customer relationships to the table, but could you just talk about the capabilities of these operations to do that work? Is it going to require more resources from you to do that effectively?

Speaker #3: So we had more bookings in that space. We had more revenue coming through from some of those contracts, and so it's just a little bit dilutive to margin.

Speaker #5: I guess kind of what gets you comfortable with those businesses potentially pivoting toward that kind of business?

Speaker #3: It really is more of a mix and project-based than anything else. Yeah. I mean, I swallow that percent—outstanding performance—and we're executing really great across a number of end markets and a number of projects.

Speaker #3: Because we've done it internally, multiple times. We've taken existing MCORE companies that have the same profile of these companies. And we've done it with acquisitions already.

Speaker #3: Yeah. And I think that those dynamics remain throughout the rest of the year, but I don't think it's an indication of the philosophical change in terms of what we're bidding.

Speaker #3: In Ohio, this is the best example. But existing MCORE companies that have the exact capabilities, the exact kind of mentality that these folks have.

Speaker #3: It's just the way we always have.

Speaker #5: Okay. And then you mentioned, with a few of these transactions, maybe some plans to pivot some or more of their business toward kind of the data center opportunities that might be within their respective territories.

Speaker #3: And we've been able to pivot them pretty successfully into both high-tech manufacturing and the data centers. But these are good businesses in their own right, serving the markets that they serve, like Jason said.

Speaker #3: That's what makes this exciting. Where there's an opportunity to add growth because of the things you identified, and we're pretty sure we can do that.

Speaker #3: Now, what we do is, do we implant a couple of our folks at the field level to help them initially? Sure. Do we help them on the front end to make sure the numbers are right?

Speaker #3: Sure. Do we help them with contract negotiations? All those things are true. But ultimately, they got to have great field execution, great field supervision to be able to pivot and grow their business with us in those markets.

Speaker #5: I guess kind of what gets you comfortable with those businesses potentially pivoting toward that kind of business?

Speaker #3: Because we've done it internally, multiple times. We've taken existing EMCOR companies that have the same profile of these companies. And we've done it with acquisitions already.

Speaker #5: Appreciate it. I'll pass it on. Thank you.

Speaker #1: In the next question comes from Justin Hauke with Baird. Please go ahead.

Speaker #3: In Ohio, this is the best example. But existing EMCOR companies that have the exact capabilities, the exact kind of mentality that these folks have.

Speaker #6: Yeah. I've got two here. I guess first one, just to clarifying, I'm assuming it's probably the case, but the acquisitions, are these all still union contractors like your typical electrical construction markets, or is it a mix?

Speaker #3: Yes, they're all union. IVW contractors.

Speaker #6: Okay. I figured they were. And then I guess the other question I had was just, I wanted to understand the dynamics on raising the margin guidance.

Speaker #3: That's what makes this exciting. Where there's an opportunity to add growth because of the things you identified, and we're pretty sure we can do that.

Speaker #3: Now, what we do is do we implant a couple of our folks at the field level to help them initially? Sure. Do we help them on the front end to make sure the numbers are right?

Speaker #6: Obviously, electric was really strong here. And I know you guys don't manage the margin. You manage to gross profits and risk and everything else.

Speaker #3: Sure. Do we help them with contract negotiations? All those things are true. But ultimately, they’ve got to have great field execution, great field supervision, to be able to pivot and grow their business with us in those markets.

Speaker #6: But with the mechanical drag and then the incremental amortization from these deals, I guess I'm just surprised that the guidance was raised, given kind of you've been relatively conservative on that.

Speaker #5: Appreciate it. I'll pass it on. Thank you.

Speaker #1: And the next question comes from Justin Hawk with Baird. Please go ahead.

Speaker #6: So just can you walk through what's different that drove that?

Speaker #3: I think one of the biggest factors is you can see the acceleration we've had in revenue. And that revenue acceleration is really absorbing a lot of overhead, both some of our indirects within cost of sales and then just SG&A.

Speaker #6: Yeah. I've got two here. I guess the first first one, just to clarifying, I'm assuming it's probably the case, but the acquisitions, are these all still union contractors like your typical electrical construction markets, or is it a mix?

Speaker #3: And so with that revenue growth, we're getting better absorption. We're getting better SG&A leverage. And so with the new revenue guidance, and we said all along, this is really going to be a revenue story for us if there was upside.

Speaker #3: Yes, they're all union. IVW contractors.

Speaker #6: Okay, I figured they were. And then, I guess the other question I had was, I just wanted to understand the dynamics around raising the margin guidance.

Speaker #3: With that new revenue guidance, we feel better about the operating margins because we're going to continue to see that absorption. And then to your point, we had really, really good execution from electrical, and then we saw greater contribution from building an industrial.

Speaker #6: Obviously, electric was really strong here. And I know you guys don't manage the margin. You manage to gross profits and risk and everything else.

Speaker #3: And so when you kind of look at the first half of this year, we've seen no reason why the back half shouldn't look like the first half.

Speaker #6: But with the mechanical drag and then the incremental amortization from these deals, I guess I'm just surprised that the guidance was raised, given you've been relatively conservative on that.

Speaker #6: Got it. Great. Thank you.

Speaker #1: In the next question comes from Avi Jaroslawicz with UBS. Please go ahead.

Speaker #6: So, can you just walk through what's different that drove that?

