Shaw Awarded Task Order Contract by the U.S. Army Chemical Materials Agency.

BATON ROUGE, La. -- The Shaw Group Inc. (NYSE: SGR) today announced its Environmental & Infrastructure business unit has been awarded a Program and Integration Support (PAIS) IV Technical Services indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (ID/IQ) contract by the United States Army Chemical Materials Agency (CMA). The CMA safely stores and destroys the nation's aging chemical weapons, effectively recovers the nation's chemical warfare materiel, and enhances national security. Shaw's ID/IQ contract has a term of 5 years and a contract ceiling of $62 million.

Under this contract, Shaw will continue to provide the Army's CMA with technical services including engineering design; chemical agent, industrial chemical, and pollutant monitoring services; technical analyses; quality assurance; safety, security, and identification and protection services; training; and testing in support of the safe elimination of chemical warfare materiel.

J.M. Bernhard, Jr., Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Shaw, said, "Shaw has supported the Army's mission for more than 15 years as a PAIS contractor and as a systems contractor for the Non-Stockpile Chemical Materiel Program. Over the years, we have completed tasks ranging from technology reviews to preparation of engineering and design data packages for this valued client, and Shaw is very pleased to continue its support of the CMA's programs."

The Shaw Group Inc. is a leading global provider of technology, engineering, procurement, construction, 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 nearly $5 billion in annual revenues, Shaw employs approximately 21,000 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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