BATON ROUGE, La., Jun 30, 2004 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- The Shaw Group Inc. (NYSE:SGR) announced today that Shaw/AIM JV, a joint venture of Shaw Environmental, Inc. and AIM Partners, PLC, was awarded a contract by the City of Atlanta to provide a full range of integrated engineering and construction management services for various departments within the municipality. The contract will support the City's architectural and engineering needs across a wide range of projects, including the recently announced $3.3 billion sewer rehabilitation effort, an accelerated project designed to improve water quality in the City's streams and the Chattahoochee and South Rivers. Shaw/AIM JV was one of six companies selected under this contract, which has a potential shared value of over $200 million.

The indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract has a two-year basic ordering period with three additional one-year option periods and will be implemented through task orders which may be performed on a cost-reimbursable or fixed-price basis. Task orders to be issued under this contract include a wide range of architectural, engineering and construction management projects; facilities and infrastructure maintenance; civil, mechanical, electrical, and structural engineering; and the design of treatment facilities and conveyance systems, as well as, sewer design and storm water control structures. Anticipated services include engineering studies, modeling process and hydraulics, and regulatory requirements assistance.

Shaw/AIM JV is the prime contractor in a teaming arrangement with Applied Engineering & Science, Inc.; Bench Mark Management, LLC; Cheeks/Hornbein Architects; Environmental Resource Services; Neil Engineering; Precision Engineering & Surveying, Inc.; The Mosby Law Group; and Washington Group International Inc. The team is a diverse group of highly-qualified companies including significant Minority-Business Enterprise and Female-Business Enterprise participation.

Diana Severs Ferguson, President of Shaw Environmental and Infrastructure, Inc., said, "We have been particularly focused on increasing our visibility in the municipal services market and this opportunity is a tremendous step toward realizing that strategic goal. Atlanta is considered the major commercial and transportation hub of the southeastern United States with one of the busiest airports in the world. We are very pleased and excited to work with the leaders of Atlanta in meeting the City's infrastructure and quality of life goals in a timely and cost-efficient manner."

The Shaw Group Inc. is a leading provider of consulting, engineering, construction, remediation, and facilities management services to government and private sector clients in the environmental, infrastructure, and emergency response markets. The Shaw Group is also a vertically integrated provider of comprehensive engineering, consulting, procurement, pipe fabrication, construction, and maintenance services to the power and process industries worldwide. A Fortune 500 company, The Shaw Group is headquartered in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and employs approximately 17,000 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 the Company's website at www.shawgrp.com.

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SOURCE: The Shaw Group Inc.

The Shaw Group Inc., Baton Rouge
Chris D. Sammons, 225-932-2546