Speaker #7: Hey, good morning, guys.

Speaker #3: Good morning, Avi.

Speaker #7: So yeah, the really strong electrical margins here in Q2. Just wondering if there was anything kind of more unique that drove that strength, or was it really more just everything going right?

Speaker #3: And so, with that revenue growth, we're getting better absorption and better SG&A leverage. And so, with the new revenue guidance—and we've said all along—this is really going to be a revenue story for us if there was upside.

Speaker #3: Well, I don't know if everything went right, but what it is, it's just an ebb and flow of the business. There's a good point in the business.

Speaker #3: We always talk about margins and bands. And we're at a pretty good place. We're at the midpoint of what that band would be right now.

Speaker #3: And we always say margins will fluctuate quarter to quarter, but in our guidances, pretty strong performance for electrical through the remainder of the year.

Speaker #3: And so when you kind of look at the first half of this year, we've seen no reason why the back half shouldn't look like the first half.

Speaker #7: Okay. Yeah, I was wondering if I know last quarter we spoke about how there was contract mix. That was kind of restraining some of the margin percentages.

Speaker #6: Got it. Great. Thank you.

Speaker #1: And the next question comes from Avi Jaroslawicz with UBS. Please go ahead.

Speaker #7: And so I was wondering.

Speaker #3: More mechanical. That's more mechanical.

Speaker #7: Hey, good morning, guys.

Speaker #7: Gotcha. Okay. And then just thinking about the second half of the year, I know margins move in bands, and this was a nice quarter.

Speaker #3: Good morning, Avi.

Speaker #7: So, yeah, the really strong electrical margins here in Q2—just wondering if there was anything kind of more unique that drove that strength, or was it really more just everything going right?

Speaker #7: But is there any potential that we could see them stay in kind of the 10% plus range, or is that not realistic?

Speaker #3: Well, I don't know if everything went right, but what it is, it's just the ebb and flow of the business. There's a good point in the business.

Speaker #3: If you look at our guidance, right, the way we're looking at it is this was a phenomenal quarter. And so I think you really need to take the first half of the year together.

Speaker #3: We always talk about margins and bands, and we're at a pretty good place. We're at the midpoint of what that band would be right now.

Speaker #3: And if you look at our guidance, effectively, if you take the low end, what we believe can happen, so take low revenue, low EPS, the implication there on margins is that it's really comparable to the back half of last year.

Speaker #3: And we always say margins will fluctuate quarter to quarter, but in our guidances, pretty strong performance for electricals for the remainder of the year.

Speaker #3: If you take the midpoint, so midpoint revenues, midpoint EPS, the implication there is that the back half of this year looks like the first half of this year.

Speaker #7: Okay. Yeah, I was wondering if I know last quarter we spoke about how there was contract mix. That was kind of restraining some of the margin percentages.

Speaker #3: And then the higher end of that guidance implies that we continue to see some better execution. We continue to get more SG&A leverage. But I wouldn't suspect that it's certainly not baked into our guidance is that this 10.6% margin repeats.

Speaker #7: And so I was wondering.

Speaker #3: More mechanical. That's more mechanical.

Speaker #7: Gotcha. Okay. And then, just thinking about the second half of the year, I know margins move in bands, and this was a nice quarter.

Speaker #3: It's more like the first half of the year collectively.

Speaker #7: There's some seasonal things that work against that too. The second quarter is always a strong building services quarter. There was a stronger industrial services than we typically have.

Speaker #7: But is there any potential that we could see them stay in kind of the 10% plus range, or is that not realistic?

Speaker #3: If you look at our guidance, right, the way we're looking at it is this was a phenomenal quarter. And so I think you really need to take the first half of the year together.

Speaker #7: And look, I'm just going to I think when you look at industrial services, we talked about the geopolitical risks. It has nothing to do with the business, but the refiners can't shut down for the most part in any substantial way in the back half of the year.

Speaker #7: So we had a pretty good turnaround season in February, March. I think that turnaround season will not be as strong as it normally can be.

Speaker #3: If you take the midpoint—so, midpoint revenues and midpoint EPS—the implication there is that the back half of this year looks like the first half of this year.

Speaker #7: Because of what's happening in the Middle East, because they have to keep open and keep producing oil and gas. Now, that's a small impact on margins, but it's likely to impact margins in the fourth quarter.

Speaker #3: And then the higher end of that guidance implies that we continue to see some better execution, and we continue to get more SG&A leverage.

Speaker #3: But I wouldn't suspect that it's certainly not baked into our guidance is that this 10.6% margin repeats. It's more like the first half of the year collectively.

Speaker #7: Okay. Understood. Appreciate the time. Thank you. I'll pass it on.

Speaker #1: In the next question goes to Brian Brophy with Stifel. Please go ahead.

Speaker #3: Yeah. Thanks. Good morning, everybody. Congrats on the great quarter. I'll ask a data center question. Obviously, public market investors seem concerned about something as it relates to data centers.

Speaker #7: And look, I'm just going to— I think, when you look at industrial services, we talked about the geopolitical risks. It has nothing to do with the business, but the refiners can't shut down, for the most part, in any substantial way in the back half of the year.

Speaker #3: But just curious, your discussion with your customers, have you seen any change at all in the demand profile from that end market? Thanks.

