10-Q

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

(Mark One)

R	QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
	For the quarterly period ended May 31, 2012
	or
£	TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
	For the transition period from _____ to _____

Commission File Number: 1-12227

The Shaw Group Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Louisiana	72-1106167
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
4171 Essen Lane, Baton Rouge, Louisiana	70809
(Address of principal executive offices)	(Zip Code)

225-932-2500

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.                                                                              Yes R   No £

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).                Yes R   No £

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Large accelerated filer R	Accelerated filer £
Non-accelerated filer £   (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)	Smaller reporting company £

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).           Yes £   No R

The number of shares of registrant’s common stock outstanding as of July 5, 2012 was 65,994,751 shares.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

PART I — FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item 1. — Financial Statements
Unaudited Consolidated Statements of Operations — For the Three and Nine Months Ended May 31, 2012, and May 31, 2011	3
Unaudited Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (Loss) - For the Three and Nine Months Ended May 31, 2012, and May 31, 2011	4
Unaudited Consolidated Balance Sheets – May 31, 2012 and August 31, 2011	5
Unaudited Consolidated Statements of Changes in Shareholders’ Equity – For the Three and Nine Months Ended May 31, 2012, and May 31, 2011	6
Unaudited Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows – For the Three and Nine Months Ended May 31, 2012, and May 31, 2011	7
Notes to Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements	8
Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements	36
Item 2. — Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations	38
Item 3. — Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk	63
Item 4. — Controls and Procedures	63
PART II — OTHER INFORMATION
Item 1. — Legal Proceedings	63
Item 1A. — Risk Factors	64
Item 2. — Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds	64
Item 6. — Exhibits	64
SIGNATURES	65
EXHIBIT INDEX	66

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GLOSSARY OF TERMS

When the following terms and abbreviations appear in the text of this report, they have the meanings indicated below:

ABWR	Advanced boiling water reactor
AQC	Air quality control
AP1000®	AP1000 is a registered trademark of Westinghouse Electric Co., LLC
AR	Accounts receivable
ASC	Accounting Standards Codification
ASU	Accounting Standards Update
BNFL	British Nuclear Fuels plc
CAP	Compliance Assurance Process
CCGT	Combined-cycle gas turbine
CIE	Costs and estimated earnings in excess of billings
COL	Combined operating license
Corps	U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
CRA	Commercial relationship agreement
DOE	U.S. Department of Energy
E&C	Our Energy and Chemicals segment
E&C Sale	Our definitive agreement, entered into on May 31, 2012, to sell substantially all of the business of the E&C segment to Technip S.A.
E&I	Our Environmental and Infrastructure segment
EAC	Estimate at completion
EBITDA	Earnings before interest expense, income taxes, depreciation and amortization
EPA	U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
EPC	Engineering, procurement and construction
Exchange Act	Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
F&M	Our Fabrication and Manufacturing segment
Facility	Our unsecured Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement
FASB	Financial Accounting Standards Board
FEMA	Federal Emergency Management Agency
FIFO	First-in, first-out
GAAP	Accounting principles generally accepted in the United States
Interest LC	The additional letters of credit for the benefit of NEH related to interest on the Westinghouse Bonds (defined below).
Investment in Westinghouse	Our 20% interest in Toshiba Nuclear Energy Holdings (US), Inc. and Toshiba Nuclear Energy Holdings (UK), Ltd. Acquired in October 2006
IRS	Internal Revenue Service
JPY	Japanese Yen
LIBOR	London Interbank Offered Rate
NEH	Nuclear Energy Holdings LLC, our wholly owned special purpose acquisition subsidiary
Principal LC	A letter of credit established by us for the benefit of NEH related to the principal on the Westinghouse Bonds (defined below).
Put Option	Japanese Yen-denominated put option agreements entered into in connection with the acquisition of our Investment in Westinghouse
S&P	Standard & Poor’s
S,G&A	Selling, general and administrative expenses
SAR	Stock appreciation rights
SEC	U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Shaw-Nass	Shaw-Nass Middle East, W.L.L.
VIE	Variable interest entity
WEC	BNFL USA Group Inc. (also referred to as Westinghouse Electric Company LLC) and Westinghouse Electric UK Limited and their subsidiaries.
Westinghouse	Our Investment in Westinghouse, along with its subsidiaries
Westinghouse Bonds	The JPY 128.98 billion (equivalent to approximately $1.1 billion) limited recourse bonds issued by NEH on October 13, 2006 and maturing on March 15, 2013, used to partially finance our Investment in Westinghouse.
Westinghouse Equity	Our 20% equity interest in Westinghouse, held by Nuclear Energy Holdings

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PART I — FINANCIAL INFORMATION

ITEM 1. — FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

THE SHAW GROUP INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

FOR THE THREE AND NINE MONTHS ENDED MAY 31, 2012 AND 2011

(In thousands, except per share amounts)

	Three Months Ended						Nine Months Ended
	2012			2011			2012			2011
Revenues	$	1,560,768		$	1,489,956		$	4,553,107		$	4,458,052
Cost of revenues		1,504,229			1,479,814			4,268,001			4,270,346
Gross profit		56,539			10,142			285,106			187,706
Selling, general, and administrative expenses		58,347			71,086			189,685			215,037
Impairment of note receivable		—			48,133			—			48,133
Operating income (loss)		(1,808	)		(109,077	)		95,421			(75,464	)
Interest expense		(1,918	)		(1,508	)		(4,850	)		(4,059	)
Interest expense on Japanese Yen-denominated bonds including accretion and amortization		(9,771	)		(10,340	)		(30,482	)		(31,235	)
Interest income		1,430			2,170			4,265			10,672
Foreign currency translation gains (losses) on Japanese Yen-denominated bonds, net		(22,800	)		(15,043	)		53,827			(74,362	)
Other foreign currency transaction gains (losses), net		527			2,497			1,404			6,459
Other income (expense), net		28			1,701			2,565			6,003
Income (loss) before income taxes and earnings (losses) from unconsolidated entities		(34,312	)		(129,600	)		122,150			(161,986	)
Provision (benefit) for income taxes		(12,108	)		(48,051	)		46,261			(60,764	)
Income (loss) before earnings (losses) from unconsolidated entities		(22,204	)		(81,549	)		75,889			(101,222	)
Earnings (losses) from 20% Investment in Westinghouse, net of income taxes		9,990			13,701			11,680			17,981
Earnings (losses) from unconsolidated entities, net of income taxes		159			250			4,370			2,597
Net income (loss)		(12,055	)		(67,598	)		91,939			(80,644	)
Less: Net income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interests		3,954			2,354			6,216			4,115
Net income (loss) attributable to Shaw	$	(16,009	)	$	(69,952	)	$	85,723		$	(84,759	)
Net income (loss) attributable to Shaw per common share:
Basic	$	(0.24	)	$	(0.89	)	$	1.26		$	(1.02	)
Diluted	$	(0.24	)	$	(0.89	)	$	1.24		$	(1.02	)
Weighted average shares outstanding:
Basic		65,932			78,748			67,925			82,948
Diluted		65,932			78,748			68,971			82,948

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

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THE SHAW GROUP INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS)

FOR THE THREE AND NINE MONTHS ENDED MAY 31, 2012, AND 2011

(In thousands)

	Three Months Ended						Nine Months Ended
	2012			2011			2012			2011
Net income (loss)	$	(12,055	)	$	(67,598	)	$	91,939		$	(80,644	)
Currency translation adjustment, net gain (loss) arising during period		(7,554	)		4,635			(13,673	)		14,192
Equity in unconsolidated entities’ other comprehensive income (loss), net of Shaw’s income tax of $454, $(3,731), $6,907 and $(10,931), respectively		(725	)		5,860			(11,034	)		17,169
Net derivatives gain (loss) on hedge transactions, net of tax of $(2,545), $(1,628), $(5,456) and $(3,281), respectively		4,065			2,556			8,715			5,153
Defined benefit plans
Change in unrecognized net actuarial pension gains (losses)		792			952			2,359			2,781
Change in unrecognized net prior service pension costs		9			11			31			33
Income taxes on recognized gains (losses)		(189	)		(268	)		(590	)		(775	)
Total		612			695			1,800			2,039
Unrealized gain (loss) on available-for-sale securities, net of tax of $(12), $(49), $27 and $308, respectively		20			78			(43	)		(483	)
Comprehensive income (loss)		(15,637	)		(53,774	)		77,704			(42,574	)
Less: Comprehensive income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interests		3,954			2,354			6,216			4,115
Comprehensive income (loss) attributable to Shaw	$	(19,591	)	$	(56,128	)	$	71,488		$	(46,689	)

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

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THE SHAW GROUP INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

 (In thousands, except share amounts)

	May 31, 2012			August 31, 2011
ASSETS
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents ($73.9 million and $78.6 million related to variable interest entities (VIEs))	$	426,961		$	674,080
Restricted and escrowed cash and cash equivalents		42,729			38,721
Short-term investments ($2.9 million and $7.8 million related to VIEs)		122,014			226,936
Restricted short-term investments		242,999			277,316
Accounts receivable, including retainage, net ($39.2 million and $7.5 million related to VIEs)		577,812			772,242
Inventories		278,028			245,044
Costs and estimated earnings in excess of billings on uncompleted contracts, including claims		570,634			552,502
Deferred income taxes		321,012			367,045
Investment in Westinghouse		990,473			999,035
Current assets held for sale		84,995			—
Prepaid expenses and other current assets		100,186			138,260
Total current assets		3,757,843			4,291,181
Investments in and advances to unconsolidated entities, joint ventures and limited partnerships		6,909			14,768
Property and equipment, net of accumulated depreciation of $366.9 million and $347.3 million		509,071			515,811
Goodwill		404,467			545,790
Intangible assets		3,113			17,142
Deferred income taxes		6,394			10,484
Long-term assets held for sale		176,120			—
Other assets		95,036			91,858
Total assets	$	4,958,953		$	5,487,034
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable	$	659,359		$	822,476
Accrued salaries, wages and benefits		110,922			132,857
Other accrued liabilities		159,459			199,947
Advanced billings and billings in excess of costs and estimated earnings on uncompleted contracts		1,282,592			1,535,037
Japanese Yen-denominated bonds secured by Investment in Westinghouse		1,627,599			1,679,836
Interest rate swap contract on Japanese Yen-denominated bonds		12,888			27,059
Current liabilities held for sale		68,458			—
Short-term debt and current maturities of long-term debt		11,615			349
Total current liabilities		3,932,892			4,397,561
Long-term debt, less current maturities		5,308			630
Deferred income taxes		70,576			70,437
Long-term liabilities held for sale		231			—
Other liabilities		70,351			81,152
Total liabilities		4,079,358			4,549,780
Contingencies and commitments (Note 12)
Shaw shareholders’ equity:
Preferred stock, no par value, 20,000,000 shares authorized; no shares issued and outstanding		—			—
Common stock, no par value, 200,000,000 shares authorized; 92,575,590 and 91,711,102 shares issued, respectively; and 65,984,349 and 71,306,382 shares outstanding, respectively		1,338,765			1,321,278
Retained earnings		414,178			328,455
Accumulated other comprehensive loss		(119,157	)		(104,922	)
Treasury stock, 26,591,241 and 20,404,720 shares, respectively		(791,868	)		(639,704	)
Total Shaw shareholders’ equity		841,918			905,107
Noncontrolling interests		37,677			32,147
Total equity		879,595			937,254
Total liabilities and equity	$	4,958,953		$	5,487,034

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

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THE SHAW GROUP INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY

(In thousands, except share amounts)

	2012						2011
	Shares			Amount			Shares			Amount
Preferred stock		—		$	—			—		$	—
Common stock
Balance September 1		91,711,102		$	1,321,278			90,669,011		$	1,283,890
Exercise of stock options		273,611			5,929			482,865			10,873
Shares exchanged for taxes on stock based compensation		(224,564	)		(6,035	)		(263,934	)		(9,150	)
Tax benefit on stock based compensation		—			296			—			2,937
Stock-based compensation		815,441			17,297			813,177			24,297
Balance May 31		92,575,590		$	1,338,765			91,701,119		$	1,312,847
Retained earnings
Balance September 1				$	328,455					$	503,471
Net income (loss) attributable to Shaw					85,723						(84,759	)
Balance May 31				$	414,178					$	418,712
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)
Currency translation adjustment
Balance September 1				$	(3,652	)				$	(15,532	)
Change during year					(13,673	)					14,192
Balance May 31				$	(17,325	)				$	(1,340	)
Equity in unconsolidated entities’ other comprehensive income (loss), net of Shaw’s tax
Balance September 1				$	(50,724	)				$	(66,297	)
Change during year					(11,034	)					17,169
Balance May 31				$	(61,758	)				$	(49,128	)
Unrealized gain (loss) on hedging activities
Balance September 1				$	(16,558	)				$	(20,361	)
Change during year					8,715						5,153
Balance May 31				$	(7,843	)				$	(15,208	)
Unrealized net holding gain (loss) on securities
Balance September 1				$	(50	)				$	546
Change during year					(43	)					(483	)
Balance May 31				$	(93	)				$	63
Pension and other postretirement benefit plans
Balance September 1				$	(33,938	)				$	(41,001	)
Change during year					1,800						2,039
Balance May 31				$	(32,138	)				$	(38,962	)
Balance May 31				$	(119,157	)				$	(104,575	)
Treasury stock at cost
Balance September 1		(20,404,720	)	$	(639,704	)		(5,755,949	)	$	(117,453	)
Purchases under tender offer and repurchase plans		(6,185,567	)		(152,143	)		(13,688,354	)		(500,000	)
Shares exchanged for taxes on stock-based compensation		(954	)		(21	)		(15,157	)		(479	)
Balance May 31		(26,591,241	)	$	(791,868	)		(19,459,460	)	$	(617,932	)
Total Shaw shareholders’ equity at May 31				$	841,918					$	1,009,052
Noncontrolling interests
Balance September 1				$	32,147					$	47,124
Net income (loss)					6,216						4,115
Distributions to noncontrolling interests					(4,837	)					(7,687	)
Contributions from noncontrolling interests					4,151						1,441
Adjustment for deconsolidation of VIE(s)					—						(10,662	)
Balance May 31				$	37,677					$	34,331
Total equity at May 31				$	879,595					$	1,043,383

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

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THE SHAW GROUP INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

FOR THE NINE MONTHS ENDED MAY 31, 2012, AND 2011

(In thousands)

	2012			2011
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net income (loss)	$	91,939		$	(80,644	)
Adjustments to reconcile net gain (loss) to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization		55,458			55,033
Asset impairment charges		3,407			51,730
(Benefit from) provision for deferred income taxes		48,915			(42,787	)
Stock-based compensation expense		26,714			26,163
(Earnings) losses from unconsolidated entities, net of taxes		(16,050	)		(20,578	)
Distributions from unconsolidated entities		15,202			18,200
Taxes paid upon net-share settlement of equity awards		(6,035	)		(9,150	)
Excess tax benefits from stock based compensation		(1,129	)		(3,452	)
Foreign currency transaction (gains) losses, net		(55,231	)		67,903
Other noncash Items		3,553			7,902
Changes in assets and liabilities, net of effects of acquisitions and consolidation of variable interest entities:
(Increase) decrease in accounts receivables		141,740			6,691
(Increase) decrease in costs and estimated earnings in excess of billings on uncompleted contracts, including claims		(51,529	)		85,149
(Increase) decrease in inventories		(33,322	)		(3,514	)
(Increase) decrease in other current assets		34,354			(14,106	)
Increase (decrease) in accounts payable		(149,292	)		(136,309	)
Increase (decrease) in accrued liabilities		(47,036	)		(59,499	)
Increase (decrease) in advanced billings and billings in excess of costs and estimated earnings on uncompleted contracts		(221,747	)		(29,404	)
Net change in other assets and liabilities		(14,626	)		(9,432	)
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities	$	(174,715	)	$	(90,104	)
Cash flows from investing activities:
Purchases of property and equipment		(60,312	)		(79,812	)
Proceeds from sale of businesses and assets, net of cash surrendered		3,509			2,652
Investment(s) in notes receivable		—			(48,336	)
Investments in, advances to and return on equity from unconsolidated entities and joint ventures		1,447			520
Cash deposited into restricted and escrowed cash		(88,340	)		(891,108	)
Cash withdrawn from restricted and escrowed cash		84,106			843,799
Purchases of short-term investments		(202,691	)		(638,449	)
Proceeds from sale and redemption of short-term investments		270,893			865,393
Purchases of restricted short-term investments		(106,763	)		(220,177	)
Proceeds from sale of restricted short-term investments		178,851			257,425
Purchases of businesses, net of cash acquired		—			(34,557	)
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities	$	80,700		$	57,350
Cash flows from financing activities:
Purchase of treasury stock		(152,164	)		(500,479	)
Repayment of debt and capital leases		(258	)		(4,540	)
Contingent consideration paid		(3,591	)		—
Payment of deferred financing costs		(16	)		(54	)
Issuance of common stock		5,929			10,873
Excess tax benefits from exercise of stock options and vesting of restricted stock		1,129			3,452
Contributions received from noncontrolling interest		4,151			1,441
Distributions paid to noncontrolling interest		(4,837	)		(7,687	)
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities	$	(149,657	)	$	(496,994	)
Net effects on cash of deconsolidation of VIE(s)		—			(12,805	)
Effects of foreign exchange rate changes on cash		(3,447	)		12,189
Net change in cash and cash equivalents	$	(247,119	)	$	(530,364	)
Cash and cash equivalents — beginning of year	$	674,080		$	912,736
Cash and cash equivalents — end of year	$	426,961		$	382,372

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

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THE SHAW GROUP INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Note 1 — Description of Business and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

The Shaw Group Inc. (a Louisiana corporation) and its wholly owned and majority owned subsidiaries (collectively referred to herein as Shaw, the Company, we, us or our) is a leading global provider of technology, engineering, procurement, construction, maintenance, fabrication, manufacturing, consulting, remediation and facilities management services to a diverse client base that includes multinational and national oil companies and industrial corporations, regulated utilities, merchant power producers, and government agencies. We have developed and acquired significant intellectual property, including downstream petrochemical technologies, induction pipe bending technology and environmental decontamination technologies. Through our investments, we have exclusive opportunities to bid on engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) services on future Westinghouse advanced passive AP1000® nuclear power technology units to be built in the United States (U.S.) and other locations (AP1000 is a registered trademark of Westinghouse Electric Co., LLC.) and certain exclusive opportunities with Toshiba Corporation (Toshiba) for providing EPC services for new Toshiba Advanced Boiling Water Reactor (ABWR) nuclear power plants worldwide, except Japan and Vietnam. We believe our technologies provide an advantage and will help us to compete on a longer-term basis with lower cost competitors from developing countries that are likely to emerge.

Our reportable segments are Power; Plant Services; Environmental & Infrastructure (E&I); Fabrication and Manufacturing (F&M); Energy and Chemicals (E&C); Investment in Westinghouse; and Corporate.  See Note 17 – Business Segments for further discussion related to our reportable segments.  See Note 20 – Disposal of E&C Segment Assets for discussion of the sale of substantially all of the businesses included in the E&C reportable segment.

We have evaluated events and transactions occurring after the balance sheet date but before the financial statements were issued and have included the appropriate disclosures in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (Form 10-Q).

Basis of Presentation and Preparation

The accompanying consolidated financial statements include the accounts of The Shaw Group Inc., its wholly owned and majority owned subsidiaries, and any variable interest entities (VIEs) of which we are the primary beneficiary (See Note 7 —Equity Method Investments and Variable Interest Entities). When we do not have a controlling interest in an entity but exert a significant influence over the entity, we apply the equity method of accounting. The cost method is used when we do not have the ability to exert significant influence. All significant intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.
 

The financial statements as of May 31, 2012, and for the three and nine month periods ended May 31, 2012, and May 31, 2011, are unaudited. The consolidated balance sheet as of August 31, 2011, was derived from the audited balance sheet filed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended August 31, 2011 (2011 Form 10-K). In management’s opinion, all adjustments necessary for a fair presentation of the Company’s consolidated financial statements for the current and prior interim period results have been made. These consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and the related notes included in our 2011 Form 10-K.

The unaudited interim consolidated financial statements were prepared pursuant to the rules and regulations of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (GAAP) have been condensed or omitted pursuant to such rules and regulations, although management believes that the disclosures are adequate to make the information presented not misleading. The preparation of these Consolidated Financial Statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in these consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes. Areas requiring significant estimates by our management include the following:

• contract revenues, costs and profits, and the application of percentage-of-completion method of accounting;

• provisions for uncollectible receivables and client claims and recoveries of costs from subcontractors, vendors and others;

• recoverability of inventories and application of lower of cost or market accounting;

• provisions for income taxes and related valuation allowances and tax uncertainties;

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• recoverability of goodwill;

• recoverability of other intangibles and long-lived assets and related estimated lives;

• recoverability of equity method investments;

• valuation of defined benefit pension plans;

• accruals for estimated liabilities, including litigation, claims and insurance accruals;

• consolidation of variable interest entities; and

• valuation of stock-based compensation.

Actual results could differ materially from those estimates, and the foregoing interim results are not necessarily indicative of results for any other interim period or for the full fiscal year ending August 31, 2012.

The length of our contracts varies but is typically longer than one year in duration. Consistent with industry practice, assets and liabilities are classified as current under the operating cycle concept whereby all contract-related items are regarded as current regardless of whether cash will be received or paid within a 12-month period. Assets and liabilities classified as current that may not be paid or received in cash within the next 12 months include restricted cash, retainage receivable, cost and estimated earnings in excess of billing on uncompleted contracts (including claims receivable), retainage payable and advance billings and billings in excess of costs and estimated earnings on uncompleted contracts.

Cash and Cash Equivalents

We consider all highly liquid investments with original maturities of three months or less to be cash equivalents.

Marketable Securities

We categorize our marketable securities as either trading securities or available-for-sale. These investments are recorded at fair value and are classified as short-term investments in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets. Investments are made based on the Company’s investment policy and restrictions contained in our Facility, which specifies eligible investments and credit quality requirements.

Trading securities consist of investments held in trust to satisfy obligations under our deferred compensation plans and investments in certain equity securities. The changes in fair values on trading securities are recorded as a component of net income (loss) in other income (expense), net.

Available-for-sale securities consist of mutual funds, foreign government and foreign government guaranteed securities, corporate bonds and certificates of deposit at major banks. The changes in fair values, net of applicable taxes, on available-for-sale securities are recorded as unrealized net holding gain (loss) on securities as a component of accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) in shareholders’ equity. When, in the opinion of management, a decline in the fair value of an investment below its cost or amortized cost is considered to be other-than-temporary, the investment’s cost or amortized cost is written-down to its fair value and the amount written down is recorded in the statement of operations in other income (expense), net. In addition to other relevant factors, management considers the decline in the fair value of an investment to be other-than-temporary if the market value of the investment remains below cost by a significant amount for a period of time, in which case a write-down may be necessary. The amount of any write-down is determined by the difference between cost or amortized cost of the investment and its fair value at the time the other-than-temporary decline is identified.

Assets and Liabilities Held for Sale

Assets and liabilities held for sale are reported at the lower of their carrying value or their fair value based on current market conditions and expected proceeds from the sale of the assets. See Note 20 – Disposal of E&C Segment Assets for additional information.

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 Recently Adopted Accounting Pronouncement

In January 2010, the FASB issued an Accounting Standards Update (ASU) related to new disclosures about fair value measurements, ASU 2010-06, Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures (Topic 820). Part of this standard was effective for us in the first quarter of our 2011 fiscal year and did not have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements. We adopted the additional requirement to reconcile recurring Level 3 measurements, including purchases, sales, issuances and settlements on a gross basis effective September 1, 2011. The adoption of the final part of ASU 2010-06 did not have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements.

In April 2010, the FASB issued ASU 2010-13, Compensation – Stock Compensation (Topic 718) – Effect of Denominating the Exercise Price of a Share-Based Payment Award in the Currency of the Market in Which the Underlying Equity Security Trades. ASU 2010-13 amends FASB Accounting Standards Codification ™ (ASC) 718 to clarify that an employee share-based payment award with an exercise price denominated in the currency of a market in which a substantial portion of the entity’s equity securities trades should not be considered to contain a condition that is not a market, performance or service condition. Therefore, an entity would not classify such an award as a liability if it otherwise qualifies as equity. We adopted ASU 2010-13 effective September 1, 2011. The adoption of ASU 2010-13 did not have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements.

In May 2011, the FASB issued ASU 2011-04, Fair Value Measurement (Topic 820) – Amendments to Achieve Common Fair Value Measurement and Disclosure Requirements in U.S. GAAP and IFRS.  ASU 2011-04 primarily changes the wording used to describe the requirements for measuring fair value and for disclosing information about fair value measurement and clarifies the FASB’s intent about the application of existing fair value measurement requirements. We adopted ASU 2011-04 effective March 1, 2012. The adoption of ASU 2011-04 did not have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In June 2011, the FASB issued ASU 2011-05, Comprehensive Income (Topic 220) – Presentation of Comprehensive Income. ASU 2011-05 provides an entity the option to present the total of comprehensive income, the components of net income and the components of other comprehensive income either in a single continuous statement of comprehensive income or in two separate but consecutive statements. ASU 2011-05 is effective for us in fiscal year 2013. We do not expect the adoption of ASU 2011-05 to have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements.

In September 2011, the FASB issued ASU 2011-08 – Intangibles – Goodwill and Other (Topic 350) – Testing Goodwill for Impairment. ASU 2011-08 provides an entity the option to first assess qualitative factors to determine whether the existence of events or circumstances leads to a determination that it is more likely than not that the fair value of a reporting unit is less than its carrying amount. If, after assessing the totality of events or circumstances, an entity determines it is not more likely than not that the fair value of a reporting unit is less than its carrying amount, then performing the two-step impairment test is not required. ASU 2011-08 is effective for us in fiscal year 2013. Early adoption is permitted; however, we have not yet adopted it. We do not expect the adoption of ASU 2011-08 to have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements.

In September 2011, the FASB issued ASU 2011-09 Compensation – Retirement Benefits – Multiemployer Plans (Subtopic 715-80) – Disclosures about an Employer’s Participation in a Multiemployer Plan. ASU 2011-09 requires that employers provide additional separate disclosures for multiemployer pension plans and multiemployer other postretirement benefit plans. ASU 2011-09 is effective for us in fiscal year 2012 and must be applied retrospectively for all prior periods presented. We do not expect the adoption of ASU 2011-09 to have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements.

Note 2 — Cash, Cash Equivalents and Short-term Investments

All short-term investments consist of highly liquid investments which can be promptly converted to cash or cash equivalents, without restriction. Our major types of investments are as follows:

Money market mutual funds – We invest in money market funds that seek to maintain a stable net asset value of $1 per share, while limiting overall exposure to credit, market and liquidity risks.

Certificates of deposit – Certificates of deposit are short-term interest-bearing debt instruments issued by various financial institutions with which we have an established banking relationship.

Bond mutual funds – We invest in publicly traded and valued bond funds.

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Corporate bonds – We evaluate our corporate debt securities based on a variety of factors including, but not limited to, the credit rating of the issuer. Our corporate debt securities are publicly traded debt rated at least A/A2 or better by S&P and/or Moody's, respectively, with maturities up to two years at the time of purchase. Losses in this category are primarily due to market liquidity.

At May 31, 2012, the components of our cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments were as follows (in thousands):

										Balance Sheet Classifications
	Cost Basis		Unrealized Gain		Unrealized (Loss)			Recorded Basis		Cash and Cash Equivalents		Short-term Investments
Cash	$	392,598	$	—	$	—		$	392,598	$	392,598	$	—
Money market mutual funds		34,363		—		—			34,363		34,363		—
Certificates of deposit		67,816		—		—			67,816		—		67,816
Available-for-sale securities:
Bond mutual funds		20,586		—		(125	)		20,461		—		20,461
Corporate bonds		27,931		23		(44	)		27,910		—		27,910
Trading securities:
Equity investments		5,994		—		(167	)		5,827		—		5,827
Total	$	549,288	$	23	$	(336	)	$	548,975	$	426,961	$	122,014

At August 31, 2011, the components of our cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments were as follows (in thousands):

										Balance Sheet Classifications
	Cost Basis		Unrealized Gain		Unrealized (Loss)			Recorded Basis		Cash and Cash Equivalents		Short-term Investments
Cash	$	653,979	$	—	$	—		$	653,979	$	653,979	$	—
Money market mutual funds		17,350		—		—			17,350		17,350		—
Certificates of deposit		211,910		—		—			211,910		2,751		209,159
Available-for-sale securities:
Corporate bonds		17,853		40		(116	)		17,777		—		17,777
Total	$	901,092	$	40	$	(116	)	$	901,016	$	674,080	$	226,936

Gross realized gains and losses from sales of available-for-sale securities are determined using the specific identification method and are included in other income (expense), net. During the three and nine months ended May 31, 2012 and May 31, 2011, the proceeds and realized gains and losses were as follows (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended				Nine Months Ended
	2012		2011		2012		2011
Proceeds	$	—	$	3,955	$	7,202	$	143,727
Realized gains	$	—	$	1	$	1	$	606
Realized losses	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—

There were no transfers of securities between available for sale and trading classifications during the three and nine months ending May 31, 2012.

We evaluate whether unrealized losses on investments in securities are other-than-temporary, and if we believe the unrealized losses are other-than-temporary, we record an impairment charge. There were no other-than-temporary impairment losses recognized during the three and nine months ended May 31, 2012.

Gross unrealized losses on investment securities and the fair value of those securities that have been in a continuous loss position for which we have not recognized an impairment charge at May 31, 2012, were as follows(in thousands):

	Less than 12 Months
	Fair Value		Unrealized Loss
Available-for-sale:
Corporate bonds	$	10,356	$	(36	)
Total	$	10,356	$	(36	)

	Greater than 12 Months
	Fair Value		Unrealized Loss
Available-for-sale:
Corporate bonds	$	1,851	$	(3	)
Total	$	1,851	$	(3	)

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At May 31, 2012, maturities of debt securities classified as available-for-sale were as follows (in thousands):

	Cost Basis		Estimated Fair Value
Due in one year or less	$	22,686	$	22,695
Due in one to two years		5,245		5,215
Total	$	27,931	$	27,910

Note 3 — Restricted and Escrowed Cash and Cash Equivalents and Restricted Short-term Investments

At May 31, 2012, the components of our restricted and escrowed cash and cash equivalents and restricted short-term investments were as follows (in thousands):

						Balance Sheet Classification
	Recorded Basis		Holding Period Gain/(Loss)			Restricted and Escrowed Cash and Cash Equivalents		Restricted Short-term Investments
Cash	$	1,749	$	—		$	1,749	$	—
Money market mutual funds		40,980		—			40,980		—
Certificates of deposit		215,659		—			—		215,659
Trading securities:
Stock and bond mutual funds		8,940		310			—		8,940
U.S. government and agency securities		606		(11	)		—		606
Corporate bonds		17,794		(496	)		—		17,794
Total	$	285,728	$	(197	)	$	42,729	$	242,999

  At August 31, 2011, the components of our restricted and escrowed cash and cash equivalents and restricted short-term investments were as follows (in thousands):

						Balance Sheet Classification
	Recorded Basis		Holding Period Gain/(Loss)			Restricted and Escrowed Cash and Cash Equivalents		Restricted Short-term Investments
Cash	$	16,358	$	—		$	16,358	$	—
Money market mutual funds		22,363		—			22,363		—
Certificates of deposit		252,627		—			—		252,627
Trading securities:
Stock and bond mutual funds		6,473		272			—		6,473
U.S. government and agency securities		1,806		(82	)		—		1,806
Corporate bonds		16,410		(390	)		—		16,410
Total	$	316,037	$	(200	)	$	38,721	$	277,316

Our restricted and escrowed cash and cash equivalents and restricted short-term investments were restricted for the following (in thousands):

	May 31, 2012		August 31, 2011
Contractually required by projects	$	—	$	14,696
Voluntarily used to secure letters of credit		215,659		252,627
Secure contingent obligations in lieu of letters of credit		38,718		20,626
Assets held in trust and other		31,351		28,088
Total	$	285,728	$	316,037

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We voluntarily cash collateralize certain letters of credit if the bank fees avoided on those letters of credit exceed the return on other investment opportunities. We have the ability to promptly convert, without restriction, the $215.7 million in restricted short-term investments presently being utilized to voluntarily secure letters of credit and the $38.7 million in restricted and escrowed cash and cash equivalents presently securing contingent obligations to unrestricted cash by utilizing a portion of our $1,450.0 million Facility available for the issuance of letters of credit as of May 31, 2012.  See Note 9 – Debt and Revolving Lines of Credit for additional information about our Facility.

See Note 20 – Disposal of E&C Segment Assets for additional information regarding our restricted and escrowed cash and cash equivalents that were classified as held for sale at May 31, 2012.

Note 4 — Fair Value Measurements

We follow the authoritative guidance set forth in ASC 820, Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures, for fair value measurements relating to financial and nonfinancial assets and liabilities, including presentation of required disclosures in our consolidated financial statements. This guidance defines fair value as the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability (an exit price) in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. The guidance also establishes a fair value hierarchy, which requires maximizing the use of observable inputs when measuring fair value.

The three levels of inputs that may be used are:

       Level 1: Quoted market prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities.

       Level 2: Observable market based inputs or unobservable inputs that are corroborated by market data.

       Level 3: Significant unobservable inputs that are not corroborated by market data.

Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis

At May 31, 2012, our financial assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis were as follows (in thousands):

			Fair Value Measurements Using
	Fair Value		(Level 1)		(Level 2)		(Level 3)
Assets:
Short-term and Restricted Short-term Investments
Certificates of deposit	$	283,475	$	—	$	283,475	$	—
Stock and bond mutual funds (a)		29,401		29,401		—		—
U.S. government and agency securities		606		—		606		—
Corporate bonds		45,704		—		45,704		—
Equity investments		5,827		5,827		—		—
Total	$	365,013	$	35,228	$	329,785	$	—
Liabilities:
Interest rate swap contract	$	12,888	$	—	$	12,888	$	—
Derivatives Not Designated as Hedging Instruments:
Other Current Assets
Foreign currency forward assets	$	1,491	$	—	$	1,491	$	—
Other Accrued Liabilities
Foreign currency forward liabilities	$	514	$	—	$	514	$	—

(a) This class includes investments in a mutual fund that invests at least 80% of its assets in short-term bonds issued or guaranteed by U.S. government agencies and instrumentalities.

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At August 31, 2011, our financial assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis were as follows (in thousands):

			Fair Value Measurements Using
	Fair Value		(Level 1)		(Level 2)		(Level 3)
Assets:
Short-term and Restricted Short-term Investments
Certificates of deposit	$	461,786	$	—	$	461,786	$	—
Stock and bond mutual funds (a)		6,473		6,473		—		—
U.S. government and agency securities		1,806		—		1,806		—
Corporate bonds		34,187		—		34,187		—
Total	$	504,252	$	6,473	$	497,779	$	—
Liabilities:
Interest rate swap contract	$	27,059	$	—	$	27,059	$	—
Derivatives Not Designated as Hedging Instruments:
Other Current Assets
Foreign currency forward assets	$	1,955	$	—	$	1,955	$	—
Other Accrued Liabilities
Foreign currency forward liabilities	$	16	$	—	$	16	$	—

(a) This class includes investments in a mutual fund that invests at least 80% of its assets in short-term bonds issued or guaranteed by U.S. government agencies and instrumentalities.

The following are the primary valuation methodologies used for valuing our short-term and restricted short-term investments:

· Corporate bonds and U.S. government and agency securities: Valued at quoted prices in markets that are not active, broker dealer quotations or other methods by which all significant inputs are observable, either directly or indirectly.

· Stock and bond mutual funds: Valued at the net asset value of shares held at period end as quoted in the active market.  These mutual funds contain no unusual terms or trade restrictions.

· Equity investments: Valued at the closing price of the shares held at period end as quoted in active markets.

We value the interest rate swap liability utilizing a discounted cash flow model that takes into consideration forward interest rates observable in the market and the counterparty’s credit risk. Our counterparty to this instrument is a major U.S. bank. As discussed in Note 9 – Debt and Revolving Lines of Credit, we designated the swap as a hedge against changes in cash flows attributable to changes in the benchmark interest rate related to our Westinghouse Bonds.

We manage our transaction exchange exposures with foreign currency derivative instruments denominated in our major currencies, which are generally the currencies of the countries in which we conduct the majority of our international business. We utilize derivative instruments such as forward contracts to manage forecasted cash flows denominated in foreign currencies generally related to engineering and construction projects. Our counterparties to these instruments are major U.S. banks. These currency derivative instruments are carried on the consolidated balance sheet at fair value and are based upon market observable forward exchange rates and forward interest rates.

We value derivative assets by discounting future cash flows based on currency forward rates. The discount rate used for valuing derivative assets incorporates counterparty credit risk, as well as our cost of capital. Derivative liabilities are valued using a discount rate that incorporates our credit risk.

See Note 2 – Cash, Cash Equivalents and Short-term Investments and Note 3 – Restricted and Escrowed Cash and Cash Equivalents and Restricted Short-term Investments for additional information regarding our major categories of investments.

See Note 8 – Goodwill and Other Intangibles for information regarding assets measured at fair value on a non-recurring basis.

See Note 20 – Disposal of E&C Segment Assets for additional information regarding our assets and liabilities held for sale, including those measured at fair value on a non-recurring basis.

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Effects of Derivative Instruments on Income and Other Comprehensive Income

Gains and losses related to derivative instruments have been recognized as follows for the three and nine months ended May 31, 2012, and May 31, 2011 (in millions):

		Three Months Ended				Nine Months Ended
	Location of Gain (Loss) Recognized in Income on Derivatives	2012		2011		2012			2011
Derivatives Designated as Hedging Instruments:
Interest rate swap contract	Other comprehensive income (loss)	$	4.1	$	2.6	$	8.7		$	5.2
Derivatives Not Designated as Hedging Instruments:
Foreign currency forward contracts	Other foreign currency transactions gains (losses), net	$	0.4	$	0.7	$	(2.3	)	$	2.9

Note 5 — Accounts Receivable, Concentrations of Credit Risk, and Inventories

Accounts Receivable

Our accounts receivable, including retainage, net, were as follows (in thousands):

	May 31, 2012		August 31, 2011
Trade accounts receivable, net	$	544,834	$	732,134
Unbilled accounts receivable		21,301		23,116
Retainage		11,677		16,992
Total accounts receivable, including retainage, net	$	577,812	$	772,242

Analysis of the change in the allowance for doubtful accounts follows (in thousands):

	2012
Beginning balance, September 1	$	22,350
Increased provision		4,667
Write offs		(2,155	)
Recoveries and settlements		(7,989	)
Ending balance, May 31	$	16,873

Included in our trade accounts receivable, net, at May 31, 2012, and August 31, 2011, were approximately $9.0 million of outstanding invoices due from a local government entity resulting from revenues earned in providing disaster relief, emergency response, and recovery services. The local government entity has challenged the appropriateness of our invoiced amounts, and we are currently in litigation with the government entity. The amounts we ultimately collect could differ materially from amounts currently recorded.

At August 31, 2011, we had approximately $227.1 million included in trade receivables, net, for an air quality control (AQC) project, primarily related to periodic costs and milestone reconciliation invoices. During the three months ended November 30, 2011, we received a payment of $68.0 million from the client related to the outstanding trade receivables. On June 5, 2012, we reached a settlement with the client of all claims and counterclaims on the AQC project.  As a result of the settlement, we recorded a $20.1 million charge to earnings in the three months ended May 31, 2012.  On June 11, 2012, we collected approximately $107 million in cash, representing all of the remaining net accounts receivable associated with the project.  See Note 12 – Contingencies and Commitments for additional information.

