Message from Chairman and CEO
Welcome to Shaw's Web site.
We consider your visit to our site a valuable opportunity to tell you about our company. As you explore the site, you will gain a sense of our history, our wide-ranging capabilities and our accomplishments, all of which we are extremely proud.
The exceptional growth we've experienced is attributable to a well-thought-out strategy of vertical integration and diversification. As a result, we've been able to respond to greater opportunities in the areas we've traditionally served, while also creating synergistic and new opportunities.
Our profitability speaks to a continuing effort to improve efficiency and productivity through the application of new technologies, the integration of business lines and the adoption of changes to procedures and processes that have reduced the costs of doing business. The strength of our backlog points to the quality of our management and operational personnel worldwide, our reputation for delivering quality products and services and to the diversity of the public and private sector clients for whom we maintain a strong and growing relationship.
Our overall performance has earned us a position as a Fortune 500 company. We also had the added distinction of debuting on Fortune magazine's 2004 list of "America's Most Admired Companies," an honor to be shared rightfully by every Shaw employee around the world.
We have evolved into a company that is comprised of many components, each capable of independent performance but proven much more valuable as a single source to which a variety of clients can turn for solutions. As a single source for solutions, we have achieved a definite advantage that will help assure more opportunities to grow and prosper as a company.
Again, we welcome you to our Web site and hope that you will continue to visit us often.
Sincerely,
J.M. Bernhard Jr.
Founder, Chairman, President and CEO