Speaker #7: So we had a pretty good turnaround season in February, March. I think that turnaround season will not be as strong as it normally can be.

Speaker #8: Yeah. Short answer, none. The demand profile remains the same. I do think there are some places we're going to build more, right? I think Ohio, Texas, Pennsylvania is a burgeoning market.

Speaker #8: Arizona has been a strong market. Northern Virginia will continue to be strong. We have less of a share of them because just the law of large numbers.

Speaker #7: Okay. Understood. Appreciate the time. Thank you. I'll pass it on.

Speaker #8: Other places are building them. Northwest Indiana and Chicagoland continue to be important markets. Arizona and then Georgia and the Carolinas. And they all have one thing in common.

Speaker #1: And the next question goes to Brian Brophy with Stifel. Please go ahead.

Speaker #8: They have power and are willing to build power. And they sort of not in your backyard thing. That's going to get played. It's the same people that were against fracking.

Speaker #8: They really don't want data centers because they don't want natural gas to continue to expand. And what has to expand is natural gas to keep this going.

Speaker #3: But just curious, your discussion with your customers have you seen any change at all in the demand profile from that end market? Thanks.

Speaker #8: And if you look at we've done some work on power and where power is going to become available and all that. We are a really good shape to continue to serve those markets.

Speaker #7: Yeah. Short answer: none. The demand profile remains the same. I do think there are some places we're going to build more, right? I think Ohio, Texas, Pennsylvania is a burgeoning market.

Speaker #8: It's sort of laughable that New York put a data center ban on because there's really nothing materially happening in New York with data centers anyway.

Speaker #3: Yeah, that's great follower. And then question on the GMP mix. I know that in some attention, but in terms of your contract mix, can you give us a sense of how much has actually shifted the GMP versus fixed price?

Speaker #7: Arizona has been a strong market. Northern Virginia will continue to be strong. We have less of a share there because of just the law of large numbers.

Speaker #7: Other places are building them. Northwest Indiana and Chicagoland continue to be important markets. Arizona, and then Georgia, and the Carolinas. And they all have one thing in common.

Speaker #3: Are we talking hundreds of basis points, thousands of base points? Can you just give us a sense of the overall percentage mix?

Speaker #7: They have power and are willing to build power. And they sort of not in your backyard thing. That's going to get played. It's the same people that were against fracking.

Speaker #8: And mechanical. It's probably shifted mechanical 9 to 10 percent, which could be meaningful because they're large contracts. And then go back to the point I make about careful contract negotiation.

Speaker #7: They really don't want data centers because they don't want natural gas to continue to expand. And what has to expand is natural gas to keep this going.

Speaker #8: A lot of that's driven by the owners, and a lot of that's driven on the mechanical side because these mechanical systems a lot of times are being done for the first time, or being done they're fairly complex.

Speaker #7: And if you look at it, we've done some work on power and where power is going to become available and all that. We are in really good shape to continue to serve those markets.

Speaker #8: And a lot of that GMP mix has shifted. There's always been an element of more GMP and mechanical, but the shift is really coming into the AI data centers.

Speaker #7: It's sort of laughable that New York put a data center ban on because there's really nothing materially happening in New York with data centers anyway.

Speaker #8: That's prudent both from the end customer the owner and that's prudent from us to be taking those contracts that way.

Speaker #3: Yeah. That's great color. And then question on the GMP. I know that in some attention, but in terms of your contract mix, can you give us a sense of how much has actually shifted the GMP versus fixed price?

Speaker #3: Understood. I'll pass it on. Thank you.

Speaker #1: In the next question comes from Tim Mulrooney with William Blair. Please go ahead.

Speaker #5: Yeah. Thank you. Good morning. I have two questions. My first one is kind of building on your last conversation around state moratoriums and data center bans.

Speaker #3: Are we talking hundreds of basis points, thousands of basis points? Can you just give us a sense of the overall percentage mix?

Speaker #7: And mechanical. It's probably shifted mechanical 9 to 10 percent, which could be meaningful because they're large contracts. And then go back to the point I make about careful contract negotiation.

Speaker #5: As we think about some of these proposal in place at the state and local level, they're just mostly proposals at this point. But can you help us think about how flexible and transportable your labor is when it comes to these types of projects?

Speaker #7: A lot of that's driven by the owners, and a lot of that's driven on the mechanical side because these mechanical systems are, a lot of times, being done for the first time or are fairly complex.

Speaker #7: And a lot of that GMP mix has shifted. There's always been an element of more GMP and mechanical, but the shift is really coming into the AI data centers.

Speaker #5: Are there enough of these projects in the works where you can have people drive a few towns over, or do you have to house these workers in new states depending on where these projects are moving forward?

Speaker #7: That's prudent both from the end customer the owner and that's prudent from us to be taking those contracts that way.

Speaker #3: Understood. I'll pass it on. Thank you.

Speaker #5: Curious about your ability around labor capacity and flexibility. Thank you.

Speaker #1: And the next question comes from Tim Mauriuni with William Blair. Please go ahead.

Speaker #8: That's one of the benefits of being a union contractor. Because of the demand in some of these states, there's a capacity to bring in people from they will travel themselves.

Speaker #5: Yeah, thank you. Good morning. I have two questions. My first one is kind of building on your last conversation around state moratoriums and data center bans.

