EXHIBIT 99.1

                             NEWS RELEASE
(IES LOGO)
                                  Contacts: William W. Reynolds, CFO
                                            Integrated Electrical Services, Inc.
                                            713-860-1500

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                       Ken Dennard / kdennard@drg-e.com
                                            Karen Roan / kroan@drg-e.com
                                            DRG&E / 713-529-6600


                  IES PUBLISHES "COMPANY & INVESTMENT PROFILE"

      COMPANY TO PRESENT AT SUNTRUST ROBINSON HUMPHREY'S 32ND INSTITUTIONAL
  CONFERENCE AND TO MEET WITH INVESTORS IN VARIOUS CITIES DURING APRIL AND MAY

HOUSTON -- APRIL 1, 2003 -- Integrated Electrical Services, Inc. (NYSE: IES)
today announced that it has published its new "Company & Investment Profile" and
intends to file the document on Form 8-K, which includes expanded discussions of
its operations, strategies, performance, industry, peer analysis and guidance.

         The "Company & Investment Profile" is being published and updated by
IES in continuation of the company's effort to provide more disclosure and
transparency to the investment community. Given structural and regulatory
changes impacting the brokerage industry, challenging capital market conditions,
and reduced sell side analyst coverage, it is the company's intent to take
greater responsibility and a more proactive role in communicating with
investors.

         Additionally, the company announced that will participate in the
SunTrust Robinson Humphrey 32st Annual Institutional Conference. The conference
will be held from April 6 - 9, 2003 at the RitzCarlton-Buckhead in Atlanta,
Georgia.

         IES is currently scheduled to make its presentation on Monday, April 7,
2003 from 9:05 a.m. - 9:40 a.m. eastern time. A live audio web cast of this
presentation with an accompanying slide presentation will be available on the
company's web site at www.ies-co.com and will be archived on the site for
approximately 60 days.

         Also, management will be meeting with analysts and institutional
investors in various cities over the next several months to provide an update on
the company's strategy and reviewing the "Company & Investment Profile."





         Investors and interested parties are encouraged to visit the company's
website, http://www.ies-co.com to download the Adobe Acrobat formatted files of
the new "Company & Investment Profile" and the slides being used with the
investment community.

         Integrated Electrical Services, Inc. is a leading national provider of
electrical solutions to the commercial and industrial, residential and service
markets. The company offers electrical system design and installation, contract
maintenance and service to large and small customers, including general
contractors, developers and corporations of all sizes.

This press release includes certain statements, including statements relating to
the Company's expectations of its future operating results that may be deemed to
be "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements are based on the Company's
expectations and involve risks and uncertainties that could cause the Company's
actual results to differ materially from those set forth in the statements. Such
risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, the inherent
uncertainties relating to estimating future results, fluctuations in operating
results because of downturns in levels of construction, incorrect estimates used
in entering into fixed price contracts, difficulty in managing the operation of
newly acquired entities as they are integrated into the company, the reliance on
representations and financial numbers provided by third parties and the fact
that the numbers may not represent all assets and liabilities of the acquired
company, uncertainty in the acquisition of operations that have been managed by
third parties, loss of key employees in the acquired entity, difficulty in
competing in a market area that we have limited knowledge, the high level of
competition in the construction industry, interest rates, general level of the
economy, changes in the level of competition from other major electrical
contractors and due to seasonality. The foregoing and other factors are
discussed in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
including the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended September
30, 2002.

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