Concentrations of Credit

Amounts due from U.S. government agencies or entities were $67.6 million and $64.3 million at May 31, 2012, and August 31, 2011, respectively. Costs and estimated earnings in excess of billings on uncompleted contracts include $247.7 million and $278.6 million at May 31, 2012, and August 31, 2011, respectively, related to the U.S. government agencies and related entities.

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Inventories

Inventories are stated at the lower of cost or market. Cost is determined using the first-in-first-out (FIFO) or weighted-average cost methods. Cost includes material, labor and overhead costs. Inventories are reported net of the allowance for excess or obsolete inventory. Major components of inventories were as follows (in thousands):

	May 31, 2012						August 31, 2011
	Weighted Average		FIFO		Total		Weighted Average		FIFO		Total
Raw materials	$	20,430	$	133,699	$	154,129	$	16,040	$	118,516	$	134,556
Work in process		3,960		38,103		42,063		2,878		25,483		28,361
Finished goods		81,836		—		81,836		82,127		—		82,127
Total	$	106,226	$	171,802	$	278,028	$	101,045	$	143,999	$	245,044

See Note 20 – Disposal of E&C Segment Assets for additional information regarding our accounts receivable and inventories that were classified as held for sale at May 31, 2012.

Note 6 — Investment in Westinghouse and Related Agreements

Investment in Westinghouse

On October 16, 2006, two newly-formed companies, Toshiba Nuclear Energy Holdings (US), Inc. and its subsidiaries and Toshiba Nuclear Energy Holdings (UK), Ltd. and its subsidiaries (the Acquisition Companies) acquired BNFL USA Group Inc. (also referred to as Westinghouse Electric Company LLC) and Westinghouse Electric UK Limited and their subsidiaries (collectively Westinghouse or WEC) from British Nuclear Fuels plc (BNFL). Westinghouse was owned and capitalized to a total of $5.4 billion, 77% provided by Toshiba, 20% by us (through our wholly owned special purpose subsidiary Nuclear Energy Holdings LLC (NEH)), and 3% by Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries Co., Ltd (IHI). In October 2007, Toshiba reduced its ownership to 67% by selling 10% of Westinghouse to National Atomic Company Kazatomprom, a major supplier of uranium based in the Republic of Kazakhstan. Our total cost of the equity investment (Westinghouse Equity) and the related agreements, including related acquisition costs, was approximately $1.1 billion. We obtained financing for our equity investment through the Japanese private placement market by issuing, at a discount, 128.98 billion JPY (equivalent to approximately $1.08 billion at the time of issuance) face amount of limited recourse bonds (the Westinghouse Bonds).

Put Option Agreements

In connection and concurrent with the acquisition of our Investment in Westinghouse, we entered into JPY-denominated Put Option Agreements (Put Options) that provide us an option to sell all or part of our 20% equity interest in Westinghouse to Toshiba for approximately 97% of the original JPY-equivalent purchase price, approximately 124.7 billion JPY. Under its terms, the Put Options are exercisable through February 28, 2013, but covenants under the Westinghouse Bonds require us to exercise the Put Option on the date that is 160 days prior to March 15, 2013, (or October 6, 2012)  if, by such date, the Westinghouse Bonds have not been repaid. The Put Options provided financial support to NEH to issue the Westinghouse Bonds on a non-recourse basis to us (except NEH) as the Westinghouse Bonds are collateralized exclusively by the security addressed below in the section “Westinghouse Bonds.” If, due to legal reasons or other regulatory constraints, Toshiba cannot take possession of the shares upon our exercise of the Put Options, Toshiba is required to provide security for the Westinghouse Bonds for a period of time and may delay the transfer of ownership and settlement of the Westinghouse Bonds by NEH. The Put Options may only be exercised once, and any proceeds received from the Put Options must be used to repay the Westinghouse Bonds.

Since the Put Options exercise price is JPY-denominated, we will receive a fixed amount of JPY (approximately 124.7 billion JPY) upon the exercise of the Put Options. The Put Options, along with the Principal LC (defined below), substantially mitigate the risk to the holders of the Westinghouse Bonds that the JPY to U.S. dollar exchange rate changes could result in a shortfall of proceeds upon exercise of the Put Options for repayment of the Westinghouse Bonds.

Under GAAP, the Put Options are not considered free-standing financial instruments or derivative instruments, and, therefore, have not been separated from our equity investment in Westinghouse. The Put Options are JPY-denominated and do not require or permit net settlement. Therefore, neither the Put Options nor the foreign currency component meet the definition of a derivative instrument under ASC 815 and, therefore, are not separated from the host contract (the hybrid equity investment in Westinghouse with a JPY-denominated put option).

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On September 6, 2011, NEH announced its intent to seek consent of the trustee, acting on behalf of the holders of the Westinghouse Bonds, to exercise the Put Options prior to the automatic put date. On December 8, 2011, we were notified that the trustee decided not to consent to the proposed early exercise of the Put Options. Accordingly, the Put Options are expected to be automatically exercised on or around October 6, 2012, which will require funding by Toshiba on January 4, 2013. Repayments due by NEH are expected to be funded through letters of credit as described below under “Westinghouse Bonds.” Repayment of the Westinghouse Bonds is expected to occur on March 15, 2013.

Commercial Relationship Agreement

In connection and concurrent with the acquisition of our investment in Westinghouse, we executed a commercial relationship agreement (Westinghouse CRA) that provides us with certain exclusive opportunities to bid on projects where we would perform engineering, procurement and construction services on future Westinghouse advanced passive AP 1000 nuclear power plants, along with other commercial opportunities, such as the supply of piping for those units. The term of the Westinghouse CRA is six years and contains renewal provisions. As noted above, when the Put Options are exercised in October 2012, the CRA will terminate. We would continue to retain our rights under the Westinghouse CRA for projects for which Westinghouse and Shaw have submitted a binding offer prior to its termination. We concluded that, for accounting purposes, no value should be allocated to the Westinghouse CRA and that it should not be recognized as a separate asset.

Shareholder Agreement and Dividend Policy

On October 4, 2006, NEH entered into shareholder agreements with respect to the Acquisition Companies setting forth certain agreements regarding the capitalization, management, control and other matters relating to the Acquisition Companies. Under the shareholder agreements, the Acquisition Companies will distribute agreed percentages, no less than 65%, but not to exceed 100%, of the net income of Westinghouse to its shareholders as dividends. The shares owned by NEH will be entitled to limited preferences with respect to dividends to the extent that targeted minimum dividends are not distributed. The intent of this policy is that for each year of the first six years we hold our 20% equity investment in Westinghouse we expect to receive a minimum of approximately $24.0 million in dividends. To the extent the targeted dividend amount during this period is not paid or an amount less than the target is paid, we retain the right to receive any annual shortfall to the extent Westinghouse earns net income equal to or exceeding the targeted income in the future. Our right to receive any shortfalls between the targeted dividends to which we are entitled and those actually paid by Westinghouse during the first six years of our investment (or such shorter period in the event of earlier termination) survives the exercise or expiration of the Put Options or the sale of our Westinghouse Investment, although this right is dependent on Westinghouse earning net income equal to or exceeding the target income at some future time. NEH has received dividends totaling approximately $107.4 million to date. Dividends received are accounted for as a reduction of NEH’s Investment in Westinghouse carrying value. Shortfalls in target minimum Westinghouse dividends are not recorded in our financial statements until declared by Westinghouse. At May 31, 2012, the dividend shortfall totaled approximately $12.6 million.

Westinghouse Bonds

The proceeds from the issuance of the Westinghouse Bonds was approximately $1.0 billion, net of original issue discount. The Westinghouse Bonds are non-recourse to us and our subsidiaries, except NEH, and are secured by the assets of and 100% of our ownership in NEH, its Westinghouse Equity, the Put Options, a letter of credit for approximately $54.3 million at May 31, 2012, established by us for the benefit of NEH related to the principal on the Westinghouse Bonds (the Principal LC) and the additional letters of credit for approximately $37.9 million at May 31, 2012, for the benefit of NEH related to interest on the Westinghouse Bonds (the Interest LC). The Interest LC will automatically renew in declining amounts equal to the interest remaining to be paid over the life of the Westinghouse Bonds, or until we exercise the Put Options, which requires the payment of the Westinghouse Bonds.  As discussed above, the Put Options are expected to be automatically exercised on or around October 6, 2012. The Westinghouse Bonds were issued in two tranches, a floating-rate tranche and a fixed-rate tranche, and will mature March 15, 2013. We entered into contracts to fix the JPY-denominated interest payments on the floating rate tranche. (See Note 9 — Debt and Revolving Lines of Credit for additional discussion of the accounting for these contracts.) Other than the Principal LC and the Interest LC delivered at the closing of the Westinghouse Bonds and an agreement to reimburse Toshiba for amounts related to possible changes in tax treatment, we are not required to provide any additional letters of credit or cash to or for the benefit of NEH.

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Note 7 — Equity Method Investments and Variable Interest Entities

Under ASC 810-10, a partnership or joint venture is considered a VIE if either (a) the total equity investment is not sufficient to permit the entity to finance its activities without additional subordinated financial support, (b) characteristics of a controlling financial interest are missing (either the ability to make decisions through voting or other rights, the obligation to absorb the expected losses of the entity or the right to receive the expected residual returns of the entity), or (c) the voting rights of the equity holders are not proportional to their obligations to absorb the expected losses of the entity and/or their rights to receive the expected residual returns of the entity, and substantially all of the entity’s activities either involve or are conducted on behalf of an investor that has disproportionately few voting rights.

If the entity is determined to be a VIE, we assess whether we are the primary beneficiary and whether we need to consolidate the entity. ASC 810-10, as amended by ASU 2009-17, requires companies to utilize a qualitative approach to determine if it is the primary beneficiary of a VIE. A company is deemed to be the primary beneficiary and must consolidate its partnerships and joint ventures if the company has both (1) the power to direct the economically significant activities of the entity and (2) the obligation to absorb losses of, or the right to receive benefits from, the entity that could potentially be significant to the VIE. The contractual agreements that define the ownership structure and equity investment at risk, distribution of profits and losses, risks, responsibilities, indebtedness, voting rights and board representation of the respective parties are used to determine if the entity is a VIE and whether we are the primary beneficiary and must consolidate the entity. Additionally, we consider all parties that have direct or implicit variable interests when determining whether we are the primary beneficiary. Upon the occurrence of certain events outlined in ASC 810-10, we reassess our initial determination of whether the entity is a VIE and whether consolidation is required. If consolidation of the VIE or joint venture is not required, we generally account for these joint ventures using the equity method of accounting with our share of the earnings (losses) from these investments reflected in one line item on the consolidated statement of operations.

The majority of our partnerships and joint ventures are VIEs because the total equity investment is typically nominal and not sufficient to permit the entity to finance its activities without additional subordinated financial support. However, some of the VIEs do not meet the consolidation requirements of ASC 810-10 because we are not deemed to be the primary beneficiary. Some of our VIEs have debt, but the debt is typically non-recourse in nature. At times, our participation in VIEs requires agreements to provide financial or performance assurances to clients.

ASC 810-10, as amended, requires that we continuously assess whether we are the primary beneficiary of our VIEs. Accordingly, we analyzed all of our VIEs at May 31, 2012, and classified them into two groups:

· Joint ventures that should be consolidated because we hold the majority voting interest or because they are VIEs and we are the primary beneficiary, and

· Joint ventures that should not be consolidated because we hold a minority voting interest or because they are VIEs, but we are not the primary beneficiary.

Consolidated Joint Ventures

The following table presents the total assets and liabilities of our consolidated joint ventures (in thousands):

	May 31, 2012		August 31, 2011
Cash and cash equivalents	$	73,911	$	78,577
Net accounts receivable		39,193		7,537
Other current assets		184,600		174,584
Non-current assets		56,728		50,038
Total assets	$	354,432	$	310,736
Accounts and subcontractors payable	$	68,333	$	91,293
Billings in excess of costs and accrued earnings		26,655		27,831
Accrued expenses and other		139,748		97,102
Total liabilities	$	234,736	$	216,226

Total revenues of the consolidated ventures were $246.3 and $654.7 million for the three and nine months ended May 31, 2012, respectively, as compared to $183.0 million and $486.3 million for the three and nine months ended May 31, 2011, respectively.

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For the three and nine months ended May 31, 2012, and 2011, there were no material changes in our ownership interests in our consolidated joint ventures. In addition, we have immaterial amounts of other comprehensive income attributable to the noncontrolling interests.

Generally, the assets of our consolidated joint ventures are restricted for use only in the joint venture and are not available for general corporate purposes.

Unconsolidated Joint Ventures

We use the equity method of accounting for our unconsolidated joint ventures. Under GAAP, use of the equity method is appropriate in circumstances in which an investor has the ability to exercise significant influence over the operating and financial policies of an investee. GAAP presumes significant influence exists as a result of holding an investment of 20% or more in the voting stock of an investee, absent predominant evidence to the contrary. Management must exercise its judgment in determining whether a minority holder has the ability to exercise significant influence over the operating and financial policies of an investee. Under the equity method, we recognize our proportionate share of the net earnings or losses of these joint ventures in two line items: Earnings (losses) from 20% Investment in Westinghouse, net of income taxes and Earnings (losses) from other unconsolidated entities, in our consolidated statements of operations.

Investment in Westinghouse

Our most significant investment accounted for under the equity method is our wholly owned, special purpose subsidiary Nuclear Energy Holdings’ (NEH) 20% equity interest in Westinghouse. Factors supporting our assessment that we have the ability to exercise significant influence within Westinghouse include: (i) our CEO’s position as one of three Directors on the Boards of Directors of the companies comprising Westinghouse and ongoing participation in these Boards’ deliberations; (ii) NEH’s right to appoint a representative to an advisory committee (the Owner Board), whose functions are to advise as to the administration and supervision of matters regarding the Westinghouse Group and provide advice on other matters, including supervision of the business, and our ongoing exercise of that right; (iii) the material number of consortium agreements we have entered into with Westinghouse over time; (iv) our participation in periodic Westinghouse management reviews; and (v) the requirement that the Owner Board review and approve certain defined business transactions. We review the accounting treatment for this investment on a quarterly basis. Based upon our analysis of these factors and our expectations for the future, we concluded that no change from the equity method of accounting is warranted at May 31, 2012.

In the event we conclude we can no longer account for this investment under the equity method, our Investment in Westinghouse would be treated as a cost method investment with the initial basis being our previous carrying amount of the investment under the equity method of accounting offset by our share of Westinghouse’s accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) then recorded in our accumulated other comprehensive income (loss). Under the cost method of accounting, we would no longer include our proportionate share of Westinghouse’s earnings in our statements of operations. Dividends relating to Westinghouse’s earnings from the date we are under the cost method would be reflected as earnings in our statement of operations. Dividends received in excess of our share of those earnings would result in a reduction of the carrying amount of the investment.

Westinghouse maintains its accounting records for reporting to its majority owner, Toshiba, on a calendar quarter basis with a March 31 fiscal year end. Financial information about Westinghouse’s operations is available to us for Westinghouse’s calendar quarter periods. We record our 20% interest of the equity earnings (loss) and other comprehensive income (loss) reported to us by Westinghouse two months in arrears of our current periods. Under this policy, Westinghouse’s operating results for the three and nine months ended March 31, 2012, and March 31, 2011, are included in our financial results for the three and nine months ended May 31, 2012, and 2011, respectively.

Summarized income statement information derived from Westinghouse’s unaudited financial statement, before applying our Westinghouse Equity Interest and any adjustments for estimated payments by WEC under a consortium agreement for an EPC contract on two nuclear plant reactors, was as follows (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended				Nine months Ended
Statements of Operations	March 31, 2012		March 31, 2011		March 31, 2012		March 31, 2011
Revenues	$	1,599,635	$	1,659,012	$	3,798,260	$	3,765,449
Gross profit		349,554		330,991		762,759		766,373
Income before income taxes		157,248		189,595		199,869		246,154
Net income (loss) attributable to shareholders		87,886		112,122		125,504		147,146

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Our investments in and advances to unconsolidated entities, joint ventures and limited partnerships and our overall percentage ownership of these ventures that are accounted for under the equity method were as follows (in thousands, except percentages):

	Ownership Percentage			May 31, 2012		August 31, 2011
Investment in Westinghouse		20	%	$	990,473	$	999,035
Other		10% - 50	%		6,909		14,768
Total				$	997,382	$	1,013,803

Earnings (losses) from unconsolidated entities, net of income taxes, for the three and nine months ended May 31, 2012, and May 31, 2011, are summarized as follows (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended				Nine months Ended
	2012		2011		2012		2011
Investment in Westinghouse, net of income taxes of $6,254, $8,723, $7,312 and $11,448, respectively	$	9,990	$	13,701	$	11,680	$	17,981
Other unconsolidated entities, net of income taxes of $87, $163, $2,724 and $1,538, respectively		159		250		4,370		2,597
Total	$	10,149	$	13,951	$	16,050	$	20,578

Related Party Transactions

See Note 15 — Related Parties for information regarding related party transactions with unconsolidated entities included in our consolidated financial statements.

Investment Commitments

In June 2012, Shaw announced it will team with NET Power, Exelon and Toshiba to develop a new gas-fired power generation technology called NET Power that will produce cost-effective power with little to no air emissions.  The new technology is based on a high-pressure supercritical carbon dioxide oxyfuel power cycle.  The primary byproduct is pipeline quality, high-pressure carbon dioxide, which can be used for enhanced oil recovery.  Shaw will acquire up to 50 percent of the NET Power LLC through a commitment to invest up to $50.4 million, contingent upon demonstration of technological feasibility, and will have exclusive rights to engineer, procure and construct NET Power plants.

Note 8 — Goodwill and Other Intangibles

Goodwill

Goodwill is tested for impairment at the reporting unit level (operating segment or one level below an operating segment) at least annually (March 1 for us). In accordance with current accounting guidance, we identified six reporting units for the purpose of conducting our goodwill impairment review. In determining our reporting units, we considered (i) whether an operating segment or a component of an operating segment was a business, (ii) whether discrete financial information was available, and (iii) whether the financial information is regularly reviewed by management of the operating segment.

The estimated fair value for our reporting units is calculated based on the average of the projected discounted cash flows and the estimated market value of each reporting unit at the date we perform the impairment tests (implied fair value measured on a non-recurring basis using level 3 inputs). Inherent in the development of the discounted cash flow projections are assumptions and estimates derived from a review of our expected revenue growth rates, profit margins, business plans, cost of capital and tax rates. We also make certain assumptions about the future market conditions in which our reporting units operate, market prices, interest rates and changes in business strategies. Changes in assumptions or estimates used in our goodwill impairment testing could materially affect the determination of the fair value of a reporting unit, and therefore could eliminate the excess of fair value over carrying value of a reporting unit and, in some cases, could result in impairment. Such changes in assumptions could be caused by a loss of one or more significant contracts, reductions in government and/or private industry spending or a decline in the demand for our services due to changing economic conditions. Given the nature of our business, if we are unable to win or renew contracts, unable to estimate and control our contract costs, fail to adequately perform to our clients’ expectations, fail to procure third-party subcontractors, heavy equipment and materials or fail to adequately secure funding for our projects, our profits, revenues and growth over the long-term would decline and such a decline could significantly affect the fair value assessment of our reporting units and cause our goodwill to become impaired.

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We evaluated the carrying value of our goodwill at March 1, 2012, and our annual review did not indicate an impairment of goodwill for any of our reporting units. The excess of the fair value of each reporting unit over its respective carrying value exceeded 10%. We performed an additional evaluation of goodwill for the E&C reporting unit during the quarter as a result of our entry into a definitive agreement to sell certain of its assets and liabilities. This additional evaluation compared the carrying value of the related assets and liabilities at that point in time to the value of the definitive agreement, which is an indicator of fair value. This additional evaluation did not indicate an impairment of goodwill for the E&C reporting unit.  See Note 20 – Disposal of E&C Segment Assets for additional information.

The following table reflects the changes in the carrying value of goodwill by segment from August 31, 2011, to May 31, 2012, (in thousands):

	Power		Plant Services		E&I			F&M			E&C			Total
Balance at August 31, 2011	$	139,177	$	42,027	$	207,862		$	17,625		$	139,099		$	545,790
Acquisitions and related adjustments		—		—		30			—			28			58
Currency translation adjustment		—		—		(934	)		(1,320	)		(603	)		(2,857	)
Transfer to assets held for sale		—		—		—			—			(138,524	)		(138,524	)
Balance at May 31, 2012	$	139,177	$	42,027	$	206,958		$	16,305		$	—		$	404,467

The measurement period for purchase price allocations ends as soon as information on the facts and circumstances becomes available but will not exceed 12 months. Adjustments in the purchase price allocation may require a recasting of the amounts allocated to goodwill retroactive to the period in which the acquisition occurred.  We had tax-deductible goodwill of approximately $58.3 million and $65.8 million at May 31, 2012, and August 31, 2011, respectively. The difference between the carrying value of goodwill and the amount deductible for taxes is primarily due to the amortization of goodwill allowable for tax purposes.

Other Intangible Assets

The gross carrying values and accumulated amortization of amortizable intangible assets are presented below (in thousands):

	Proprietary Technologies, Patents and Tradenames						Client Relationships
	Gross Carrying Amount			Accumulated Amortization			Gross Carrying Amount			Accumulated Amortization
Balance at August 31, 2011	$	41,957		$	(27,735	)	$	5,016		$	(2,096	)
Currency translation adjustments		(59	)		33			(56	)		9
Amortization		—			(2,087	)		—			(455	)
Transfer to assets held for sale		(39,235	)		27,821
Balance at May 31, 2012	$	2,663		$	(1,968	)	$	4,960		$	(2,542	)

The following table presents the scheduled future annual amortization for our intangible assets not associated with contract adjustments (in thousands):

	Proprietary Technologies, Patents, and Tradenames		Client Relationships
Remainder of fiscal year 2012	$	161	$	105
2013		236		420
2014		164		421
2015		91		420
2016		43		421
Thereafter		—		631
Total	$	695	$	2,418

We perform an analysis on our intangible assets to test for impairment (based on an implied fair value measured on a non-recurring basis using level 3 inputs) whenever events occur that indicate an impairment could exist. No such events occurred during the quarter ended May 31, 2012 related to these intangible assets. See Note 20 – Disposal of E&C Segment Assets for intangible assets held for sale and related impairment considerations.

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Note 9 — Debt and Revolving Lines of Credit

Our debt (including capital lease obligations) consisted of the following (in thousands):

	May 31, 2012				August 31, 2011
	Short-term		Long-term		Short-term		Long-term
0%-3.7% interest vendor financing contracts, 2.3%-4.2% imputed interest, due July 2012-December 2013	$	7,899	$	4,954	$	—	$	—
Debt of consolidated joint venture: 6% interest, due January 2013		3,351		—		—		—
Capital lease obligations		365		354		349		630
Westinghouse Bonds (see description below)		1,627,599		—		1,679,836		—
Total	$	1,639,214	$	5,308	$	1,680,185	$	630

During the current fiscal year, we have entered into financing contracts with various vendors to secure preferable pricing on certain technology investments and maintenance agreements.

In January 2012, the members of a Middle Eastern joint venture, for which we have a direct interest of 53%, agreed to an $8.0 million loan facility to finance the continued development and working capital needs of the joint venture.  The joint venture is consolidated in our financial statements, with the $3.3 million minority interest portion of the loan classified as a short-term note payable on our balance sheet.

Westinghouse Bonds

On October 13, 2006, NEH, our wholly owned, special purpose subsidiary, issued JPY 128.98 billion (equivalent to approximately $1.1 billion at the time of issuance) principal amount limited recourse bonds, maturing March 15, 2013, at a discount receiving approximately $1.0 billion in proceeds, excluding offering costs. NEH used the proceeds of these bonds to purchase the Westinghouse Equity for approximately $1.1 billion. The Westinghouse Bonds are limited recourse to us (except to NEH), are governed by the Bond Trust Deed and are collateralized primarily by the Westinghouse Equity, the JPY-denominated Put Option between NEH and Toshiba and the Principal Letter of credit, which cover interest owed to bond holders and the possible 3.3% principal exposure.

The holders of the Westinghouse Bond may have the ability to cause us to put our Westinghouse Equity back to Toshiba as a result of the occurrence of a “Toshiba Event” (as defined under the Bond Trust Deed) that occurred in May 2009. A Toshiba Event is not an event of default or other violation of the Bond Trust Deed or the Put Option Agreements, but due to the Toshiba Event, the Westinghouse Bond holders have an opportunity to direct us to exercise the Put Options, through which we would receive the pre-determined JPY-denominated put price and use those proceeds to pay off the JPY-denominated Westinghouse Bond debt. To do so, a “supermajority” of the Westinghouse bond holders representing a majority of not less than an aggregate 75% of the principal amount outstanding must pass a resolution instructing the bond trustee to direct us to exercise the Put Options. Specifically, in order for the bond trustee to direct us to exercise the Put Option, the Westinghouse Bond holders must convene a meeting with a quorum of bondholders representing no less than 75% of the Westinghouse Bonds principal amount outstanding during which a 75% majority of the required quorum approves a resolution instructing the bond trustee to direct the exercise. Alternatively, a written resolution signed by the Westinghouse Bond holders representing no less than 75% of the Westinghouse Bond principal amount outstanding and instructing the bond trustee to direct us to exercise the Put Options shall have the same effect (collectively, an Extraordinary Resolution).

Because the holders of the bonds may have the ability to require us to exercise the Put Options to retire the bonds, we reclassified the Westinghouse Bonds from long-term debt to short-term debt and our Investment in Westinghouse to current assets in May 2009.

The Put Options, executed as part of the Investment in Westinghouse transaction, provide NEH the option to sell all or part of the Westinghouse Equity to Toshiba for a pre-determined JPY-denominated put price. On September 6, 2011, NEH announced that it intends to exercise its put options to sell the Westinghouse Equity to Toshiba. The exercise of the Japanese yen-denominated Put Options prior to October 2012 requires the consent of the trustee acting on behalf of the Westinghouse Bond holders. Funds received must be applied toward the redemption of the bonds on the next scheduled interest payment date. On December 8, 2011, we were informed that the trustee did not consent to the proposed early exercise of the Put Options. Under the terms of the Put Options, the Put Options are expected to be automatically exercised on or around October 6, 2012, for cash settlement by Toshiba on January 4, 2013. Proceeds from the sale would be used to repay the bonds in full on their scheduled maturity date of March 15, 2013.

The Put Options require Toshiba to purchase the Westinghouse Equity at a price equivalent to not less than 96.7 percent of the principal amount of the bonds. NEH will fund up to the 3.3 percent shortfall of the principal amount of the bonds, which was approximately $53.7 million at May 31, 2012. We may recognize a non-operating gain once the put options are settled, resulting principally from foreign exchange movements. If the bonds would have been repaid at May 31, 2012, from an early exercise of the Put Options, the gain would have been approximately $481.1 million pre-tax. The actual gain or loss will be determined at settlement.

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In the event we exercise the Put Option at the direction of the Westinghouse Bond holders following a Toshiba Event, Toshiba is required to pay us approximately JPY 128.98 billion (equal to 100% of the face value of the Westinghouse Bonds currently outstanding). Because any proceeds from the repurchase of the Westinghouse Equity must be used to repay the Westinghouse Bonds, the Westinghouse Bond holders’ decision to issue an Extraordinary Resolution may be significantly influenced by Toshiba’s financial condition as well as conditions in the general credit markets.

The exchange rates of the JPY to the USD at May 31, 2012, and August 31, 2011, were 79.2 and 76.8, respectively.

The Westinghouse Bonds consisted of the following (in thousands):

	May 31, 2012		August 31, 2011
Westinghouse Bonds, face value 50.98 billion JPY due March 15, 2013; interest only payments; coupon rate of 2.20%;	$	426,875	$	426,875
Westinghouse Bonds, face value 78 billion JPY due March 15, 2013; interest only payments; coupon rate of 0.70% above the six-month JPY LIBOR rate (0.34% at May 31, 2012)		653,125		653,125
Increase in debt due to foreign currency translation adjustments since date of issuance		547,599		599,836
Total Westinghouse debt	$	1,627,599	$	1,679,836

On October 16, 2006, we entered into an interest rate swap agreement through March 15, 2013, in the aggregate notional amount of JPY 78 billion. We designated the swap as a hedge against changes in cash flows attributable to changes in the benchmark interest rate. Under the agreement, we make fixed interest payments at a rate of 2.398%, and we receive a variable interest payment equal to the six-month JPY London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) plus a fixed margin of 0.70%, effectively fixing our interest rate on the floating rate portion of the JPY 78 billion Westinghouse Bonds at 2.398%. At May 31, 2012, and August 31, 2011, the fair value of the swap totaled approximately $12.9 million and $27.1 million, respectively, and is included as a current liability and in accumulated other comprehensive loss, net of deferred taxes, in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets. There was no material ineffectiveness of our interest rate swap for the three and nine months ended May 31, 2012.

Credit Facility

On June 15, 2011, we entered into an unsecured second amended and restated credit agreement (Facility) with a group of lenders that effectively terminated an earlier agreement. The Facility provides lender commitments up to $1,450.0 million, all of which may be available for the issuance of performance letters of credit. The Facility has a sublimit of $1,250.0 million that may be available for the issuance of financial letters of credit and/or borrowings for working capital needs and general corporate purposes.

At May 31, 2012, the amount of the Facility available for financial letters of credit and/or revolving credit loans was $435.4 million, which is equal to the lesser of: (i) $1,303.0 million, representing the total Facility commitment ($1,450.0 million) less outstanding performance letters of credit ($91.1 million) less outstanding financial letters of credit ($55.9 million); (ii) $1,194.1 million, representing the Facility sublimit of $1,250.0 million less outstanding financial letters of credit ($55.9 million); or (iii) $435.4 million, representing the maximum additional borrowings allowed under the leverage ratio covenant (as defined below) contained in the Facility.

Under the Facility, all collateral securing the previous agreement was released, and the expiration of commitments was extended through June 15, 2016. The Facility continues to require guarantees by the Company’s material wholly owned domestic subsidiaries. The Facility allows the Company to seek new or increased lender commitments under it subject to the consent of the Administrative Agent and/or seek other unsecured supplemental credit facilities of up to an aggregate of $500.0 million, all of which would be available for the issuance of performance and financial letters of credit and/or borrowings for working capital needs and general corporate purposes. Additionally, the Company may pledge up to $300.0 million of its unrestricted cash on hand to secure additional letters of credit incremental to amounts available under the Facility, provided that the Company and its subsidiaries have unrestricted cash and cash equivalents of at least $500.0 million available immediately following the pledge. The Facility contains a revised pricing schedule with respect to letter of credit fees and interest rates payable by the Company.

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The Facility contains customary financial covenants and other restrictions including an interest coverage ratio (ratio of Shaw EBITDA to consolidated interest expense) and a leverage ratio (ratio of total debt to Shaw EBITDA) with all terms defined in the Facility and (i) maintains or resets maximum allowable amounts certain threshold triggers and certain additional exceptions with respect to the dividend, stock repurchases, investment, indebtedness, lien, asset sale, letter of credit and acquisitions and (ii) additional covenants, thus providing the Company with continued financial flexibility in business decisions and strategies. The Facility contains defaulting lender provisions.

The Facility limits our ability to declare or pay dividends or make any distributions of capital stock (other than stock splits or dividends payable in our own capital stock) or redeem, repurchase or otherwise acquire or retire any of our capital stock. The Facility permits us to make stock repurchases or dividend payments of up to $500.0 million so long as, after giving effect to such purchases or payments, our unrestricted cash and cash equivalents is at least $500.0 million. We are limited to aggregate dividend payments and/or stock repurchases during the life of the Facility up to $500.0 million. In situations where our unrestricted cash and cash equivalents is less than $500.0 million, our ability to pay dividends or repurchase our shares is limited to $50.0 million per fiscal year. The payment of cash dividends is restricted if an event of default has occurred and is continuing under the Facility. The restrictions under our Facility currently do not impair our ability to complete our share repurchase program. For additional information on our share repurchase program, see Note 19 – Share Repurchase Program.

The total amount of fees associated with letters of credit issued under the Facility were approximately $1.7 million and $5.6 million for the three and nine months ended May 31, 2012, respectively, as compared to $1.9 million and $6.5 million for the three and nine months ended May 31, 2011. These amounts include commitment fees associated with unused credit line availability of approximately $1.0 million and $2.7 million for the three and nine months ended May 31, 2012, respectively, as compared to $0.9 million and $2.6 million for the three and nine months ended May 31, 2011, respectively.

For the three and nine months ended May 31, 2012, we recognized $0.6 million and $1.9 million, respectively, of interest expense associated with the amortization of financing fees related to our Facility, as compared to $1.2 million and $3.6 million, respectively, for the three and nine months ended May 31, 2011. At May 31, 2012, and August 31, 2011, unamortized deferred financing fees related to our Facility were approximately $10.0 million and $11.8 million, respectively.

At May 31, 2012, we were in compliance with the financial covenants contained in the Facility.

Other Revolving Lines of Credit

Shaw-Nass, a consolidated VIE located in Bahrain, has an available credit facility (Bahrain Facility) with a total capacity of 3.0 million Bahraini Dinars (BHD) or approximately $8.0 million, of which BHD 1.5 million is available for bank guarantees and letters of credit. At May 31, 2012, Shaw-Nass had no borrowings under its revolving line of credit and minimal outstanding bank guarantees under the Bahrain Facility. The interest rate applicable to any borrowings is a variable rate (1.22% at May 31, 2012) plus 3.00% per annum. We have provided a 50% guarantee related to the Bahrain Facility.

We have uncommitted, unsecured standby letter of credit facilities with banks outside of our Facility. Fees under these facilities are paid quarterly. At May 31, 2012, and August 31, 2011, there were $1.7 million and $1.9 million of letters of credit outstanding under these facilities, respectively.

Note 10 — Income Taxes

Our consolidated effective tax rate was a benefit of 35% and a provision of 38% for the third quarter and nine months ended May 31, 2012, respectively compared to a benefit of 37% for the corresponding periods ended May 31, 2011.  ASC 740 requires the application of the estimated annual effective rate in determining the interim period tax provision unless a rate cannot be reliably estimated such as when a small change in pre-tax income or loss creates significant variations in the customary relationship between income tax expense or benefit and pre-tax income or loss in interim periods. In such a situation, the interim period tax provision should be based on actual year-to-date results. We recorded our tax provisions for the three and nine months ended May 31, 2012, by applying an estimated annual effective tax rate while the corresponding periods ended May 31, 2011 were based on actual year-to-date results.

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The impact of significant discrete items is separately recognized in the quarter in which they occur. We recognize foreign currency gains and losses on the Japanese Yen-denominated Westinghouse Bonds as discrete items in each reporting period due to their volatility and the difficulty in estimating such gains and losses reliably. The third quarter of 2012 includes additional provisions of $1.0 million relating to prior year issues effectively settled with tax authorities as well as additional interest and penalties of $0.2 million. The third quarter of 2011 includes the reversal of provisions for uncertain tax positions relating to research tax credits of $6.6 million, partially offset by adjustments to reconcile tax returns to provisions of $1.4 million as well as additional provisions for uncertain tax positions of $1.4 million.

We expect the fiscal year 2012 annual effective tax rate, excluding discrete items, applicable to forecasted income before income taxes and earnings (losses) from unconsolidated entities to be approximately 36%. Significant factors that could impact the annual effective tax rate include management’s assessment of certain tax matters, the location and amount of our taxable earnings, changes in certain non-deductible expenses and expected credits.

Under ASC 740-10, we provide for uncertain tax positions, and the related interest, and adjust unrecognized tax benefits and accrued interest accordingly. We recognize potential interest and penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits in income tax expense.

During the third quarter of fiscal year 2012, unrecognized tax benefits decreased $5.3 million. The decrease consists primarily of $6.5 million that are now presented as a current tax payable as a result of effective settlements of tax examinations offset by additional provisions of $1.0 million relating to prior year issues effectively settled with tax authorities, and additional interest and penalties of $0.2 million. As of May 31, 2012, our unrecognized tax benefits were $30.9 million, of which $27.8 million would, if recognized, affect our effective tax rate.

We file income tax returns in numerous tax jurisdictions, including the U.S., most U.S. states and certain non-U.S. jurisdictions including jurisdictions where our subsidiaries execute project-related work. The statute of limitations varies by the various jurisdictions in which we operate. With few exceptions, we are no longer subject to U.S. state and local or non-U.S. income tax examinations by tax authorities for years before fiscal year 2004 and U.S. Federal examinations for years before fiscal 2011. Although we believe our calculations for our tax returns are correct and the positions taken thereon are reasonable, the final outcome of tax audits could be materially different than the resolution we currently anticipate, and those differences could result in significant costs or benefits to us.

The audit of our U.S. federal tax returns for fiscal years 2009 and 2010 by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) was completed and agreed with during the third quarter of fiscal year 2012.  The IRS has now begun its audits of fiscal year 2011 under a limited focused examination and fiscal year 2012 under its Compliance Assurance Process (CAP).  Under CAP, the IRS works with large business taxpayers on a contemporaneous, real-time basis to resolve issues prior to the filing of tax returns which allows participants to remain current with IRS examinations.

Within the next 12 months, it is reasonably possible that we could decrease our unrecognized tax benefits up to $25 million as a result of the expiration of statutes of limitations and settlements with taxing authorities.

Note 11 — Share-Based Compensation

During the nine months ended May 31, 2012, and 2011, restricted stock units (RSUs) totaling 384,828 shares at a weighted-average grant date fair value of $23.64 per RSU and 312,752 shares at a weighted-average grant date fair value of $30.86 per RSU, respectively, were awarded with vesting over three and approximately four years, respectively.

During the nine months ended May 31, 2012, and 2011, cash-settled restricted stock units (CS RSUs) totaling  688,411 shares at a weighted-average grant date fair value of $23.25 per share and 274,771 shares at a weighted-average grant date fair value of $30.61 per share, respectively, were awarded with vesting over three and approximately four years, respectively. The CS RSUs are classified as liability awards at May 31, 2012, due to the settlement of these awards in cash.

During the nine months ended May 31, 2012, there were no options awarded. During the nine months ended May 31, 2011, options for the purchase of 620,089 shares at a weighted-average exercise price of $30.79 per share were awarded, vesting over approximately four years. There were no significant changes in the assumptions or estimates used in the valuation of options subsequent to our year-end, August 31, 2011.

During the nine months ended May 31, 2012, and 2011, options were exercised for the purchase of 273,611 shares at a weighted-average exercise price of $21.67 per share and 482,865 shares at a weighted-average exercise price of $22.52 per share, respectively.

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During the nine months ended May 31, 2012, there were no stock appreciation rights (SARs) awarded. During the nine months ended May 31, 2011, we awarded 359,364 SARs at a weighted average exercise price of $30.56 per share, vesting over approximately four years. The SARs are classified as liability awards at May 31, 2012, due to the settlement of these awards in cash. The Binomial valuation model was used to re-measure the fair value of the SARs at May 31, 2012.

During the nine months ended May 31, 2012, we awarded 11,661,500 performance cash units (PCUs), at a weighted average grant date fair value of $1.10 per unit, vesting over approximately three years. During the nine months ended May 31, 2012, 1,275,000 PCUs were forfeited. The PCUs represent the right to receive $1 for each earned PCU if specified performance goals are met over the three-year performance period. The PCU recipients may earn between 0% and 200% of their individual target award amount depending on the level of performance achieved. The fair value of PCUs was estimated at the grant date based on the probability of satisfying the performance goals associated with the PCUs using a Monte Carlo simulation model. The PCUs are classified as liability awards at May 31, 2012, due to the settlement of these awards in cash. The Monte Carlo Simulation model was used to re-measure the fair value of the PCUs at May 31, 2012. There were no PCUs awarded during the nine months ended May 31, 2011.