Speaker #8: And then it's not us sort of housing them. They get paid per diem. They find a place to live. It could be as simple as the folks in Chicago some of the labor moving up to Northwest Indiana to do the work.

Speaker #5: As we think about some of these proposals in place at the state and local level, they're just mostly proposals at this point. But can you help us think about how flexible and transportable your labor is when it comes to these types of projects?

Speaker #8: And then that local gets built up and they take more of the work. That's one of the benefits they come in. They come in with a level of sophistication.

Speaker #8: We know what their capabilities are. They check into the local union hall and we go to work. And we can help facilitate that in some cases.

Speaker #8: And so there's that. That's the more traditional way of doing it. And then you get to some of the rural markets we're participating in, whether it be in some of the rural Midwest markets.

Speaker #8: Just take Texas. We're finding creative ways to serve Texas, whether it's through more prefabrication, on the job, and then subcontracting some of the installation or doing it ourselves.

Speaker #5: Curious about your ability around labor capacity and flexibility. Thank you.

Speaker #7: One of the benefits of being a union contractor because of the demand in some of these states, there's a capacity to bring in people from they will travel themselves.

Speaker #8: You can do it from if you're going to do union in some cases, you'll permit non-union people to be union for a short period of time.

Speaker #7: And then it's not us sort of housing them. They get paid per diem. They find a place to live. It could be as simple as the folks in Chicago some of the labor moving up to Northwest Indiana to do the work.

Speaker #8: And use that capacity. And then finally, there are opportunities for some non-union operations that we may have to participate in very rural markets that look a lot more like how the oil and gas people work than how a traditional IVW or a commercial contractor will work.

Speaker #7: And then that local gets built up and they take more of the work. That's one of the benefits they come in. They come in with a level of sophistication.

Speaker #8: So you have to be flexible and do all the above. But mainly, it starts with the tradespeople themselves being flexible. And looking for the work.

Speaker #7: We know what their capabilities are. They check into the local union hall and we go to work. And we can help facilitate that in some cases.

Speaker #8: I think about these moratoriums and we've done some work on that. We're by far we're not lobbyists. We're not experts. But when you start to see the level of tax revenues that come into some of these counties, like Lewton County, Lutton County, Virginia, 95%, I think, of the property receipts are now from the data center people.

Speaker #7: And so there's that. That's the more traditional way of doing it. And then you get to some of the rural markets we're participating in, whether it be in some of the rural Midwest markets.

Speaker #7: Just take Texas. We're finding creative ways to serve Texas, whether it's through more prefabrication on the job and then subcontracting some of the installation or doing it ourselves.

Speaker #8: Pretty hard to take a step back when that's been driving your local tax base and your education systems. We think there's plenty of opportunities.

Speaker #7: You can do it from—if you're going to do union, in some cases you'll permit non-union people to be union for a short period of time.

Speaker #8: And at the end of the day, when we talk to the owners, they're going to find the places that build them. And we are well positioned to do that in the places where they are going to build them.

Speaker #7: And use that capacity. And then finally, there are opportunities for some non-union operations that we may have to participate in very rural markets that look a lot more like how the oil and gas people work than how a traditional IBW or commercial contractor will work.

Speaker #1: I appreciate that extra color there, Tony, on the moratoriums too. It's an interesting dynamic that's happening right now. Switching gears, I wanted to ask about your backlog, your RPOs, as I look at this, I look at your one-year RPOs to complete it, be completed within a year.

Speaker #7: So, you have to be flexible and do all of the above. But mainly, it starts with the tradespeople themselves being flexible and looking for the work.

Speaker #7: I think about these moratoriums and we've done some work on that. We're by far we're not lobbyists. We're not experts. But when you start to see the level of tax revenues that come into some of these counties, like Lewton County, Lutton County, Virginia, 95%, I think, of the property receipts are now from the data center people.

Speaker #1: It typically represents about 50% of your next 12 months revenue. That was true every year basically for the last four years plus or minus a percentage point or two.

Speaker #7: Pretty hard to take a step back when that's been driving your local tax base and your education systems. We think there's plenty of opportunities.

Speaker #1: It's basically 50%. In a very tight range. Is there any practical reason? And I don't know. But is there any practical reason that you could think of for why that might not be the case anymore?

Speaker #7: And at the end of the day, when we talk to the owners, they're going to find the places that build them. And we are well positioned to do that in the places where they are going to build them.

Speaker #8: No. I can't think why the future doesn't look like the past, Jason.

Speaker #3: Yeah. I think the one thing we have to just weigh as well, right, is we've booked a lot of work in the last two quarters.

Speaker #3: And so I think some of it will be the timing of ramp-up and the timing of mobilization. So if you're looking at growth rates and RPO versus growth rates and guidance, and there's obviously a disconnect, right, RPO is growing a little bit faster than we're saying our revenues are going to grow.

Speaker #3: Some of that is just the timing of mobilization with the level of work we've booked over the last two quarters.

Speaker #1: It typically represents about 50% of your next 12 months revenue. That was true every year basically for the last four years plus or minus a percentage point or two.

Speaker #8: Within a band, you're probably about right. I mean, how we think it's a little different when we come into the year, Jason, we usually think we have about 55 to 65% of our work booked.

Speaker #1: It's basically 50%, in a very tight range. Is there any practical reason? I don't know. But is there any practical reason you could think of for why that might not be the case anymore?

