Shaw Awarded Design-Build Multiple Award Task Order Contract by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

BATON ROUGE, La. -- The Shaw Group Inc. (NYSE: SGR) today announced that its Environmental & Infrastructure business unit has been awarded a design-build, indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (ID/IQ) multiple award task order contract (MATOC) by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Fort Worth District. Shaw is one of three contractors awarded the MATOC which has a combined overall program ceiling of approximately $100 million and a five-year term. Under the MATOC, Shaw may be selected to provide design and construction services for new and existing facilities primarily at Fort Bliss, Texas, as well as for a nine-state region in the southwestern and western United States.

This MATOC is an important link in the Army's Transformation, Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC), and Global Reposition of Soldiers Programs. Under this contract, Shaw may provide rapid response design, construction, rehabilitation, and/or maintenance of military and civil real property. Responsibilities may include planning, design, total renovation, and installation/construction of HVAC, plumbing, electrical, elevators, building envelope, fire protection, anti-terrorism/force protection (AT/FP) systems.

J.M. Bernhard, Jr., Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Shaw, said, "Shaw is again pleased to provide expedited facility design-build services in support of the Army's major programs. We are committed to providing critical services to the U.S. military and this contract gives us another opportunity to further demonstrate the effectiveness of our design-build capabilities."

The Shaw Group Inc. is a leading global provider of engineering, procurement, construction, technology, maintenance, fabrication, manufacturing, consulting, remediation, and facilities management services for government and private sector clients in the energy, chemical, environmental, infrastructure and emergency response markets. Headquartered in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, with over $4 billion in annual revenues, Shaw employs approximately 22,000 people at its offices and operations in North America, South America, Europe, the Middle East and the Asia-Pacific region. For further information, please visit Shaw's website at www.shawgrp.com.

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