Compensation cost for liability-classified awards is re-measured at each reporting period and is recognized as an expense over the requisite service period.

For additional information related to these share-based compensation plans, see Note 13 – Share-Based Compensation of our consolidated financial statements in our 2011 Form 10-K.

Note 12 — Contingencies and Commitments

Legal Proceedings

In the normal course of business, we are involved in a variety of legal proceedings, liability claims or contract disputes in many jurisdictions around the world. Some of these legal proceedings are associated with the performance of our services. At times, the nature of our business leads to disputes with clients, subcontractors and vendors relating to our entitlement to additional revenue and/or reduced costs. Occasionally, these disputes lead to our clients, subcontractors and vendors presenting claims against us for recovery of cost they incurred in excess of what they expected to incur, or for which they believe they are not contractually liable. In such matters, we evaluate both our claims against the client as well as any disputes and/or counterclaims asserted against us by the client or opposing party pursuant to ASC 450, and we record the probable outcome based upon this analysis. For an additional discussion of our claims on major projects, see Note 16 – Accounting for Claims, Unapproved Change Orders and Incentives on Long-Term Construction Contracts. The actual outcomes may differ materially from our analysis.

On November 12, 2010, the jury returned a split verdict in a dispute between our subsidiary, Stone & Webster, Inc. (S&W), and Xcel Energy (d/b/a Public Service of Colorado) related to Xcel Energy’s coal-fired power plant project in Pueblo, Colorado. As a result of this verdict, our Power segment recorded a reduction in gross profit of $63.4 million in the period ended November 30, 2010. During the first quarter of fiscal year 2012, we collected in excess of $40 million in outstanding receivables from Xcel Energy, which effectively closed this matter.

In connection with an EPC contract executed by our Power segment for a 600 MW steam turbine electrical generation plant in the U.S., we commenced an arbitration proceeding against our client for this project seeking the return of and relief from schedule related liquidated damages assessed by the client, a contract price adjustment, and outstanding monies owed under our contract. In addition, we commenced an arbitration proceeding with our equipment and services supplier on this project. During the first quarter of fiscal year 2012, we contemporaneously settled all remaining disputes with our client and the equipment supplier.

In connection with an approximate $28.1 million contract executed by our F&M segment to supply fabricated pipe spools to a manufacturing facility in the U.S., our client filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Washington alleging that shop-welding on the pipe spools we supplied were deficient and that the deliveries for some of the pipe spools were untimely. We reached a settlement with our client on this matter in October 2011 and recorded a $16.8 million charge to cost of revenue in fiscal year 2011 and are currently seeking recovery from our insurers. We paid the amounts due to our client in the first quarter of fiscal year 2012, which effectively closed this matter with our client. However, we continue to seek partial recovery from our insurers.

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In connection with a cost reimbursable contract executed by our Power segment for the engineering, procurement and construction of flue gas desulfurization systems at three power generating facilities, we were involved in litigation with the client in the U.S. District Court, District of Maryland and the U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York.  On January 14, 2011, we commenced the Maryland action with the filing of petitions to establish and enforce mechanics liens against the three projects in an amount totaling approximately $143.0 million. On February 24, 2011, the client filed a motion in the Maryland court to stay or sever and transfer the lien actions to the U.S. District Court Southern District of New York. At that time, the client also filed a declaratory judgment action in the New York court that sought to address the same issues raised in the lien actions and specifically requested a finding that the client was not required to pay us amounts claimed by us. On March 7, 2011, we filed an answer and counterclaim to the client’s declaratory judgment action in which we denied the client had any valid basis for refusing payment and demanded payment of sums due us of not less than $200.0 million. On June 24, 2011, we filed a motion in the Maryland court to amend our liens to a total amount of approximately $233.0 million, and on August 16, 2011, the court issued orders supplementing the liens to the total amount of approximately $233.0 million. The client subsequently declared that substantial completion had been achieved and paid us approximately $68 million. As a result of that payment, our liens and counterclaim were  reduced respectively to total approximately $165 million. The trial was scheduled to commence in June 2012. On June 5, 2012, we settled all outstanding claims and counterclaims with the client arising under the contract. As a result of the settlement, we recorded a $20.1 million charge to earnings in the three months ended May 31, 2012. On June 11, 2012, we collected approximately $107 million in cash, representing all of the remaining net accounts receivable associated with the project, which effectively ends this matter.

For additional information related to our claims on major projects, see Note 16 – Accounting for Claims, Unapproved Change Orders and Incentives on Long-Term Construction Contracts.

Liabilities Related to Contracts

Our contracts often contain provisions relating to the following matters:

• warranties, requiring achievement of acceptance and performance testing levels;

• liquidated damages, if the project does not meet predetermined completion dates; and

• penalties or liquidated damages for failure to meet other cost or project performance measures.

We attempt to limit our exposure through the use of the penalty or liquidated damage provisions and attempt to pass certain cost exposure for craft labor and/or commodity-pricing risk to clients. We also have claims and disputes with clients as well as vendors, subcontractors and others that are subject to negotiation or the contractual dispute resolution processes defined in the contracts. See Note 5 – Accounts Receivable, Concentrations of Credit Risk and Inventories, Note 16 – Accounting for Claims, Unapproved Change Orders and Incentives on Long-Term Construction Contracts and Legal Proceedings above for further discussion on these matters.

Other Guarantees

Our Facility lenders issue letters of credit on our behalf to clients or sureties in connection with our contract performance and, in limited circumstances, on certain other obligations of third parties. We are required to reimburse the issuers of these letters of credit for any payments that they make pursuant to these letters of credit. The aggregate amount of outstanding financial and performance letters of credit (including foreign and domestic, secured and unsecured, and cash collateralized) was approximately $351.9 million and $456.1 million at May 31, 2012, and August 31, 2011, respectively. Of the amount of outstanding letters of credit at May 31, 2012, $228.0 million are performance letters of credit issued to our clients. Of the $228.0 million, five clients held $194.8 million or 85.5% of the outstanding letters of credit. The largest letter of credit issued to a single client on a single project is $60.0 million.

In the ordinary course of business, we enter into various agreements providing financial or performance assurances to clients that may cover certain unconsolidated partnerships, joint ventures or other jointly executed contracts. These agreements are entered into primarily to support the project execution commitments and are generally a guaranty of our own performance. These assurances have various expiration dates ranging from mechanical completion of the facilities being constructed to a period extending beyond contract completion. The maximum potential payment amount of an outstanding performance guarantee is the remaining cost of work to be performed under engineering and construction contracts. Amounts that may be required to be paid in excess of our estimated cost to complete contracts in progress are not estimable. For cost reimbursable contracts, amounts that may become payable pursuant to guarantee provisions are normally recoverable from the client for work performed under the contract. For fixed price contracts, this amount is the cost to complete the contracted work less amounts remaining to be billed to the client under the contract. Remaining billable amounts could be greater or less than the cost to complete. In those cases where cost exceeds the remaining amounts payable under the contract, we may have recourse to third parties such as owners, co-venturers, subcontractors or vendors.

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Environmental Liabilities

The LandBank Group, Inc. (LandBank), a subsidiary of our Environmental and Infrastructure (E&I) segment, remediates previously acquired environmentally impaired real estate. The real estate was recorded at cost, typically reflecting some degree of discount due to environmental issues related to the real estate. As remediation efforts are expended, the book value of the real estate is increased to reflect improvements made to the asset. Additionally, LandBank records a liability for estimated remediation costs for real estate that is sold, but for which the environmental obligation is retained. We also record an environmental liability for properties held by LandBank if funds are received from transactions separate from the original purchase to pay for environmental remediation costs.  There are no recent additions to the LandBank portfolio of properties, and at this time we are not pursuing additional opportunities. Accordingly, we are not incurring incremental environmental liability beyond the portfolio that currently exists. Existing liabilities are reviewed quarterly, or more frequently, as additional information becomes available. We also have insurance coverage that helps mitigate our liability exposure. At May 31, 2012, and August 31, 2011, our E&I segment had approximately $1.4 million and $1.9 million, respectively, of environmental liabilities recorded in other liabilities in the accompanying balance sheets. LandBank environmental liability exposure beyond that which is recorded is estimated to be immaterial.

Employment Contracts

We have entered into employment agreements with each of our senior corporate executives and certain other key employees. In the event of termination, these individuals may be entitled to receive their base salaries, management incentive payments, and certain other benefits for the remaining term of their agreement and all options and similar awards may become fully vested. Additionally, for certain executives, in the event of death, their estates are entitled to certain payments and benefits.

Note 13 — Supplemental Disclosure to Earnings (Losses) Per Common Share

Weighted average shares outstanding for the three and nine months ended May 31, 2012, and 2011, were as follows (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended				Nine months Ended
	2012		2011		2012		2011
Basic		65,932		78,748		67,925		82,948
Diluted:
Stock options		—		—		621		—
Restricted stock		—		—		425		—
Diluted		65,932		78,748		68,971		82,948

The following table includes weighted-average shares excluded from the calculation of diluted income (loss) per share because they were anti-dilutive (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended				Nine months Ended
	2012		2011		2012		2011
Stock options		3,663		4,084		1,817		4,173
Restricted stock		972		1,506		271		1,837

Note 14 — Employee Benefit Plans

The following table sets forth the net periodic pension expense for the three foreign defined benefit plans we sponsor for the three and nine months ended May 31, 2012, and 2011 (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended						Nine months Ended
	2012			2011			2012			2011
Service cost	$	18		$	40		$	56		$	114
Interest cost		1,903			2,006			5,934			5,875
Expected return on plan assets		(1,996	)		(2,139	)		(6,229	)		(6,257	)
Amortization of net loss		746			950			2,327			2,783
Amortization of prior service cost		9			11			31			33
Total net pension expense	$	680		$	868		$	2,119		$	2,548

We expect to contribute $4.7 million, adjusted for foreign-exchange translation, to our pension plans in fiscal year 2012. As of May 31, 2012, we have made $3.6 million in contributions to these plans.

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The disposition of a substantial portion of the E&C segment could affect future funding requirements for two of our foreign defined benefit plans.  The amount of additional regulatory required funding, if any, is unable to be currently determined.

Note 15 — Related Party Transactions

The following table summarizes related party transactions with unconsolidated entities included in our consolidated financial statements for the nine months ended May 31, 2012, and 2011, and at May 31, 2012, and August 31, 2011 (in thousands):

	2012		2011
Revenue from unconsolidated entities	$	57,617	$	12,835

	May 31, 2012		August 31, 2011
Accounts and other receivables from unconsolidated entities	$	5,142	$	5,190
Advances to unconsolidated entities	$	23	$	15

At times, we enter into material contractual arrangements with Westinghouse.  NEH, a wholly owned special purpose entity, owns a 20% interest in Westinghouse (see Note 6 – Investment in Westinghouse and Related Agreements and Note 7 – Equity Method Investments and Variable Interest Entities).

Note 16 —Accounting for Claims, Unapproved Change Orders, Backcharges and Incentives on Long-Term Construction Contracts

Claims include amounts in excess of the original contract price (as it may be adjusted for approved change orders) that we seek to collect from our clients for delays, errors in specifications and designs, contract terminations, change orders in dispute or unapproved as to both scope and price or other causes of unanticipated additional costs, and are included in estimated revenues when recovery of the amounts is probable and the costs can be reasonably estimated. Similarly, backcharges and claims against vendors, subcontractors and others are included in our cost estimates as a reduction in total estimated costs when recovery of the amounts is probable and the costs can be reasonably estimated.

Claims and backcharges are recorded at the amount deemed probable of recovery up to the amount of estimated costs, and profit is not recorded until the claim or backcharge is resolved. The recognition of these items may increase gross profit or reduce gross loss on the related projects as compared to the gross profit/gross loss that would have been recognized had no claim revenue been recorded. Claims receivable are included in costs and estimated earnings in excess of billings on uncompleted contracts on the accompanying consolidated balance sheets.

We enter into cost-reimbursable arrangements in which the final outcome or overall estimate at completion may be materially different than the original contract estimated value. We believe the terms of such contracts indicate costs are to be reimbursed by our clients. However, we typically process change notice requests to document agreement as to scope and price and thereby mitigate potential exposure relative to costs incurred in excess of agreed upon contract value. Due to the nature of these items, we have not classified and disclosed costs incurred in excess of agreed upon contract value as unapproved change orders.

Unapproved Change Orders and Claims

The table below (in millions) summarizes information related to our significant unapproved change orders and claims from project owners that we have recorded on a total project basis at May 31, 2012, and 2011, and excludes all unrecorded amounts and non-significant unapproved change orders and claims.

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	Fiscal Year 2012			Fiscal Year 2011
Amounts included in project estimates-at-completion at September 1	$	448.3		$	111.6
Changes in estimates-at-completion		401.3			307.3
Approved		(489.4	)		(59.7	)
Amounts included in project estimates-at-completion at May 31, for unapproved change orders and claims	$	360.2		$	359.2
Amounts recorded in revenues (or reductions to contract costs) on a percentage-of-completion basis at May 31	$	94.1		$	91.7

In the table above, the difference between the amounts included in project estimates-at-completion and the amounts recorded in revenues (or reductions to contract costs) on a total project basis represents the forecasted costs for work which has not yet been incurred (i.e. the remaining percentage-of-completion revenue to be recognized on the related project). The amounts presented in this table include, but are not limited to, those matters currently in litigation or arbitration for which we have recorded revenue. Additional discussion regarding our legal proceedings relating to unapproved change orders and claims in litigation or arbitration is provided in our Legal Proceedings in Note 12 – Contingencies and Commitments and Note 7 – Equity Method Investments and Variable Interest Entities.

The majority of the amounts included in the project estimates-at-completion in the table above relate to engineering, equipment supply, material fabrication, and construction cost estimates and costs from regulatory required design changes and delays in our clients’ obtaining combined operating licenses (COLs) for two nuclear power reactors in Georgia. Under the provisions of this contract, we have entered into a formal dispute resolution process on certain claims associated with backfill activities included within construction costs at the site.  As provided in the contract, we have received a partial funding payment from our customer of $29.0 million related to the backfill costs while the dispute resolution process continues.  Should we not prevail in this dispute, we may be required to repay a portion or all of this amount. We continue to discuss with our client the impact of the remaining elements of the unapproved change orders associated with this project.  Should the matters in Georgia proceed to formal dispute resolution, our contract calls for the clients to co-fund our costs until the matters are resolved.

In connection with our consortium agreement for the design and construction of two domestic nuclear power reactors in South Carolina, we reached a preliminary agreement with the client to settle certain change orders resulting from regulatory required design changes and COL issuance delays on the project. However, this preliminary agreement has not yet been formalized in an official change order. As a result of this preliminary agreement these costs have been excluded from the total of unapproved change orders presented above.

We believe the amounts included in the table above related to all of our AP1000 nuclear and other projects are recoverable from our clients under existing provisions of our contractual arrangements. The nuclear power projects have a long construction duration and the cost estimates cover costs that will not be incurred for several years.  It is expected that the cost estimates resulting from the design changes and COL delays will continue to be refined as more information becomes available. It is possible that these commercial matters may not be resolved in the near term.

Under the terms of two consortium agreements with WEC, which is our EPC partner, to design and construct the four nuclear power reactors, we perform much of the pipe, steel and modular fabrication and assembly, and certain engineering and construction related activities on the domestic AP1000 nuclear projects, with WEC being responsible for the nuclear island engineering and equipment supply. During the quarter ended February 29, 2012, we signed a memorandum of understanding with WEC (“the WEC MOU”) wherein WEC has the obligation, in addition to obligations under the original consortium agreement, to reimburse us for material and fabrication costs associated with design changes to the extent these costs are not recovered from our clients. Accordingly, amounts which may be recovered under the WEC MOU have been excluded from the unapproved change orders and claims presented in the table above, even when we are seeking recovery from the client.  These consortium agreements, as supplemented by the WEC MOU, provide a contractual mechanism for cost sharing to the extent project costs exceed certain thresholds and are not recovered from our clients. Our costs, including construction related expenses, resulting from the design changes and delays in issuance of the COLs would be considered within this cost sharing mechanism.  As of May 31, 2012, we estimate that our recovery under these consortium agreements and the related WEC MOU is approximately $254 million, which has been excluded from the presentation of unapproved change orders in the above table.   The amounts recoverable from WEC will decline to the extent we recover the costs from our clients.

In the ordinary course of business, the Company enters into various agreements and guarantees to clients.  While in most cases these performance risks are offset by similar guarantees by our suppliers, there are instances where the full extent of the exposure is not eliminated.

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In general, if we collect amounts differing from the amounts that we have recorded as unapproved change orders/claims receivable on any of our projects, that difference will be reflected in the estimate at completion (EAC) used in determining contract profit or loss. Timing of claim collections is uncertain and depends on such items as regulatory approvals, negotiated settlements, trial date scheduling and other dispute resolution processes pursuant to the contracts. As a result, we may not collect our unapproved change orders/claims receivable within the next twelve months. Should we not prevail in these matters, the outcome could have an adverse effect on our statements of operations and statement of cash flows.

Project Incentives

Some of our contracts contain performance incentive and award fee arrangements (collectively referred to as incentive fees) that provide for increasing or decreasing our revenue based upon the achievement of some measure of contract performance in relation to agreed upon targets. Incentive fees can occur in all segments, but the majority of contracts containing project incentives are in our Plant Services and E&I segments. Therefore, the gross profit in those segments may be significantly influenced by these project incentives.

We include in our EAC revenue an estimate of the probable amounts of the incentive fees we expect to earn if we achieve the agreed-upon criteria. We bill incentive fees based on the terms and conditions of the individual contracts which may allow billing over the performance period of the contract or only after the target criterion have been achieved. We generally recognize incentive fee revenue using the percentage of completion method of accounting. As the contract progresses and more information becomes available, the estimate of the anticipated incentive fee that will be earned is revised as necessary. Incentive fees which have been recognized but not billed are included in costs and estimated earnings in excess of billings on uncompleted contracts in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets. Incentive fees that have been billed but for which we have not recognized as revenue are included in the advanced billings and billings in excess of costs and estimated earnings on uncompleted contracts in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets.

At May 31, 2012, and August 31, 2011, our project EACs included approximately $92.8 million and $109.0 million, respectively, related to estimates of amounts we expect to earn on incentive fee arrangement.  We have recorded $62.9 million and $64.8 million as of May 31, 2012, and August 31, 2011, respectively, of these estimated amounts in revenues for the related contracts. If we do not achieve the criteria at the amounts we have estimated, project revenues and profit may be materially reduced.

Note 17 — Business Segments

Our reportable segments are Power; Plant Services; Environmental and Infrastructure (E&I); Fabrication and Manufacturing (F&M); Energy and Chemicals (E&C); Investment in Westinghouse; and Corporate.

The Power segment provides a range of project-related services, including design, engineering, construction, procurement, technology and consulting services, primarily to the global fossil and nuclear power generation industries.

The Plant Services segment performs routine and outage/turnaround maintenance, predictive and preventative maintenance, as well as construction and major modification services, to clients’ facilities in the fossil and nuclear power generation industries and industrial markets primarily in North America.

The E&I segment provides integrated engineering, design, construction and program and construction management services and executes environmental remediation solutions primarily to the U.S. government, state/local government agencies and private-sector clients worldwide.

The F&M segment provides integrated fabricated piping systems and services for new construction, site expansion and retrofit projects for power generating energy, chemical and petrochemical plants.  We operate several pipe and steel fabrication facilities in the U.S. and abroad.  We also operate two manufacturing facilities that provide pipe fittings for our pipe fabrication services operations, as well as to third parties. In addition, we operate several distribution centers in the U.S., which distribute our products to clients.  The F&M segment does not manufacture pipe or steel, but rather purchases these products from third parties.

The E&C segment provides a range of project-related services, including design, engineering, construction, procurement, technology and consulting services, primarily to the oil and gas, refinery, petrochemical and chemical industries.  On May 21, 2012, we entered into a definitive agreement to sell substantially all of the business of the E&C segment to Technip.  The divestiture is anticipated to be complete in our fourth quarter of the current fiscal year.  We will retain certain Toronto-based operations for which we are currently reviewing future options for this location, including winding down operations.  We will also retain our obligations under an engineering, procurement and construction contract associated with a large ethylene plant in southeast Asia that is nearing completion.  See Note 20 – Disposal of E&C Segment Assets for additional information.

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The Investment in Westinghouse segment includes the 20 percent equity interest (Westinghouse Equity) in Westinghouse, held by Nuclear Energy Holdings (NEH), our wholly owned special purpose subsidiary, and the Westinghouse Bonds. WEC serves the domestic and international nuclear electric power industry by supplying advanced nuclear plant designs, licensing, engineering services, equipment, fuel and a wide range of other products and services to the owners and operators of nuclear power plants. Please see Note 6 – Investment in Westinghouse and Related Agreements, Note 7 – Equity Method Investments and Variable Interest Entities and Note 9 – Debt and Revolving Lines of Credit for additional information.

The Corporate segment includes corporate management and expenses associated with managing the company as a whole. These expenses include compensation and benefits of corporate management and staff, legal and professional fees and administrative and general expenses that are not allocated to other segments. Our Corporate assets primarily include cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments held by the corporate entities, property and equipment related to the corporate headquarters and certain information technology assets.

The following tables present certain financial information for our segments for the three and nine months ended May 31, 2012, and 2011 (in millions except percentages):

	Three Months Ended						Nine months Ended
	2012			2011			2012			2011
Revenues:
Power	$	497.5		$	546.5		$	1,442.8		$	1,609.8
Plant Services		292.4			286.0			911.3			743.8
E&I		482.5			461.3			1,354.5			1,369.9
F&M		130.2			102.4			382.1			302.2
E&C		158.2			93.8			462.4			432.4
Corporate		—			—			—			—
Total revenues	$	1,560.8		$	1,490.0		$	4,553.1		$	4,458.1
Gross profit:
Power	$	(12.9	)	$	34.8		$	22.2		$	62.0
Plant Services		22.5			17.6			66.6			56.9
E&I		48.8			46.6			119.4			130.8
F&M		20.8			14.0			71.0			45.6
E&C		(23.3	)		(104.0	)		4.4			(110.9	)
Corporate		0.6			1.1			1.5			3.3
Total gross profit	$	56.5		$	10.1		$	285.1		$	187.7
Gross profit percentage:
Power		(2.6	)%		6.4	%		1.5	%		3.9	%
Plant Services		7.7			6.2			7.3			7.6
E&I		10.1			10.1			8.8			9.5
F&M		16.0			13.7			18.6			15.1
E&C		(14.7	)		(110.9	)		1.0			(25.6	)
Corporate	NM			NM			NM			NM
Total gross profit percentage		3.6	%		0.7	%		6.3	%		4.2	%
Selling, general and administrative expenses:
Power	$	8.7		$	11.4		$	26.1		$	34.0
Plant Services		2.7			3.1			8.1			8.1
E&I		17.7			18.4			52.8			55.5
F&M		6.6			8.1			24.5			24.0
E&C		10.4			11.1			31.9			35.1
Investment in Westinghouse		—			0.4			0.1			1.2
Corporate		12.2			18.6			46.2			57.1
Total selling, general and administrative expense	$	58.3		$	71.1		$	189.7		$	215.0
Income (loss) before income taxes and earnings (losses) from unconsolidated entities:
Power	$	(22.3	)	$	23.2		$	(3.8	)	$	31.7
Plant Services		19.7			14.6			58.5			49.0
E&I		31.4			28.8			68.4			77.2
F&M		14.6			6.0			47.6			21.5
E&C		(33.0	)		(111.9	)		(26.1	)		(135.9	)
Investment in Westinghouse		(32.6	)		(25.7	)		23.2			(106.8	)
Corporate		(12.1	)		(64.6	)		(45.6	)		(98.7	)
Total income (loss) before income taxes and earnings (losses) from unconsolidated entities	$	(34.3	)	$	(129.6	)	$	122.2		$	(162.0	)

NM — Not Meaningful

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Our segments’ assets were as follows (in millions):

	May 31, 2012			August 31, 2011
Assets:
Power	$	1,884.4		$	2,129.0
Plant Services		345.3			270.2
E&I		1,079.1			1,060.9
F&M		705.6			710.0
E&C		565.4			482.9
Investment in Westinghouse		1,213.2			1,266.4
Corporate		350.3			404.3
Total segment assets		6,143.3			6,323.7
Elimination of investment in consolidated subsidiaries		(562.1	)		(368.3	)
Elimination of intercompany receivables		(622.2	)		(468.4	)
Income taxes not allocated to segments		—			—
Total consolidated assets	$	4,959.0		$	5,487.0

Major Clients

Revenues related to U.S. government agencies or entities owned by the U.S. government were approximately $362.0 million and $985.3 million, respectively for the three and nine months ended May 31, 2012, representing approximately 23.2% and 21.6% of our total revenues, respectively.  For the three and nine months ended May 31, 2011, we recorded revenues related to the U.S. government of approximately $331.9 million and $922.3 million, respectively, representing approximately 22.3% and 20.7%, respectively, of our total revenues for each period.

Note 18 — Supplemental Cash Flow Information

Supplemental cash flow information for the nine months ended May 31, 2012, and 2011, is presented below (in thousands):

	Nine months Ended
	2012			2011
Cash payments (receipts) for:
Interest, net of capitalized interest	$	39,348		$	36,282
Income taxes, net refunds	$	(27,729	)	$	40,309
Non-cash investing and financing activities:
Additions to property, plant, and equipment	$	7,499		$	—
Contingency consideration for CPE acquisition	$	—		$	9,667
Interest rate swap contract on JYP-denominated bonds, net of deferred tax of $5,456 and $3,281, respectively	$	(8,715	)	$	(5,153	)
Equity in unconsolidated entities’ other comprehensive income, net of deferred tax of $(6,907) and $10,931, respectively	$	11,034		$	(17,169	)
Financed software maintenance agreements	$	8,177		$	—

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Note 19 —Share Repurchase Program

During fiscal year 2011, our Board of Directors authorized two separate share repurchase programs of our common stock.  Under the first share repurchase program, authorized in December 2010 and completed in May 2011, we expended approximately $500.0 million to repurchase 13,688,354 shares at a weighted average cost of $36.51 per share.  In June 2011, the second share repurchase program authorized the repurchase of up to $500.0 million of our common stock, at times and in such amounts as management deems appropriate.  As of August 31, 2011, we repurchased 945,100 shares under the second repurchase program at a weighted average cost of $23.01 per share and a cost of $21.8 million, including commissions. During the second quarter of fiscal year 2012, we completed a modified Dutch auction tender offer, which resulted in 6,185,567 shares being repurchased at a purchase price of $24.25 per share, for an aggregate cost of $152.1 million, including fees and expenses.  The Company funded the share purchases with available cash.  All repurchased shares are held in treasury and are available for reissuance.

We currently have an open authorization to repurchase up to $326.1 million in shares, subject to limitations contained in the Facility. See Note 9 – Debt and Revolving Lines of Credit for additional information on our Facility.

Note 20 – Disposal of E&C Segment Assets

Assets and Liabilities Held for Sale

On May 21, 2012, we entered into a definitive agreement to sell substantially all of the business of the E&C segment to Technip (the “E&C Sale”) for approximately $300 million in cash consideration, subject to adjustment based on the segment’s debt and working capital levels at closing.  The divestiture is anticipated to be complete in our fourth quarter of the current fiscal year.

     All assets and liabilities included in the definitive agreement have been classified as held for sale on our balance sheet and reported at the lower of their carrying value or their fair value based on current market conditions and expected proceeds for the sale of the assets based on Level 3 fair value assumptions related to anticipated cash flows associated with the sale agreement.  Our evaluation of the carrying value of the intangible assets associated with the anticipated sale did not result in any impairment being recorded.  The following table presents the assets and liabilities that were classified as held for sale at May 31, 2012 (in thousands):

	May 31, 2012
Restricted and escrowed cash and cash equivalents	$	666
Accounts receivable, including retainage, net	$	45,580
Costs and estimated earnings in excess of billings on uncompleted contracts, including claims	$	32,485
Deferred income taxes	$	290
Prepaid expenses and other current assets	$	5,974
Current assets held for sale	$	84,995

Investments in and advances to unconsolidated entities, joint ventures and limited partnerships	$	10,951
Property and equipment, net of accumulated depreciation of $21.6 million	$	13,087
Goodwill	$	138,524
Intangible assets	$	11,414
Deferred income taxes	$	1,270
Other assets	$	874
Long-term assets held for sale	$	176,120

Accounts payable	$	14,679
Accrued salaries, wages and benefits	$	3,921
Other accrued liabilities	$	20,358
Advanced billings and billings in excess of costs and estimated earnings on uncompleted contracts	$	29,500
Current liabilities held for sale	$	68,458
Other liabilities	$	231
Long-term liabilities held for sale	$	231

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Retained Operations

The E&C sale will exclude certain Toronto-based operations.  We are currently reviewing future options for this location, including winding down operations.  We recorded an asset impairment charge of approximately $3.3 million for leasehold improvements of the Toronto-based operations, included within selling, general and administrative expenses (S,G&A) for the quarter ended May 31, 2012.

Additionally, we will maintain our obligations under an engineering, procurement and construction contract associated with a large ethylene plant in southeast Asia that is nearing completion. The majority of our employees working on this project are expected to transfer to Technip, who will second them back to us until the expected completion of the project.

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CAUTIONARY STATEMENT REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

Certain statements and information in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (Form 10-Q) may constitute “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The words “believe,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “plan,” “intend,” “foresee,” “should,” “would,” “could” or other similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements, which are generally not historical in nature. However, the absence of these words does not mean that the statements are not forward-looking. These forward-looking statements are based on our current expectations and beliefs concerning future developments and their potential effect on us. While management believes that these forward-looking statements are reasonable as and when made, there can be no assurance that future developments affecting us will be those that we anticipate. All comments concerning our expectations for future revenues and operating results are based on our forecasts for our existing operations and do not include the potential impact of any future acquisitions. Our forward-looking statements involve significant risks and uncertainties (some of which are beyond our control) and assumptions that could cause actual results to differ materially from our historical experience and from present expectations or projections. Known material factors that could cause actual results to differ from those in the forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to:

• depressed global economic conditions;

• changes in demand for our products and services;

• our ability to obtain new contracts for large-scale domestic and international projects and the timing of the performance of these contracts;

• changes in the nature of the individual markets in which our clients operate;

• project management risks, including additional costs, reductions in revenues, claims, disputes and the payment of liquidated damages;

• the nature of our contracts, particularly fixed-price contracts, and the impact of possible misestimates and/or cost escalations associated with our contracts;

• theability of our clients to unilaterally terminate our contracts;

• our ability to collect funds on work performed for domestic and foreign government agencies and private sector clients that are facing financial challenges;

• delays and/or defaults in client payments;

• unexpected adjustments and cancellations to our backlog as a result of current economic conditions or otherwise;

• the failure to meet schedule or performance requirements of our contracts;

• our dependence on one or a few significant clients, partners, subcontractors and equipment manufacturers;

• potential contractual and operational costs related to our environmental and infrastructure operations;

• results of audits of U.S. government contracts, including audits of our internal controls systems, cost reviews and investigations by federal governmental contracting oversight agencies that could result in the disallowance of costs or withholding of payments;

• risks associated with our integrated environmental solutions businesses;

• reputation and financial exposure due to the failure of our partners or subcontractors to perform their contractual obligations;

• the presence of competitors with greater financial resources and the impact of competitive technology, products, services and pricing;

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• weakness in our stock price might indicate a decline in our fair value requiring us to further evaluate whether our goodwill has been impaired;

• the inability to attract and retain qualified personnel, including key members of our management;

• work stoppages and other labor problems including union contracts up for collective bargaining;

• potential professional liability, product liability, warranty and other potential claims, which may not be covered by insurance;

• unavoidable delays in our project execution due to weather conditions, including hurricanes, other natural disasters and man-made disasters;

• negative impacts to the world nuclear power market because of accidents;

• changes in environmental factors and laws and regulations that could increase our costs and liabilities and affect the demand for our services;

• the limitation or modification of the Price-Anderson Act’s indemnification authority;

• our dependence on technology in our operations and the possible impact of system and information technology interruptions;

• difficulties in procuring equipment and supplies due to shortages caused by regulatory timelines and unanticipated events affecting suppliers;

• protection and validity of patents and other intellectual property rights;

• risks related to NEH’s Investment in Westinghouse;

• changes in the estimates and assumptions we use to prepare our financial statements;

• our use of the percentage-of-completion accounting method;

• changes in our liquidity position and/or our ability to maintain or increase our letters of credit and surety bonds or other means of credit support of projects;

• our ability to obtain waivers or amendments with our lenders or sureties or to collateralize letters of credit or surety bonds upon non-compliance with covenants in our Facility or surety indemnity agreements;

• covenants in our Facility that restrict our ability to pursue our business strategies;

• our indebtedness, which could adversely affect our financial condition and impair our ability to fulfill our obligations under our Facility;

• outcomes of pending and future litigation and regulatory actions;

• downgrades of our debt securities by rating agencies;

• foreign currency fluctuations;

• our ability to successfully identify, integrate and complete acquisitions;

• liabilities arising from multi-employer plans entered into by any of our subsidiaries;

• a determination to write-off a significant amount of intangible assets or long-lived assets;

• changes in the political and economic conditions of the foreign countries where we operate;

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• significant changes in the market price of our equity securities;

• provisions in our articles of incorporation and by-laws that could make it more difficult to acquire us and may reduce the market price of our common stock;

• the ability of our clients to obtain financing to fund their projects;

• the ability of our clients to receive or the possibility of our clients being delayed in receiving the applicable regulatory and environmental approvals, particularly with projects in our Power segment; and

• the U.S. administration’s support of the nuclear power option and the Department of Energy (DOE) loan guarantee program.

Other factors that could cause our actual results to differ from our projected results are described in (1) Part II, Item 1A and elsewhere in this Form 10-Q, (2) our 2011 Form 10-K, (3) our reports and registration statements filed and furnished from time to time with the SEC and (4) other announcements we make from time to time.

Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date hereof. We undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements after the date they are made, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

ITEM 2. — MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

The following discusses our financial position at May 31, 2012, and the results of our operations for the three and nine months ended May 31, 2012, and 2011. The following discussion should be read in conjunction with: (1) the unaudited consolidated financial statements and notes contained herein, and (2) the consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes to our 2011 Form 10-K.

General Overview

Our Business Segments

Because of the wide variety of our technical services and our vertical integration, we believe we are uniquely positioned to provide seamless services to our clients through the lifespan of projects, from the concept, design, building, and construction phases to the maintenance, operations, decommissioning and decontamination phases. We believe our direct-hire construction capabilities provide us with a competitive advantage in many of the industries we serve.

Our segments strive to support and complement each other, enabling Shaw to rely on internal resources for much of our work.

Currently, we are organized under the following seven reportable segments:

•      Power,

•      Plant Services,

•      Environmental & Infrastructure (E&I),

•      Fabrication & Manufacturing (F&M),

•      Energy & Chemicals (E&C),

•      Investment in Westinghouse, and

•      Corporate

Power Segment

Our Power segment provides a range of services, including design, EPC, technology and consulting services, primarily to the fossil and nuclear power generation industries.

Nuclear Power Generation.  Approximately 21% of the electric power generated in the U.S. is from nuclear power plants. We provide a wide range of technical services, including engineering, design, procurement, construction, and project management, to the domestic and international nuclear power industry. We have been awarded three EPC contracts to build six AP1000 nuclear power units in the U.S. — two units each for Georgia Power, South Carolina Electric & Gas and Progress Energy. In China, we are providing technical and project management services for four AP1000 nuclear power units at two sites and have an initial contract for an additional two AP1000 nuclear units at a third site.

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Nuclear Services.  In addition to our expertise in new plant construction, we are recognized in the power industry for improving the efficiency, capacity output, and reliability of existing nuclear plants through power uprates and life-cycle management. We perform EPC services to restore, renovate, or modify those plants. The projects represent a competitive cost alternative to new plant construction and are expected to be an important component in the expansion of U.S. power generation and our Power segment.

Gas-Fired Generation. Approximately 29% of electric power generated in the U.S. is from natural gas-fired power plants. We continue to observe increased activity in gas-fired electric generation, as electric utilities and independent power producers look to diversify their assets. In addition, in many states, initiatives to reduce carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas emissions, as well as anticipated demand for additional electric power generation capacity, have stimulated renewed interest in gas-fired power plants. Gas-fired plants generally are less expensive to construct than coal-fired and nuclear power plants but have comparatively higher operating costs. We expect power producers to increase capital spending in the U.S. on gas-fired power plants to take advantage of relatively inexpensive natural gas prices. We expect gas-fired power plants to continue to be an important component of long-term power generation in the U.S. and internationally. We believe our capabilities and expertise position us well to capitalize on opportunities in this area. We recently completed a combined-cycle gas turbine (CCGT) gas plant in North Carolina and one in Nevada. In March 2012, we received full notice to proceed on the nominal 550-megawatt CCGT plant for Entergy’s Ninemile Point Steam Electric Station near New Orleans, Louisiana, and are now currently building CCGT gas plants in North Carolina and Louisiana.

In June 2012, Shaw announced it will team with NET Power, Exelon and Toshiba to develop a new gas-fired power generation technology called NET Power that will produce cost-effective electric power with little to no air emissions.  The new technology, if proven, is based on a high-pressure supercritical carbon dioxide oxyfuel power cycle.  The primary byproduct is pipeline quality, high-pressure carbon dioxide, which can be used for enhanced oil recovery.  Shaw will acquire up to 50 percent of the NET Power LLC through a commitment to invest up to $50.4 million, contingent upon demonstration of technological feasibility, and will have exclusive rights to engineer, procure and construct NET Power plants.

Clean Coal-Fired Generation.  Approximately 36% of electric power generated in the U.S. is from coal-fired power plants. Electric power companies in the U.S. historically have pursued construction of new coal-fired power plants because, although coal-fired capacity is capital-intensive to build, it generally has relatively lower operating costs compared to other fossil fuels, and the U.S. has significant coal reserves. However, emissions regulations and uncertainty surrounding potential regulations targeting carbon and other emissions, as well as the global economic downturn and low natural gas prices, have caused the development of coal and other solid fuel-fired power plants to slow significantly. Nevertheless, we believe coal will continue to be a component of future U.S. energy generation, and we intend to capture a significant share of any new-build, retrofit or expansion projects.

Air Quality Control (AQC).  We service the domestic and international markets for flue gas desulfurization retrofits, installation of mercury emission controls, fine-particle pollution control, carbon capture systems, and selective catalytic reduction processes for fossil-fueled power plants. AQC activity is heavily dependent on federal and state regulation of air pollution and has declined in recent years as new air regulations are being developed by states and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (the EPA).

In July 2011, the EPA finalized the Cross-State Air Pollution Rule (CSAPR), which is designed to reduce sulfur dioxide (SO2) and nitrogen oxides (NOx) emissions. In December 2011, the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit issued its ruling to stay the CSAPR pending judicial review. The EPA has made adjustments to its rule through June 2012, and a Court decision is still awaited.  In December 2011, the EPA issued the final Mercury and Air Toxics Standards for power plants, which replaces the court-vacated Clean Air Mercury Rule.  As the first-ever national standard for mercury and other hazardous air pollutants from power plants, Mercury and Air Toxics Standards requires many power plants to install pollution-control technologies to reduce these emissions. In addition, the EPA has adopted regulatory initiatives controlling greenhouse gas emissions under existing provisions of the federal Clean Air Act including rules that require certain construction and operating permit reviews for greenhouse gas emissions from certain large stationary sources and the monitoring and reporting of greenhouse gases from specified industry segments. Owners or operators of regulated facilities that must restrict emissions of greenhouse gases will be required to reduce those emissions through the implementation of best-available control technologies that are determined by state or federal permitting authorities on a case-by-case basis.