Speaker #3: So it used to be that we'd have to go and book and earn 60% of our annual revenue in that year. That percentage has dropped dramatically.

Speaker #3: It dropped to 50, 45. I think this year it was 40% of the revenue we had to go book and earn. So I think that's the new norm right now.

Speaker #7: No. I can't think why the future doesn't look like the past, Jason.

Speaker #3: We do have some projects that are skewing out a little bit longer, right, historically, we would say that 85% or so of our RPOs burn in 12 months, where we're sitting today, it's more like 75 or 76%.

Speaker #3: Yeah. I think the one thing we have to just weigh as well, right, is we've booked a lot of work in the last two quarters.

Speaker #3: And so I think some of it will be the timing of ramp-up and the timing of mobilization. So if you're looking at growth rates and RPO versus growth rates and guidance, and there's obviously a disconnect, right, our RPO is growing a little bit faster than we're saying our revenues are going to grow.

Speaker #3: And some of that's the water and wastewater mix. Some of it's just the volume of bookings we've had.

Speaker #5: Could it also be project size, Jason?

Speaker #3: Absolutely.

Speaker #8: 100%. That's been increasing. And if you're looking at the last two years, there's really no big shift going on here.

Speaker #3: Some of that is just the timing of mobilization with the level of work we've booked over the last two quarters.

Speaker #7: Within a band, you're probably about right. I mean, how we think, it's a little different when we come into the year, Jason. We usually think we have about 55% to 65% of our work booked.

Speaker #5: Got it. Okay. Hey, thank you very much.

Speaker #1: And the next question comes from Manish Somaya with Canter. Please go ahead.

Speaker #3: So it used to be that we'd have to go and book and earn 60% of our annual revenue in that year. That percentage has dropped dramatically.

Speaker #5: Good morning and congratulations everybody.

Speaker #8: Thank you.

Speaker #5: Tony, I wanted to go back to State 11. Seems to be your favorite slide on M&A. If you can just help us get a better sense as to going forward, what the missing pockets of exposure might be by sector, by market, that would be helpful.

Speaker #3: It dropped to 50, 45. I think this year it was 40% of the revenue we had to go book and earn. So I think that's the new norm right now.

Speaker #3: And some of that's the water and wastewater mix. Some of it's just the volume of bookings we've had.

Speaker #5: And what does a pipeline look like? As you look ahead.

Speaker #8: The pipeline is strong. And so what we're looking for always is, can we augment existing capability to one of our larger subsidiaries? A great example that we're at a geographic market is Jow's in the Miller.

Speaker #5: Could it also be project size, Jason?

Speaker #3: Absolutely.

Speaker #7: Oh, it's probably 100%. That's been increasing. And if you're looking at the last two years, there's really no big shift going on here.

Speaker #5: Got it. Okay. Hey, thank you very much.

Speaker #8: And Sydney, teaming up with Quibby in Ohio. Those are classic examples of what we do. We will always do those and that's a big part of what we do.

Speaker #1: And the next question comes from Manish Somaya with Canter. Please go ahead.

Speaker #5: Good morning and congratulations everybody.

Speaker #8: And then there's the sort of standalone capability which would be a B&B, Schmidt, and Conley. B&B, we were not in that part of Wisconsin.

Speaker #7: Thank you.

Speaker #8: It's a good industrial part of Wisconsin. They have the ability to travel some, and do some industrial work. And they just really, really good executors.

Speaker #8: Schmidt brings more Texas to us. We have a fairly strong business in Texas mechanically and electrically. This just adds to it. And it's in sort of Austin, San Antonio, and a little bit in Houston with a great operating team.

Speaker #5: And what does a pipeline look like? As you look ahead.

Speaker #7: The pipeline is strong. And so what we're looking for always is, can we augment existing capability to one of our larger subsidiaries? A great example, in a geographic market, is Jow's in the Miller.

Speaker #8: It's known for their technical sophistication. And just great values, right? Like all these companies, they all have great values. And then Conley, if you put a chess board together of what's going on in Northwest Indiana and Illinois, we have two great companies, Gibson Electric, which is one of the founding MCORE companies, Lions Pinner, and now Conley, and it's like a mosaic chess board around the city of Chicago, Northwest Indiana, and the southern suburbs.

Speaker #7: And Sydney teaming up with Quibby in Ohio. Those are classic examples of what we do. We will always do those and that's a big part of what we do.

Speaker #7: And then there's the sort of standalone capability which would be a B&B, Schmidt, and Conley and B&B, we were not in that part of Wisconsin.

Speaker #8: And it really allows us to serve our customers better. That's what drives most of this, is our customers look for us to continue to expand capability.

Speaker #7: It's a good industrial part of Wisconsin. They have the ability to travel some, and do some industrial work. And they just really, really good executors.

Speaker #8: I think when I think of acquisitions, we're going to continue to focus on what we do well. Which is mechanical and electrical construction, and adding on both companies like Sydney, Jow's, B&B, and also the bigger ones like Schmidt and Conley.

Speaker #7: Schmidt brings more Texas to us. We have a fairly strong business in Texas mechanically and electrically. This just adds to it. And it's in sort of Austin, San Antonio, and a little bit in Houston with a great operating team.

Speaker #8: And then also mechanical services. Again, something we do very well. That's where some of the smaller acquisitions are as we build out a branch network.

