Houston, TX - January 9, 2006 - The Office Properties division of The Irvine Company Has awarded an Operations & Maintenance (O&M) contract to Linc Facility Services, LLC (LFS). Headquartered in Newport Beach, Calif., the Irvine Company is a 110-year old, privately held real estate investment company.

LFS will provide O&M services for buildings located in the Irvine Spectrum, including the University Research Park, Irvine Business Center, and Irvine Technology Center. Begun in 1985, the 5,000-acre Irvine Spectrum is one of the largest master-planned centers for research, technology, and business in the world. There are approximately 2,500 businesses in the Greater Irvine Spectrum Area employing approximately 55,000 people. Core industry clusters include automotive design, biotech, broadband, computer software, computer hardware, and medical devices.

Under this contract, LFS will perform O&M services for all HVAC, electrical distribution systems, back-up power systems, fire protection, and fire and life safety systems. LFS will implement the use of Linc Wireless handheld technology to manage these projects enabling the company to increase worker productivity and create a more fluid work environment.

About Linc Facility Services
Headquartered in Houston, LFS is a business-to-business productivity partner and a leader in technology and high-value facility services. LFS has been providing on-site facility management services to clients in nearly every industry since 1979. LFS partners with clients at over 125 sites across the United States, delivering innovative facility management solutions that provide quality, efficiency, and save its customers valuable time and money. Visit LFS on the web at www.lincfs.com.

About The Linc Group
Headquartered in Houston, The Linc Group, LLC is the parent organization to a group of 27-year-old companies that provide mission critical facility services throughout North America. The Linc Group utilizes the latest technology to streamline work processes and increase productivity yielding increased customer satisfaction and unparalleled levels of service. Visit them on the web at www.thelincgroup.com.

The Linc Group subsidiaries include Linc Network, LLC, a franchisor of The Linc System­, a business format for operating a commercial HVAC service business; Linc Service Holdings, LLC, a collection of 13 company-owned HVAC service branches that provide commercial HVAC maintenance and repair services; and Linc Facility Services, LLC, a nationwide provider of comprehensive on-site facility management services and solutions.