We are working with owners of fossil-fueled power plants to evaluate the impact resulting from these regulations and to develop responsive compliance strategies. We anticipate increased opportunities for the installation of various air pollution-control technologies as these regulations are fully implemented.

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Plant Services Segment

Our Plant Services segment is an industry leader, providing a full range of integrated asset life-cycle capabilities that complement our power and industrial EPC services. We provide clients with electric power refueling outage maintenance, turnaround maintenance, routine maintenance, offshore maintenance, modifications, capital construction, off-site modularization, fabrication, reliability engineering, plant engineering, plant support, and specialty services. We perform services to restore, rebuild, repair, renovate, and modify industrial facilities, as well as offer predictive and preventive maintenance. Our Plant Services segment operates at client work sites primarily in North America.

Nuclear Plant Maintenance and Modifications. Shaw is the leading provider of nuclear maintenance, providing systemwide maintenance and modification services to 45 of the 104 operating nuclear power reactors, including the country’s two largest fleets.  Those services include engineering, maintenance, and modification services at various times to support daily operations, plant refueling outages, life/license extensions, materials upgrades, capacity uprates, and performance improvements.

In addition, we provide a continuum of support and planning between refueling outages and maintain an experienced core team of professionals. We concentrate on complicated, noncommodity projects in which our historical expertise and project management skills add value. We can further expand supplemental nuclear plant modifications for existing clients and are capable of providing services to international clients operating nuclear plants.

Fossil Plant Maintenance and Modifications. In addition to nuclear plant maintenance, we provide or offer services to fossil generating facilities including coal and natural gas plants. Our nuclear maintenance expertise and construction planning and execution skills support the services we provide to fossil power clients. In the second quarter of fiscal year 2012, Shaw signed a new contract with Arizona Public Service (APS) Co. to provide maintenance and construction services to 9 fossil power plants in Arizona and New Mexico. Shaw also provides maintenance, modifications, construction and radiological protection services to APS’ Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station.

Industrial Maintenance and Modifications. We have a continuous presence at several U.S. field locations serving alternative energy, petrochemical, specialty chemical, oil and gas, steel, manufacturing, and refining industries. We offer comprehensive services to clients in combinations that increase capacity, reduce expenditures, and optimize costs to enable higher returns on production within their facilities.

Capital Construction. Our capital construction experts bring decades of experience to serve clients in chemical, petrochemical, refining, and power industries throughout the U.S. Our construction scope includes constructability reviews, civil and concrete work, structural steel erection, electrical and instrumentation services, mechanical and piping system erection, and modular construction. We also can successfully mobilize resources under demanding client deadlines to rebuild and restore facilities damaged by natural disasters or catastrophes.

Environmental & Infrastructure (E&I) Segment

Our E&I segment provides full-scale environmental and infrastructure services for government and private-sector clients around the world. These services include program and project management, design-build, engineering and construction, sustainability and energy efficiency, remediation and restoration, science and technology, facilities management, and emergency response and disaster recovery.

Program Management. We manage large federal, state, and local government programs, including capital improvement, emergency response and disaster recovery, and energy efficiency programs, as well as private-sector commercial programs. We provide planning, program management, operations management, and technical services for clients such as FEMA and for public and utility energy efficiency programs in states including Illinois, Louisiana, Missouri, Colorado, North Carolina, South Carolina, Ohio and Wisconsin. We staff projects with experienced professionals and provide clients with a single point of accountability. Our integrated business teams provide expertise and consistency throughout each program.

Design-Build. We use our proficiencies in engineering, design, procurement, operations, construction, and construction management for all design-build phases of large infrastructure projects. We are nearing completion of the $1.2 billion Inner Harbor Navigation Canal Surge Barrier project in New Orleans, Louisiana. Nearly two miles long, it is the largest design-build civil works project ever awarded by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) and part of a system designed to better protect the greater New Orleans area from the storm surge that often accompanies hurricanes and tropical storms. Although construction activities are still under way, the surge barrier’s major components are in place and capable of mitigating the risks associated with a 100-year-level storm. Also, Shaw AREVA MOX Services, LLC is under contract with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to design, license, and construct the approximately $4.6 billion mixed oxide fuel fabrication facility in Aiken, South Carolina – a first-of-its-kind facility in the U.S. to process weapons-grade plutonium into fuel for nuclear power generating plants. Additionally, we provide a range of cost-effective green building solutions, including those that meet requirements for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certified structures for the federal government, helping our clients achieve sustainability goals and save energy.

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Environmental Remediation. As a leading environmental remediation contractor, we provide a full range of engineering, design, construction, and scientific services to clients in the chemical, energy, real estate, manufacturing, and transportation sectors. We execute complex remediation and restoration projects at U.S. government sites contaminated with hazardous wastes. For more than a decade, we have provided remediation services at multiple sites for the Corps’ Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program. We also possess extensive munitions response experience and have responded to munitions and explosives of concern at Formerly Used Defense Sites, Base Closure and Realignment facilities and Department of Defense bases. Our technological capabilities such as laboratory assessments, field testing, and analytic evaluation support a wide range of client needs, including groundwater modeling, contaminant transport, and soil washing. Additionally, we have one of the largest production capacities of microbial cultures in the industry, allowing for the biological remediation of contaminated groundwater and the sale of cultures to licensees.

Emergency Response & Recovery. We provide emergency response, relief and recovery services for clients and communities around the world. Our specialized resources and equipment, including real-time professional staffing deployments and technological capabilities, enable quick response to adverse environmental, health, safety, and economic impacts resulting from natural disasters, industrial incidents or acts of terrorism. Following the massive earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan in 2011, we began working with Toshiba Corp. to provide engineering, design, consulting, environmental and remediation services at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. In addition, we have responded to numerous emergencies, including hurricanes Katrina, Rita, Ike, and Gustav; the earthquake in Haiti; and the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

Coastal, Maritime and Natural Resource Engineering and Restoration. We provide engineering and design services, including port and waterway navigation feasibility and development, sediment management, coastal engineering, environmental services, levee development and barrier island and shoreline protection and restoration. We also perform wetlands construction, mitigation, and restoration. Many of our projects are generated by the Coastal Wetlands Planning Protection and Restoration Act, which provides federal funds to restore and conserve coastal wetlands and barrier islands.

General Infrastructure and Transportation. We provide construction management and program management for infrastructure projects related to transportation, water, and wastewater systems. We are helping to manage construction of the Croton Water Filtration Plant, a project that will improve water quality for 8 million New Yorkers. In addition, our work for the Federal Transit Administration includes more than 20 years of program management oversight services for complex infrastructure projects. We also offer a full range of technical and management services to design, plan, engineer, construct, and renovate highways, railways, transit systems, waterways, and airports.

Facilities Management. We offer operations, engineering, design, maintenance, construction, consulting and technology-based solutions to help U.S. government clients maintain and operate large mission-critical facilities and functions. We provide services such as logistics and communications support, fuels management, grounds and equipment maintenance, asset management, repairs, and renovations at numerous military installations, including Forts Rucker, Benning, Richardson, Wainwright, and the Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay.

Fabrication & Manufacturing (F&M) Segment

We believe our F&M segment is among the largest worldwide suppliers of fabricated piping systems. Demand for this segment’s products typically is driven by capital projects in industries that process fluids or gases such as the electric power, chemical and refinery industries.

The F&M segment supports both external clients and other Shaw business segments. For example, our F&M segment provides pipe and structural steel fabrication to the E&I segment for certain DOE work and for several Power segment projects. Additionally, the F&M segment’s newest U.S. facility assembles modules for the construction of nuclear power plants and can be used for offshore oil and gas related projects.

Pipe Fabrication. We fabricate fully integrated piping systems for heavy industrial clients around the world. We believe our expertise and proven capabilities in furnishing complete piping systems on a global scale has positioned us among the largest suppliers of fabricated piping systems for industrial facilities worldwide. Piping systems are normally on the critical path schedule for many heavy industrial plants. Large piping systems account for significant components within power generation, chemical, and other processing facilities.

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We fabricate complex piping systems using carbon steel, stainless, nickel, titanium, aluminum, and chrome moly pipe purchased from third parties. We fabricate the pipe by cutting it to specified lengths; welding fittings, flanges or other components on the pipe; and/or bending the pipe to precise client specifications using our unique pipe-bending technology. We believe our Shaw Cojafex induction pipe-bending technology is the most advanced, sophisticated, and efficient pipe-bending technology of its kind. Using this technology, we bend carbon steel and alloy pipe for industrial, commercial, and architectural applications. Delivering piping systems that have been pre-fabricated to client specifications to a project site can provide significant savings in labor, time, and material costs as compared to field fabrication. Bent pipe also provides greater strength and production enhancements over piping systems with welding-in fittings and is a preferred method. Additionally, we have implemented a robotics welding program, as well as automated and semi-automated welding processes and production technology, that we believe results in increased productivity and quality.

We operate pipe fabrication facilities in Louisiana, Arkansas, South Carolina, Utah, Mexico, and Venezuela, as well as through a joint venture in Bahrain, a newly constructed facility in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates and a new joint venture operating out of two facilities in Brazil. Our South Carolina facility is certified to fabricate pipe for nuclear power plants and maintains American Society of Mechanical Engineers nuclear component certification.

Through structural steel fabrication, we produce custom fabricated steel components and structures used in the architectural and industrial fields. These steel fabrications are used for supporting piping and equipment in buildings, chemical plants, refineries, and power generation facilities. Our fabrication lines use standard mill-produced steel shapes that are cut, drilled, punched, and welded into the specifications requested by our clients. We have structural steel fabrication operations in Louisiana and Mexico, offering the latest advanced and efficient technology for structural steel fabrication.

Manufacturing and Distribution. We operate pipe-fitting manufacturing facilities in Louisiana and New Jersey. Products from these facilities ultimately are sold to third-party operating plants and engineering and construction firms, as well as other business segments within our company. We maintain an inventory of pipe and pipe fittings, enabling us to realize greater efficiencies in the purchase of raw materials, overall lead times, and costs.

We operate distribution centers in Louisiana, Texas, Georgia, New Jersey, and Oklahoma to distribute our products and products manufactured by third parties.

Module Fabrication and Assembly. We operate a module fabrication and assembly facility in Lake Charles, Louisiana that is believed to be the first of its kind in the U.S. The facility currently produces structural, piping and equipment modules for nuclear power plants, but could also produce products for other industries, such as offshore oil and gas extraction facilities. The facility uses our industry-leading technologies and our proprietary operations management systems. We currently are producing modules for the first nuclear power plants awarded in the U.S. in more than 30 years, all of which will use AP1000 modular technology.

We seek to minimize the net working capital requirements of our F&M segment by contemporaneously invoicing clients when we purchase materials for our pipe, steel and modular fabrication contracts.  Our invoices generally do not include extended payment terms, nor do we offer significant rights of return.  These contracts typically represent the majority of the business volume of our F&M segment.

Energy & Chemicals (E&C) Segment

Our E&C segment provides a full range of project services to the oil and gas, refining, petrochemical, and upstream industries globally. Our services include consulting, technology licensing, project management, engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, and startup. We are differentiated by our process technologies, many of which are proprietary, and our ability to develop, commercialize, and integrate new technologies. We perform projects that range from small consulting studies to large EPC projects within five major industry areas: consulting, ethylene, chemicals/petrochemicals, refining, and upstream.

On May 21, 2012, we entered into a definitive agreement to sell substantially all of the business of the E&C segment to Technip S.A.  The E&C Sale does not include certain Toronto-based operations for which we are currently reviewing future options for this location, including winding down operations.  The E&C Sale also excludes our obligations under an engineering, procurement and construction contract associated with a large ethylene plant in southeast Asia that is nearing completion.

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Investment in Westinghouse Segment

Our Investment in Westinghouse segment includes the 20 percent equity interest (Westinghouse Equity) in Westinghouse, held by Nuclear Energy Holdings (NEH), our wholly owned special purpose subsidiary, and the Westinghouse Bonds.  Westinghouse serves the domestic and international nuclear electric power industry by supplying advanced nuclear power plant designs, licensing, engineering services, equipment, fuel and a wide range of other products and services to owners and operators of nuclear power plants. We believe Westinghouse products and services are being used in approximately half of the world’s operating nuclear power plants, including 60 percent of those in the U.S. Internationally, Westinghouse technology is being used for five reactors under construction in South Korea, four reactors under construction in China and is under consideration for numerous new nuclear reactors in multiple countries.  In the U.S., Westinghouse technology is being used for two reactors under construction in Georgia, two reactors under construction in South Carolina and selected for two more under contract in Florida. Please see our disclosures under Note 6 – Investment in Westinghouse and Related Agreements, Note 7 — Equity Method Investments and Variable Interest Entities and Note 9 — Debt and Revolving Lines of Credit and Liquidity for additional information related to our Investment in Westinghouse segment and circumstances in which NEH’s Westinghouse Equity may be re-purchased by Toshiba.

On September 6, 2011, NEH announced that it intends to exercise its Put Options to sell the Westinghouse Equity to Toshiba. Under the terms of the put option agreements, the Put Options will be exercised automatically on or around October 6, 2012, for cash settlement on January 4, 2013. Proceeds from the sale would be used to repay the bonds in full on their scheduled maturity date of March 15, 2013.

The Put Options require Toshiba to purchase the Westinghouse Equity at a price equivalent to not less than 96.7 percent of the principal amount of the bonds. NEH will fund up to the 3.3 percent shortfall of the principal amount of the bonds, which was approximately $53.7 million at May 31, 2012. We may recognize a non-operating gain once the Put Options are settled resulting principally from foreign exchange movements. If we had exercised the Put Options at May 31, 2012, the gain would have been approximately $481.1 million pre-tax. The actual gain or loss will be determined at settlement.

If the Put Options had been exercised on May 31, 2012, the following consolidated balance sheet accounts would have been reduced as follows:

Cash and cash equivalents	$	74,967
Deferred income taxes	$	245,517
Investment in Westinghouse	$	990,473
Prepaid and other current assets	$	1,477
Other accrued liabilities	$	28,764
Japanese Yen-denominated bonds secured by Investment in Westinghouse	$	1,627,599
Interest rate swap contract on Japanese-Yen denominated bonds	$	12,888

Concurrent and in connection with NEH’s acquisition of the Westinghouse Equity, we executed with Toshiba a Westinghouse commercial relationship agreement, which provides us with certain exclusive opportunities relating to marketing, developing, engineering and constructing Westinghouse AP1000 nuclear power plants. Under the agreement, Shaw has the exclusive right to perform specific services and/or provide equipment for AP1000 units that Shaw and Toshiba mutually agree to pursue.  The specific services and equipment include, among other things, the right to provide:  (i) EPC services on future Westinghouse AP1000 nuclear power plants; (ii) piping for certain units; and (iii) selected modules for those units (Exclusive Services). Pursuant to the terms of the agreement, Toshiba will cause Westinghouse to promote Shaw as its provider of choice for the Exclusive Services. In addition, the agreement acknowledges that the parties intend for Westinghouse to treat us no less favorably than it treats Toshiba when evaluating client needs and/or demands. The exclusive right to provide the Exclusive Services is inapplicable if Westinghouse can demonstrate that Shaw does not meet certain conditions. Additionally, the agreement contemplates that Shaw and Westinghouse will work collaboratively to develop additional initiatives from the core competencies of both companies.

The Westinghouse CRA has a six year term expiring in 2013 and contains renewal provisions. As long as we maintain more than a 15 percent interest in Westinghouse, we maintain our exclusivity rights provided under the terms of the Westinghouse CRA. As noted above, when the Put Options are exercised in October 2012, the CRA will terminate. We would continue to retain our rights under the Westinghouse CRA for projects for which Westinghouse and Shaw have submitted a binding offer prior to its termination. For financial reporting purposes, we concluded at the time of signing the agreement that no value should be allocated to the Westinghouse CRA nor should it be recognized as a separate asset.

For additional information, see Note 7 — Equity Method Investments and Variable Interest Entities and Note 9 — Debt and Revolving Lines of Credit included in our consolidated financial statements.

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Corporate Segment

Our Corporate segment includes our corporate management and expenses associated with managing our company as a whole. These expenses include compensation and benefits of corporate management and staff, legal and professional fees and administrative and general expenses that are not allocated to other segments. Our Corporate segment’s assets primarily include cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments held by the corporate entities, property and equipment related to our corporate headquarters and certain information technology assets.

Overview of Results and Outlook

Our financial results for the third quarter of fiscal year 2012 reflected mixed operational performance from our operating segments.  Our financial results were also significantly impacted by additional costs incurred within our E&C operating segment related to costs associated with the segment’s divestiture and other costs associated with winding down the E&C segment operations, as well as non-cash foreign exchange translation losses associated with our JPY-denominated Westinghouse Bonds.

Our Power segment was adversely affected by volume declines on new build coal-fired projects and decreased activity on several significant new build gas-fired projects nearing completion as well as a $20.1 million pre-tax charge related to a legal settlement on an AQC project.  These decreases were partially offset by increased, but lower than expected, revenues on the EPC contracts to design and construct four nuclear power reactors in the United States.  Revenues on these EPC contracts were lower than expected due, in part, to delays in the issuance of combined operating licenses (COL) to our clients by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

In the quarter ended February 29, 2012, one of our domestic EPC contracts for two AP1000 nuclear power units in Georgia received its COL.  On March 30, 2012, our domestic EPC contract for two AP1000 nuclear power units in South Carolina received its COL.  Receipt of the COL in each of these instances allows increased amounts of construction activities to commence, such as the placement of safety-related rebar and pouring of concrete.  On April 19, 2012, our client provided us full notice to proceed on the contract in South Carolina, which resulted in us booking the balance (i.e. the majority) of this project into our backlog of unfilled orders.  Also in March 2012, subsequent to final regulatory approval, our client provided us full notice to proceed on a previously awarded EPC contract for a natural gas turbine plant.  We expect operations to be favorably impacted as construction activities increase on each of these projects.

In May 2012 our customer for our domestic EPC contract for two AP1000 nuclear power units in Florida recently announced a delay in the plant’s online date to 2024.  We continue to perform limited engineering and support services and our contract with the client remains in effect. Consequently, we have removed a substantial portion of the contract value from our backlog as a result of the extended timeline. The net reduction in backlog as a result of this determination, offset by the increase in backlog for the two AP1000 nuclear power units in South Carolina, was $1.0 billion.

Our Plant Services segment continues to perform at what we believe is an industry leading level and as a result, has been able to win work from new clients for additional nuclear power plant maintenance and outage work as well as fossil power plant maintenance. This segment experienced increased profits in the third quarter of fiscal year 2012, as compared to the same period in the prior fiscal year.  The increase was primarily due to the mix of clients serviced in our nuclear plant outage maintenance work, as margins differ amongst projects.  The volume of business within Plant Services is typically seasonal in nature due to the timing of nuclear refueling outages.  Utilities typically schedule nuclear refueling outages during lower energy consumption periods in the fall and spring, which correspond with the first and third quarters of Shaw’s fiscal year.

Our E&I segment experienced a slight increase in revenues while profits decreased as compared to the same period in fiscal year 2011 due to a mix of executed work.  E&I’s quarterly activity was driven primarily by our MOX project for the DOE in South Carolina.  This segment’s federal business has been impacted by delays on certain held contracts and new federal procurements, as well as by increased competition.

Our F&M segment experienced increased revenue and profits for the third quarter of fiscal year 2012, compared to the same period in the prior fiscal year as production continues to increase on work for the nuclear power plants our Power segment is executing in Georgia and South Carolina, and as general market conditions continue to improve.  Production commenced at our new pipe fabrication joint venture facility in the UAE during the first quarter of fiscal year 2012.  Additionally, we expect a new pipe fabrication joint venture in Brazil to commence in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2012.  The new facilities evidence opportunities in growing international markets for pipe and steel fabrication in shops versus traditional field construction fabrication, as plant fabrication offers the advantages of consistent quality, permanent local employment and, depending on the location, reduced costs and security concerns when compared to field construction fabrication.

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On May 21, 2012, we entered into a definitive agreement to sell substantially all of the business of the E&C segment to Technip for approximately $300.0 million in cash consideration, subject to adjustment based on the segment’s debt and working capital levels at closing.  We will retain our Toronto-based operations and are currently reviewing future options for this location, including winding down operations. Additionally, we will maintain our obligations under an engineering, procurement and construction contract associated with a large ethylene plant in southeast Asia that is nearing completion.  During the third quarter of fiscal year 2012, we recorded a charge of approximately $28.4 million related to the E&C divestiture and other costs associated with winding down E&C operations.  We expect to record a gain of approximately $15 million pre-tax associated with the E&C Sale, net of related charges associated with wind-down of E&C operations.  The actual gain recognized will be dependent upon various factors including, but not limited to, working capital adjustments and the final decision on the ultimate disposal of retained assets.  The divestiture is anticipated to be complete in our fourth quarter of the current fiscal year.

The Westinghouse segment continued to impact our consolidated financial results with significant non-cash, non-operating foreign exchange translation gains and losses on NEH’s JPY-denominated Westinghouse Bonds. The translation gains/losses occur when the JPY decreases/increases relative to the USD. During the quarter, the JPY increased versus the USD resulting in a $22.8 million loss. The exchange rate of the JPY to the USD at May 31, 2012, was 79.2 as compared to 80.9 as of May 31, 2011.

We used operating cash flow during the quarter as expected, as favorable working capital positions on several projects in our Power and E&C segments began to reverse in the latter phases of the projects’ life cycles.

Consolidated Results of Operations

The information below is an analysis of our consolidated results for the three and nine months ended May 31, 2012, and 2011. See Segment Results of Operations below for additional information describing the performance of each of our reportable segments.

Three Months Ended	2012			2011			$ Change			% Change
(dollars in millions)
Revenues	$	1,560.8		$	1,490.0		$	70.8			4.8	%
Gross profit		56.5			10.1			46.4			459.4
Selling, general and administrative expenses		58.3			71.1			(12.8	)		(18.0	)
Impairment of note receivable		—			48.1			(48.1	)		(100.0	)
Interest expense		11.7			11.8			(0.1	)		(0.8	)
Provision (benefit) for income taxes		(12.1	)		(48.1	)		36.0			74.8
Earnings from unconsolidated entities, net of taxes		10.1			14.0			(3.9	)		(27.9	)
Net income (loss)		(12.1	)		(67.6	)		55.5			82.1

Nine Months Ended	2012		2011			$ Change			% Change
(dollars in millions)
Revenues	$	4,553.1	$	4,458.1		$	95.0			2.1	%
Gross profit		285.1		187.7			97.4			51.9
Selling, general and administrative expenses		189.7		215.0			(25.3	)		(11.8	)
Impairment of note receivable		—		48.1			(48.1	)		(100.0	)
Interest expense		35.3		35.3			—			—
Provision (benefit) for income taxes		46.3		(60.8	)		107.1			176.2
Earnings from unconsolidated entities, net of taxes		16.1		20.6			(4.5	)		(21.8	)
Net income (loss)		91.9		(80.6	)		172.5			214.0

Consolidated revenues increased $70.8 million, or 4.8%, to $1,560.8 million for the three months ended May 31, 2012, from $1,490.0 million in the same period in the prior fiscal year. This increase was due primarily to increased volumes in our F&M, E&I, E&C and Plant Services segments, partially offset by reduced volumes in our Power segment.  Revenues for the nine months ended May 31, 2012 increased $95.0 million, or 2.1%, to $4,553.1 million from $4,458.1 million in the same period of the prior fiscal year.  This increase was primarily related to volume increases in our Plant Services, F&M and E&C segments, partially offset by revenue reduction in our Power and E&I segments for the nine month period.

Consolidated gross profit increased $46.4 million, or 459.4%, to $56.5 million for the three months ended May 31, 2012, from $10.1 million in the same period in the prior fiscal year. This increase was primarily the result of our Plant Services, F&M and E&C segments, partially offset by a decrease from our Power segment which experienced a $20.1 million reduction in gross profit related to a final settlement on an AQC project.  Our E&C segment experienced increased gross profit in comparison to the prior year quarter as the forecast cost increases on a major project located in southeast Asia in the current quarter were less than those recorded in the three months ended May 31, 2011. For the nine month period, gross profit increased $97.4 million, or 51.9% to $285.1 million from $187.7 million in the same period of the prior fiscal year as our E&C and F&M segments’ gross profit increased significantly from the prior fiscal year. The nine month period in the prior fiscal year was negatively impacted by an adverse jury verdict in the first quarter that resulted in a reduction in gross profit of $63.4 million from our Power segment and forecasted cost increases incurred on the southeast Asia project within our E&C segment, partially offset by a $19.8 million favorable arbitration award in Taiwan in the second quarter for our Power segment.

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Consolidated S,G&A decreased $12.8 million, or 18.0%, to $58.3 million for the three months ended May 31, 2012, from $71.1 million in the same period in the prior fiscal year. The reduction was due to a general reduction in overhead costs such as lower compensation costs, costs associated with our corporate aircraft, travel costs and legal and professional fees. For the nine month period, S,G&A decreased $25.3 million, or 11.8%, to $189.7 million from $215.0 million in the prior year due primarily to reductions in compensation and related benefits, travel and legal and professional fees.

We recorded an impairment of $48.1 million during the third quarter of fiscal year 2011 with respect to advances made under a credit facility we provided Nuclear Innovation North America (NINA) to assist in financing the development of the South Texas Project.  During the three months ended May 31, 2011, the project sponsor asked that we cease the majority of the work relating to individual orders issued under our EPC contract jointly obtained with Toshiba. Additionally, the project sponsors’ majority owner announced it was withdrawing from further financial participation in that company, and a major municipal utility announced it would indefinitely suspend all discussions regarding a potential agreement to purchase the power from the proposed facilities. Due to these changes, we reviewed the security supporting the loans outstanding (primarily partially manufactured equipment) and we impaired the loans granted to the project entities. We have not and do not plan to make additional investments in ABWR related projects.

Our consolidated effective tax rate, based on income (loss) before income taxes and earnings (losses) from unconsolidated entities, was a benefit of 35% and a provision of 38% for the three and nine months ended May 31, 2012, respectively, as compared to a benefit of 37% for the corresponding periods of 2011. We recorded our tax provisions for the three and nine months ended May 31, 2012 based on an estimated annual effective rate while the corresponding periods ended May 31, 2011 were based on actual year-to-date results. We expect the fiscal year 2012 annual effective tax rate, excluding discrete items, applicable to forecasted income before income taxes and earnings (losses) from unconsolidated entities to be approximately 36%, reflecting higher income attributable to noncontrolling interests in the fourth quarter.  The third quarter of 2012 includes additional provisions of $1.0 million relating to prior year issues effectively settled with tax authorities as well as additional interest and penalties of $0.2 million. The third quarter of 2011 includes the reversal of provisions for uncertain tax positions relating to research tax credits of $6.6 million, partially offset by adjustments to reconcile tax returns to provisions of $1.4 million as well as additional provisions for uncertain tax positions of $1.4 million.

Earnings (losses) from unconsolidated entities, net of taxes, decreased $3.9 million, to $10.1 million for the three months ended May 31, 2012, compared to $14.0 million in the same period in fiscal year 2011. This decrease was due primarily to our equity in the decreased earnings of Westinghouse as compared to the same period in the prior fiscal year.

Consolidated net income increased $55.5 million to a loss of $12.1 million for the three months ended May 31, 2012, compared to a loss of $67.6 million in the prior fiscal year primarily due to the factors discussed above, partially offset by a negative impact of $22.8 million pre-tax foreign exchange translation loss on the JPY-denominated bonds related to our Investment in Westinghouse for the current quarter compared to a pre-tax foreign exchange translation loss of $15.0 million in the prior quarter period.

Segment Results of Operations

The following comments and tables compare selected summary financial information related to our segments for the three and nine months ended May 31, 2012, and 2011 (in millions):

Three Months Ended	2012		2011		$ Change			% Change
Revenues:
Power	$	497.5	$	546.5	$	(49.0	)		(9.0	)%
Plant Services		292.4		286.0		6.4			2.2
E&I		482.5		461.3		21.2			4.6
F&M		130.2		102.4		27.8			27.1
E&C		158.2		93.8		64.4			68.7
Corporate		—		—		—		NM
Total revenues	$	1,560.8	$	1,490.0	$	70.8			4.8	%

Gross profit:
Power	$	(12.9	)	$	34.8		$	(47.7	)	(137.1	)%
Plant Services		22.5			17.6			4.9		27.8
E&I		48.8			46.6			2.2		4.7
F&M		20.8			14.0			6.8		48.6
E&C		(23.3	)		(104.0	)		80.7		77.6
Corporate		0.6			1.1			(0.5	)	(45.5	)
Total gross profit	$	56.5		$	10.1		$	46.4		459.4	%
Gross profit percentage:
Power		(2.6	)%		6.4	%
Plant Services		7.7			6.2
E&I		10.1			10.1
F&M		16.0			13.7
E&C		(14.7	)		(110.9	)
Corporate	NM			NM
Total gross profit percentage		3.6	%		0.7	%
Selling, general and administrative expenses:
Power	$	8.7		$	11.4		$	(2.7	)	(23.7	)%
Plant Services		2.7			3.1			(0.4	)	(12.9	)
E&I		17.7			18.4			(0.7	)	(3.8	)
F&M		6.6			8.1			(1.5	)	(18.5	)
E&C		10.4			11.1			(0.7	)	(6.3	)
Investment in Westinghouse		—			0.4			(0.4	)	(100.0	)
Corporate		12.2			18.6			(6.4	)	(34.4	)
Total selling, general and administrative expenses	$	58.3		$	71.1		$	(12.8	)	(18.0	)%
Income (loss) before income taxes and earnings (losses) from unconsolidated entities:
Power	$	(22.3	)	$	23.2		$	(45.5	)	(196.1	)%
Plant Services		19.7			14.6			5.1		34.9
E&I		31.4			28.8			2.6		9.0
F&M		14.6			6.0			8.6		143.3
E&C		(33.0	)		(111.9	)		78.9		70.5
Investment in Westinghouse		(32.6	)		(25.7	)		(6.9	)	(26.8	)
Corporate		(12.1	)		(64.6	)		52.5		81.3
Total income (loss) before income taxes and earnings (losses) from unconsolidated entities	$	(34.3	)	$	(129.6	)	$	95.3		73.5	%

NM — Not Meaningful.

Nine Months Ended	2012		2011			$ Change			% Change
Revenues:
Power	$	1,442.8	$	1,609.8		$	(167.0	)		(10.4	)%
Plant Services		911.3		743.8			167.5			22.5
E&I		1,354.5		1,369.9			(15.4	)		(1.1	)
F&M		382.1		302.2			79.9			26.4
E&C		462.4		432.4			30.0			6.9
Corporate		—		—			—		NM
Total revenues	$	4,553.1	$	4,458.1		$	95.0			2.1	%
Gross profit:
Power	$	22.2	$	62.0		$	(39.8	)		(64.2	)%
Plant Services		66.6		56.9			9.7			17.0
E&I		119.4		130.8			(11.4	)		(8.7	)
F&M		71.0		45.6			25.4			55.7
E&C		4.4		(110.9	)		115.3			104.0
Corporate		1.5		3.3			(1.8	)		(54.5	)
Total gross profit	$	285.1	$	187.7		$	97.4			51.9	%

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Gross profit percentage:
Power		1.5	%		3.9	%
Plant Services		7.3			7.6
E&I		8.8			9.5
F&M		18.6			15.1
E&C		1.0			(25.6	)
Corporate	NM			NM
Total gross profit percentage		6.3	%		4.2	%
Selling, general and administrative expenses:
Power	$	26.1		$	34.0		$	(7.9	)	(23.2	)%
Plant Services		8.1			8.1			—		—
E&I		52.8			55.5			(2.7	)	(4.9	)
F&M		24.5			24.0			0.5		2.1
E&C		31.9			35.1			(3.2	)	(9.1	)
Investment in Westinghouse		0.1			1.2			(1.1	)	(91.7	)
Corporate		46.2			57.1			(10.9	)	(19.1	)
Total selling, general and administrative expenses	$	189.7		$	215.0		$	(25.3	)	(11.8	)%
Income (loss) before income taxes and earnings (losses) from unconsolidated entities:
Power	$	(3.8	)	$	31.7		$	(35.5	)	(112.0	)%
Plant Services		58.5			49.0			9.5		19.4
E&I		68.4			77.2			(8.8	)	(11.4	)
F&M		47.6			21.5			26.1		121.4
E&C		(26.1	)		(135.9	)		109.8		80.8
Investment in Westinghouse		23.2			(106.8	)		130.0		121.7
Corporate		(45.6	)		(98.7	)		53.1		53.8
Total income (loss) before income taxes and earnings (losses) from unconsolidated entities	$	122.2		$	(162.0	)	$	284.2		175.4	%

NM — Not Meaningful.

The following table presents our revenues by geographic region generally based on the site location of the project for the three and nine months ended May 31, 2012, and 2011 (in millions, except for percentages):

	Three Months Ended										Nine Months Ended
	2012					2011					2012					2011
	Amount		%			Amount		%			Amount		%			Amount		%
United States	$	1,340.0		86	%	$	1,330.7		89	%	$	3,909.1		86	%	$	3,821.9		86	%
Asia/Pacific Rim countries		140.7		9			66.5		5			385.1		9			399.4		9
Middle East		38.9		3			38.0		3			128.5		3			96.6		2
United Kingdom and other European countries		13.0		1			30.0		2			42.8		1			87.6		2
South America and Mexico		20.6		1			19.1		1			65.8		1			35.9		1
Canada		3.4		—			3.7		—			13.1		—			8.9		—
Other		4.2		—			2.0		—			8.7		—			7.8		—
Total revenues	$	1,560.8		100	%	$	1,490.0		100	%	$	4,553.1		100	%	$	4,458.1		100	%

Business Segment Analysis

Power Segment

Our Power segment continues to execute major electric power generation projects, with the mix of projects being executed varying over time as the market changes. Work continues on three EPC coal-fired power plants and two gas-fired power plants in the U.S.  Activity on two contracts for four domestic AP1000 nuclear units continues to increase and is expected to generate approximately 14 percent of our consolidated revenues for fiscal year 2012. The margins on these AP1000 projects are expected to exceed those of the coal- and gas-fired projects. Work also continues on our services contract for four new AP1000 nuclear power reactors in China. We believe there are significant opportunities for gas-fired power plants and AQC related projects, but the timing of the AQC projects is dependent on the compliance timeframe for the recently finalized air emission regulations in the U.S.  We have seen increased activity in this area as evidenced by a current period award of an EPC services contract for AQC work for Portland General Electric’s Boardman plant near Portland, Oregon.  Additionally, we believe there are international opportunities for new build coal-fired power plants.

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Revenues (3rd Quarter)

Revenues decreased $49.0 million, or 9.0%, to $497.5 million for the three months ended May 31, 2012, from $546.5 million in the same period in the prior fiscal year. This decrease was primarily due to a $146.6 million decrease on new build coal-fired and gas-fired power plant projects nearing completion in the current fiscal year.  In addition, there was a $23.7 million reduction in revenue associated with the final settlement on an AQC project.  These decreases were partially offset by volume increases of $137.4 million on domestic AP1000 nuclear reactor projects and nuclear uprate projects.

Gross profit (loss) and gross profit (loss) percentage (3rd Quarter)

Gross profit (loss) decreased $47.7 million, or 137.1%, to $(12.9) million for the three months ended May 31, 2012, from $34.8 million in the same period in the prior fiscal year. Gross profit (loss) percentage decreased to (2.6)% for the three months ended May 31, 2012, compared to 6.4% in the same period in the prior fiscal year. The decrease in gross profit (loss) and gross profit (loss) percentage is due to a $13.2 million decrease in activity related to on-going coal and gas projects nearing completion in the current fiscal year and a net impact of increased construction costs of approximately $7.6 million on a new build coal-fired power project nearing completion.  The increased costs resulted from higher than estimated field labor costs for completion and commissioning activities, which reduced our estimated profit on this contract. We may seek to recover these costs from an equipment supplier but no assumption has been made in the financial statements for such recovery. Additionally, the final settlement on an AQC project reduced gross profit $20.1 million.

Income (loss) before income taxes and earnings (losses) from unconsolidated entities (3rd Quarter)

Income (loss) before income taxes and earnings (losses) from unconsolidated entities for the three months ended May 31, 2012, decreased $45.5 million, or 196.1%, to a loss of $22.3 million from earnings of $23.2 million in the same period in the prior fiscal year. This decrease was primarily attributable to the decrease in gross profit described above, partially offset by a $2.7 million reduction of selling, general and administrative expenses.  The reduction in selling, general and administrative expenses was impacted by a $1.0 million reduction in employee compensation expense resulting from the reduced profits noted above.

Revenues (Year to Date)

Revenues decreased $167.0 million, or 10.4%, to $1,442.8 million for the nine months ended May 31, 2012, from $1,609.8 million in the same period in the prior fiscal year. This decrease was primarily due to a $382.3 million decrease on new build coal-fired and gas-fired power plant projects nearing completion in the current fiscal year, as well as a $29.2 million reduction related to the completion of AQC and other projects. During the current fiscal quarter, the final settlement on an AQC project resulted in a $23.7 million reduction in revenue.  These decreases were partially offset by volume increases of approximately $246.8 million on domestic AP1000 nuclear reactor projects and nuclear uprate projects. Additionally, an adverse jury verdict and a favorable arbitration award in the first half of fiscal year 2011 resulted in a net reduction in revenue of $36.7 million in that period.

Gross profit and gross profit percentage (Year to Date)

Gross profit decreased $39.8 million, or 64.2%, to $22.2 million for the nine months ended May 31, 2012, from $62.0 million in the same period in the prior fiscal year. Gross profit percentage decreased to 1.5% for the nine months ended May 31, 2012, compared to 3.9% in the same period in the prior fiscal year. The decrease in gross profit and gross profit percentage was primarily driven by a net impact of increased construction costs of approximately $27.3 million on two new build coal-fired power projects nearing completion.  The increased construction costs resulted from higher than estimated labor costs for completion and commissioning activities.  In addition, the segment experienced decreased activity related to on-going coal and fossil projects of $41.5 million, and the final settlement on an AQC project resulted in a $20.1 million reduction to that project’s gross profit in the current quarter.  These decreases were partially offset by an $2.2 million increase in gross profit for the period on our domestic AP1000 nuclear reactor projects as compared to prior year activity.  Additionally, an adverse jury verdict and a favorable arbitration award in the first half of fiscal year 2011 resulted in a net reduction in gross profit of $43.6 million in that period.

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Income (loss) before income taxes and earnings (losses) from unconsolidated entities (Year to Date)

Income (loss) before income taxes and earnings (losses) from unconsolidated entities for the nine months ended May 31, 2012, decreased $35.5 million, or 112.0%, to a loss of $3.8 million from earnings of $31.7 million in the same period in the prior fiscal year. This decrease was primarily attributable to the decrease in gross profit described above, partially offset by a $7.9 million reduction of selling, general and administrative expenses.  The reduction in selling, general and administrative expenses was impacted by a $3.0 million reduction in employee compensation expense resulting from the reduced profits noted above.

Plant Services Segment

Our Plant Services segment continues to execute maintenance work primarily during scheduled outages at nuclear power plants and to a lesser extent at fossil power and industrial facilities. The maintenance and outage work is normally structured under alliance type agreements that tend to cover periods of three to five years.