Speaker #7: It's known for their technical sophistication. And just great values, right? All these companies, they all have great values. And then Conley, if you put a chess board together of what's going on in Northwest Indiana, Illinois, we have two great companies, Gibson Electric, which is one of the founding MCORE companies, Lions Pinner, and now Conley, and it's like a mosaic chess board around the city of Chicago, Northwest Indiana, and the southern suburbs.

Speaker #8: Are we looking to invest in things that we don't know as well? Probably not. We see plenty of white space yet. Both to do the add-ons and also sort of the standalone ones.

Speaker #8: And what we've done over a long period of time, we grow these faster quite frankly, a lot of times in the rest of the company.

Speaker #8: And we're looking there's a sentence I put in there. We're looking for the cumulative and compounding impact. Look, we want to pay a fair price.

Speaker #7: And it really allows us to serve our customers better. That's what drives most of this, as our customers look for us to continue to expand our capabilities.

Speaker #8: But we're very cautious when you think about some companies that are one market companies, exposure to one end market, two or three customers, or one geography, or just a couple of geographies.

Speaker #7: I think when I think of acquisitions, we're going to continue to focus on what we do well. Which is mechanical and electrical construction, and adding on both companies like Sydney, Jow's, B&B, and also the bigger ones like Schmidt and Conley.

Speaker #8: We found that we can do that as well by putting a mosaic of acquisitions together off of one of our bases and grow pretty strongly in some of those markets.

Speaker #7: And then also mechanical services. Again, something we do very well. That's where some of the smaller acquisitions are as we build out a branch network.

Speaker #8: And then we've been very successful at that.

Speaker #5: And Tony, the 750 upfront purchase price that you outlined, should we think of these acquisitions having any earn-outs?

Speaker #7: Are we looking to invest in things that we don't know as well? Probably not. We see plenty of white space yet, both to do the add-ons and also sort of the standalone ones.

Speaker #8: Yeah.

Speaker #3: There's another up to $90 million in earn-outs for two of the deals. That's the maximum they can be. That's not our prediction of where those will land, but.

Speaker #7: And what we've done over a long period of time, we grow these faster, quite frankly, a lot of times than the rest of the company.

Speaker #8: We hope they hit it. Right?

Speaker #7: And we're looking there's a sentence I put in there. We're looking for the cumulative and compounding impact. Look, we want to pay a fair price.

Speaker #5: And then, Jason, while I have you, on the cash flow front, how should we think about cash conversion in second half? And I guess if you're willing to kind of give some sense as to how we should think about 27 as well.

Speaker #7: But we're very cautious when you think about some companies that are one-market companies, exposed to one end market, two or three customers, or one geography, or just a couple of geographies.

Speaker #7: We found that we can do that as well by putting a mosaic of acquisitions together off of one of our bases and grow pretty strongly in some of those markets.

Speaker #3: Yeah. So obviously, one comment on 27 at this point. I think if we look at 26 and we just look at MCORE as a whole, the philosophy or the algorithm we always have on cash flow is we should be able to have operating cash flow at least equivalent to net income.

Speaker #7: And we’ve been very successful at that.

Speaker #5: And Tony, the $750 upfront purchase price that you outlined, should we think of these acquisitions as having any earn-outs?

Speaker #3: And then it goes up to 80 to 85 percent of our operating income. So if you look back over the last several years, let's just take 24 and 25 as examples, we've seen no reason why the operating cash flow in 26 won't look like it did the last two years.

Speaker #7: Yeah.

Speaker #3: There's another up to $90 million in earn-outs for two of the deals. That's the maximum they can be. That's not our prediction of where those will land, but.

Speaker #3: We obviously are back half-weighted for us Q1 is always the weakest, and we start to see operating cash flow accelerate in Q3 and Q4.

Speaker #7: We hope they hit it, right?

Speaker #5: Right. And then, Jason, while I have you—on the cash flow front, how should we think about cash conversion in the second half? And I guess, if you're willing, to kind of give some sense as to how we should think about '27 as well.

Speaker #3: So I think that's going to continue to hold this year as well.

Speaker #5: Okay. Wonderful. Congratulations again. Good luck.

Speaker #3: Thank you.

Speaker #1: And the next question comes from Adam Bubs with Goldman Sachs. Please go ahead.

Speaker #2: Hi, good morning. Just wondering if you could pledge on the size of the data center projects you're seeing in the pipeline. How does that compare to what's in backlog, what you're executing against today?

Speaker #3: Yeah. So obviously, one comment on 27 at this point. I think if we look at 26 and we just look at EMCOR as a whole, the philosophy or the algorithm we always have on cash flow is we should be able to have operating cash flow at least equivalent to net income.

Speaker #2: And then to what extent do larger project sizes create opportunities for higher workforce utilization increased revenue per employee?

Speaker #3: And that goes up to 80 to 85 percent of our operating income. So if you look back over the last several years, let's just take 24 and 25 as examples, we've seen no reason why the operating cash flow in 26 won't look like it did the last two years we obviously are back half-weighted for us Q1 is always the weakest and we start to see operating cash flow accelerate in Q3 and Q4.

Speaker #8: That actually depends on more the mix. So in general, we're going to get more revenue per employee in the mechanical side than we are in the electrical side.

