Shaw Selected by Department of Defense for Heavy Horizontal and Civil Engineering Construction

BATON ROUGE, La., Nov 16, 2009 (BUSINESS WIRE) --
SHAW | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating -- The Shaw Group Inc. (NYSE: SHAW | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) today announced it has been awarded a
five-year Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity Multiple Award
Construction Contract by the U.S. Department of Defense for construction
services at Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) installations
throughout California, Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah and Colorado.

Shaw is one of eight contractors selected to compete on task orders
under this contract for design, construction, supervision, equipment,
materials, labor and delivery of facilities, including outdoor shooting
and combat training ranges. These facilities require construction of
canals and channels, dams and embankments, landfill and erosion control,
irrigation and landscaping, as well as recreational fields and parks.

"Sustainable and adaptable NAVFAC facilities are critical for Navy and
Marine Corps combat readiness," said George Bevan, president of Shaw's
Environmental & Infrastructure Group. "Our core capabilities in
construction and expertise in the environmental and infrastructure
fields make Shaw the sound choice to strengthen and maintain Department
of Defense facilities."

The undisclosed value of the contract was included in Shaw's
Environmental & Infrastructure segment's fourth quarter fiscal year 2009
backlog of unfilled orders.

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,
chemicals, environmental, infrastructure and emergency response markets.
A Fortune 500 company with fiscal year 2009 annual revenues of $7.3
billion, Shaw is headquartered in Baton Rouge, La., and employs
approximately 28,000 people at its offices and operations in North
America, South America, Europe, the Middle East and the Asia-Pacific
region. Shaw is the power sector industry leader according to
Engineering News-Record's list of Top 500 Design Firms. For further
information, please visit Shaw's Web site at www.shawgrp.com.

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SOURCE: The Shaw Group Inc.

The Shaw Group Inc. 
Financial Contact: 
Chris Sammons, 225-932-2546 
chris.sammons@shawgrp.com 
or 
Media Contact: 
Gentry Brann, 225-987-7372 
gentry.brann@shawgrp.com

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