Revenues (3rd Quarter)

Revenues increased $6.4 million, or 2.2%, to $292.4 million for the three months ended May 31, 2012, from $286.0 million in the same period in the prior fiscal year.  Despite a lower volume of nuclear maintenance outage work as compared to the same quarter of the prior fiscal year, revenues increased slightly due to an increase in our capital construction business line and the addition of maintenance at multiple fossil sites.  The lower volume from nuclear maintenance is attributed to the timing of nuclear refueling outages, as well as the duration of each individual outage.  Typically, the majority of nuclear outage work occurs in the first and third quarters of the fiscal year.  In the third quarter of fiscal year 2012, the segment performed maintenance work during 11 plant outages, compared to 12 plant outages in the third quarter of fiscal year 2011.  The segment continues to win work from new nuclear maintenance clients and now is a contractor on 45 of the 104 nuclear power reactors operating in the United States.

Gross profit and gross profit percentage (3rd Quarter)

Gross profit increased $4.9 million, or 27.8%, to $22.5 million for the three months ended May 31, 2012, from $17.6 million in the same period in the prior fiscal year. Gross profit percentage increased to 7.7% for the three months ended May 31, 2012, from 6.2% in the same period in the prior fiscal year. The increase in gross profit and gross profit percentage was due to the mix of clients serviced in our nuclear plant outage maintenance work as margins differ from project to project.

Income (loss) before income taxes and earnings (losses) from unconsolidated entities (3rd Quarter)

Income (loss) before income taxes and earnings (losses) from unconsolidated entities increased $5.1 million, or 34.9%, to $19.7 million for the three months ended May 31, 2012, from $14.6 million in the same period in the prior fiscal year, primarily attributable to the increase in gross profit described above.

Revenues (Year to Date)

Revenues increased $167.5 million, or 22.5%, to $911.3 million for the nine months ended May 31, 2012, from $743.8 million in the same period in the prior fiscal year. This increase was due primarily to an increase in the number of nuclear refueling outages as well as the overall durations of the outages.  The segment supported 21 plant outages in the first nine months of fiscal year 2012, compared to 20 plant outages in the same period of the prior fiscal year.  In addition, the revenue increased due to a higher volume of work related to industrial maintenance projects, including steel plants and oil refineries, as well as increased revenue contributions from our capital construction business line.

Gross profit and gross profit percentage (Year to Date)

Gross profit increased $9.7 million, or 17.0%, to $66.6 million for the nine months ended May 31, 2012, from $56.9 million in the same period in the prior fiscal year. Gross profit percentage decreased to 7.3% for the nine months ended May 31, 2012, from 7.6% in the same period in the prior fiscal year.  The increase in gross profit was due to the mix of clients serviced in our nuclear plant outage work as margins differ from project to project, as well as ongoing work on an capital construction project during the nine months ended May 31, 2012.  Gross profit percentage decreased slightly due to a small capital construction project that is in an approximate breakeven position.

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Income (loss) before income taxes and earnings (losses) from unconsolidated entities (Year to Date)

Income (loss) before income taxes and earnings (losses) from unconsolidated entities increased $9.5 million, or 19.4%, to $58.5 million for the nine months ended May 31, 2012, from $49.0 million in the same period in the prior fiscal year, primarily attributable to the increase in gross profit described above.

E&I Segment

Our E&I segment continues to execute contracts primarily for the U.S. government and its agencies. The MOX project for the DOE in South Carolina is the most significant project within  the E&I segment. We expect the MOX project to continue through 2016 and possibly beyond with additional options which may be granted by the DOE. Our E&I segment revenues have been impacted by the completion of the coastal protection project for the State of Louisiana and the near completion of our hurricane protection project for the USACE, combined with our federal business being impacted by delays in certain held contracts and delays in awards of projects from the U.S. government. However, we expect the MOX project, as well as existing projects and new project awards from the government and private-sector customers, which provide environmental remediation, program management, emergency response and recovery, facility management and infrastructure services, to continue to contribute to this segment’s strong operating performance. 

Revenues (3rd Quarter)

E&I’s revenues increased $21.2 million, or 4.6%, to $482.5 million for the three months ended May 31, 2012, from $461.3 million for the same period in the prior fiscal year.  This increase in revenues was due primarily to increased activity on our MOX project for the DOE in South Carolina and our recently awarded contract with the U.S. Navy executed through a consolidated joint venture, partially offset by our LEED certified design build project for the U.S. Navy and by the completion in the prior fiscal year of a large coastal protection project for the State of Louisiana associated with the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

Gross profit and gross profit percentage (3rd Quarter)

E&I’s gross profit increased $2.2 million, or 4.7%, to $48.8 million for the three months ended May 31, 2012, from $46.6 million for the same period in the prior fiscal year. Gross profit percentage of 10.1% for the three months ended May 31, 2012 remained unchanged from the same period in the prior fiscal year.  The increase in gross profit was due primarily to increased activity on our MOX project for the DOE in South Carolina and a favorable variance from the prior fiscal year, which included a $6.8 million profit reversal caused by an unfavorable resolution to a subcontractor claim.  The increase was partially offset by the completion of the coastal protection project discussed above.

Income (loss) before income taxes and earnings (losses) from unconsolidated entities (3rd Quarter)

Income (loss) before income taxes and earnings (losses) from unconsolidated entities increased $2.6 million, or 9.0%, to $31.4 million for the three months ended May 31, 2012, from $28.8 million in the same period in the prior fiscal year primarily due to the activity in gross profit described above.

Revenues (Year to Date)

E&I’s revenues decreased $15.4 million, or 1.1%, to $1,354.5 million for the nine months ended May 31, 2012, from $1,369.9 million for the same period in the prior fiscal year.  This decrease in revenues was due primarily to the completion in the prior year of our coastal protection project for the State of Louisiana and lower volumes on our LEED certified design-build project for the U.S. Navy, which was completed in the first quarter of fiscal year 2012, and our hurricane protection project for the USACE, which is nearing completion.  The decrease was partially offset by increased activity on our MOX project for the DOE in South Carolina and remediation activities relating to the Fukushima, Japan nuclear reactors.

Gross profit and gross profit percentage (Year to Date)

E&I’s gross profit decreased $11.4 million, or 8.7%, to $119.4 million for the nine months ended May 31, 2012, from $130.8 million for the same period in the prior fiscal year. Gross profit percentage decreased to 8.8% for the nine months ended May 31, 2012, from 9.5% in the same period in the prior fiscal year.  The decrease in gross profit was due primarily to the completion in the prior year of our coastal protection project for the State of Louisiana and our design-build project for the U.S. Navy.  The decrease in gross profit was partially offset by increased activity on our MOX project for the DOE in South Carolina and a favorable variance from a $6.8 million unfavorable resolution to a subcontractor claim in the prior year.  The decrease in gross profit percentage was primarily due to the higher volume on our MOX project for the DOE where we earn lower gross profit percentage compared to the balance of the E&I portfolio, offset by the unfavorable impact in the prior year from the previously described subcontractor claim.

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Income (loss) before income taxes and earnings (losses) from unconsolidated entities (Year to Date)

Income (loss) before income taxes and earnings (losses) from unconsolidated entities decreased $8.8 million, or 11.4%, to $68.4 million for the nine months ended May 31, 2012, from $77.2 million in the same period in the prior fiscal year primarily due to the activity in gross profit described above.

F&M Segment

Our F&M segment experienced an increase in volume of work and corresponding profits for the first nine months of fiscal year 2012 as work commenced on the AP1000 nuclear power work subcontracted from our Power segment.  Production at our UAE pipe fabrication facility has continued to increase in the third quarter.

Revenues (3rd Quarter)

Revenues increased $27.8 million, or 27.1%, to $130.2 million for the three months ended May 31, 2012, from $102.4 million in the same period in the prior fiscal year. This increase was due primarily to execution of our AP1000 work for our Power segment and our UAE production ramp up.

Gross profit and gross profit percentage (3rd Quarter)

Gross profit increased $6.8 million, or 48.6%, to $20.8 million for the three months ended May 31, 2012, from $14.0 million in the same period in the prior fiscal year. Gross profit percentage increased to 16.0% for the three months ended May 31, 2012, from 13.7% in the same period in the prior fiscal year. The increases in gross profit and gross profit percentage were primarily due to work associated with our AP1000 pipe and steel projects in our Power segment and our UAE production ramp up.

Income (loss) before income taxes and earnings (losses) from unconsolidated entities (3rd Quarter)

Income (loss) before income taxes and earnings (losses) from unconsolidated entities increased $8.6 million, or 143.3%, to $14.6 million for the three months ended May 31, 2012, from $6.0 million in the same period in the prior fiscal year, primarily attributable to the increase in gross profit and gross profit percentage described above.

Revenues (Year to Date)

Revenues increased $79.9 million, or 26.4%, to $382.1 million for the nine months ended May 31, 2012, from $302.2 million in the same period in the prior fiscal year. This increase was due primarily to execution of our AP1000 work for our Power segment and our UAE production ramp up.

Gross profit and gross profit percentage (Year to Date)

Gross profit increased $25.4 million, or 55.7%, to $71.0 million for the nine months ended May 31, 2012, from $45.6 million in the same period in the prior fiscal year. Gross profit percentage increased to 18.6% for the nine months ended May 31, 2012, from 15.1% in the same period in the prior fiscal year. The increases in gross profit and gross profit percentage were primarily due to work associated with our AP1000 projects in our Power segment and UAE production ramp up.

Income (loss) before income taxes and earnings (losses) from unconsolidated entities (Year to Date)

Income (loss) before income taxes and earnings (losses) from unconsolidated entities increased $26.1 million, or 121.4%, to $47.6 million for the nine months ended May 31, 2012, from $21.5 million in the same period in the prior fiscal year, primarily attributable to the increase in gross profit and gross profit percentage described above.

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E&C Segment

On May 21, 2012, we entered into a definitive agreement to sell substantially all of the business of the E&C segment to Technip for approximately $300.0 million in cash consideration, subject to adjustment based on the segment’s debt and working capital levels at closing.  The divestiture is anticipated to be complete in our fourth quarter of the current fiscal year.  Shaw will retain its Toronto-based operations and is currently reviewing future options for this location, including winding down operations. Additionally, Shaw will maintain its obligations under an engineering, procurement and construction contract associated with a large ethylene plant in southeast Asia that is nearing completion.

During the three months ended May 31, 2012, the segment recorded increased costs of $23.9 million on a major project in southeast Asia. However, the revenues were greater and the project losses less than in the comparable prior year period, when this project experienced significant forecast cost increases. The E&C segment continues to reflect reduced volumes of revenue resulting from decreased volumes of new awards recorded in 2010 and 2011.

Revenues (3rd Quarter)

E&C’s revenues were $158.2 million for the three months ended May 31, 2012, and $93.8 million for the same period in the prior fiscal year. Revenues in the current fiscal quarter were favorably impacted by contractual provisions to recover costs associated with the completion of the southeast Asia project.  Revenues in the prior year’s quarter were impacted by significant forecasted cost increases that resulted in a percentage of completion revenue reduction for the southeast Asia project.

Gross profit (loss) and gross profit (loss) percentage (3rd Quarter)

Gross profit (loss) was $(23.3) million for the three months ended May 31, 2012, and $(104.0) million in the same period in the prior fiscal year.  Gross profit (loss) in the current fiscal quarter was impacted by $23.9 million in increased costs to complete the southeast Asia project.  Gross profit (loss) in the prior year’s quarter was impacted by forecasted cost increases incurred on the southeast Asia project.

Income (loss) before income taxes and earnings (losses) from unconsolidated entities (3rd Quarter)

Income (loss) before income taxes and earnings (losses) from unconsolidated entities increased $78.9 million, or 70.5%, to a loss of $(33.0) million for the three months ended May 31, 2012, from a loss of $(111.9) million in the same period in the prior fiscal year, primarily as a result of the increase in gross profit and gross profit percentage described above, partially offset by a $3.3 million asset impairment charge in the current quarter related to leasehold improvements of the Toronto-based operations as well as $1.2 million in costs associated with the E&C Sale transaction.

 Revenues (Year to Date)

E&C’s revenues were $462.4 million for the nine months ended May 31, 2012, and $432.4 million for the same period in the prior fiscal year.  Revenues for the first nine months of the current fiscal year were impacted by contractual provisions to recover costs associated with the completion of the southeast Asia project.  The segment also experienced higher volumes on engineering services.  Revenues for the same period in the prior fiscal year were impacted by significant forecasted cost increases that resulted in a percentage of completion revenue reduction for the southeast Asia project.

Gross profit (loss) and gross profit (loss) percentage (Year to Date)

Gross profit (loss) was $4.4 million for the nine months ended May 31, 2012, and $(110.9) million in the same period in the prior fiscal year.  On a comparative basis, the increase in gross profit (loss) and gross profit (loss) percentage as compared to the same period in the prior year was primarily due to the increased cost, foreign exchange loss and the corresponding reduction in the estimated percentage of completion incurred in fiscal year 2011 on the southeast Asia project.

Income (loss) before income taxes and earnings (losses) from unconsolidated entities (Year to Date)

Income (loss) before income taxes and earnings (losses) from unconsolidated entities increased $109.8 million, or 80.8%, to a loss of $(26.1) million for the nine months ended May 31, 2012, from a loss of $(135.9) million in the same period in the prior fiscal year, primarily as a result of the increase in gross profit and gross profit percentage described above, partially offset by a $3.3 million asset impairment charge in the current quarter related to leasehold improvements of the Toronto-based operations as well as $1.2 million in costs associated with the E&C Sale transactions.

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Investment in Westinghouse Segment

Westinghouse maintains its accounting records for reporting to its majority owner, Toshiba, on a calendar quarter basis. Financial information about Westinghouse’s operations is available to us for Westinghouse’s calendar quarter periods. As a result, we record NEH’s Westinghouse Equity earnings (loss) and other comprehensive income (loss) reported to us by Westinghouse based upon Westinghouse’s calendar quarterly reporting periods, or two months in arrears of our current periods. Under this policy, Westinghouse’s operations for the three and nine months ended March 31, 2012, are reflected in our results of operations for the three and nine months ended May 31, 2012.

The impact of the Investment in Westinghouse segment on our income (loss) before income taxes, for the three and nine months ended May 31, 2012, was $(32.6) million and $23.2 million, respectively, compared to $(25.7) million and $(106.8) million, respectively, for the three and nine months ended May 31, 2011. Our results for the three and nine months ended May 31, 2012, and May 31, 2011, included the following (in millions):

	Three Months Ended						Nine Months Ended
	2012			2011			2012			2011
Interest expense on Japanese Yen-denominated bonds including accretion and amortization	$	(9.8	)	$	(10.3	)	$	(30.5	)	$	(31.2	)
Foreign currency translation gains (losses) on Japanese Yen-denominated bonds, net		(22.8	)		(15.0	)		53.8			(74.4	)
General and administrative expenses		—			(0.4	)		(0.1	)		(1.2	)
Income (loss) before income taxes and earnings from unconsolidated subsidiaries.	$	(32.6	)	$	(25.7	)	$	23.2		$	(106.8	)

Additionally, our net income (loss) for the three and nine months ended May 31, 2012, includes earnings (losses) from our Investment in Westinghouse, net of income taxes, of $10.0 million and $11.7 million, respectively, compared to earnings (losses) from our Investment in Westinghouse, net of income taxes, of $13.7 million and $18.0 million, respectively, for the three and nine months ended May 31, 2011.

We enter into foreign currency forward contracts from time-to-time to hedge the impact of exchange rate changes on the JPY interest payments on the Westinghouse Bonds. As of May 31, 2012, we have brought forward the required JPY for the final two interest payments, due September 2012 and March 2013, at a JPY/USD rate of 80.2 and 83.0, respectively.  These forward purchases fix the USD amounts at approximately $18.8 million and $18.0 million for the September 2012 and March 2013 JPY interest payments, respectively.

For additional information about circumstances under which NEH may be required to sell its Westinghouse Equity to Toshiba and repay the Westinghouse Bonds, please see our disclosure under “Liquidity” below as well as in Notes 7 – Equity Method Investments and Variable Interest Entities and 9 – Debt and Revolving Lines of Credit in the accompanying financial statements.

Corporate Segment

Selling, General and Administrative Expenses (3rd Quarter)

     Corporate S,G&A decreased $6.4 million, or 34.4%, to $12.2 million for the three months ended May 31, 2012, from $18.6 million in the same period in the prior fiscal year. This decrease was primarily due to an overall decrease in Corporate overhead costs as well as lower compensation expenses and costs associated with our corporate aircraft, charitable contributions and professional fees.

Selling, General and Administrative Expenses (Year to Date)

     Corporate S,G&A decreased $10.9 million, or 19.1%, to $46.2 million for the nine months ended May 31, 2012, from $57.1 million in the same period in the prior fiscal year. This decrease was primarily due to an overall decrease in Corporate overhead costs as well as lower compensation expenses and executive relocation costs, charitable contributions and costs associated with our corporate aircraft, partially offset by higher costs associated with long-term incentive awards.

Related Party Transactions

From time to time, we perform work for related parties. See Part I, Item 1- Financial Statements, Note 15 – Related Party Transactions for additional details relating to these activities.

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Non-GAAP Financial Measure

EBITDA is a supplemental, non-GAAP financial measure and is a measure of operating performance used internally. EBITDA is defined as earnings before interest expense, taxes, depreciation and amortization. We have presented EBITDA because it is used by the financial community as a method of measuring our performance and of evaluating the market value of companies considered to be in similar businesses. We believe that the line item on our consolidated statements of operations entitled “Income (loss) before income taxes and earnings (losses) from unconsolidated entities” is the most directly comparable GAAP measure to EBITDA. Since EBITDA is not a measure of performance calculated in accordance with GAAP, it should not be considered in isolation of, or as a substitute for, income (loss) before income taxes and earnings (losses) from unconsolidated entities as an indicator of operating performance. EBITDA, as we calculate it, may not be comparable to similarly titled measures employed by other companies. In addition, this measure is not necessarily a measure of our ability to fund our cash needs. As EBITDA excludes certain financial information as compared with income (loss) before income taxes and earnings (losses) from unconsolidated entities, the most directly comparable GAAP financial measure, users of this financial information should consider the type of events and transactions which are excluded. Our non-GAAP performance measure, EBITDA, has certain material limitations as follows:

• It does not include interest expense. Because we have borrowed money to finance our Investment in Westinghouse and to a much lesser extent our operations, pay commitment fees to maintain our credit facility, and incur fees to issue letters of credit under the credit facility, interest expense is a necessary and ongoing part of our costs and has assisted us in generating revenue. Therefore, any measure that excludes interest expense has material limitations.

• It does not include income taxes. Because the payment of income taxes is a necessary and ongoing part of our operations, any measure that excludes income taxes has material limitations.

• It does not include depreciation or amortization expense. Because we use capital and intangible assets to generate revenue, depreciation and amortization expense is a necessary element of our cost structure. Therefore, any measure that excludes depreciation or amortization expense has material limitations.

A reconciliation of EBITDA to income (loss) before income taxes and earnings (losses) from unconsolidated entities for the three and nine months ended May 31, 2012, and May 31, 2011, is shown below (in millions):

	Three Months Ended May 31, 2012
	Consolidated			Power			Plant Services		E&I			F&M			E&C			Westinghouse			Corporate
Income (loss) before income taxes and earnings (losses) from unconsolidated entities:	$	(34.3	)	$	(22.3	)	$	19.7	$	31.4		$	14.6		$	(33.0	)	$	(32.6	)	$	(12.1	)
Interest expense		11.7			0.1			—		—			—			—			9.8			1.8
Depreciation and amortization		18.4			6.8			0.5		3.4			4.9			2.3			—			0.5
Earnings (losses) from unconsolidated entities		16.5			0.1			—		0.1			—			0.1			16.2			—
Income attributable to noncontrolling interests		(4.0	)		—			—		(3.0	)		(1.0	)		—			—			—
EBITDA	$	8.3		$	(15.3	)	$	20.2	$	31.9		$	18.5		$	(30.6	)	$	(6.6	)	$	(9.8	)

	Three Months Ended May 31, 2011
	Consolidated			Power		Plant Services		E&I			F&M		E&C			Westinghouse			Corporate
Income (loss) before income taxes and earnings (losses) from unconsolidated entities:	$	(129.6	)	$	23.2	$	14.6	$	28.8		$	6.0	$	(111.9	)	$	(25.7	)	$	(64.6	)
Interest expense		11.8			0.3		—		—			—		—			10.3			1.2
Depreciation and amortization		18.4			6.8		0.4		3.6			4.3		2.6			—			0.7
Earnings (losses) from unconsolidated entities		23.0			—		—		0.5			—		—			22.5			—
Income attributable to noncontrolling interests		(2.4	)		—		—		(3.3	)		0.9		—			—			—
EBITDA	$	(78.8	)	$	30.3	$	15.0	$	29.6		$	11.2	$	(109.3	)	$	7.1		$	(62.7	)

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	Nine Months Ended May 31, 2012
	Consolidated			Power			Plant Services		E&I			F&M			E&C			Westinghouse		Corporate
Income (loss) before income taxes and earnings (losses) from unconsolidated entities:	$	122.2		$	(3.8	)	$	58.5	$	68.4		$	47.6		$	(26.1	)	$	23.2	$	(45.6	)
Interest expense		35.3			0.2			—		—			0.1			—			30.5		4.5
Depreciation and amortization		55.4			20.6			1.4		10.2			14.2			7.3			—		1.7
Earnings (losses) from unconsolidated entities		26.1			0.1			—		1.0			—			6.0			19.0		—
Income attributable to noncontrolling interests		(6.2	)		—			—		(5.5	)		(0.7	)		—			—		—
EBITDA	$	232.8		$	17.1		$	59.9	$	74.1		$	61.2		$	(12.8	)	$	72.7	$	(39.4	)

	Nine Months Ended May 31, 2011
	Consolidated			Power		Plant Services		E&I			F&M		E&C			Westinghouse			Corporate
Income (loss) before income taxes and earnings (losses) from unconsolidated entities:	$	(162.0	)	$	31.7	$	49.0	$	77.2		$	21.5	$	(135.9	)	$	(106.8	)	$	(98.7	)
Interest expense		35.3			0.5		—		—			—		—			31.2			3.6
Depreciation and amortization		55.0			20.7		1.3		10.3			13.0		7.7			—			2.0
Earnings (losses) from unconsolidated entities		33.6			0.6		—		1.2			—		2.4			29.4			—
Income attributable to noncontrolling interests		(4.1	)		—		—		(5.9	)		1.8		—			—			—
EBITDA	$	(42.2	)	$	53.5	$	50.3	$	82.8		$	36.3	$	(125.8	)	$	(46.2	)	$	(93.1	)

Liquidity and Capital Resources

Liquidity

At May 31, 2012, our restricted and unrestricted cash and cash equivalents, escrowed cash and restricted and unrestricted short-term investments totaled $834.7 million (a decrease of $382.4 million, or 31.4%, from $ 1,217.1 million at August 31, 2011).  In addition to our cash and cash equivalents, the amount available under our Facility for revolving credit at May 31, 2012, was $435.4 million, which is equal to the lesser of: (i) $1,303.0 million, representing the total Facility commitment ($1,450.0 million) less outstanding performance letters of credit ($91.1 million) less outstanding financial letters of credit ($55.9 million); (ii) $1,194.1 million representing the Facility sublimit of $1,250.0 million less outstanding financial letters of credit ($55.9 million); or (iii) $435.4 million, representing the maximum additional borrowings allowed under the leverage ratio covenant contained in the Facility.  See Note 9 — Debt and Revolving Lines of Credit included in our consolidated financial statements for a description of our Facility’s financial covenants.

At May 31, 2012, we had voluntarily pledged approximately $135.1 million of our cash as collateral for performance letters of credit issued outside of our Facility and pledged $80.5 million of our cash as collateral for financial letters of credit as the bank fees avoided exceed the corresponding lost investment income. If we wish to access this pledged cash, we would need to provide new letters of credit from our Facility, which would reduce the calculations of revolving credit availability as determined in calculations (i) and (ii) above. Since the Facility leverage ratio already considers all financial letters of credit as part of leverage, our borrowing availability under the leverage ratio would not change. In addition, we have pledged approximately $38.7 million to secure contingent insurance obligations in lieu of letters of credit. If we wanted to access this pledged cash, we would need to provide financial letters of credit which would reduce the above calculations of revolving credit availability, including our borrowing availability under the leverage ratio, by the same $38.7 million.

The actual amount available to us under the Facility for borrowing or the issuance of financial letters of credit is restricted by covenants within the Facility, the most restrictive being the maximum leverage ratio which is 2.5x our EBITDA as defined in the Facility.

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At May 31, 2012, our working capital was $(175.0) million compared to $(106.4) million at August 31, 2011. Our negative working capital was due to the inclusion in current liabilities of the Westinghouse Bonds (which mature March 15, 2013) and the JPY interest rate swap, which total $1.6 billion. As disclosed previously, we were required to reclassify our Investment in Westinghouse and the related Westinghouse Bonds, the interest rate swap and the associated deferred tax asset from long-term to current as a result of a Toshiba Event that occurred in May 2009. As discussed more fully elsewhere in this Form 10-Q, the Westinghouse Bonds are revalued at each balance sheet date to the current JPY/USD exchange rate while the Put Options included in our Investment in Westinghouse are not. The impact on working capital associated with our Investment in Westinghouse and the related Westinghouse Bonds, the interest rate swap, and deferred taxes, which are impacted by the cumulative foreign exchange loss on the Westinghouse Bonds, was $(410.9) million and $(434.7) million at May 31, 2012, and August 31, 2011, respectively.

Cash Flow

	Nine Months Ended (in millions)
	2012			2011
Cash flows provided by (used in) operating activities	$	(174.7	)	$	(90.1	)
Cash flows provided by (used in) investing activities	$	80.7		$	57.4
Cash flows provided by (used in) financing activities	$	(149.7	)	$	(497.0	)

Operating activities : For the first nine months of fiscal year 2012, cash used in operating activities totaled $174.7 million due primarily to the reversal of favorable working capital positions on projects being executed in our Power and E&C segments. Cash was also used in this period to fund the interest on our Westinghouse Bonds. Partially offsetting those uses of cash was cash provided by our E&I, Plant Services and F&M segments, as well as $9.6 million in dividends received from our Investment in Westinghouse.

For the first nine months of fiscal year 2011,  cash used in operating activities totaled $90.1 million due primarily to the reversal of favorable working capital positions on projects being executed in our Power and E&C segments, as well as cash used in our Corporate and Investment in Westinghouse segments.  Partially offsetting those uses of cash was cash provided by our E&I, F&M and Plant Services segments, as well as $9.6 million in dividends received from our Investment in Westinghouse.

Our operating cash flow is generated primarily by earnings and working capital movements of our projects.  Our primary source of operating cash inflows is collections of our accounts receivable (AR), which are generally invoiced based upon achieving performance milestones prescribed in our contracts. Our outstanding AR and costs and estimated earnings in excess of billings (CIE) are reviewed monthly and tend to be due from high quality credit clients such as regulated utilities, U.S. Government agencies, multinational oil companies and industrial corporations and merchant power producers.  Because our clients tend to have the financial resources sufficient to honor their contractual obligations, we believe our AR and CIE are collectible.  The timing of the milestone billings on fixed-priced contracts varies with each milestone within each contract but generally are invoiced within several months of first incurring costs associated with the prescribed work. Working capital movements on fixed-price contracts are based on the timing of our completion of the specified performance milestones. Generally, working capital movements are positive in the early phases of the fixed price contracts and can be negative in the later phases as the cash balances decline to equal earnings. If new fixed-priced projects are not booked with positive working capital terms to replace contracts in the latter phases of execution, our net working capital movement tends to be negative. For cost reimbursable contacts, we generally seek to bill and collect payments in advance of incurring project costs. However, cost-reimbursable contracts with the U.S. government provide for billings in the month subsequent to incurring the costs.

Our AR and CIE were 30.6% and 30.9% of current assets at May 31, 2012, and August 31, 2011, respectively.  At May 31, 2012, approximately 43.4% of our CIE reflects costs from contracts being executed for the U.S. government, which we expect to invoice and collect in the normal course of business.  See Note 5 – Accounts Receivable, Concentrations of Credit Risk, and Inventories and Note 16 –Accounting for Claims, Unapproved Change Orders and Incentives on Long-Term Construction Contracts to our consolidated financial statements for additional information with respect to these working capital items.

 Our cash position has created opportunities for us to obtain market discounts and provide protection from potential future price escalation for our EPC projects by undertaking an early procurement program. Accordingly, we continue to procure certain commodities, subcontracts and construction equipment early in the life cycle of major projects. This strategy was partially implemented in fiscal years 2010 and 2011 and will continue to be utilized in fiscal year 2012. This strategy is intended to provide price and schedule certainty but requires that we expend some of our cash earlier than originally estimated under the contracts. For the first nine months of fiscal 2012, we expended approximately $5.5 million under our early procurement program and are currently evaluating early procurement opportunities up to $2.6 million for the remainder of the fiscal year. During the years ended August 31, 2011, and 2010, respectively, we expended approximately $7.9 million and $30.9 million under the early procurement program. It is our intent to balance any potential cancellation exposure associated with early procurements with our termination rights and obligations under the respective prime contracts with our clients and to help protect ourselves from suppliers failing to perform by requiring financial security instruments to support their performance. However, we can provide no assurance that our intent to manage our cancellation exposure will be successful.

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 Investing activities:   Cash provided by investing activities was $80.7 million for the first nine months of fiscal year 2012, compared to $57.4 million during the first nine months of fiscal year 2011. During the first nine months of fiscal year 2012, we continued to invest a portion of our excess cash to support the growth of our business lines.  Investments in property and equipment for the first nine months of fiscal year 2012 were $60.3 million compared to $79.8 million for the first nine months of fiscal year 2011. Also in the first nine months of fiscal year 2012, we decreased the cash pledged, at our option, to secure certain outstanding letters of credit issued to support our project execution activities from $273.2 million to $254.4 million.  During the first nine months of fiscal year 2011, we used cash of $37.9 million for two acquisitions.

We expect our liquidity to be significantly impacted in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2012 by the completion of the divestiture of our E&C segment to Technip.  Cash consideration, subject to adjustment based on the segment’s debt and working capital levels at closing, is expected to be approximately $300 million.  See Note 20 – Disposal of E&C Segment Assets included in our consolidated financial statements for additional information.

 In addition, our cash used in investing activities decreased in the first nine months of fiscal year 2012 compared to the first nine months of fiscal year 2011 due to a $10.0 million advance made during the first three months of fiscal year 2011 under a $100.0 million credit facility for a proposed nuclear power project NINA in connection with a nuclear ABWR global strategic partnership agreement between Shaw and Toshiba Corporation to assist in financing the development of the South Texas Project. At May 31, 2011, we had advanced approximately $48.1 million under this credit facility. During the three months ended May 31, 2011, the project sponsor asked that we cease the majority of the work relating to individual orders issued under our EPC contract jointly obtained with Toshiba. Additionally, the project sponsors’ majority owner announced it was withdrawing from further financial participation in that company, and a major municipal utility announced it would indefinitely suspend all discussions regarding a potential agreement to purchase the power from the proposed facilities. Due to these changes, we reviewed the security supporting the loans outstanding (primarily partially manufactured equipment) and we wrote-off loans granted to the project entities totaling $48.1 million during our fiscal third quarter. We do not plan to make additional investments in ABWR related projects.

Financing activities : Cash used in financing activities for the first nine months of fiscal year 2012 totaled $149.7 million, compared to $497.0 million during the first nine months of fiscal year 2011.  During the second quarter of fiscal year 2012, in December 2011, we funded a modified "Dutch Auction" cash tender offer to purchase approximately 6.2 million shares of our common stock at a price of $24.25 per share totaling approximately $150.0 million, excluding fees and expenses related to the tender offer.  During the first nine months of fiscal year 2011, we repurchased approximately 13.7 million shares of our common stock under a repurchase program authorized by our Board in December 2010 for an aggregate cost of $500.0 million.

In January 2012, the members of a Middle Eastern joint venture, for which we have a direct interest of 53%, agreed to an $8.0 million loan facility to finance the continued development and working capital needs of the joint venture.  The joint venture is consolidated in our financial statements with the $3.3 million minority interest portion of the loan classified as a short-term note payable on our balance sheet.

Many of our clients require that we issue letters of credit or surety bonds for work we perform. Our growth may be dependent on our ability to increase our letter of credit and surety bonding capacity, our ability to achieve timely release of existing letters of credit and surety bonds and/or our ability to obtain from our clients more favorable terms reducing letter of credit and surety requirements on new work. Our need for letter of credit capacity may increase as we seek additional construction projects. Increases in outstanding performance letters of credit issued under our Facility reduce the available borrowing capacity under our Facility.

Capital Resources

Our excess cash is generally invested in (1) money market funds governed under rule 2a-7 of the U.S. Investment Company Act of 1940 and rated AAA/Aaa by S&P and/or Moody’s, respectively, (2) interest bearing deposit accounts with commercial banks rated at least A/A2 or better by S&P and/or Moody’s, respectively, (3) publicly traded debt rated at least A/A2 or better by S&P and/or Moody’s, respectively, with maturities up to two years at the time of purchase, (4) publicly traded debt funds holding securities rated at least A/A2 or better by S&P and/or Moody’s, respectively, or (5) dividend paying capital stocks.

At May 31, 2012, the amounts shown as restricted cash and restricted short-term investments in the accompanying balance sheet included approximately $215.7 million used to voluntarily secure letters of credit and approximately $38.7 million to secure insurance related contingent obligations in lieu of a letter of credit. We expect to continue for the short term to voluntarily cash collateralize certain letters of credit during fiscal year 2012 if the bank fees avoided on those letters of credit exceed the return on other investment opportunities.

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Approximately $205.8 million of our cash at May 31, 2012, was held internationally for international operations. We have the ability to return certain amounts of our overseas funds to the U.S. but may incur incremental taxes under certain circumstances.

We expect to fund our operations for the next twelve months through the use of cash generated from operations and existing cash balances. However, there can be no assurance that we will achieve our forecasted cash flow, which could result in new borrowings under existing or future credit facilities.

Credit Facility

On June 15, 2011, we entered into an unsecured second amended and restated credit agreement (Facility) with a group of lenders that provides lender commitments of up to $1,450.0 million under the Facility, all of which may be available for the issuance of performance letters of credit. Of the $1,450.0 million in commitments, a sublimit of $1,250.0 million may be available for the issuance of financial letters of credit and/or borrowings for working capital needs and general corporate purposes. The Facility releases all collateral securing the previous credit agreement and contains an expiration of commitments on June 15, 2016. The Facility continues to require guarantees by the Company’s material domestic subsidiaries.

During the first nine months of fiscal 2012, no borrowings were made under the Facility; however, we had outstanding letters of credit of approximately $147.0 million as of May 31, 2012, and those letters of credit reduce what is otherwise available under our Facility.

At May 31, 2012, we were in compliance with the covenants contained in our Facility.

See Note 9 — Debt and Revolving Lines of Credit included in our consolidated financial statements for a description of: (1) the terms and interest rates related to our Facility and revolving lines of credit; (2) amounts available and outstanding for performance letters of credit, financial letters of credit and revolving loans under our Facility; and (3) a description of our Facility’s financial covenants and matters related to our compliance with those covenants as of May 31, 2012.

Other Revolving Lines of Credit

Additionally, we have various short-term (committed and uncommitted) revolving credit facilities from several financial institutions which are available for letters of credit and, to a lesser extent, working capital loans. See Note 9 — Debt and Revolving Lines of Credit included in our consolidated financial statements for additional information.

Off Balance Sheet Arrangements

On a limited basis, performance assurances are extended to clients that guarantee certain performance measurements upon completion of a project. If performance assurances are extended to clients, generally our maximum potential exposure is the remaining cost of the work to be performed under engineering and construction contracts with potential recovery from third party vendors and subcontractors for work performed in the ordinary course of contract execution. As a result, the total costs of the project could exceed our original cost estimates and we could experience reduced gross profit or possibly a loss for that project. In some cases, where we fail to meet certain performance standards, we may be subject to contractual liquidated damages.

Commercial Commitments

Our lenders issue letters of credit on our behalf to secure obligations in connection with certain of our contracts and in limited circumstances on certain other obligations to third parties.  We are required to reimburse our lenders for amounts drawn on these letters of credit.  At May 31, 2012, these obligations expire as follows (in millions):

Commercial Commitments (1)	Total		Less Than 1 Year		1-3 Years		3-5 Years		After 5 Years
Letters of Credit — Domestic and Foreign	$	351.9	$	338.1	$	13.5	$	0.3	$	—
Surety bonds		485.5		459.1		15.3		0.1		11.0
Total Commercial Commitments	$	837.4	$	797.2	$	28.8	$	0.4	$	11.0

(1) Commercial Commitments exclude any letters of credit or bonding obligations associated with outstanding bids or proposals or other work not awarded prior to June 1, 2012.

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Of the amount of outstanding letters of credit at May 31, 2012, $228.0 million were issued to clients in connection with contracts (performance letters of credit). Of the $228.0 million, five clients held $194.8 million or 85.4% of the outstanding letters of credit. The largest aggregate amount of letters of credit issued and outstanding at May 31, 2012, to a single client on a single project is $60.0 million. Our ability to borrow under our facility is reduced by the dollar value of the letters of credit we have outstanding.

At May 31, 2012, and August 31, 2011, we had total surety bonds of $485.5 million and $909.5 million, respectively. However, based on our percentage-of-completion on contracts covered by these surety bonds, our estimated potential liability at May 31, 2012, and August 31, 2011 was $116.6 million and $104.7 million, respectively.

Fees related to these commercial commitments were $1.9 million and $6.9 million, for the three and nine months ended May 31, 2012, respectively, compared to $2.3 million and $7.7 million for the three and nine months ended May 31, 2011, respectively.

See Note 9 — Debt and Revolving Lines of Credit to our consolidated financial statements in Part I, Item 1 of this Form 10-Q for a discussion of long-term debt, and Note 12 - Contingencies and Commitments to our consolidated financial statements in Part I, Item 1 of this report for a discussion of contingencies and commitments.

Funding of Equity Investments

In June 2012, Shaw announced it will team with NET Power and Exelon to develop a new gas-fired power generation technology called NET Power that will produce cost-effective electric power with little to no air emissions.  As milestones are completed for the four phases of the project, we will invest up to $50.4 million in cash and in-kind services, and will acquire up to 50 percent of NET Power LLC and have exclusive rights to engineer, procure and construct NET Power plants. Phases 1 and 2 involving front end engineering and combustor rig testing are expected to be completed in 2012, with an initial cash investment by us of approximately $9.7 million. If Phases 1 and 2 are successful, Phase 3 involving the construction and commissioning of the proto-type plant is expected to be complete by mid-2014, with an additional cash investment by us of $37.6 million. Development of the first full-scale commercial plant is expected to begin in late 2014 or early 2015.

Critical Accounting Policies

In addition to the discussion below, Item 7 of Part II of our 2011 Form 10-K addresses the accounting policies and related estimates that we believe are the most critical to understanding our consolidated financial statements, financial condition and results of operations and those that require management judgment and assumptions, or involve uncertainties.

Goodwill and Intangible Assets Impairment Review

In accordance with current accounting guidance, goodwill is not amortized but is tested for impairment at the reporting unit level (operating segment or one level below an operating segment) on an annual basis and between annual tests if an event occurs or circumstances change that would more likely than not reduce the fair value of a reporting unit below its carrying value. As discussed in Note 8 — Goodwill and Other Intangibles to our unaudited consolidated financial statements, we performed our annual goodwill impairment review on March 1, 2012.

 To calculate the fair value of a reporting unit in our goodwill impairment review, we utilize the guideline public company method (a market approach) and the discounted cash flow method (an income approach). A reporting unit’s fair value is determined by averaging the resulting fair values calculated under these two methods.

The guideline public company method relies on valuation multiples derived from stock prices, financial results and enterprise values from the trailing twelve months or the next twelve months of publicly traded companies that are comparable to the subject reporting unit. The derived valuation multiples are then applied to the reporting unit’s EBITDA and earnings before interest and income taxes (EBIT) to develop an estimate of the fair value of the subject reporting unit. The earnings multiples used in our goodwill impairment review ranged between 5.5 times and 13.1 times. In addition, the guideline public company method uses a control premium to arrive at the fair value of operations. In our goodwill impairment models, we used a 20% control premium for all of our reporting units.

