BATON ROUGE, La.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--J.M. Bernhard Jr., chairman, president and chief executive officer of The Shaw Group Inc. (NYSE:SHAW), delivered the keynote address at the Feb. 8, 2011, Construction Users Roundtable winter membership meeting in Baton Rouge, La.
Attended by construction industry leaders, the meeting focused on the industry’s key issues, including safety, workforce development, international construction and future opportunities.
Mr. Bernhard’s keynote offered insights into the economic challenges currently facing the industry, while advocating investments in the infrastructure and power markets. Mr. Bernhard discussed economic revitalization through long-term investments in rebuilding and expanding transportation infrastructure and federal incentives for clean, reliable energy solutions.
“Jobs and the economy need to be on everyone’s mind,” said Mr. Bernhard. “The construction industry faces an unemployment rate hovering around 20 percent, and it continues to suffer. As leaders in the construction industry, it is our responsibility to work together to educate our representatives in Washington and ask them to invest in infrastructure and clean energy.”
A full transcript of Mr. Bernhard’s speech is available on Shaw’s website at www.shawgrp.com.
The Shaw Group Inc. (NYSE:SHAW) is a leading global provider of engineering, construction, technology, fabrication, remediation and support services for clients in the energy, chemicals, environmental, infrastructure and emergency response industries. A Fortune 500 company with fiscal year 2010 annual revenues of $7 billion, Shaw has approximately 27,000 employees around the world and is the power sector industry leader according to Engineering News-Record’s list of Top 500 Design Firms. For more information, please visit Shaw’s website at www.shawgrp.com.
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