CONTACT:
                                           Marianne V. Pastor
                                           (703) 335-7800
                                   FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Williams Industries Inc. Announces
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Fiscal 2004 Results
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     Manassas, VA. --- October 21, 2004 --- Williams Industries, Inc.
(NASDAQ - WMSI) today announced its results for Fiscal 2004, which
ended July 31, 2004.   The company had revenues of $53,884,000 with a
loss of $780,000, or $0.22 per share, for the year.   This compares to
revenue of $52,671,000 with a loss of $936,000, or $0.26 per share, for
the year ended July 31, 2003.

     For the fourth quarter of the fiscal year, the company had revenue
of $13,372,000 with a loss of $459,000, or $0.13 per share.  Interested
parties are encouraged to read the company's Securities and Exchange
Commission (SEC) filings in order to get specific information regarding
how the company's income tax benefits or provisions affect year-to-year
comparisons.

     During the year ended July 31, 2004, the company chose not to
renew its lease for the Bessemer, Alabama manufacturing facility.  The
company is in the process of negotiating a short-term extension with
the landlord to facilitate an orderly shutdown.

     Frank E. Williams, III, President and CEO of Williams Industries,
said the decision to close the Bessemer plant was a reflection of the
overall state of the economy.  "The fact that Congress has been
unwilling or unable to pass a new infrastructure spending bill after
more than 18 months of political haggling is an indictment of our lack
of domestic priorities.   This legislation controls the vast majority
of spending for roads, bridges, mass transit and airports and yet our
elected officials on both sides of the aisle can't seem to find time to
focus on what is clearly a priority for the safety of the American
people.  Williams Industries leased the Bessemer facility with the very
valid expectation that there is a significant amount of infrastructure
improvement needed in the southeastern United States.   Our reasoning
was sound; the federal spending programs have not been.  Obviously, the
disconnect in our planning and the government's priorities resulted in
difficulties for the company."

     Williams noted that when the uncertainty over the reauthorization
of the federal legislation is coupled with the dramatic increases in
the price of steel over the past year, Williams Industries' results for
Fiscal 2004 are readily understood.

     "Although the company still is fine tuning a number of internal
factors, such as the need to generate revenue in our crane rental
operations, I believe it is accurate to say that Williams Industries
has been coping with severe external pressures this year.   The
pressures are such that a number of companies in our business have
ceased to exist.  Due to the company's strong net worth, which is in
excess of $16 million, and its veteran employees, Williams Industries
will survive and ultimately thrive, but we must continue to
strategically manage though these lean times to be positioned to
prosper when our industry, as it always does, rights itself again,"
Williams said.

     However, he added that the company's backlog of work is very
strong, increasing from approximately $58 million at July 31, 2003 to
$60 million at July 31, 2004.  The increase in the backlog is primarily
due to the company's contract for approximately $26 million for the I-
95/395/495 Springfield Interchange outside of Washington, D.C.
Approximately $25 million of the $60 million backlog is long-term in
nature and not expected to be recognized as revenue during the fiscal
year ending July 31, 2005.

     Williams Industries, Inc. is the largest publicly owned specialty
construction company in the Mid-Atlantic region.  Its subsidiaries
provide a wide range of quality, cost competitive services and products
for the industrial, commercial and institutional construction markets.
The construction and manufacturing services include: steel and precast
concrete erection; miscellaneous metals installation; the fabrication
of welded steel plate girders; rolled steel beams, and light structural
and other metal products; the construction, repair and rehabilitation
of bridges; and crane rental, heavy and specialized hauling and
rigging.

     For additional information, please go to the company's web site
"www.wmsi.com" or call the investor relation's office at (703) 335-
7800.

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