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The discounted cash flow method relies upon a company’s estimated future cash flows, and then “discounting” those future flows by the desired rate of return in order to determine the “present value” of the future cash stream. To arrive at the cash flow projections used in our discounted cash flow models, we use internal models to estimate the expected results for the next five years. The key assumptions used in our discounted cash flow models to determine fair value are discount rates, annual revenue growth rates, average operating margin, and terminal value capitalization rate. The discount rates used in the discounted cash flow models ranged from 11.3% to 20.1%. The terminal value was calculated by using a terminal value capitalization rate of 3.0%.

When performing our annual impairment analysis, we also reconcile the total of the fair values of our reporting units with our market capitalization to determine if the sum of the individual fair values is reasonable compared to the external market indicators. If our reconciliation indicates a significant difference between our external market capitalization and the fair values of our reporting units, we review and adjust, if appropriate, our weighted-average cost of capital and consider if the implied control premium is reasonable in light of current market conditions.

Our review did not indicate an impairment of goodwill for any of our reporting units. We performed an additional evaluation of goodwill for the E&C reporting unit during the quarter as a result of our entry into a definitive agreement to sell certain of its assets and liabilities. This additional evaluation compared the carrying value of the related assets and liabilities at that point in time to the value of the definitive agreement, which is an indicator of fair value. This additional evaluation did not indicate an impairment of goodwill for the E&C reporting unit.

Changes in assumptions or estimates used in our goodwill impairment testing could materially affect the determination of the fair value of a reporting unit, and therefore could eliminate the excess of fair value over carrying value of a reporting unit and, in some cases, could result in impairment. Such changes in assumptions could be caused by a loss of one or more significant contracts, reductions in government and/or private industry spending or a decline in the demand for our services due to changing economic conditions. Given the nature of our business, if we are unable to win or renew contracts, unable to estimate and control our contract costs, fail to adequately perform to our clients’ expectations, fail to procure third-party subcontractors, heavy equipment and materials or fail to adequately secure funding for our projects, our profits, revenues and growth over the long-term would decline and such a decline could significantly affect the fair value assessment of our reporting units and cause our goodwill to become impaired.

See Note 8 – Goodwill and Other Intangibles to our consolidated financial statements for additional information related to our goodwill.

Income Taxes

Deferred income taxes are provided on the asset and liability method whereby deferred tax assets/liabilities are established for the difference between the financial reporting basis and the income tax basis of assets and liabilities, as well as operating loss and tax credit carryforwards and other tax credits. Deferred tax assets are reduced by a valuation allowance when, in our opinion, it is more likely than not that some portion or all of the deferred tax assets will not be realized.

The ultimate realization of deferred tax assets is dependent upon the generation of future taxable income during the period in which those temporary differences become deductible. The forecasts used in projecting future taxable income are consistent with the forecasts used in the testing of goodwill for impairment. We also consider the reversal of deferred tax liabilities, projected future taxable income, and tax planning strategies in making this assessment of such realization. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are adjusted for the effects of changes in tax laws and rates on the date of enactment.

At May 31, 2012, we had deferred tax assets of $258.0 million, net of valuation allowance and deferred tax liabilities, including $58.1 million related to net operating losses and tax credit carryforwards. At May 31, 2012, we had a deferred tax asset valuation allowance of $32.2 million. Approximately $245.5 million of the deferred tax assets will be realized as an ordinary deduction upon the repayment of the Japanese yen-denominated bonds and will offset the gain recognized as a result of the automatic exercise of the Put Option Agreement on the Westinghouse shares during our fiscal year 2013. Our forecast of future taxable income exceeds the amounts needed in the respective jurisdictions for full realization of these deferred tax assets.

See Note 10 – Income Taxes to our consolidated financial statements for additional information related to our income taxes.

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Backlog of Unfilled Orders

General. Our backlog represents management’s estimate of potential future revenues we expect may result from contracts awarded to us by clients. Backlog is estimated using legally binding agreements for projects that management believes are likely to proceed. Management evaluates the potential backlog value of each project awarded based upon the nature of the underlying contract, commitment and other factors, including the economic, financial, and regulatory viability of the project and the likelihood of the contract proceeding. Projects in backlog may be altered (increased or decreased) for scope change and/or may be suspended or cancelled at any time by our clients.

New bookings and ultimately the amount of backlog of unfilled orders is largely a reflection of the global economic trends. The volume of backlog and timing of executing the work in our backlog is important to us in anticipating our operational needs. Backlog is not a measure defined in GAAP, and our methodology for determining backlog may not be comparable to the methodology used by other companies in determining their backlog. We cannot assure you that revenues projected in our backlog will be realized, or if realized, will result in profits.

All contracts contain client termination for convenience clauses, and many of the contracts in backlog provide for cancellation fees in the event clients cancel projects whether for convenience or a stated cause. These cancellation fees usually provide for reimbursement of our out-of-pocket costs, revenues associated with work performed prior to cancellation, and to varying degrees, a percentage of the profits we would have realized had the contract been completed.

The process to add new awards to backlog is generally consistent among our segments and is based on us receiving a legally binding agreement with clients plus management’s assessment that the project will likely proceed. Additional details relating to each segment’s booking process follows:

Power and E&C Segments. We define backlog in our Power and E&C segments to include projects for which we have received legally binding commitments from our clients and projects for which our consolidated joint venture entities have received legally binding commitments. These commitments typically take the form of a written contract for a specific project or a purchase order, and sometimes require that we estimate anticipated future revenues, often based on engineering and design specifications that have not been finalized and may be revised over time. Backlog excludes amounts expected to be performed subsequent final approval from the customer when we do not expect to receive such authorization within the next five years. The value of work subcontracted to our F&M segment is removed from the backlog of the Power and E&C segments and is shown in the backlog of our F&M segment.

Plant Services Segment. We define backlog in the Plant Services segment to include projects which are based on legally binding contracts from our clients. These commitments typically take the form of a written contract or a specific project purchase order and can cover periods ranging from three to five years. Many of these contracts cover reimbursable work to be designated and executed over the term of the agreement. Accordingly, certain of the backlog amounts are based on the underlying contracts/purchase orders, our clients’ historic maintenance requirements, as well as our future cost estimates based on the client’s indications of future plant outages. Our Plant Services segment backlog does not include any awards for work expected to be performed more than five years after the date of our financial statements.

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E&I Segment. Our E&I segment’s backlog includes the value of awarded contracts including the estimated value of unfunded work. The unfunded backlog generally represents U.S. government project awards for which the project funding has been partially authorized or awarded by the relevant government authorities (e.g., authorization or an award has been provided for only the initial year of a multi-year project). Because of appropriation limitations in the U.S. government budget processes, confirmed funding is usually appropriated for only one year at a time and, in some cases, for periods less than one year. Some contracts may contain a number of one-year options. Amounts included in backlog are based on the contract’s total awarded value and our estimates regarding the amount of the award that will ultimately result in the recognition of revenues. These estimates may be based on indications provided by our clients of future values, our estimates of the work required to complete the contract, our experience with similar awards and similar clients, and our knowledge and expectations relating to the given award. Generally, the unfunded component of new contract awards is added to backlog at 75% of our contract value or our estimated proportionate share of a contract for which there are multiple award recipients. The programs are monitored, estimates are reviewed periodically, and adjustments are made to the amounts included in backlog and in unexercised contract options to properly reflect our estimate of total contract revenue in the E&I segment backlog. Our E&I segment backlog does not generally include any awards (funded or unfunded) for work expected to be performed more than five years after the date of our financial statements. The value of work subcontracted to our F&M segment is removed from the backlog of our E&I segment and is shown in the backlog of our F&M segment.

F&M Segment. We define backlog in the F&M segment to include projects for which we have received a legally binding commitment from our clients. These commitments typically take the form of a written contract for a specific project, a purchase order, or a specific indication of the amount of time or material we need to make available for clients’ anticipated projects under alliance type agreements. A significant amount of our F&M segment’s backlog results from inter-company awards received from our Power, E&I, and E&C segments. In such cases, we include the value of the subcontracted work in our F&M segment’s backlog and exclude it from the corresponding affiliate segment.

At May 31, 2012, and August 31, 2011, our backlog was as follows (in millions except percentages):

	May 31, 2012				August 31, 2011
By Segment	Amount		%		Amount		%
Power	$	9,224.5		51	$	10,776.4		54
Plant Services		3,333.9		18		2,119.7		11
E&I		4,292.9		23		5,189.9		26
F&M		1,023.7		6		1,495.9		7
E&C		312.6		2		436.4		2
Total backlog	$	18,187.6		100	$	20,018.3		100

	May 31, 2012				August 31, 2011
By Industry	Amount		%		Amount		%
E&I	$	4,292.9		24	$	5,189.9		26
Power Generation		12,644.7		69		13,487.9		67
Chemical		541.8		3		700.6		4
Other		708.2		4		639.9		3
Total backlog	$	18,187.6		100	$	20,018.3		100

	May 31, 2012				August 31, 2011
By Geographic Region	Amount		%		Amount		%
Domestic	$	17,583.3		97	$	19,189.4		96
International		604.3		3		828.9		4
Total backlog	$	18,187.6		100	$	20,018.3		100

Our backlog decreased $1.8 billion, as compared to August 31, 2011.  The decrease in total backlog was primarily driven by an approximate $1.0 billion net decrease for our Power segment related to domestic EPC contracts on new-build nuclear power units.  This decrease was the result of the removal from backlog of two AP1000 nuclear power units in Florida, as an additional client schedule delay pushed the majority of this work to periods beyond the next five years. This reduction was partially offset by a significant increase related to the receipt in April 2012 of full notice to proceed on two new AP1000 nuclear power  units in South Carolina, which allowed us to record the balance (i.e. the majority) of this project into backlog.  Plant Services segment’s new bookings throughout this fiscal year related to nuclear power plant maintenance agreements. A significant component of the reduction in our F&M segment’s backlog was a $100 million partial cancellation in the first quarter of fiscal year 2012 of an existing order on a project for which work continues on other aspects of this project. The reduction in our E&I segment’s backlog in the first quarter of fiscal year 2012 was related to a $200 million change in the estimated future contract revenue expected under a multi-year contract with the U.S. Government.

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Earlier this fiscal year, a client of our Power segment suspended work on a capital improvement project at a currently-operating nuclear power plant. The project has not been canceled. We continue to monitor this situation and if the project is canceled or if we believe the project will not proceed, we will remove the project from backlog. The amount of this project still to be executed and included in backlog approximates $500 million.

The majority of our consolidated backlog is comprised of contracts with regulated electric utility companies, national or international oil companies, and the U.S. government (which alone comprises 91.3% of our Environmental & Infrastructure segment’s backlog). We believe these clients provide us with a stable book of business and possess the financial strength to endure the economic challenges that may persist from the recent economic downturn. Cancellation of any of our significant projects in backlog would result in a significant reduction of our reported backlog as well as on our future earnings.

Recently Adopted Accounting Pronouncements

For a discussion of recently adopted accounting pronouncements, refer to Note 1 — General Information of our consolidated financial statements in Part I, Item 1 — Financial Statements.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

For a discussion of recent accounting pronouncements and the effect they could have on our financial statements, refer to Note 1 — General Information of our consolidated financial statements in Part I, Item 1 — Financial Statements.

ITEM 3. — QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

We do not enter into derivative financial instruments for trading, speculation or other purposes that would expose us to market risk. In the normal course of business, we have exposure to both interest rate risk and foreign currency exchange rate risk. For quantitative and qualitative disclosures about our market risk, see Item 7A — Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk of our 2011 Form 10-K. Our exposures to market risk have not changed materially since August 31, 2011.

ITEM 4. — CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

Management’s Quarterly Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

Disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act) are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in our reports filed under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms. This information is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. Our management, under the supervision and with the participation of our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, evaluated the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures at May 31, 2012. Based on that evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective at May 31, 2012.

Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting

There were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting during the three months ended May 31, 2012 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

PART II — OTHER INFORMATION

ITEM 1. — LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

We have been and may from time to time be named as a defendant in legal actions claiming damages in connection with engineering and construction projects, technology licenses and other matters. These are typically claims that arise in the ordinary course of business, including employment-related claims and contractual disputes or claims for personal injury or property damage that occur in connection with services performed relating to project or construction sites. Contractual disputes normally involve claims relating to the timely completion of projects, performance of equipment or technologies, design or other engineering services or project construction services provided by our subsidiaries. See Note 12 — Contingencies and Commitments of our consolidated financial statements in Part I, Item 1, “Financial Statements” for information about our material pending legal proceedings.

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ITEM 1A. — RISK FACTORS

There have been no material changes to the Risk Factors disclosure included in our 2011 Form 10-K, filed with the SEC on October 31, 2011.

Our business, results of operations and financial position are subject to a number of risks. In addition to the other information set forth in this Form 10-Q, you should carefully consider the factors discussed in Part I, “Item 1A. Risk Factors” in our 2011 Form 10-K, which could materially affect our business, financial condition or future results. The risks described in this Form 10-Q and in our 2011 Form 10-K are not the only risks facing our company. Additional risks and uncertainties not currently known to us or that we currently deem to be immaterial also may materially adversely affect our business, financial condition or future results.

ITEM 2.  — UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS

(c) The following table provides information about our purchases during the quarter ended May 31, 2012, of our equity securities that are registered pursuant to Section 12 of the Exchange Act.  See Note 19 – Share Repurchase Program for additional information:

Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
Period	Total Number of Shares Purchased (1)		Average Price Paid per Share		Total Number of Shares Purchased as Part of Publicly Announced Repurchase Program		Approximate Dollar Value of Shares that May Yet Be Purchased Under the Program(2) (in millions)
3/1/2012 to 3/31/2012		446	$	29.71		—	$	326.1
4/1/2012 to 4/30/2012		618	$	31.71		—	$	326.1
5/1/2012 to 5/31/2012		467	$	29.18		—	$	326.1
Total		1,531				—

1	Repurchases during the quarter were acquired from employees in connection with the settlement of income tax withholding obligations arising from the vesting of restricted stock units.
2	We currently have an open authorization to repurchase up to $326.1 million in shares, subject to limitations contained in the Facility.

ITEM 6. — EXHIBITS

All exhibits are set forth on the Exhibit Index, which is incorporated herein by reference.

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SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

	THE SHAW GROUP INC.
Dated: July 9, 2012	/s/ Brian K. Ferraioli
	Brian K. Ferraioli
	Chief Financial Officer
	(Duly Authorized Officer and Principal Financial Officer)

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EXHIBIT INDEX

The exhibits marked with the asterisk symbol (*) are management contracts or compensatory plans or arrangements filed pursuant to Item 601(b)(10)(iii) of Regulation S-K.

The exhibits marked with the section symbol (§) are interactive data files. Pursuant to Rule 406T of Regulation S-T, these interactive data files (i) are not deemed filed or part of a registration statement or prospectus for purposes of Sections 11 or 12 of the Securities Act of 1933, are not deemed filed for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, irrespective of any general incorporation language included in any such filings, and otherwise are not subject to liability under these sections; and (ii) are deemed to have complied with Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (“Rule 405”) and are not subject to liability under the anti-fraud provisions of the Section 17(a)(1) of the Securities Act of 1933, Section 10(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or under any other liability provision if we have made a good faith attempt to comply with Rule 405 and, after we become aware that the interactive data files fail to comply with Rule 405, we promptly amend the interactive data files.

Exhibit Number	Document Description	Form	Exhibit	Filing Date	Filed Herewith
3.01	Composite Articles of Incorporation of The Shaw Group Inc.				X
3.02	Amended and Restated By-Laws of The Shaw Group Inc. dated as of January 30, 2007	10-K/A-1	3.2	9/28/2007
10.01	Agreement of Purchase and Sale, dated May 21, 2012, by and between The Shaw Group Inc. and Technip, S.A.	8-K	2.1	5/22/2012
*10.02	Consulting Agreement dated as of May 23, 2012, by and between The Shaw Group Inc. and Gary P. Graphia	8-K	10.1	5/29/2012
31.01	Certification pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002				X
31.02	Certification pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002				X
32.01	Certification pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002				X
§101.INS	XBRL Instance Document.				X
§101.SCH	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document				X
§101.CAL	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document				X
§101.LAB	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document				X
§101.PRE	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document.				X
§101.DEF	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document				X

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EX-3.01

EXHIBIT 3.01

COMPOSITE ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF

THE SHAW GROUP INC. AS OF JANUARY 5, 2011

ARTICLE I.

NAME

The name of the Corporation is THE SHAW GROUP INC., a Louisiana corporation.

ARTICLE II.

OBJECTS AND PURPOSES

The objects and purposes for which this Corporation is organized and the nature of the business to be carried on by it are stated and declared to be as follows:

To enter into any business which is lawful under the laws of the State of Louisiana, either for its own account or for the account of others, either as agent or principal, to enter upon or engage in any kind of business of any nature whatsoever in which corporations organized under the Louisiana Business Corporation Law may engage; and, to the extent not prohibited thereby, to enter upon and engage in any kind of business of any nature whatsoever in any other state of the United States of America, any foreign Nation, and any territory of any country to the extent permitted by the laws of such other state, nation, or territory.

ARTICLE III.

DURATION

The duration of this Corporation shall be in perpetuity, or for such maximum period as may be authorized by the laws of Louisiana.

ARTICLE IV.

AUTHORIZED CAPITAL

The aggregate number of shares which the Corporation has authority to issue is two hundred twenty million (220,000,000) shares, of which two hundred million (200,000,000) shares shall be Common Stock, no par value (the Common Stock), and twenty million (20,000,000) shares shall be Preferred Stock, no par value (the Preferred Stock).

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A.           Each outstanding share of Common Stock shall entitle the holder thereof to one vote on each matter properly submitted to the shareholders of the Corporation for their vote, waiver, release or other action.

B.           The Board of Directors of the Corporation is hereby expressly vested with the authority to issue Preferred Stock from time to time in one or more series as the Board of Directors may establish by the adoption of a vote or votes relating thereto, each series to have such voting powers, full or limited, or no voting powers, and such designations, preferences, and relative, participating, optional or other special rights and qualifications, limitations, or restrictions thereof, as shall be stated and expressed in the vote or votes providing for the issue of such series adopted by the Board of Directors, including, without limitation, the following:

1.           The number of shares to constitute each such series and the serial designation thereof;

2.           Whether the shares of each such series shall be subject to redemption and, if made subject to redemption, the time, prices and other terms and conditions of such redemption;

3.           The dividend rate of each such series, the conditions and times of payment thereof, the relation (including preferences, if any) which such dividends shall bear to the dividends payable on any other class or classes of stock or any other series of such stock, and whether such dividends shall be cumulative or non-cumulative;

4.           The rights of the holders of the shares of each such series (including preference, if any) upon the dissolution of, or upon any distribution of any assets of, the Corporation;

5.           Whether or not the shares of each such series shall be convertible into, or exchangeable for, shares of any other class or classes of any other series of such stock and, if made convertible or exchangeable, the times, prices, rates of exchange, adjustments, and other terms and conditions of such conversion or exchange;

6.           The terms and amount of any sinking fund provided for the purchase or redemption of the shares of each such series;

7.           The extent, if any, to which the holders of the shares of each such series shall be entitled to vote with respect to the election of directors or otherwise; and

8.           The restrictions, if any, on the issue, reissue, or sale of any additional Preferred Stock of such series or any other series or class.

C.           No holder of stock of any class of the Corporation, whether now or hereafter authorized, shall have any preemptive, preferential, or other rights to subscribe for or purchase or acquire any share of any class or any other securities of the Corporation, whether now or hereafter authorized, and whether or not convertible into, or evidencing or carrying the right to

purchase, shares of any class or any other securities, now or hereafter authorized, and whether the same shall be issued for cash, service, or property, or by way of dividend or otherwise.

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ARTICLE V.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

A.           (1.)           The number of directors shall not be less than three (3) nor more than fifteen (15).  The authorized number of directors may be determined from time to time by a vote of a majority of the then authorized number of directors or by the affirmative vote of the holders of more than fifty percent (50%) of the voting power of the then outstanding shares of Common Stock of the Corporation entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, voting together as a single class.  In the event that at any time the number of directors shall be fixed in this manner at twelve (12) or more, then, at the next meeting of shareholders at which such directors are to be elected (the Classification Meeting), the directors shall be classified, with respect to the time for which they severally hold office, into three classes, as nearly equal in number as possible, as shall be provided in the manner specified in the By-Laws, one class initially to be elected for a term expiring at the first annual meeting of shareholders to be held after the Classification Meeting, another class initially to be elected for a term expiring at the second annual meeting of shareholders to be held after the Classification Meeting, and another class initially to be elected for a term expiring at the third annual meeting of shareholders to be held after the Classification Meeting, with the members of each class to hold office until their successors have been elected and qualified.  At each annual meeting of shareholders, the successors of the class of directors whose term expires at that meeting shall be elected to hold office for a term expiring at the annual meeting of shareholders held in the third year following the year of their election.  No director need be a shareholder.

2.           Newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the number of directors and any vacancies on the Board of Directors resulting from death, resignation, disqualification, removal, or other cause shall be filled by the affirmative vote of a majority of the remaining directors then in office, even if by less than a quorum of the Board of Directors, or by a sole remaining director.  Any director elected in accordance with the preceding sentence shall hold office until the annual meeting of shareholders at which the term of office of the class to which such director has been elected expires and until such director’s successor shall have been duly elected and qualified.  No decrease in the number of directors constituting the Board of Directors shall shorten the term of any incumbent directors.

3.           Any director may be removed from office only for cause by the affirmative vote of the holders of more than fifty percent (50%) of the voting power of the Common Stock of the Corporation entitled to vote generally in the election of directors (the Voting Stock).

4.           Notwithstanding anything contained in these Articles of Incorporation to the contrary, the affirmative vote of the holders of more than seventy-five percent (75%) of the voting power of the Common Stock shall be required to amend, repeal, or adopt any provision inconsistent with any provision of this Section V.A.

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B.           Unless and until otherwise provided in the By-Laws, all of the corporate powers of this Corporation shall be vested in, and all of the business and affairs of this Corporation shall be managed by, a Board of Directors.

C.           The Board of Directors shall have authority to make and alter By-Laws, including the right to make and alter By-Laws fixing their qualifications, classifications, or terms of office, or fixing or increasing their compensation, provided, however, that the shareholders may change or repeal any By-Law adopted by the Board of Directors; and provided, further, that no amendment or supplement to the By-Laws adopted by the Board of Directors shall vary or conflict with any amendment or supplement adopted by the shareholders, or with any provision of these Articles.

D.           Any director absent from a board meeting may be represented by any other director or shareholder, who may cast the vote of the absent director according to the written instructions or proxy of the absent director.

E.           Any action which may be taken at a meeting of the Board of Directors may be taken by a consent in writing signed by all of the directors and filed with the records of the Corporation.

F.           The Board of Directors shall have authority to exercise all such other powers and to do all such other lawful acts and things which this Corporation or its shareholders might do, unless prohibited from doing so by applicable laws or by the Articles of Incorporation or by the By-Laws of the Corporation.

ARTICLE VI.

PURCHASE AND REDEMPTION OF SHARES

The Corporation may purchase or redeem its own shares in the manner and on the conditions permitted and provided in Section 55 of the Business Corporation Law or other applicable law and as may be authorized by the Board of Directors.  Shares so purchased shall be considered treasury shares and may be reissued and disposed of as authorized by law, or may be canceled and the capital stock reduced, as the Board of Directors may, from time to time, determine in accordance with law.

ARTICLE VII.

CAPITAL SURPLUS AND DIVIDENDS

The Board of Directors shall have such power and authority with respect to capital, surplus, and dividends, including allocation, increases, reduction, utilization, distribution, and payment, as is permitted and provided in Sections 61, 62, and 63 of the Business Corporation Law or other applicable law.

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ARTICLE VIII.

CORPORATE ACTION AND AMENDMENTS BY SHAREHOLDERS

A.           Except as otherwise provided in these Articles of Incorporation, any corporate action of shareholders, including specifically, but not by way of limitation, adoption of amendments to the Articles, approval of merger and consolidation agreements, and authorization of voluntary disposition of all or substantially all of the corporate assets, may be taken on affirmative vote of a majority of the voting power present.

B.           Except as otherwise provided in these Articles of Incorporation, these Articles may be amended by a majority vote or written consent of the shareholders entitled to vote, or by such larger vote as may be required by the Business Corporation Law of Louisiana or by the By-Laws of the Corporation.

C.           Consents to corporate action (in writing) may be signed by shareholders having that proportion of the total voting power which would be required to authorize or constitute such action at a meeting of shareholders.

D.           The By-Law provisions or agreements authorized hereby may contain such other terms and conditions as the Board of Directors, in its sole discretion, shall determine to be consistent with the provisions of this Article.

E.           Notwithstanding any other provision in the Articles of Incorporation, any business combination as defined herein shall be subject to the requirements set forth in this Article VIII.E.

1.           In addition to any vote required under the Louisiana Business Corporation Law, the affirmative vote of the holders of at least seventy-five percent (75%) of the outstanding shares of Common Stock entitled to vote thereon (not including shares deemed beneficially owned by a Related Person [as hereinafter defined]) shall be required in order to authorize and/or approve a Business Combination (as hereinafter defined).  Such affirmative vote shall be required, notwithstanding any other provision of these Articles, any provision of law, or any agreement with any regulatory agency or national securities exchange which might otherwise permit a lesser vote or a no vote.

2.           For the purpose of this Section VIII.E, the following definitions apply:

a.           The term Related Person shall mean and include (1) any person as such term is used in Section 13(d) and Section 14(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as in effect on the date of the filing of these Articles of Restatement (the 1934 Act) (other than any trustees or other fiduciary holding securities under an employee benefit plan of the Corporation, or any corporation owned, directly or indirectly, by the shareholders of the Corporation in the same proportions as their ownership of shares of Common Stock of the Corporation), which, together with its affiliates (as that term is defined in Rule 12b-2 of the General Rules and Regulations under the 1934 Act, as in effect on the date of filing of this Restatement of the Articles or as subsequently amended, including any successor regulation (the 1934 Act Regulations) beneficially owns (as that term is defined in Rule 13d-3 of the 1934 Act Regulations) in the aggregate five percent (5%) or more of the outstanding shares of the Common Stock of the Corporation; and (2) any affiliate (as that term is defined in Rule 12b-2 of the 1934 Act Regulations) of  any such person; provided that the term Related Person shall not include any person who (x) beneficially owned shares of Common Stock in excess of the five percent (5%) limitation set forth herein as of December 1, 1993, or (y) acquired the shares from a person described in (x) above by gift, inheritance, or in a transaction in which no consideration was exchanged.  Without limitation, any shares of the Common Stock of the Corporation which any Related Person has the right to acquire pursuant to any agreement, or upon exercise of conversion rights, warrants, or options, or otherwise, shall be deemed beneficially owned by such Related Person.

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b.           The term Business Combination as used in this Section VIII.E shall mean any of the following:

(1)           any merger or consolidation of the Corporation or a subsidiary of the Corporation which constitutes a Substantial Part (as hereinafter defined) of the assets of the Corporation with another corporation, other than a merger or consolidation which would result in the voting securities of the Corporation outstanding immediately prior thereto continuing to represent (either by remaining outstanding or by being converted into voting securities of the surviving entity), more than fifty percent (50%) of the combined voting power of the voting securities of the Corporation or such surviving entity outstanding immediately after such merger or consolidation;

(2)           any sale, lease, exchange, mortgage, pledge, transfer, or other disposition of all or any Substantial Part (as hereinafter defined) of the assets of the Corporation (including, without limitation, any voting securities of a subsidiary);

(3)           any reclassification of the Common Stock of the Corporation, or any recapitalization involving the Common Stock of the Corporation, other than a recapitalization of the Corporation in which no Related Person acquires more than twenty percent (20%) of the combined voting power of the Corporation’s then outstanding securities;

(4)           the adoption of any plan or proposal for the liquidation or dissolution of the Corporation; and

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(5)           any agreement, contract, or other arrangement providing for any of the transactions described in this Section VIII.E.2.b.

c.           The term Substantial Part shall mean more than fifty percent (50%) of the total assets of the Corporation, as of the end of its most recent fiscal year ending prior to the time the determination is made.

F.           Notwithstanding anything contained in the Articles of Incorporation to the contrary, the affirmative vote of the holders of at least seventy-five percent (75%) of the voting power of the Common Stock shall be required to amend or repeal, or adopt any provision inconsistent with, any provisions of this Section VIII.E.

ARTICLE IX.

INDEMNIFICATION OF OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS

The Corporation shall indemnity and hold harmless, to the fullest extent authorized by the Louisiana Business Corporation Law, each director and officer now or hereafter serving the Corporation from or against any and all claims and liabilities to which he may be or may become subject by reason of his now or hereafter being, or having heretofore been, a director or officer of the Corporation and/or by reason of his alleged acts or omissions as such director or officer, whether or not he continued to be such officer or director at the time when any such claim or liability is asserted.  The Corporation shall reimburse each such director or officer for all legal and other expenses reasonably incurred by him in connection with defending any or all such claims or liabilities, including amounts paid or agreed to be paid in connection with reasonable settlements made before final adjudication, with the approval of the Board of Directors, whether or not he continued to be such director or officer at the time the expenses were incurred; however, the Corporation shall not indemnify any director or officer for any or all such claims(s) or liability(ies) or in payments settling the same if, in the judgment of the directors of the Corporation, the director or officer against whom such claim or liability is asserted has been guilty of willful or intentional misconduct.  The foregoing right of indemnification shall not be exclusive of any other rights to which any director or officer may be entitled as a matter of law.

ARTICLE X.

UNCLAIMED PROPERTY

Cash, property, or share dividends, shares issuable to shareholders in connection with a reclassification of stock, and the redemption price of redeemed shares which are not claimed by the shareholders entitled thereto within one year after the dividend or redemption price became payable or the shares became issuable (despite reasonable efforts by the Corporation to pay the dividend or redemption price or deliver the Certificates for the shares to such shareholders within such time) shall, at the expiration of such time, revert in full ownership to the Corporation, and the Corporation’s obligation to pay such dividend or redemption price or issue such shares, as the case may be, shall thereupon cease.

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EX-31.01

EXHIBIT 31.01

CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF THE SHAW GROUP INC.

PURSUANT TO 15 U.S.C. SECTION 7241, AS ADOPTED

PURSUANT TO SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

I, J.M. Bernhard, Jr., certify that:

1.   I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended May 31, 2012 of The Shaw Group Inc. (the registrant);

2.   Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3.   Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4.   The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

(a)   Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

(b)   Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

(c)   Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this quarterly report based on such evaluation;

(d)   Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5.   The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

(a)   All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

(b)   Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Dated: July 9, 2012	/s/ J.M. Bernhard, Jr.
	Chief Executive Officer

EX-31.02

EXHIBIT 31.02

CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER OF THE SHAW GROUP INC.

PURSUANT TO 15 U.S.C. SECTION 7241, AS ADOPTED

PURSUANT TO SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

I, Brian K. Ferraioli, certify that:

1.      I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended May 31, 2012 of The Shaw Group Inc. (the registrant);

2.   Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3.   Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4.   The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

(a)   Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

(b)   Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

(c)   Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this quarterly report based on such evaluation;

(d)   Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5.   The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

(a)   All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

(b)   Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Dated: July 9, 2012	/s/ Brian K. Ferraioli
	Chief Financial Officer

EX-32.01

EXHIBIT 32.01

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO

18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,

AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO

SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Quarterly Report of The Shaw Group Inc. (the Company) on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended May 31, 2012, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the Report), I, J.M. Bernhard, Jr., Chief Executive Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

(1)   The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d), as applicable, of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and

(2)   The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

Dated: July 9, 2012	/s/ J.M. Bernhard, Jr.
	Chief Executive Officer

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO

18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,

AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO

SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Quarterly Report of The Shaw Group Inc. (the Company) on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended May 31, 2012, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the Report), I, Brian K. Ferraioli, Chief Financial Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

(1)   The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d), as applicable, of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and

(2)   The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

Dated: July 9, 2012	/s/ Brian K. Ferraioli
	Chief Financial Officer

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Note 14 - Employee Benefit Plans (Tables)

9 Months Ended

May 31, 2012

Schedule of Defined Benefit Plans Disclosures [Table Text Block]

	Three Months Ended						Nine months Ended
	2012			2011			2012			2011
Service cost	$	18		$	40		$	56		$	114
Interest cost		1,903			2,006			5,934			5,875
Expected return on plan assets		(1,996	)		(2,139	)		(6,229	)		(6,257	)
Amortization of net loss		746			950			2,327			2,783
Amortization of prior service cost		9			11			31			33
Total net pension expense	$	680		$	868		$	2,119		$	2,548

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Note 4 - Fair Value Measurements (Detail) - Gains And Losses Related To Derivative Instruments (USD $)	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	May 31, 2012	May 31, 2011	May 31, 2012	May 31, 2011
Interest rate swap contract	$ 4,065,000	$ 2,556,000	$ 8,715,000	$ 5,153,000
Foreign currency forward contracts	$ 400,000	$ 700,000	$ (2,300,000)	$ 2,900,000

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Note 2 - Cash, Cash Equivalents and Short-term Investments (Detail) - Investment Securities in a Continuous Loss Position (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	May 31, 2012
Available-for-sale:
Less than 12 Months Fair Value	$ 10,356
Less than 12 Months Unrealized Loss	(36)
Available-for-sale:
Greater than 12 Months Fair Value	1,851
Greater than 12 Months Unrealized Loss	$ (3)

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Note 9 -Debt and Revolving Lines of Credit (Detail) - Debt (Including Capital Lease Obligations) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	May 31, 2012	Aug. 31, 2011
Capital lease obligations	$ 365	$ 349
Capital lease obligations	354	630
Westinghouse Bonds (see description below)	1,627,599	1,679,836
Total	1,639,214	1,680,185
Total	5,308	630
F&M [Member] | Other Notes Payable [Member]
Short-term notes payable	3,351
Westinghouse [Member]
Westinghouse Bonds (see description below)	1,627,599	1,679,836
Westinghouse Bonds (see description below)	0	0
Notes Payable on IT Contracts [Member]
Short-term notes payable	7,899	0
Long-term notes payable	$ 4,954

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Note 5 - Accounts Receivable, Concentrations of Credit Risk and Inventories (Detail) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended				3 Months Ended					3 Months Ended
	May 31, 2012	Jun. 11, 2012	May 31, 2012 Local Government Entity [Member]	Aug. 31, 2011 Local Government Entity [Member]	Jun. 11, 2012 Air Quality Control Project [Member]	Nov. 30, 2011 Air Quality Control Project [Member]	Aug. 31, 2011 Air Quality Control Project [Member]	May 31, 2012 Government [Member]	Aug. 31, 2011 Government [Member]	May 31, 2012 Air Quality Control Project [Member]
Accounts Receivable, Gross, Current			$ 9.0	$ 9.0
Accounts Receivable, Gross							227.1
Increase (Decrease) in Accounts Receivable						(68.0)
Litigation Settlement, Expense	20.1									20.1
Proceeds from Legal Settlements		107			107
Accounts Receivable, Net								67.6	64.3
Costs in Excess of Billings on Uncompleted Contracts or Programs								$ 247.7	$ 278.6

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Note 14 - Employee Benefit Plans (Detail) - Net Periodic Pension Expense (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	May 31, 2012	May 31, 2011	May 31, 2012	May 31, 2011
Service cost	$ 18	$ 40	$ 56	$ 114
Interest cost	1,903	2,006	5,934	5,875
Expected return on plan assets	(1,996)	(2,139)	(6,229)	(6,257)
Amortization of net loss	746	950	2,327	2,783
Amortization of prior service cost	9	11	31	33
Total net pension expense	$ 680	$ 868	$ 2,119	$ 2,548

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Note 2 - Cash, Cash Equivalents and Short-term Investments (Detail) - Cash, Cash Equivalents and Short-Term Investments (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	May 31, 2012	Aug. 31, 2011	May 31, 2011	Aug. 31, 2010
Trading securities:
Total	$ 426,961	$ 674,080	$ 382,372	$ 912,736
Cost Basis [Member] | Bond Mutual Funds [Member]
Available-for-sale securities:
Available for sale securities	20,586
Cost Basis [Member] | Corporate Debt Securities [Member]
Available-for-sale securities:
Available for sale securities	27,931	17,853
Cost Basis [Member]
Cash	392,598	653,979
Money market mutual funds	34,363	17,350
Certificates of deposit	67,816	211,910
Trading securities:
Equity investments	5,994
Total	549,288	901,092
Unrealized Gain [Member] | Bond Mutual Funds [Member]
Available-for-sale securities:
Available for sale securities	0
Unrealized Gain [Member] | Corporate Debt Securities [Member]
Available-for-sale securities:
Available for sale securities	23	40
Unrealized Gain [Member]
Cash	0	0
Money market mutual funds	0	0
Certificates of deposit	0	0
Trading securities:
Equity investments	0
Total	23	40
Unrealized Loss [Member] | Bond Mutual Funds [Member]
Available-for-sale securities:
Available for sale securities	(125)
Unrealized Loss [Member] | Corporate Debt Securities [Member]
Available-for-sale securities:
Available for sale securities	(44)	(116)
Unrealized Loss [Member]
Cash	0	0
Money market mutual funds	0	0
Certificates of deposit	0	0
Trading securities:
Equity investments	(167)
Total	(336)	(116)
Recorded Basis [Member] | Bond Mutual Funds [Member]
Available-for-sale securities:
Available for sale securities	20,461
Recorded Basis [Member] | Corporate Debt Securities [Member]
Available-for-sale securities:
Available for sale securities	27,910	17,777
Recorded Basis [Member]
Cash	392,598	653,979
Money market mutual funds	34,363	17,350
Certificates of deposit	67,816	211,910
Trading securities:
Equity investments	5,827
Total	548,975	901,016
Cash and Cash Equivalents [Member] | Bond Mutual Funds [Member]
Available-for-sale securities:
Available for sale securities	0
Cash and Cash Equivalents [Member] | Corporate Debt Securities [Member]
Available-for-sale securities:
Available for sale securities	0	0
Cash and Cash Equivalents [Member]
Cash	392,598	653,979
Money market mutual funds	34,363	17,350
Certificates of deposit	0	2,751
Trading securities:
Equity investments	0
Total	426,961	674,080
Short-term Investments [Member] | Bond Mutual Funds [Member]
Available-for-sale securities:
Available for sale securities	20,461
Short-term Investments [Member] | Corporate Debt Securities [Member]
Available-for-sale securities:
Available for sale securities	27,910	17,777
Short-term Investments [Member]
Cash	0	0
Money market mutual funds	0	0
Certificates of deposit	67,816	209,159
Trading securities:
Equity investments	5,827
Total	$ 122,014	$ 226,936

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Note 4 - Fair Value Measurements (Tables)

9 Months Ended

May 31, 2012

Fair Value, Assets Measured on Recurring Basis [Table Text Block]

			Fair Value Measurements Using
	Fair Value		(Level 1)		(Level 2)		(Level 3)
Assets:
Short-term and Restricted Short-term Investments
Certificates of deposit	$	283,475	$	—	$	283,475	$	—
Stock and bond mutual funds (a)		29,401		29,401		—		—
U.S. government and agency securities		606		—		606		—
Corporate bonds		45,704		—		45,704		—
Equity investments		5,827		5,827		—		—
Total	$	365,013	$	35,228	$	329,785	$	—
Liabilities:
Interest rate swap contract	$	12,888	$	—	$	12,888	$	—
Derivatives Not Designated as Hedging Instruments:
Other Current Assets
Foreign currency forward assets	$	1,491	$	—	$	1,491	$	—
Other Accrued Liabilities
Foreign currency forward liabilities	$	514	$	—	$	514	$	—