Speaker #8: And also the mechanical side allows us to do more prefabrication on modules that have higher value content. Especially in the AI data center. When you look at trending up, that's been going on over time, right?

Speaker #3: So I think that's going to continue to hold this year as well.

Speaker #5: Okay, wonderful. Congratulations again. Good luck.

Speaker #3: Thank you.

Speaker #8: If it had been back in 2019, a 20-megawatt data center was considered large. And the way I think about it today, when we're doing cloud storage, we're now building somewhere between 40 and 75 megawatts, give or take.

Speaker #1: And the next question comes from Adam Bubbs with Goldman Sachs. Please go ahead.

Speaker #8: Hi. Good morning. Just wondering if you could touch on the size of the data center projects you're seeing in the pipeline. How does that compare to what's in backlog, what you're executing against today?

Speaker #8: And when there's an AI component and we have no idea how these things work together or anything, it's not our area of expertise. You're starting to talk 100-plus megawatts, 200 megawatts.

Speaker #8: And then to what extent do larger project sizes create opportunities for higher workforce utilization increased revenue per employee?

Speaker #8: And people have all kinds of different things. When they get much above 200, 250, then I think most people are talking about campuses. So two things have happened.

Speaker #7: That actually depends on more the mix. So in general, we're going to get more revenue per employee in the mechanical side than we are in the electrical side.

Speaker #8: The size has gone up over the last five years. And on the mechanical side, especially, we get a multiplier of one and a half to two.

Speaker #8: On an AI data center and on the electrical side for an AI data center, it's probably one and a half, and that's just driven by the size of the electrical coming in.

Speaker #7: And also, the mechanical side allows us to do more prefabrication on modules that have higher-value content, especially in the AI data center. When you look at trending up, that's been going on over time, right?

Speaker #8: That needed the power of the data center. So they're getting bigger. They're getting more complex, especially with the AIs introduced. And they're usually always built with the idea towards a campus.

Speaker #7: If it had been back in 2019, a 20-megawatt data center was considered large. And the way I think about it today, when we're doing cloud storage, we're now building somewhere between 40 and 75 megawatts, give or take.

Speaker #8: Three to seven buildings that you're going to fill out that campus.

Speaker #2: And then you touched on it a little bit earlier, but could you just expand on the opportunity to move into maybe traditionally non-union regions to serve data centers?

Speaker #7: And when there's an AI component, and we have no idea how these things work together or anything—that's not our area of expertise. You're starting to talk 100-plus megawatts, 200 megawatts.

Speaker #7: And people have all kinds of different things. When they get much above 200, 250, then I think most people are talking about campuses. So two things have happened.

Speaker #2: It seemed to be expanding into more rural markets and then maybe Texas in particular. You acquired the electrical contractor there, but what's the exposure to the state today?

Speaker #7: The size has gone up over the last five years. And on the mechanical side especially, we get a multiplier of one and a half to two.

Speaker #2: And how big could that exposure get over time?

Speaker #7: On an AI data center, and on the electrical side for an AI data center, it's probably one and a half, and that's just driven by the size of the electrical coming in.

Speaker #8: Yeah. So exposure to the state today is broad. If you bring in the industrial segment, it's very broad. If you talk about our exposure today as part of the mechanical and electrical segment, mechanical services has some exposure there, but I think what you're focused on, what's our exposure to the mechanical and electrical segment?

Speaker #7: That needed the power of the data center. So they're getting bigger. They're getting more complex, especially with the AIs introduced. And they're usually always built with the idea towards a campus.

Speaker #8: And what's our exposure broadly? We have pretty good exposure in central Texas. Through our bachelor in Kimball subsidiary, they went out there, had not been there.

Speaker #7: Three to seven buildings that you're going to fill out at that campus.

Speaker #8: And then, you touched on it a little bit earlier, but could you just expand on the opportunity to move into maybe traditionally non-union regions to serve data centers?

Speaker #8: They went out there to build a semiconductor plant. They did very good job on it. Excellent job for the owner. And that allowed us to build a workforce out there.

Speaker #8: It seemed to be expanding into more rural markets and then maybe Texas in particular. You acquired the electrical contractor there, but what's the exposure to the state today?

Speaker #8: We follow it up with an add-on acquisition in central Texas, mechanically. And we're pretty well positioned to serve both the more metro markets in central Texas, but also some of the rural markets.

Speaker #8: And how big could that exposure get over time?

Speaker #8: Because on the data center market, mechanically, you can have a large prefabrication component, which allows us to have less labor on the job in those rural markets.

Speaker #7: Yeah. So exposure to the state today is broad. If you bring in the industrial segment, it's very broad. If you talk about our exposure today as part of the mechanical and electrical segment, mechanical services has some exposure there, but I think what you're focused on, what's our exposure to the mechanical and electrical segment and what's our exposure broadly?

Speaker #8: When you go electrically, we have a range of options. We've already worked participating in the DFW market. I would say we're either one or two supporting the data center market.

Speaker #8: And the Dallas Fort Worth area. That was from an acquisition we made about seven years ago with an eye towards doing this. They had been doing day two work in those data centers.

Speaker #7: We have pretty good exposure in central Texas. Through our Batchelor & Kimball subsidiary, they went out there—had not been there—they went out there to build a semiconductor plant.

