Shaw Announces Charles M. Hess to Head Shaw's FEMA Hurricane Recovery Program

The Shaw Group Inc. (NYSE: SGR) today announced thatCharles M. Hess has joined Shaw as Senior Program Director withinShaw's Hurricane Katrina Recovery Task Force and will be responsiblefor all aspects of Shaw's recently announced FEMA IndefiniteDelivery/Indefinite Quantity contract. Under the FEMA contract, Shawis providing all support services necessary to provide temporaryhousing assistance for displaced residents including site assessments,design, construction, transportation, utilities and facilitiesmanagement. Mr. Hess will report to Major General (U.S. Army Retired)Anders Aadland, who heads Shaw's overall Hurricane Katrina Recoveryteam.

Mr. Hess has extensive experience in emergency and disasterresponse through his distinguished career, most recently serving theDepartment of the Army as Director of the Projects and ContractingOffice for the Iraq Relief and Reconstruction Mission, where heprovided program management and leadership for over $13 billion ofconstruction and non-construction activities. Mr. Hess' experiencealso includes having previously served as Director of the Operations &Response Division, Department of Homeland Security; Director, ResponseDivision, FEMA; and Chief, Operations Division, Directorate of CivilWorks, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Mr. Hess graduated from RutgersCollege with a B.S. in Civil Engineering in 1969, and a Masters Degreein Engineering Administration from George Washington University in1979.

J.M. Bernhard, Jr., Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Shaw,said, "We are very pleased to have engaged someone with such adistinguished background and qualifications. Mr. Hess brings not onlyvalued experience in emergency response and civil engineering, butbattle tested leadership for the daunting task that lies ahead for ourKatrina Recovery team. Under his supervision as the Director for theIraq Relief and Reconstruction Mission, the number of projects whichhe oversaw grew from 200 to 2000, in just over 9 months. WithLouisiana as our home, we are absolutely committed to bringing thebest resources and practices to our Hurricane Katrina project team andare confident Mr. Hess will add significant value to this importantmission."

The Shaw Group Inc. is a leading global provider of technology,engineering, procurement, construction, maintenance, fabrication,manufacturing, consulting, remediation, and facilities managementservices for government and private sector clients in the energy,chemical, environmental, infrastructure and emergency responsemarkets. Based in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, with over $3 billion inannual revenues, Shaw employs approximately 20,000 people at itsoffices and operations in North America, South America, Europe, theMiddle East and the Asia-Pacific region. The Company was recentlynamed to Fortune magazine's annual list of "America's Most AdmiredCompanies" for the second consecutive year. For further information,please visit Shaw's website at www.shawgrp.com.

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