			Fair Value Measurements Using
	Fair Value		(Level 1)		(Level 2)		(Level 3)
Assets:
Short-term and Restricted Short-term Investments
Certificates of deposit	$	461,786	$	—	$	461,786	$	—
Stock and bond mutual funds (a)		6,473		6,473		—		—
U.S. government and agency securities		1,806		—		1,806		—
Corporate bonds		34,187		—		34,187		—
Total	$	504,252	$	6,473	$	497,779	$	—
Liabilities:
Interest rate swap contract	$	27,059	$	—	$	27,059	$	—
Derivatives Not Designated as Hedging Instruments:
Other Current Assets
Foreign currency forward assets	$	1,955	$	—	$	1,955	$	—
Other Accrued Liabilities
Foreign currency forward liabilities	$	16	$	—	$	16	$	—

Schedule of Derivative Instruments, Gain (Loss) in Statement of Financial Performance [Table Text Block]

		Three Months Ended				Nine Months Ended
	Location of Gain (Loss) Recognized in Income on Derivatives	2012		2011		2012			2011
Derivatives Designated as Hedging Instruments:
Interest rate swap contract	Other comprehensive income (loss)	$	4.1	$	2.6	$	8.7		$	5.2
Derivatives Not Designated as Hedging Instruments:
Foreign currency forward contracts	Other foreign currency transactions gains (losses), net	$	0.4	$	0.7	$	(2.3	)	$	2.9

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Note 15 - Related Party Transactions (Detail)	May 31, 2012
Equity Method Investment, Ownership Percentage	20.00%
Westinghouse [Member]
Equity Method Investment, Ownership Percentage	20.00%

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Note 11 - Share-Based Compensation (Detail) (USD $)	9 Months Ended
	May 31, 2012	May 31, 2011
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Exercises in Period	273,611	482,865
Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Grants in Period	384,828	312,752
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Per Share Weighted Average Price of Shares Purchased (in Dollars per share)	23.64	30.86
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Award Vesting Period (in years)	3 years	4 years
Cash-Settled Restricted Stock Units [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Grants in Period	688,411	274,771
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Per Share Weighted Average Price of Shares Purchased (in Dollars per share)	23.25	30.61
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Award Vesting Period (in years)	3 years	4 years
Stock Options [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Per Share Weighted Average Price of Shares Purchased (in Dollars per share)		30.79
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Award Vesting Period (in years)		4 years
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Grants in Period, Gross		620,089
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Exercises in Period	273,611	482,865
Share-based Compensation Arrangements by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Exercises in Period, Weighted Average Exercise Price (in Dollars per share)	21.67	22.52
Stock Appreciation Rights (SARs) [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Grants in Period		359,364
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Per Share Weighted Average Price of Shares Purchased (in Dollars per share)		30.56
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Award Vesting Period (in years)		4 years
Performance Cash Units [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Grants in Period	11,661,500	0
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Award Vesting Period (in years)	3 years
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Grants in Period, Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value (in Dollars per share)	1.10
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Forfeited in Period	1,275,000

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Note 20 - Disposal of E&C Segment Assets (Detail) - Assets and Liabilities Held for Sale (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	May 31, 2012
Current assets held for sale	$ 84,995
Long-term assets held for sale	176,120
Liabilities held for sale	231
Restricted and Escrowed Cash and Cash Equivalents [Member]
Current assets held for sale	666
Accounts Receivable, Including Retainage, Net [Member]
Current assets held for sale	45,580
Uncompleted Contracts, Costs and Estimated Earnings in Excess of Billings [Member]
Current assets held for sale	32,485
Deferred Income Tax Charges [Member]
Current assets held for sale	290
Prepaid Expenses and Other Current Assets [Member]
Current assets held for sale	5,974
Investments in and Advances to Unconsolidated Entities, Joint Ventures and Limited Partnerships [Member]
Long-term assets held for sale	10,951
Property and Equipment, Net [Member]
Long-term assets held for sale	13,087
Goodwill [Member]
Long-term assets held for sale	138,524
Intangible Assets [Member]
Long-term assets held for sale	11,414
Deferred Income Taxes [Member]
Long-term assets held for sale	1,270
Other Assets [Member]
Long-term assets held for sale	874
Accounts Payable [Member]
Liabilities held for sale	14,679
Accrued Salaries, Wages and Benefits [Member]
Liabilities held for sale	3,921
Other Accrued Liabilities [Member]
Liabilities held for sale	20,358
Uncompleted Contracts, Advanced Billings and Billings in Excess of Costs and Estimated Earnings [Member]
Liabilities held for sale	29,500
Current [Member]
Liabilities held for sale	68,458
Other Long-Term Liabilities [Member]
Liabilities held for sale	$ 231

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Note 5 - Accounts Receivable, Concentrations of Credit Risk and Inventories (Detail) - Allowance For Doubtful Accounts (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	9 Months Ended
	May 31, 2012
Beginning balance, September 1	$ 22,350
Ending balance, May 31	16,873
Increased provision	4,667
Write offs	(2,155)
Recoveries and settlements	$ (7,989)

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Note 13 - Supplemental Disclosure to Earnings (Loss) Per Common Share (Detail) - Weighted-Average Shares Excluded From The Calculation Of Diluted Income In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	May 31, 2012	May 31, 2011	May 31, 2012	May 31, 2011
Stock Options [Member]
Antidilutive Securities	3,663	4,084	1,817	4,173
Restricted Stock [Member]
Antidilutive Securities	972	1,506	271	1,837

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Note 18 - Supplemental Cash Flow Information (Detail) - Supplemental Cash Flow Information (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	May 31, 2012	May 31, 2011	May 31, 2012	May 31, 2011
Cash payments (receipts) for:
Interest, net of capitalized interest			$ 39,348	$ 36,282
Income taxes, net refunds			(27,729)	40,309
Non-cash investing and financing activities:
Additions to property, plant, and equipment			7,499
Contingency consideration for CPE acquisition				9,667
Interest rate swap contract on JYP-denominated bonds, net of deferred tax of $5,456 and $3,281, respectively	(4,065)	(2,556)	(8,715)	(5,153)
Financed software maintenance agreements			8,177
Unconsolidated Subsidiaries [Member]
Non-cash investing and financing activities:
Equity in unconsolidated entities’ other comprehensive income, net of deferred tax of $(6,907) and $10,931, respectively	$ 725	$ (5,860)	$ 11,034	$ (17,169)

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Note 16 - Accounting for Claims, Unapproved Change Orders, Backcharges and Incentives on Long-Term Construction Contracts (Detail) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended			9 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	May 31, 2012	May 31, 2012	May 31, 2011	May 31, 2012 Power [Member]	May 31, 2012 Incentive Fee Arrangements [Member]	Aug. 31, 2011 Incentive Fee Arrangements [Member]
Increase (Decrease) in Principal Payments on Contract Receivables	$ 29.0
Unbilled Change Orders, Amount Expected to be Collected within One Year				254
Management Fees, Incentive Revenue					92.8	109.0
Deferred Revenue, Revenue Recognized		$ 94.1	$ 91.7		$ 62.9	$ 64.8

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Note 19 - Share Repurchase Program (Detail) (USD $) In Millions, except Share data, unless otherwise specified	0 Months Ended	3 Months Ended	6 Months Ended	9 Months Ended		3 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2011	Aug. 31, 2011	May 31, 2011	May 31, 2012	May 31, 2011	Feb. 29, 2012 Modified Dutch Auction [Member]
Stock Repurchased During Period, Value		$ 21.8	$ 500.0			$ 152.1
Stock Repurchased During Period, Shares (in Shares)		945,100	13,688,354	6,185,567	13,688,354	6,185,567
Treasury Stock Acquired, Average Cost Per Share (in Dollars per share)		$ 23.01	$ 36.51			$ 24.25
Stock Repurchase Program, Authorized Amount	$ 500.0			$ 326.1

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Note 14 - Employee Benefit Plans (Detail) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	9 Months Ended
	May 31, 2012	Aug. 31, 2012
Defined Benefit Plan, Estimated Future Employer Contributions in Next Fiscal Year		$ 4.7
Pension Contributions	$ 3.6

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Note 9 -Debt and Revolving Lines of Credit (Detail) - The Westinghouse Bonds (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	9 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	May 31, 2012	Aug. 31, 2011
Westinghouse Bonds	$ 1,627,599	$ 1,679,836
Increase in debt due to foreign currency translation adjustments since date of issuance	547,599	599,836
Westinghouse Bonds - Coupon Rate 2.2% [Member]
Westinghouse Bonds	426,875	426,875
Westinghouse Bonds - .7% plus JPY LIBOR [Member]
Westinghouse Bonds	653,125	653,125
Total [Member]
Westinghouse Bonds	$ 1,627,599	$ 1,679,836

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Note 16 - Accounting for Claims, Unapproved Change Orders, Backcharges and Incentives on Long-Term Construction Contracts

9 Months Ended

May 31, 2012

Long-term Contracts or Programs Disclosure [Text Block]

Note 16 —Accounting for Claims, Unapproved Change Orders, Backcharges and Incentives on Long-Term Construction Contracts

Claims include amounts in excess of the original contract price (as it may be adjusted for approved change orders) that we seek to collect from our clients for delays, errors in specifications and designs, contract terminations, change orders in dispute or unapproved as to both scope and price or other causes of unanticipated additional costs, and are included in estimated revenues when recovery of the amounts is probable and the costs can be reasonably estimated. Similarly, backcharges and claims against vendors, subcontractors and others are included in our cost estimates as a reduction in total estimated costs when recovery of the amounts is probable and the costs can be reasonably estimated.

Claims and backcharges are recorded at the amount deemed probable of recovery up to the amount of estimated costs, and profit is not recorded until the claim or backcharge is resolved. The recognition of these items may increase gross profit or reduce gross loss on the related projects as compared to the gross profit/gross loss that would have been recognized had no claim revenue been recorded. Claims receivable are included in costs and estimated earnings in excess of billings on uncompleted contracts on the accompanying consolidated balance sheets.

We enter into cost-reimbursable arrangements in which the final outcome or overall estimate at completion may be materially different than the original contract estimated value. We believe the terms of such contracts indicate costs are to be reimbursed by our clients. However, we typically process change notice requests to document agreement as to scope and price and thereby mitigate potential exposure relative to costs incurred in excess of agreed upon contract value. Due to the nature of these items, we have not classified and disclosed costs incurred in excess of agreed upon contract value as unapproved change orders.

Unapproved Change Orders and Claims

The table below (in millions) summarizes information related to our significant unapproved change orders and claims from project owners that we have recorded on a total project basis at May 31, 2012, and 2011, and excludes all unrecorded amounts and non-significant unapproved change orders and claims.

	Fiscal Year 2012			Fiscal Year 2011
Amounts included in project estimates-at-completion at September 1	$	448.3		$	111.6
Changes in estimates-at-completion		401.3			307.3
Approved		(489.4	)		(59.7	)
Amounts included in project estimates-at-completion at May 31, for unapproved change orders and claims	$	360.2		$	359.2
Amounts recorded in revenues (or reductions to contract costs) on a percentage-of-completion basis at May 31	$	94.1		$	91.7

In the table above, the difference between the amounts included in project estimates-at-completion and the amounts recorded in revenues (or reductions to contract costs) on a total project basis represents the forecasted costs for work which has not yet been incurred (i.e. the remaining percentage-of-completion revenue to be recognized on the related project). The amounts presented in this table include, but are not limited to, those matters currently in litigation or arbitration for which we have recorded revenue. Additional discussion regarding our legal proceedings relating to unapproved change orders and claims in litigation or arbitration is provided in our Legal Proceedings in Note 12 – Contingencies and Commitments and Note 7 – Equity Method Investments and Variable Interest Entities.

The majority of the amounts included in the project estimates-at-completion in the table above relate to engineering, equipment supply, material fabrication, and construction cost estimates and costs from regulatory required design changes and delays in our clients’ obtaining combined operating licenses (COLs) for two nuclear power reactors in Georgia. Under the provisions of this contract, we have entered into a formal dispute resolution process on certain claims associated with backfill activities included within construction costs at the site.  As provided in the contract, we have received a partial funding payment from our customer of $29.0 million related to the backfill costs while the dispute resolution process continues.  Should we not prevail in this dispute, we may be required to repay a portion or all of this amount. We continue to discuss with our client the impact of the remaining elements of the unapproved change orders associated with this project.  Should the matters in Georgia proceed to formal dispute resolution, our contract calls for the clients to co-fund our costs until the matters are resolved.

In connection with our consortium agreement for the design and construction of two domestic nuclear power reactors in South Carolina, we reached a preliminary agreement with the client to settle certain change orders resulting from regulatory required design changes and COL issuance delays on the project. However, this preliminary agreement has not yet been formalized in an official change order. As a result of this preliminary agreement these costs have been excluded from the total of unapproved change orders presented above.

We believe the amounts included in the table above related to all of our AP1000 nuclear and other projects are recoverable from our clients under existing provisions of our contractual arrangements. The nuclear power projects have a long construction duration and the cost estimates cover costs that will not be incurred for several years.  It is expected that the cost estimates resulting from the design changes and COL delays will continue to be refined as more information becomes available. It is possible that these commercial matters may not be resolved in the near term.

Under the terms of two consortium agreements with WEC, which is our EPC partner, to design and construct the four nuclear power reactors, we perform much of the pipe, steel and modular fabrication and assembly, and certain engineering and construction related activities on the domestic AP1000 nuclear projects, with WEC being responsible for the nuclear island engineering and equipment supply. During the quarter ended February 29, 2012, we signed a memorandum of understanding with WEC (“the WEC MOU”) wherein WEC has the obligation, in addition to obligations under the original consortium agreement, to reimburse us for material and fabrication costs associated with design changes to the extent these costs are not recovered from our clients. Accordingly, amounts which may be recovered under the WEC MOU have been excluded from the unapproved change orders and claims presented in the table above, even when we are seeking recovery from the client.  These consortium agreements, as supplemented by the WEC MOU, provide a contractual mechanism for cost sharing to the extent project costs exceed certain thresholds and are not recovered from our clients. Our costs, including construction related expenses, resulting from the design changes and delays in issuance of the COLs would be considered within this cost sharing mechanism.  As of May 31, 2012, we estimate that our recovery under these consortium agreements and the related WEC MOU is approximately $254 million, which has been excluded from the presentation of unapproved change orders in the above table.   The amounts recoverable from WEC will decline to the extent we recover the costs from our clients.

In the ordinary course of business, the Company enters into various agreements and guarantees to clients.  While in most cases these performance risks are offset by similar guarantees by our suppliers, there are instances where the full extent of the exposure is not eliminated.

In general, if we collect amounts differing from the amounts that we have recorded as unapproved change orders/claims receivable on any of our projects, that difference will be reflected in the estimate at completion (EAC) used in determining contract profit or loss. Timing of claim collections is uncertain and depends on such items as regulatory approvals, negotiated settlements, trial date scheduling and other dispute resolution processes pursuant to the contracts. As a result, we may not collect our unapproved change orders/claims receivable within the next twelve months. Should we not prevail in these matters, the outcome could have an adverse effect on our statements of operations and statement of cash flows.

Project Incentives

Some of our contracts contain performance incentive and award fee arrangements (collectively referred to as incentive fees) that provide for increasing or decreasing our revenue based upon the achievement of some measure of contract performance in relation to agreed upon targets. Incentive fees can occur in all segments, but the majority of contracts containing project incentives are in our Plant Services and E&I segments. Therefore, the gross profit in those segments may be significantly influenced by these project incentives.

We include in our EAC revenue an estimate of the probable amounts of the incentive fees we expect to earn if we achieve the agreed-upon criteria. We bill incentive fees based on the terms and conditions of the individual contracts which may allow billing over the performance period of the contract or only after the target criterion have been achieved. We generally recognize incentive fee revenue using the percentage of completion method of accounting. As the contract progresses and more information becomes available, the estimate of the anticipated incentive fee that will be earned is revised as necessary. Incentive fees which have been recognized but not billed are included in costs and estimated earnings in excess of billings on uncompleted contracts in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets. Incentive fees that have been billed but for which we have not recognized as revenue are included in the advanced billings and billings in excess of costs and estimated earnings on uncompleted contracts in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets.

At May 31, 2012, and August 31, 2011, our project EACs included approximately $92.8 million and $109.0 million, respectively, related to estimates of amounts we expect to earn on incentive fee arrangement.  We have recorded $62.9 million and $64.8 million as of May 31, 2012, and August 31, 2011, respectively, of these estimated amounts in revenues for the related contracts. If we do not achieve the criteria at the amounts we have estimated, project revenues and profit may be materially reduced.

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Note 3 - Restricted and Escrowed Cash and Cash Equivalents and Restricted Short-term Investments (Detail) (USD $)	May 31, 2012	Aug. 31, 2011
Restricted Investments, Current	$ 242,999,000	$ 277,316,000
Line of Credit Facility, Maximum Borrowing Capacity	1,450,000,000
With Ability to be Converted to Unrestricted Cash [Member] | Securing Letters of Credit [Member]
Restricted Investments, Current	215,700,000
With Ability to be Converted to Unrestricted Cash [Member] | Securing Contingent Obligations [Member]
Restricted Cash and Cash Equivalents	$ 38,700,000

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Note 17 - Business Segments (Tables)

9 Months Ended

May 31, 2012

Schedule of Revenue by Major Customers by Reporting Segments [Table Text Block]

	Three Months Ended						Nine months Ended
	2012			2011			2012			2011
Revenues:
Power	$	497.5		$	546.5		$	1,442.8		$	1,609.8
Plant Services		292.4			286.0			911.3			743.8
E&I		482.5			461.3			1,354.5			1,369.9
F&M		130.2			102.4			382.1			302.2
E&C		158.2			93.8			462.4			432.4
Corporate		—			—			—			—
Total revenues	$	1,560.8		$	1,490.0		$	4,553.1		$	4,458.1
Gross profit:
Power	$	(12.9	)	$	34.8		$	22.2		$	62.0
Plant Services		22.5			17.6			66.6			56.9
E&I		48.8			46.6			119.4			130.8
F&M		20.8			14.0			71.0			45.6
E&C		(23.3	)		(104.0	)		4.4			(110.9	)
Corporate		0.6			1.1			1.5			3.3
Total gross profit	$	56.5		$	10.1		$	285.1		$	187.7
Gross profit percentage:
Power		(2.6	)%		6.4	%		1.5	%		3.9	%
Plant Services		7.7			6.2			7.3			7.6
E&I		10.1			10.1			8.8			9.5
F&M		16.0			13.7			18.6			15.1
E&C		(14.7	)		(110.9	)		1.0			(25.6	)
Corporate	NM			NM			NM			NM
Total gross profit percentage		3.6	%		0.7	%		6.3	%		4.2	%
Selling, general and administrative expenses:
Power	$	8.7		$	11.4		$	26.1		$	34.0
Plant Services		2.7			3.1			8.1			8.1
E&I		17.7			18.4			52.8			55.5
F&M		6.6			8.1			24.5			24.0
E&C		10.4			11.1			31.9			35.1
Investment in Westinghouse		—			0.4			0.1			1.2
Corporate		12.2			18.6			46.2			57.1
Total selling, general and administrative expense	$	58.3		$	71.1		$	189.7		$	215.0
Income (loss) before income taxes and earnings (losses) from unconsolidated entities:
Power	$	(22.3	)	$	23.2		$	(3.8	)	$	31.7
Plant Services		19.7			14.6			58.5			49.0
E&I		31.4			28.8			68.4			77.2
F&M		14.6			6.0			47.6			21.5
E&C		(33.0	)		(111.9	)		(26.1	)		(135.9	)
Investment in Westinghouse		(32.6	)		(25.7	)		23.2			(106.8	)
Corporate		(12.1	)		(64.6	)		(45.6	)		(98.7	)
Total income (loss) before income taxes and earnings (losses) from unconsolidated entities	$	(34.3	)	$	(129.6	)	$	122.2		$	(162.0	)

Schedule of Segment Reporting Information, by Segment [Table Text Block]

	May 31, 2012			August 31, 2011
Assets:
Power	$	1,884.4		$	2,129.0
Plant Services		345.3			270.2
E&I		1,079.1			1,060.9
F&M		705.6			710.0
E&C		565.4			482.9
Investment in Westinghouse		1,213.2			1,266.4
Corporate		350.3			404.3
Total segment assets		6,143.3			6,323.7
Elimination of investment in consolidated subsidiaries		(562.1	)		(368.3	)
Elimination of intercompany receivables		(622.2	)		(468.4	)
Income taxes not allocated to segments		—			—
Total consolidated assets	$	4,959.0		$	5,487.0

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Note 13 - Supplemental Disclosure to Earnings (Loss) Per Common Share (Detail) - Weighted Average Shares Outstanding (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	May 31, 2012	May 31, 2011	May 31, 2012	May 31, 2011
Basic	65,932	78,748	67,925	82,948
Diluted:
Diluted	65,932	78,748	68,971	82,948
Stock Options [Member]
Diluted:
Dilutive Securities (in Dollars)			621
Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) [Member]
Diluted:
Dilutive Securities (in Dollars)			425

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Note 9 -Debt and Revolving Lines of Credit (Tables)

9 Months Ended

May 31, 2012

Schedule of Debt [Table Text Block]

	May 31, 2012				August 31, 2011
	Short-term		Long-term		Short-term		Long-term
0%-3.7% interest vendor financing contracts, 2.3%-4.2% imputed interest, due July 2012-December 2013	$	7,899	$	4,954	$	—	$	—
Debt of consolidated joint venture: 6% interest, due January 2013		3,351		—		—		—
Capital lease obligations		365		354		349		630
Westinghouse Bonds (see description below)		1,627,599		—		1,679,836		—
Total	$	1,639,214	$	5,308	$	1,680,185	$	630

Schedule of Long-term Debt Instruments [Table Text Block]

	May 31, 2012		August 31, 2011
Westinghouse Bonds, face value 50.98 billion JPY due March 15, 2013; interest only payments; coupon rate of 2.20%;	$	426,875	$	426,875
Westinghouse Bonds, face value 78 billion JPY due March 15, 2013; interest only payments; coupon rate of 0.70% above the six-month JPY LIBOR rate (0.34% at May 31, 2012)		653,125		653,125
Increase in debt due to foreign currency translation adjustments since date of issuance		547,599		599,836
Total Westinghouse debt	$	1,627,599	$	1,679,836

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Note 3 - Restricted and Escrowed Cash and Cash Equivalents and Restricted Short-term Investments (Detail) - Purposes of Restricted Cash, Cash Equivalents, And Short-Term Investments (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	May 31, 2012	Aug. 31, 2011
Restricted Assets - purpose	$ 285,728	$ 316,037
Voluntarily used to secure letters of credit	242,999	277,316
Contractually required by projects [Member]
Restricted Assets - purpose		14,696
Voluntarily used to secure letters of credit to avoid bank fees [Member]
Voluntarily used to secure letters of credit	215,659	252,627
Secure contingent obligations in lieu of letters of credit [Member]
Restricted Assets - purpose	38,718	20,626
Assets held in trust and other [Member]
Restricted Assets - purpose	$ 31,351	$ 28,088

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Note 8 - Goodwill and Other Intangibles (Detail) - Gross Carrying Values And Accumulated Amortization Of Amortizable Intangible Assets (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	9 Months Ended
	May 31, 2012
Patented Technology [Member]
Balance at August 31, 2011	$ 41,957
Balance at August 31, 2011	(27,735)
Balance at May 31, 2012	2,663
Balance at May 31, 2012	(1,968)
Currency translation adjustments	(59)
Currency translation adjustments	33
Amortization	(2,087)
Transfer to assets held for sale	(39,235)
Transfer to assets held for sale	27,821
Customer Relationships [Member]
Balance at August 31, 2011	5,016
Balance at August 31, 2011	(2,096)
Balance at May 31, 2012	4,960
Balance at May 31, 2012	(2,542)
Currency translation adjustments	(56)
Currency translation adjustments	9
Amortization	$ (455)

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Note 7 - Equity Method Investments and Variable Interest Entities (Detail) - Total Assets And Liabilities Of Our Consolidated Joint Ventures (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	May 31, 2012	Aug. 31, 2011
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 73,911	$ 78,577
Net accounts receivable	39,193	7,537
Other current assets	184,600	174,584
Non-current assets	56,728	50,038
Total assets	354,432	310,736
Accounts and subcontractors payable	68,333	91,293
Billings in excess of costs and accrued earnings	26,655	27,831
Accrued expenses and other	139,748	97,102
Total liabilities	$ 234,736	$ 216,226

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Note 2 - Cash, Cash Equivalents and Short-term Investments (Detail) - Gross Realized Gains and Losses From Sales of Available-For-Sale Securities (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	May 31, 2012	May 31, 2011	May 31, 2012	May 31, 2011
Proceeds		$ 3,955	$ 7,202	$ 143,727
Realized gains		1	1	606
Realized losses	$ 0	$ 0

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Unaudited Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	9 Months Ended
	May 31, 2012	May 31, 2011
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net income (loss)	$ 91,939	$ (80,644)
Adjustments to reconcile net gain (loss) to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization	55,458	55,033
Asset impairment charges	3,407	51,730
(Benefit from) provision for deferred income taxes	48,915	(42,787)
Stock-based compensation expense	26,714	26,163
(Earnings) losses from unconsolidated entities, net of taxes	(16,050)	(20,578)
Distributions from unconsolidated entities	15,202	18,200
Taxes paid upon net-share settlement of equity awards	(6,035)	(9,150)
Excess tax benefits from stock based compensation	(1,129)	(3,452)
Foreign currency transaction (gains) losses, net	(55,231)	67,903
Other noncash Items	3,553	7,902
Changes in assets and liabilities, net of effects of acquisitions and consolidation of variable interest entities:
(Increase) decrease in accounts receivables	141,740	6,691
(Increase) decrease in costs and estimated earnings in excess of billings on uncompleted contracts, including claims	(51,529)	85,149
(Increase) decrease in inventories	(33,322)	(3,514)
(Increase) decrease in other current assets	34,354	(14,106)
Increase (decrease) in accounts payable	(149,292)	(136,309)
Increase (decrease) in accrued liabilities	(47,036)	(59,499)
Increase (decrease) in advanced billings and billings in excess of costs and estimated earnings on uncompleted contracts	(221,747)	(29,404)
Net change in other assets and liabilities	(14,626)	(9,432)
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities	(174,715)	(90,104)
Cash flows from investing activities:
Purchases of property and equipment	(60,312)	(79,812)
Proceeds from sale of businesses and assets, net of cash surrendered	3,509	2,652
Investment(s) in notes receivable		(48,336)
Investments in, advances to and return on equity from unconsolidated entities and joint ventures	1,447	520
Cash deposited into restricted and escrowed cash	(88,340)	(891,108)
Cash withdrawn from restricted and escrowed cash	84,106	843,799
Purchases of short-term investments	(202,691)	(638,449)
Proceeds from sale and redemption of short-term investments	270,893	865,393
Purchases of restricted short-term investments	(106,763)	(220,177)
Proceeds from sale of restricted short-term investments	178,851	257,425
Purchases of businesses, net of cash acquired		(34,557)
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities	80,700	57,350
Cash flows from financing activities:
Purchase of treasury stock	(152,164)	(500,479)
Repayment of debt and capital leases	(258)	(4,540)
Contingent consideration paid	(3,591)
Payment of deferred financing costs	(16)	(54)
Issuance of common stock	5,929	10,873
Excess tax benefits from exercise of stock options and vesting of restricted stock	1,129	3,452
Contributions received from noncontrolling interest	4,151	1,441
Distributions paid to noncontrolling interest	(4,837)	(7,687)
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities	(149,657)	(496,994)
Net effects on cash of deconsolidation of VIE(s)		(12,805)
Effects of foreign exchange rate changes on cash	(3,447)	12,189
Net change in cash and cash equivalents	(247,119)	(530,364)
Cash and cash equivalents — beginning of year	674,080	912,736
Cash and cash equivalents — end of year	$ 426,961	$ 382,372

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Note 7 - Equity Method Investments and Variable Interest Entities (Detail) - Summarized Unaudited Income Statement For Westinghouse (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended		3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	May 31, 2012	May 31, 2011	May 31, 2012	May 31, 2011	Mar. 31, 2012 Westinghouse [Member]	Mar. 31, 2011 Westinghouse [Member]	Mar. 31, 2012 Westinghouse [Member]	Mar. 31, 2011 Westinghouse [Member]
Revenues					$ 1,599,635	$ 1,659,012	$ 3,798,260	$ 3,765,449
Gross profit	56,539	10,142	285,106	187,706	349,554	330,991	762,759	766,373
Income before income taxes					157,248	189,595	199,869	246,154
Net income (loss) attributable to shareholders					$ 87,886	$ 112,122	$ 125,504	$ 147,146

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Note 18 - Supplemental Cash Flow Information (Tables)

9 Months Ended

May 31, 2012

Schedule of Cash Flow, Supplemental Disclosures [Table Text Block]

	Nine months Ended
	2012			2011
Cash payments (receipts) for:
Interest, net of capitalized interest	$	39,348		$	36,282
Income taxes, net refunds	$	(27,729	)	$	40,309
Non-cash investing and financing activities:
Additions to property, plant, and equipment	$	7,499		$	—
Contingency consideration for CPE acquisition	$	—		$	9,667
Interest rate swap contract on JYP-denominated bonds, net of deferred tax of $5,456 and $3,281, respectively	$	(8,715	)	$	(5,153	)
Equity in unconsolidated entities’ other comprehensive income, net of deferred tax of $(6,907) and $10,931, respectively	$	11,034		$	(17,169	)
Financed software maintenance agreements	$	8,177		$	—

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Note 20 - Disposal of E&C Segment Assets

9 Months Ended

May 31, 2012

Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations, Disclosure [Text Block]

Note 20 – Disposal of E&C Segment Assets

Assets and Liabilities Held for Sale

On May 21, 2012, we entered into a definitive agreement to sell substantially all of the business of the E&C segment to Technip (the “E&C Sale”) for approximately $300 million in cash consideration, subject to adjustment based on the segment’s debt and working capital levels at closing.  The divestiture is anticipated to be complete in our fourth quarter of the current fiscal year.

     All assets and liabilities included in the definitive agreement have been classified as held for sale on our balance sheet and reported at the lower of their carrying value or their fair value based on current market conditions and expected proceeds for the sale of the assets based on Level 3 fair value assumptions related to anticipated cash flows associated with the sale agreement.  Our evaluation of the carrying value of the intangible assets associated with the anticipated sale did not result in any impairment being recorded.  The following table presents the assets and liabilities that were classified as held for sale at May 31, 2012 (in thousands):

	May 31, 2012
Restricted and escrowed cash and cash equivalents	$	666
Accounts receivable, including retainage, net	$	45,580
Costs and estimated earnings in excess of billings on uncompleted contracts, including claims	$	32,485
Deferred income taxes	$	290
Prepaid expenses and other current assets	$	5,974
Current assets held for sale	$	84,995

Investments in and advances to unconsolidated entities, joint ventures and limited partnerships	$	10,951
Property and equipment, net of accumulated depreciation of $21.6 million	$	13,087
Goodwill	$	138,524
Intangible assets	$	11,414
Deferred income taxes	$	1,270
Other assets	$	874
Long-term assets held for sale	$	176,120

Accounts payable	$	14,679
Accrued salaries, wages and benefits	$	3,921
Other accrued liabilities	$	20,358
Advanced billings and billings in excess of costs and estimated earnings on uncompleted contracts	$	29,500
Current liabilities held for sale	$	68,458
Other liabilities	$	231
Long-term liabilities held for sale	$	231

Retained Operations

The E&C sale will exclude certain Toronto-based operations.  We are currently reviewing future options for this location, including winding down operations.  We recorded an asset impairment charge of approximately $3.3 million for leasehold improvements of the Toronto-based operations, included within selling, general and administrative expenses (S,G&A) for the quarter ended May 31, 2012.

Additionally, we will maintain our obligations under an engineering, procurement and construction contract associated with a large ethylene plant in southeast Asia that is nearing completion. The majority of our employees working on this project are expected to transfer to Technip, who will second them back to us until the expected completion of the project.

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Note 19 - Share Repurchase Program

9 Months Ended

May 31, 2012

Treasury Stock [Text Block]

Note 19 —Share Repurchase Program

During fiscal year 2011, our Board of Directors authorized two separate share repurchase programs of our common stock.  Under the first share repurchase program, authorized in December 2010 and completed in May 2011, we expended approximately $500.0 million to repurchase 13,688,354 shares at a weighted average cost of $36.51 per share.  In June 2011, the second share repurchase program authorized the repurchase of up to $500.0 million of our common stock, at times and in such amounts as management deems appropriate.  As of August 31, 2011, we repurchased 945,100 shares under the second repurchase program at a weighted average cost of $23.01 per share and a cost of $21.8 million, including commissions. During the second quarter of fiscal year 2012, we completed a modified Dutch auction tender offer, which resulted in 6,185,567 shares being repurchased at a purchase price of $24.25 per share, for an aggregate cost of $152.1 million, including fees and expenses.  The Company funded the share purchases with available cash.  All repurchased shares are held in treasury and are available for reissuance.

We currently have an open authorization to repurchase up to $326.1 million in shares, subject to limitations contained in the Facility. See Note 9 – Debt and Revolving Lines of Credit for additional information on our Facility.

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Note 5 - Accounts Receivable, Concentrations of Credit Risk and Inventories (Detail) - Accounts Receivable, Net (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	May 31, 2012	Aug. 31, 2011
Retainage	$ 11,677	$ 16,992
Total accounts receivable, including retainage, net	577,812	772,242
Trade Accounts Receivable [Member]
Accounts Receivable, net	544,834	732,134
Unbilled Revenues [Member]
Accounts Receivable, net	$ 21,301	$ 23,116

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Note 20 - Disposal of E&C Segment Assets (Tables)

9 Months Ended

May 31, 2012

Schedule of Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations, Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures [Table Text Block]

	May 31, 2012
Restricted and escrowed cash and cash equivalents	$	666
Accounts receivable, including retainage, net	$	45,580
Costs and estimated earnings in excess of billings on uncompleted contracts, including claims	$	32,485
Deferred income taxes	$	290
Prepaid expenses and other current assets	$	5,974
Current assets held for sale	$	84,995

Investments in and advances to unconsolidated entities, joint ventures and limited partnerships	$	10,951
Property and equipment, net of accumulated depreciation of $21.6 million	$	13,087
Goodwill	$	138,524
Intangible assets	$	11,414
Deferred income taxes	$	1,270
Other assets	$	874
Long-term assets held for sale	$	176,120

Accounts payable	$	14,679
Accrued salaries, wages and benefits	$	3,921
Other accrued liabilities	$	20,358
Advanced billings and billings in excess of costs and estimated earnings on uncompleted contracts	$	29,500
Current liabilities held for sale	$	68,458
Other liabilities	$	231
Long-term liabilities held for sale	$	231

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Accounting Policies, by Policy (Policies)	9 Months Ended
	May 31, 2012
Basis of Accounting, Policy [Policy Text Block]	Basis of Presentation and Preparation The accompanying consolidated financial statements include the accounts of The Shaw Group Inc., its wholly owned and majority owned subsidiaries, and any variable interest entities (VIEs) of which we are the primary beneficiary (See Note 7 -Equity Method Investments and Variable Interest Entities). When we do not have a controlling interest in an entity but exert a significant influence over the entity, we apply the equity method of accounting. The cost method is used when we do not have the ability to exert significant influence. All significant intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. The financial statements as of May 31, 2012, and for the three and nine month periods ended May 31, 2012, and May 31, 2011, are unaudited. The consolidated balance sheet as of August 31, 2011, was derived from the audited balance sheet filed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended August 31, 2011 (2011 Form 10-K). In management's opinion, all adjustments necessary for a fair presentation of the Company's consolidated financial statements for the current and prior interim period results have been made. These consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and the related notes included in our 2011 Form 10-K. The unaudited interim consolidated financial statements were prepared pursuant to the rules and regulations of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (GAAP) have been condensed or omitted pursuant to such rules and regulations, although management believes that the disclosures are adequate to make the information presented not misleading. The preparation of these Consolidated Financial Statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in these consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes. Areas requiring significant estimates by our management include the following: contract revenues, costs and profits, and the application of percentage-of-completion method of accounting; provisions for uncollectible receivables and client claims and recoveries of costs from subcontractors, vendors and others; recoverability of inventories and application of lower of cost or market accounting; provisions for income taxes and related valuation allowances and tax uncertainties; recoverability of goodwill; recoverability of other intangibles and long-lived assets and related estimated lives; recoverability of equity method investments; valuation of defined benefit pension plans; accruals for estimated liabilities, including litigation, claims and insurance accruals; consolidation of variable interest entities; and valuation of stock-based compensation. Actual results could differ materially from those estimates, and the foregoing interim results are not necessarily indicative of results for any other interim period or for the full fiscal year ending August 31, 2012. The length of our contracts varies but is typically longer than one year in duration. Consistent with industry practice, assets and liabilities are classified as current under the operating cycle concept whereby all contract-related items are regarded as current regardless of whether cash will be received or paid within a 12-month period. Assets and liabilities classified as current that may not be paid or received in cash within the next 12 months include restricted cash, retainage receivable, cost and estimated earnings in excess of billing on uncompleted contracts (including claims receivable), retainage payable and advance billings and billings in excess of costs and estimated earnings on uncompleted contracts.
Cash and Cash Equivalents, Policy [Policy Text Block]	Cash and Cash Equivalents We consider all highly liquid investments with original maturities of three months or less to be cash equivalents.
Marketable Securities, Policy [Policy Text Block]	Marketable Securities We categorize our marketable securities as either trading securities or available-for-sale. These investments are recorded at fair value and are classified as short-term investments in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets. Investments are made based on the Company's investment policy and restrictions contained in our Facility, which specifies eligible investments and credit quality requirements. Trading securities consist of investments held in trust to satisfy obligations under our deferred compensation plans and investments in certain equity securities. The changes in fair values on trading securities are recorded as a component of net income (loss) in other income (expense), net. Available-for-sale securities consist of mutual funds, foreign government and foreign government guaranteed securities, corporate bonds and certificates of deposit at major banks. The changes in fair values, net of applicable taxes, on available-for-sale securities are recorded as unrealized net holding gain (loss) on securities as a component of accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) in shareholders' equity. When, in the opinion of management, a decline in the fair value of an investment below its cost or amortized cost is considered to be other-than-temporary, the investment's cost or amortized cost is written-down to its fair value and the amount written down is recorded in the statement of operations in other income (expense), net. In addition to other relevant factors, management considers the decline in the fair value of an investment to be other-than-temporary if the market value of the investment remains below cost by a significant amount for a period of time, in which case a write-down may be necessary. The amount of any write-down is determined by the difference between cost or amortized cost of the investment and its fair value at the time the other-than-temporary decline is identified.
Receivables Held-for-sale, Lower of Cost or Fair Value, Policy [Policy Text Block]	Assets and Liabilities Held for Sale Assets and liabilities held for sale are reported at the lower of their carrying value or their fair value based on current market conditions and expected proceeds from the sale of the assets. See Note 20 - Disposal of E&C Segment Assets for additional information.
Schedule of New Accounting Pronouncements and Changes in Accounting Principles [Table Text Block]	Recently Adopted Accounting Pronouncement In January 2010, the FASB issued an Accounting Standards Update (ASU) related to new disclosures about fair value measurements, ASU 2010-06, Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures (Topic 820). Part of this standard was effective for us in the first quarter of our 2011 fiscal year and did not have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements. We adopted the additional requirement to reconcile recurring Level 3 measurements, including purchases, sales, issuances and settlements on a gross basis effective September 1, 2011. The adoption of the final part of ASU 2010-06 did not have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements. In April 2010, the FASB issued ASU 2010-13, Compensation - Stock Compensation (Topic 718) - Effect of Denominating the Exercise Price of a Share-Based Payment Award in the Currency of the Market in Which the Underlying Equity Security Trades. ASU 2010-13 amends FASB Accounting Standards Codification (ASC) 718 to clarify that an employee share-based payment award with an exercise price denominated in the currency of a market in which a substantial portion of the entity's equity securities trades should not be considered to contain a condition that is not a market, performance or service condition. Therefore, an entity would not classify such an award as a liability if it otherwise qualifies as equity. We adopted ASU 2010-13 effective September 1, 2011. The adoption of ASU 2010-13 did not have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements. In May 2011, the FASB issued ASU 2011-04, Fair Value Measurement (Topic 820) - Amendments to Achieve Common Fair Value Measurement and Disclosure Requirements in U.S. GAAP and IFRS.ASU 2011-04 primarily changes the wording used to describe the requirements for measuring fair value and for disclosing information about fair value measurement and clarifies the FASB's intent about the application of existing fair value measurement requirements. We adopted ASU 2011-04 effective March 1, 2012. The adoption of ASU 2011-04 did not have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements.
Description of New Accounting Pronouncements Not yet Adopted [Text Block]	Recent Accounting Pronouncements In June 2011, the FASB issued ASU 2011-05, Comprehensive Income (Topic 220) - Presentation of Comprehensive Income. ASU 2011-05 provides an entity the option to present the total of comprehensive income, the components of net income and the components of other comprehensive income either in a single continuous statement of comprehensive income or in two separate but consecutive statements. ASU 2011-05 is effective for us in fiscal year 2013. We do not expect the adoption of ASU 2011-05 to have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements. In September 2011, the FASB issued ASU 2011-08 - Intangibles - Goodwill and Other (Topic 350) - Testing Goodwill for Impairment. ASU 2011-08 provides an entity the option to first assess qualitative factors to determine whether the existence of events or circumstances leads to a determination that it is more likely than not that the fair value of a reporting unit is less than its carrying amount. If, after assessing the totality of events or circumstances, an entity determines it is not more likely than not that the fair value of a reporting unit is less than its carrying amount, then performing the two-step impairment test is not required. ASU 2011-08 is effective for us in fiscal year 2013. Early adoption is permitted; however, we have not yet adopted it. We do not expect the adoption of ASU 2011-08 to have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements. In September 2011, the FASB issued ASU 2011-09 Compensation - Retirement Benefits - Multiemployer Plans (Subtopic 715-80) - Disclosures about an Employer's Participation in a Multiemployer Plan. ASU 2011-09 requires that employers provide additional separate disclosures for multiemployer pension plans and multiemployer other postretirement benefit plans. ASU 2011-09 is effective for us in fiscal year 2012 and must be applied retrospectively for all prior periods presented. We do not expect the adoption of ASU 2011-09 to have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements.