Speaker #8: With our skill and the capability, I talked about our ability to come down and do that. The team really did a great job learning how to do that.

Speaker #7: They did a very good job on it—excellent job for the owner. And that allowed us to build a workforce out there. We followed up with an add-on acquisition in Central Texas, mechanically.

Speaker #8: We've expanded that capacity, and I would say we're significant player in the Dallas Fort Worth area market in the data center market. Schmidt gives us the opportunity to expand that.

Speaker #8: Schmidt's a terrific full-line contractor. Run by just exceptional team. We feel really good about our ability to bring that capability into Texas. And then we have the ability to leverage some of our other assets in the market to support that in rural Texas, where some of the oil and gas folks can maybe help us do that over time.

Speaker #7: And we're pretty well positioned to serve both the more metro markets in central Texas, but also some of the rural markets because on the data center market, mechanically, you can have a large prefabrication component, which allows us to have less labor on the job in those rural markets.

Speaker #7: When you go electrically, we have a range of options. We've already participated in the DFW market. I would say we're either one or two supporting the data center market.

Speaker #8: So we're fairly well positioned now in Texas. We'll be, I think, better positioned after these acquisitions. And we'll look to continue to do add-on acquisitions in Texas to support this growth.

Speaker #7: And the Dallas–Fort Worth area—that was from an acquisition we made about seven years ago, with an eye toward doing this. They had been doing day-two work in those data centers.

Speaker #8: Yeah.

Speaker #3: Just two facts to round that out. I mean, if you look at our non-oil and gas business in Texas, we do a billion dollars of revenue there today.

Speaker #7: With our skill and the capability, I talked about our ability to come down and do that. The team really did a great job learning how to do that.

Speaker #3: Before Schmidt, before any acquisitions. And if you look at because you asked data center specifically, if you look at data center RPOs, Virginia is the state where we have the most activity, but Texas is second for us, followed closely by Georgia.

Speaker #7: We've expanded that capacity, and I would say we're a significant player in the Dallas-Fort Worth area market in the data center market. Schmidt gives us the opportunity to expand that.

Speaker #3: So Texas is an important market for us. It's one where we have a lot of activity today. And I think that's going to continue to grow.

Speaker #7: Schmidt's a terrific full-line contractor. Run by just an exceptional team. We feel really good about our ability to bring that capability into Texas. And then we have the ability to leverage some of our other assets in the market to support that in rural Texas, where some of the oil and gas folks can maybe help us do that over time.

Speaker #8: And I think it shows you our ability to pivot. And if you think about how we grew in Texas, they both were acquisitions that were made pre-2020.

Speaker #8: Bachelor in Kimball in 2019. We had Gallen down there, and we added on there in the Houston area, more traditional commercial and healthcare contractor.

Speaker #7: So we're fairly well positioned now in Texas. We'll be, I think, better positioned after these acquisitions, and we'll look to continue to do add-on acquisitions in Texas to support this growth.

Speaker #8: The bachelor of Kimball expanded. We acquired a company in Austin, mechanically, which helped get us to know the electrical, quite frankly. And Schmidt. And we grew that.

Speaker #7: Yeah.

Speaker #3: Just two facts to round that out. I mean, if you look at our non-oil and gas business in Texas, we do $1 billion of revenue there today.

Speaker #8: And so it's been a good story of acquisitions, great culture with those companies, then organic growth on top of the acquisitions.

Speaker #2: Appreciate all the detail. Thanks so much.

Speaker #8: Yep.

Speaker #1: This concludes our question and answer session. I would like to turn the conference back over to Tony Guzzi for any closing remarks.

Speaker #8: Yeah. First, again, I want to reiterate and thank my teammates for outstanding performance over sustained period of time. I do want to welcome our new teammates in B&B Electric, Sidney Jal Schmidt and Conley, we're thrilled to have you as part of our electric our team and we look forward to closing Schmidt and Conley here in the third quarter.

Speaker #3: important market for us. It's one where we have a lot of activity today, and I think that's going to continue to grow.

Speaker #7: And I think it shows you our ability to pivot. And if you think about how we grew in Texas, they both were acquisitions that were made pre-2020.

Speaker #7: Bachelor in Kimball in 2019. We had Gallen down there, and we added on there in the Houston area, more traditional commercial and healthcare contractor.

Speaker #8: And then finally, everybody stay safe. And we look forward to continuing to execute well for our customers. Thank you.

Speaker #7: The bachelor in Kimball expanded. We hired a company in Austin, mechanically, which helped get us to know the electrical, quite frankly. And Schmidt. And we grew that.

Speaker #7: And so it's been a good story of acquisitions, great culture with those companies, then organic growth on top of the acquisitions.

Speaker #8: Appreciate all the detail. Thanks so much.

Speaker #7: Yep.

Speaker #1: This concludes our question and answer session. I would like to turn the conference back over to Tony Guzzi for any closing remarks.

Speaker #7: Yeah. First, again, I want to reiterate and thank my teammates for outstanding performance over a sustained period of time. I do want to welcome our new teammates in B&B Electric: Sydney, Josh, Schmidt, and Conley.

Speaker #7: We're thrilled to have you as part of our electric team, and we look forward to closing Schmidt and Conley here in the third quarter.

Speaker #7: And then finally, everybody stay safe. And we look forward to continuing to execute well for our customers. Thank you.

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