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Note 2 - Cash, Cash Equivalents and Short-term Investments (Tables)

9 Months Ended

May 31, 2012

Schedule of Cash, Cash Equivalents and Short-term Investments [Table Text Block]

										Balance Sheet Classifications
	Cost Basis		Unrealized Gain		Unrealized (Loss)			Recorded Basis		Cash and Cash Equivalents		Short-term Investments
Cash	$	392,598	$	—	$	—		$	392,598	$	392,598	$	—
Money market mutual funds		34,363		—		—			34,363		34,363		—
Certificates of deposit		67,816		—		—			67,816		—		67,816
Available-for-sale securities:
Bond mutual funds		20,586		—		(125	)		20,461		—		20,461
Corporate bonds		27,931		23		(44	)		27,910		—		27,910
Trading securities:
Equity investments		5,994		—		(167	)		5,827		—		5,827
Total	$	549,288	$	23	$	(336	)	$	548,975	$	426,961	$	122,014

										Balance Sheet Classifications
	Cost Basis		Unrealized Gain		Unrealized (Loss)			Recorded Basis		Cash and Cash Equivalents		Short-term Investments
Cash	$	653,979	$	—	$	—		$	653,979	$	653,979	$	—
Money market mutual funds		17,350		—		—			17,350		17,350		—
Certificates of deposit		211,910		—		—			211,910		2,751		209,159
Available-for-sale securities:
Corporate bonds		17,853		40		(116	)		17,777		—		17,777
Total	$	901,092	$	40	$	(116	)	$	901,016	$	674,080	$	226,936

Realized Gain (Loss) on Investments [Table Text Block]

	Three Months Ended				Nine Months Ended
	2012		2011		2012		2011
Proceeds	$	—	$	3,955	$	7,202	$	143,727
Realized gains	$	—	$	1	$	1	$	606
Realized losses	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—

Schedule of Unrealized Loss on Investments [Table Text Block]

	Less than 12 Months
	Fair Value		Unrealized Loss
Available-for-sale:
Corporate bonds	$	10,356	$	(36	)
Total	$	10,356	$	(36	)

	Greater than 12 Months
	Fair Value		Unrealized Loss
Available-for-sale:
Corporate bonds	$	1,851	$	(3	)
Total	$	1,851	$	(3	)

Investments Classified by Contractual Maturity Date [Table Text Block]

	Cost Basis		Estimated Fair Value
Due in one year or less	$	22,686	$	22,695
Due in one to two years		5,245		5,215
Total	$	27,931	$	27,910

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Unaudited Consolidated Statements of Shareholders' Equity (Parentheticals)	9 Months Ended
	May 31, 2012	May 31, 2011
Preferred stock, shares	0	0
Common stock, shares balance September 1	91,711,102	90,669,011
Exercise of stock options, shares	273,611	482,865
Shares exchanged for taxes on stock based compensation, shares	(224,564)	(263,934)
Stock-based compensation, shares	815,441	813,177
Common stock, shares balance May 31	92,575,590	91,701,119
Treasury stock, shares balance September 1	(20,404,720)	(5,755,949)
Purchases under tender offer and repurchase plans, shares	(6,185,567)	(13,688,354)
Stock exchanged for taxes on stock-based compensation, shares	(954)	(15,175)
Treasury stock, shares balance May 31	(26,591,241)	(19,459,460)

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Note 3 - Restricted and Escrowed Cash and Cash Equivalents and Restricted Short-term Investments (Tables)

9 Months Ended

May 31, 2012

Schedule of Restricted Cash and Cash Equivalents [Table Text Block]

						Balance Sheet Classification
	Recorded Basis		Holding Period Gain/(Loss)			Restricted and Escrowed Cash and Cash Equivalents		Restricted Short-term Investments
Cash	$	1,749	$	—		$	1,749	$	—
Money market mutual funds		40,980		—			40,980		—
Certificates of deposit		215,659		—			—		215,659
Trading securities:
Stock and bond mutual funds		8,940		310			—		8,940
U.S. government and agency securities		606		(11	)		—		606
Corporate bonds		17,794		(496	)		—		17,794
Total	$	285,728	$	(197	)	$	42,729	$	242,999

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	Recorded Basis		Holding Period Gain/(Loss)			Restricted and Escrowed Cash and Cash Equivalents		Restricted Short-term Investments
Cash	$	16,358	$	—		$	16,358	$	—
Money market mutual funds		22,363		—			22,363		—
Certificates of deposit		252,627		—			—		252,627
Trading securities:
Stock and bond mutual funds		6,473		272			—		6,473
U.S. government and agency securities		1,806		(82	)		—		1,806
Corporate bonds		16,410		(390	)		—		16,410
Total	$	316,037	$	(200	)	$	38,721	$	277,316

Restricted Cash and Cash Equivalent Item, Description

	May 31, 2012		August 31, 2011
Contractually required by projects	$	—	$	14,696
Voluntarily used to secure letters of credit		215,659		252,627
Secure contingent obligations in lieu of letters of credit		38,718		20,626
Assets held in trust and other		31,351		28,088
Total	$	285,728	$	316,037

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Note 17 - Business Segments (Detail) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified		3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended		3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	May 31, 2012	May 31, 2012 US Government [Member]	May 31, 2011 US Government [Member]	May 31, 2012 US Government [Member]	May 31, 2011 US Government [Member]	Mar. 31, 2012 Westinghouse [Member]	Mar. 31, 2011 Westinghouse [Member]	Mar. 31, 2012 Westinghouse [Member]	Mar. 31, 2011 Westinghouse [Member]	May 31, 2012 Westinghouse [Member]
Equity Method Investment, Ownership Percentage	20.00%									20.00%
Revenue, Net (in Dollars)		$ 362,000	$ 331,900	$ 985,300	$ 922,300	$ 1,599,635	$ 1,659,012	$ 3,798,260	$ 3,765,449
Percentage of Total Revenues		23.20%	22.30%	21.60%	20.70%

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Note 15 - Related Party Transactions (Tables)

9 Months Ended

May 31, 2012

Schedule of Related Party Transactions [Table Text Block]

	2012		2011
Revenue from unconsolidated entities	$	57,617	$	12,835

	May 31, 2012		August 31, 2011
Accounts and other receivables from unconsolidated entities	$	5,142	$	5,190
Advances to unconsolidated entities	$	23	$	15

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Note 4 - Fair Value Measurements (Detail) - Financial Assets And Liabilities Measured At Fair Value On A Recurring Basis (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	May 31, 2012		Aug. 31, 2011
Short-term and Restricted Short-term Investments
Interest rate swap contract	$ 12,888		$ 27,059
Certificates of Deposit [Member] | Estimate of Fair Value, Fair Value Disclosure [Member]
Short-term and Restricted Short-term Investments
Short-Term and Restricted Short-Term Investments	283,475		461,786
Certificates of Deposit [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 [Member]
Short-term and Restricted Short-term Investments
Short-Term and Restricted Short-Term Investments	0		0
Certificates of Deposit [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member]
Short-term and Restricted Short-term Investments
Short-Term and Restricted Short-Term Investments	283,475		461,786
Certificates of Deposit [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member]
Short-term and Restricted Short-term Investments
Short-Term and Restricted Short-Term Investments	0		0
Stock and Bond Mutual Funds [Member] | Estimate of Fair Value, Fair Value Disclosure [Member]
Short-term and Restricted Short-term Investments
Short-Term and Restricted Short-Term Investments	29,401	[1]	6,473	[1]
Stock and Bond Mutual Funds [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 [Member]
Short-term and Restricted Short-term Investments
Short-Term and Restricted Short-Term Investments	29,401	[1]	6,473	[1]
Stock and Bond Mutual Funds [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member]
Short-term and Restricted Short-term Investments
Short-Term and Restricted Short-Term Investments	0	[1]	0	[1]
Stock and Bond Mutual Funds [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member]
Short-term and Restricted Short-term Investments
Short-Term and Restricted Short-Term Investments	0	[1]	0	[1]
US Government Agencies Debt Securities [Member] | Estimate of Fair Value, Fair Value Disclosure [Member]
Short-term and Restricted Short-term Investments
Short-Term and Restricted Short-Term Investments	606		1,806
US Government Agencies Debt Securities [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 [Member]
Short-term and Restricted Short-term Investments
Short-Term and Restricted Short-Term Investments	0		0
US Government Agencies Debt Securities [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member]
Short-term and Restricted Short-term Investments
Short-Term and Restricted Short-Term Investments	606		1,806
US Government Agencies Debt Securities [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member]
Short-term and Restricted Short-term Investments
Short-Term and Restricted Short-Term Investments	0		0
Corporate Debt Securities [Member] | Estimate of Fair Value, Fair Value Disclosure [Member]
Short-term and Restricted Short-term Investments
Short-Term and Restricted Short-Term Investments	45,704		34,187
Corporate Debt Securities [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 [Member]
Short-term and Restricted Short-term Investments
Short-Term and Restricted Short-Term Investments	0		0
Corporate Debt Securities [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member]
Short-term and Restricted Short-term Investments
Short-Term and Restricted Short-Term Investments	45,704		34,187
Corporate Debt Securities [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member]
Short-term and Restricted Short-term Investments
Short-Term and Restricted Short-Term Investments	0		0
Equity Securities [Member] | Estimate of Fair Value, Fair Value Disclosure [Member]
Short-term and Restricted Short-term Investments
Short-Term and Restricted Short-Term Investments	5,827
Equity Securities [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 [Member]
Short-term and Restricted Short-term Investments
Short-Term and Restricted Short-Term Investments	5,827
Equity Securities [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member]
Short-term and Restricted Short-term Investments
Short-Term and Restricted Short-Term Investments	0
Equity Securities [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member]
Short-term and Restricted Short-term Investments
Short-Term and Restricted Short-Term Investments	0
Total [Member] | Estimate of Fair Value, Fair Value Disclosure [Member]
Short-term and Restricted Short-term Investments
Short-Term and Restricted Short-Term Investments	365,013		504,252
Total [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 [Member]
Short-term and Restricted Short-term Investments
Short-Term and Restricted Short-Term Investments	35,228		6,473
Total [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member]
Short-term and Restricted Short-term Investments
Short-Term and Restricted Short-Term Investments	329,785		497,779
Total [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member]
Short-term and Restricted Short-term Investments
Short-Term and Restricted Short-Term Investments	0		0
Estimate of Fair Value, Fair Value Disclosure [Member]
Short-term and Restricted Short-term Investments
Interest rate swap contract	12,888		27,059
Foreign currency forward assets	1,491		1,955
Foreign currency forward liabilities	514		16
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 [Member]
Short-term and Restricted Short-term Investments
Interest rate swap contract	0		0
Foreign currency forward assets	0		0
Foreign currency forward liabilities	0		0
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member]
Short-term and Restricted Short-term Investments
Interest rate swap contract	12,888		27,059
Foreign currency forward assets	1,491		1,955
Foreign currency forward liabilities	514		16
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member]
Short-term and Restricted Short-term Investments
Interest rate swap contract	0		0
Foreign currency forward assets	0		0
Foreign currency forward liabilities	$ 0		$ 0

[1] This class includes investments in a mutual fund that invests at least 80% of its assets in short-term bonds issued or guaranteed by U.S. government agencies and instrumentalities.

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Note 10 - Income Taxes (Detail) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	May 31, 2012	May 31, 2011	May 31, 2012	May 31, 2011	Aug. 31, 2012
Effective Income Tax Rate, Continuing Operations	35.00%	37.00%	38.00%	37.00%	36.00%
Unrecognized Tax Benefits, Period Increase (Decrease)	$ (5.3)
Unrecognized Tax Benefits, Increases Resulting from Current Period Tax Positions		1.4
Unrecognized Tax Benefits, Decreases Resulting from Current Period Tax Positions		1.4
Unrecognized Tax Benefits, Decreases Resulting from Settlements with Taxing Authorities	6.5
Unrecognized Tax Benefits, Increases Resulting from Settlements with Taxing Authorities	1.0
Income Tax Examination, Penalties and Interest Accrued	0.2		0.2
Unrecognized Tax Benefits	30.9		30.9
Unrecognized Tax Benefits that Would Impact Effective Tax Rate	27.8		27.8
Unrecognized Tax Benefits, Reductions Resulting from Lapse of Applicable Statute of Limitations					25
Additional Provisions [Member]
Unrecognized Tax Benefits, Period Increase (Decrease)	1.0
Additional Interest and Penalties [Member]
Unrecognized Tax Benefits, Period Increase (Decrease)	0.2
Research Tax Credits [Member]
Unrecognized Tax Benefits, Period Increase (Decrease)		$ 6.6

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Unaudited Consolidated Statements of Operations (USD $) Share data in Thousands, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	May 31, 2012	May 31, 2011	May 31, 2012	May 31, 2011
Revenues	$ 1,560,768,000	$ 1,489,956,000	$ 4,553,107,000	$ 4,458,052,000
Cost of revenues	1,504,229,000	1,479,814,000	4,268,001,000	4,270,346,000
Gross profit	56,539,000	10,142,000	285,106,000	187,706,000
Selling, general, and administrative expenses	58,347,000	71,086,000	189,685,000	215,037,000
Impairment of note receivable	0	48,133,000	0	48,133,000
Operating income (loss)	(1,808,000)	(109,077,000)	95,421,000	(75,464,000)
Interest expense	(1,918,000)	(1,508,000)	(4,850,000)	(4,059,000)
Interest expense on Japanese Yen-denominated bonds including accretion and amortization	(9,771,000)	(10,340,000)	(30,482,000)	(31,235,000)
Interest income	1,430,000	2,170,000	4,265,000	10,672,000
Foreign currency translation gains (losses) on Japanese Yen-denominated bonds, net	(22,800,000)	(15,043,000)	53,827,000	(74,362,000)
Other foreign currency transaction gains (losses), net	527,000	2,497,000	1,404,000	6,459,000
Other income (expense), net	28,000	1,701,000	2,565,000	6,003,000
Income (loss) before income taxes and earnings (losses) from unconsolidated entities	(34,312,000)	(129,600,000)	122,150,000	(161,986,000)
Provision (benefit) for income taxes	(12,108,000)	(48,051,000)	46,261,000	(60,764,000)
Income (loss) before earnings (losses) from unconsolidated entities	(22,204,000)	(81,549,000)	75,889,000	(101,222,000)
Earnings (losses) from 20% Investment in Westinghouse, net of income taxes	9,990,000	13,701,000	11,680,000	17,981,000
Earnings (losses) from unconsolidated entities, net of income taxes	159,000	250,000	4,370,000	2,597,000
Net income (loss)	(12,055,000)	(67,598,000)	91,939,000	(80,644,000)
Less: Net income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interests	3,954,000	2,354,000	6,216,000	4,115,000
Net income (loss) attributable to Shaw	$ (16,009,000)	$ (69,952,000)	$ 85,723,000	$ (84,759,000)
Net income (loss) attributable to Shaw per common share:
Basic (in Dollars per share)	$ (0.24)	$ (0.89)	$ 1.26	$ (1.02)
Diluted (in Dollars per share)	$ (0.24)	$ (0.89)	$ 1.24	$ (1.02)
Weighted average shares outstanding:
Basic (in Shares)	65,932	78,748	67,925	82,948
Diluted (in Shares)	65,932	78,748	68,971	82,948

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Note 2 - Cash, Cash Equivalents and Short-term Investments (Detail) (USD $)	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	May 31, 2012	May 31, 2011	May 31, 2012	May 31, 2011
Available-for-sale Securities, Transfers to Trading, Gains (Losses)	$ 0		$ 0
Other than Temporary Impairment Losses, Investments	$ 0	$ 48,133,000	$ 0	$ 48,133,000

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Unaudited Consolidated Balance Sheets (Parentheticals) (USD $)	May 31, 2012	Aug. 31, 2011
Cash and cash equivalents related to variable interest entities (VIEs) (in Dollars)	$ 73,911,000	$ 78,577,000
Short-term investments related to VIEs (in Dollars)	2,900,000	7,800,000
Accounts receivable, including retainage, net related to VIEs (in Dollars)	39,193,000	7,537,000
Accumulated depreciation (in Dollars)	$ 366,900,000	$ 347,300,000
Preferred stock, shares authorized	20,000,000	20,000,000
Preferred stock, shares issued	0	0
Preferred stock, shares outstanding	0	0
Preferred stock, par value (in Dollars per share)	$ 0	$ 0
Common stock, shares authorized	200,000,000	200,000,000
Common stock, shares issued	92,575,590	91,711,102
Common stock, shares outstanding	65,984,349	71,306,382
Common stock, par value (in Dollars per share)	$ 0	$ 0
Treasury stock shares	26,591,241	20,404,720

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Note 6 - Investment in Westinghouse and Related Agreements (Detail)	0 Months Ended	48 Months Ended
	Oct. 16, 2006 USD ($)	Oct. 16, 2010 USD ($)	May 31, 2012 USD ($)	Aug. 31, 2011 USD ($)	Oct. 31, 2007 USD ($)	Oct. 31, 2007 JPY (¥)	Oct. 13, 2006 USD ($)	Oct. 13, 2006 JPY (¥)	Oct. 16, 2006 Toshiba Nuclear Energy Holdings Inc [Member]	May 31, 2012 Interest [Member] USD ($)	May 31, 2012 Principal [Member] USD ($)
Equity Method Investment, Ownership Percentage			20.00%						20.00%
Business Acquisition, Cost of Acquired Entity, Purchase Price	$ 1,100,000,000						$ 1,100,000,000
Debt Instrument, Face Amount					1,080,000,000	128,980,000,000	1,100,000,000	128,980,000,000
Proceeds from Issuance of Debt	1,000,000,000	1,000,000,000
Letters of Credit Outstanding, Amount			$ 351,900,000	$ 456,100,000						$ 37,900,000	$ 54,300,000

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Note 7 - Equity Method Investments and Variable Interest Entities (Tables)

9 Months Ended

May 31, 2012

Equity Method Investment, Additional Information

	May 31, 2012		August 31, 2011
Cash and cash equivalents	$	73,911	$	78,577
Net accounts receivable		39,193		7,537
Other current assets		184,600		174,584
Non-current assets		56,728		50,038
Total assets	$	354,432	$	310,736
Accounts and subcontractors payable	$	68,333	$	91,293
Billings in excess of costs and accrued earnings		26,655		27,831
Accrued expenses and other		139,748		97,102
Total liabilities	$	234,736	$	216,226

Consolidation, Less than Wholly Owned Subsidiary, Parent Ownership Interest, Effects of Changes, Net [Table Text Block]

	Three Months Ended				Nine months Ended
Statements of Operations	March 31, 2012		March 31, 2011		March 31, 2012		March 31, 2011
Revenues	$	1,599,635	$	1,659,012	$	3,798,260	$	3,765,449
Gross profit		349,554		330,991		762,759		766,373
Income before income taxes		157,248		189,595		199,869		246,154
Net income (loss) attributable to shareholders		87,886		112,122		125,504		147,146

Investments in and Advances to Affiliates [Table Text Block]

	Ownership Percentage			May 31, 2012		August 31, 2011
Investment in Westinghouse		20	%	$	990,473	$	999,035
Other		10% - 50	%		6,909		14,768
Total				$	997,382	$	1,013,803

Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Table Text Block]

	Three Months Ended				Nine months Ended
	2012		2011		2012		2011
Investment in Westinghouse, net of income taxes of $6,254, $8,723, $7,312 and $11,448, respectively	$	9,990	$	13,701	$	11,680	$	17,981
Other unconsolidated entities, net of income taxes of $87, $163, $2,724 and $1,538, respectively		159		250		4,370		2,597
Total	$	10,149	$	13,951	$	16,050	$	20,578

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Note 8 - Goodwill and Other Intangibles (Detail) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	May 31, 2012	Aug. 31, 2011
Business Acquisition, Purchase Price Allocation, Goodwill, Expected Tax Deductible Amount	$ 58.3	$ 65.8

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Note 13 - Supplemental Disclosure to Earnings (Loss) Per Common Share

9 Months Ended

May 31, 2012

Earnings Per Share [Text Block]

Note 13 — Supplemental Disclosure to Earnings (Losses) Per Common Share

Weighted average shares outstanding for the three and nine months ended May 31, 2012, and 2011, were as follows (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended				Nine months Ended
	2012		2011		2012		2011
Basic		65,932		78,748		67,925		82,948
Diluted:
Stock options		—		—		621		—
Restricted stock		—		—		425		—
Diluted		65,932		78,748		68,971		82,948

The following table includes weighted-average shares excluded from the calculation of diluted income (loss) per share because they were anti-dilutive (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended				Nine months Ended
	2012		2011		2012		2011
Stock options		3,663		4,084		1,817		4,173
Restricted stock		972		1,506		271		1,837

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Note 8 - Goodwill and Other Intangibles (Tables)

9 Months Ended

May 31, 2012

Schedule of Goodwill [Table Text Block]

	Power		Plant Services		E&I			F&M			E&C			Total
Balance at August 31, 2011	$	139,177	$	42,027	$	207,862		$	17,625		$	139,099		$	545,790
Acquisitions and related adjustments		—		—		30			—			28			58
Currency translation adjustment		—		—		(934	)		(1,320	)		(603	)		(2,857	)
Transfer to assets held for sale		—		—		—			—			(138,524	)		(138,524	)
Balance at May 31, 2012	$	139,177	$	42,027	$	206,958		$	16,305		$	—		$	404,467

Schedule of Acquired Finite-Lived Intangible Assets by Major Class [Table Text Block]

	Proprietary Technologies, Patents and Tradenames						Client Relationships
	Gross Carrying Amount			Accumulated Amortization			Gross Carrying Amount			Accumulated Amortization
Balance at August 31, 2011	$	41,957		$	(27,735	)	$	5,016		$	(2,096	)
Currency translation adjustments		(59	)		33			(56	)		9
Amortization		—			(2,087	)		—			(455	)
Transfer to assets held for sale		(39,235	)		27,821
Balance at May 31, 2012	$	2,663		$	(1,968	)	$	4,960		$	(2,542	)

Schedule of Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Future Amortization Expense [Table Text Block]

	Proprietary Technologies, Patents, and Tradenames		Client Relationships
Remainder of fiscal year 2012	$	161	$	105
2013		236		420
2014		164		421
2015		91		420
2016		43		421
Thereafter		—		631
Total	$	695	$	2,418

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Note 15 - Related Party Transactions

9 Months Ended

May 31, 2012

Related Party Transactions Disclosure [Text Block]

Note 15 — Related Party Transactions

The following table summarizes related party transactions with unconsolidated entities included in our consolidated financial statements for the nine months ended May 31, 2012, and 2011, and at May 31, 2012, and August 31, 2011 (in thousands):

	2012		2011
Revenue from unconsolidated entities	$	57,617	$	12,835

	May 31, 2012		August 31, 2011
Accounts and other receivables from unconsolidated entities	$	5,142	$	5,190
Advances to unconsolidated entities	$	23	$	15

At times, we enter into material contractual arrangements with Westinghouse.  NEH, a wholly owned special purpose entity, owns a 20% interest in Westinghouse (see Note 6 – Investment in Westinghouse and Related Agreements and Note 7 – Equity Method Investments and Variable Interest Entities).

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Note 8 - Goodwill and Other Intangibles (Detail) - Future Annual Amortization For Our Amortizable Intangible Assets (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	May 31, 2012
Patented Technology [Member]
Remainder of fiscal year 2012	$ 161
2013	236
2014	164
2015	91
2016	43
Total	695
Customer Relationships [Member]
Remainder of fiscal year 2012	105
2013	420
2014	421
2015	420
2016	421
Thereafter	631
Total	$ 2,418

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Unaudited Consolidated Statements of Shareholders' Equity (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Consolidated Subsidiaries [Member]	Total
Balance September 1 at Aug. 31, 2010		$ (41,001)
Balance September 1 at Aug. 31, 2010		546
Balance September 1 at Aug. 31, 2010		47,124
Balance September 1 at Aug. 31, 2010		(117,453)
Balance September 1 at Aug. 31, 2010		(20,361)
Balance September 1 at Aug. 31, 2010		503,471
Balance September 1 at Aug. 31, 2010		1,283,890
Balance September 1 at Aug. 31, 2010	(66,297)
Balance September 1 at Aug. 31, 2010		(15,532)
Preferred stock		0
Common stock
Exercise of stock options		10,873
Shares exchanged for taxes on stock based compensation		(9,150)
Tax benefit on stock based compensation		2,937
Stock-based compensation		24,297
Retained earnings
Net income (loss) attributable to Shaw		(84,759)
Currency translation adjustment
Change during year		14,192
Equity in unconsolidated entities’ other comprehensive income (loss), net of Shaw’s tax
Change during year	17,169
Unrealized gain (loss) on hedging activities
Change during year		5,153
Unrealized net holding gain (loss) on securities
Change during year		(483)
Pension and other postretirement benefit plans
Change during year		2,039
Treasury stock at cost
Purchases under tender offer and repurchase plans		(500,000)
Shares exchanged for taxes on stock-based compensation		(479)
Total Shaw shareholders’ equity at May 31		1,009,052
Noncontrolling interests
Net income (loss)		4,115
Distributions to noncontrolling interests		(7,687)
Contributions from noncontrolling interests		1,441
Adjustment for deconsolidation of VIE(s)		(10,662)
Total equity at May 31		1,043,383
Balance May 31 at May. 31, 2011		(38,962)
Balance May 31 at May. 31, 2011		63
Balance May 31 at May. 31, 2011	34,331
Balance May 31 at May. 31, 2011		(617,932)
Balance May 31 at May. 31, 2011		(15,208)
Balance May 31 at May. 31, 2011		418,712
Balance May 31 at May. 31, 2011		1,312,847
Balance May 31 at May. 31, 2011	(49,128)	(104,575)
Balance May 31 at May. 31, 2011		(1,340)
Balance September 1 at Aug. 31, 2011		(33,938)
Balance September 1 at Aug. 31, 2011		(50)
Balance September 1 at Aug. 31, 2011		32,147
Balance September 1 at Aug. 31, 2011		(639,704)
Balance September 1 at Aug. 31, 2011		(16,558)
Balance September 1 at Aug. 31, 2011		328,455
Balance September 1 at Aug. 31, 2011		1,321,278
Balance September 1 at Aug. 31, 2011	(50,724)	(104,922)
Balance September 1 at Aug. 31, 2011		(3,652)
Preferred stock		0
Common stock
Exercise of stock options		5,929
Shares exchanged for taxes on stock based compensation		(6,035)
Tax benefit on stock based compensation		296
Stock-based compensation		17,297
Retained earnings
Net income (loss) attributable to Shaw		85,723
Currency translation adjustment
Change during year		(13,673)
Equity in unconsolidated entities’ other comprehensive income (loss), net of Shaw’s tax
Change during year	(11,034)
Unrealized gain (loss) on hedging activities
Change during year		8,715
Unrealized net holding gain (loss) on securities
Change during year		(43)
Pension and other postretirement benefit plans
Change during year		1,800
Treasury stock at cost
Purchases under tender offer and repurchase plans		(152,143)
Shares exchanged for taxes on stock-based compensation		(21)
Total Shaw shareholders’ equity at May 31		841,918
Noncontrolling interests
Net income (loss)		6,216
Distributions to noncontrolling interests		(4,837)
Contributions from noncontrolling interests		4,151
Total equity at May 31		879,595
Balance May 31 at May. 31, 2012		(32,138)
Balance May 31 at May. 31, 2012		(93)
Balance May 31 at May. 31, 2012	37,677	37,677
Balance May 31 at May. 31, 2012		(791,868)
Balance May 31 at May. 31, 2012		(7,843)
Balance May 31 at May. 31, 2012		414,178
Balance May 31 at May. 31, 2012		1,338,765
Balance May 31 at May. 31, 2012	(61,758)	(119,157)
Balance May 31 at May. 31, 2012		$ (17,325)

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Unaudited Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (Loss) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	May 31, 2012	May 31, 2011	May 31, 2012	May 31, 2011
Net income (loss)	$ (12,055)	$ (67,598)	$ 91,939	$ (80,644)
Currency translation adjustment, net gain (loss) arising during period	(7,554)	4,635	(13,673)	14,192
Net derivatives gain (loss) on hedge transactions, net of tax of $(2,545), $(1,628), $(5,456) and $(3,281), respectively	4,065	2,556	8,715	5,153
Defined benefit plans
Change in unrecognized net actuarial pension gains (losses)	792	952	2,359	2,781
Change in unrecognized net prior service pension costs	9	11	31	33
Income taxes on recognized gains (losses)	(189)	(268)	(590)	(775)
Total	612	695	1,800	2,039
Unrealized gain (loss) on available-for-sale securities, net of tax of $(12), $(49), $27 and $308, respectively	20	78	(43)	(483)
Comprehensive income (loss)	(15,637)	(53,774)	77,704	(42,574)
Less: Comprehensive income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interests	3,954	2,354	6,216	4,115
Comprehensive income (loss) attributable to Shaw	(19,591)	(56,128)	71,488	(46,689)
Unconsolidated Subsidiaries [Member]
Equity in unconsolidated entities’ other comprehensive income (loss), net of Shaw’s income tax of $454, $(3,731), $6,907 and $(10,931), respectively	$ (725)	$ 5,860	$ (11,034)	$ 17,169

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Note 8 - Goodwill and Other Intangibles

9 Months Ended

May 31, 2012

Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Text Block]

Note 8 — Goodwill and Other Intangibles

Goodwill

Goodwill is tested for impairment at the reporting unit level (operating segment or one level below an operating segment) at least annually (March 1 for us). In accordance with current accounting guidance, we identified six reporting units for the purpose of conducting our goodwill impairment review. In determining our reporting units, we considered (i) whether an operating segment or a component of an operating segment was a business, (ii) whether discrete financial information was available, and (iii) whether the financial information is regularly reviewed by management of the operating segment.

The estimated fair value for our reporting units is calculated based on the average of the projected discounted cash flows and the estimated market value of each reporting unit at the date we perform the impairment tests (implied fair value measured on a non-recurring basis using level 3 inputs). Inherent in the development of the discounted cash flow projections are assumptions and estimates derived from a review of our expected revenue growth rates, profit margins, business plans, cost of capital and tax rates. We also make certain assumptions about the future market conditions in which our reporting units operate, market prices, interest rates and changes in business strategies. Changes in assumptions or estimates used in our goodwill impairment testing could materially affect the determination of the fair value of a reporting unit, and therefore could eliminate the excess of fair value over carrying value of a reporting unit and, in some cases, could result in impairment. Such changes in assumptions could be caused by a loss of one or more significant contracts, reductions in government and/or private industry spending or a decline in the demand for our services due to changing economic conditions. Given the nature of our business, if we are unable to win or renew contracts, unable to estimate and control our contract costs, fail to adequately perform to our clients’ expectations, fail to procure third-party subcontractors, heavy equipment and materials or fail to adequately secure funding for our projects, our profits, revenues and growth over the long-term would decline and such a decline could significantly affect the fair value assessment of our reporting units and cause our goodwill to become impaired.

We evaluated the carrying value of our goodwill at March 1, 2012, and our annual review did not indicate an impairment of goodwill for any of our reporting units. The excess of the fair value of each reporting unit over its respective carrying value exceeded 10%. We performed an additional evaluation of goodwill for the E&C reporting unit during the quarter as a result of our entry into a definitive agreement to sell certain of its assets and liabilities. This additional evaluation compared the carrying value of the related assets and liabilities at that point in time to the value of the definitive agreement, which is an indicator of fair value. This additional evaluation did not indicate an impairment of goodwill for the E&C reporting unit.  See Note 20 – Disposal of E&C Segment Assets for additional information.

The following table reflects the changes in the carrying value of goodwill by segment from August 31, 2011, to May 31, 2012, (in thousands):

	Power		Plant Services		E&I			F&M			E&C			Total
Balance at August 31, 2011	$	139,177	$	42,027	$	207,862		$	17,625		$	139,099		$	545,790
Acquisitions and related adjustments		—		—		30			—			28			58
Currency translation adjustment		—		—		(934	)		(1,320	)		(603	)		(2,857	)
Transfer to assets held for sale		—		—		—			—			(138,524	)		(138,524	)
Balance at May 31, 2012	$	139,177	$	42,027	$	206,958		$	16,305		$	—		$	404,467

The measurement period for purchase price allocations ends as soon as information on the facts and circumstances becomes available but will not exceed 12 months. Adjustments in the purchase price allocation may require a recasting of the amounts allocated to goodwill retroactive to the period in which the acquisition occurred.  We had tax-deductible goodwill of approximately $58.3 million and $65.8 million at May 31, 2012, and August 31, 2011, respectively. The difference between the carrying value of goodwill and the amount deductible for taxes is primarily due to the amortization of goodwill allowable for tax purposes.

Other Intangible Assets

The gross carrying values and accumulated amortization of amortizable intangible assets are presented below (in thousands):

	Proprietary Technologies, Patents and Tradenames						Client Relationships
	Gross Carrying Amount			Accumulated Amortization			Gross Carrying Amount			Accumulated Amortization
Balance at August 31, 2011	$	41,957		$	(27,735	)	$	5,016		$	(2,096	)
Currency translation adjustments		(59	)		33			(56	)		9
Amortization		—			(2,087	)		—			(455	)
Transfer to assets held for sale		(39,235	)		27,821
Balance at May 31, 2012	$	2,663		$	(1,968	)	$	4,960		$	(2,542	)

The following table presents the scheduled future annual amortization for our intangible assets not associated with contract adjustments (in thousands):

	Proprietary Technologies, Patents, and Tradenames		Client Relationships
Remainder of fiscal year 2012	$	161	$	105
2013		236		420
2014		164		421
2015		91		420
2016		43		421
Thereafter		—		631
Total	$	695	$	2,418

We perform an analysis on our intangible assets to test for impairment (based on an implied fair value measured on a non-recurring basis using level 3 inputs) whenever events occur that indicate an impairment could exist. No such events occurred during the quarter ended May 31, 2012 related to these intangible assets. See Note 20 – Disposal of E&C Segment Assets for intangible assets held for sale and related impairment considerations.

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Document And Entity Information	9 Months Ended
	May 31, 2012	Jul. 05, 2012
Document and Entity Information [Abstract]
Entity Registrant Name	SHAW GROUP INC
Document Type	10-Q
Current Fiscal Year End Date	--08-31
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding		65,994,751
Amendment Flag	false
Entity Central Index Key	0000914024
Entity Current Reporting Status	Yes
Entity Voluntary Filers	No
Entity Filer Category	Large Accelerated Filer
Entity Well-known Seasoned Issuer	Yes
Document Period End Date	May 31, 2012
Document Fiscal Year Focus	2012
Document Fiscal Period Focus	Q3

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Note 9 -Debt and Revolving Lines of Credit

9 Months Ended

May 31, 2012

Debt Disclosure [Text Block]

Note 9 — Debt and Revolving Lines of Credit

Our debt (including capital lease obligations) consisted of the following (in thousands):

	May 31, 2012				August 31, 2011
	Short-term		Long-term		Short-term		Long-term
0%-3.7% interest vendor financing contracts, 2.3%-4.2% imputed interest, due July 2012-December 2013	$	7,899	$	4,954	$	—	$	—
Debt of consolidated joint venture: 6% interest, due January 2013		3,351		—		—		—
Capital lease obligations		365		354		349		630
Westinghouse Bonds (see description below)		1,627,599		—		1,679,836		—
Total	$	1,639,214	$	5,308	$	1,680,185	$	630

During the current fiscal year, we have entered into financing contracts with various vendors to secure preferable pricing on certain technology investments and maintenance agreements.

In January 2012, the members of a Middle Eastern joint venture, for which we have a direct interest of 53%, agreed to an $8.0 million loan facility to finance the continued development and working capital needs of the joint venture.  The joint venture is consolidated in our financial statements, with the $3.3 million minority interest portion of the loan classified as a short-term note payable on our balance sheet.

Westinghouse Bonds

On October 13, 2006, NEH, our wholly owned, special purpose subsidiary, issued JPY 128.98 billion (equivalent to approximately $1.1 billion at the time of issuance) principal amount limited recourse bonds, maturing March 15, 2013, at a discount receiving approximately $1.0 billion in proceeds, excluding offering costs. NEH used the proceeds of these bonds to purchase the Westinghouse Equity for approximately $1.1 billion. The Westinghouse Bonds are limited recourse to us (except to NEH), are governed by the Bond Trust Deed and are collateralized primarily by the Westinghouse Equity, the JPY-denominated Put Option between NEH and Toshiba and the Principal Letter of credit, which cover interest owed to bond holders and the possible 3.3% principal exposure.

The holders of the Westinghouse Bond may have the ability to cause us to put our Westinghouse Equity back to Toshiba as a result of the occurrence of a “Toshiba Event” (as defined under the Bond Trust Deed) that occurred in May 2009. A Toshiba Event is not an event of default or other violation of the Bond Trust Deed or the Put Option Agreements, but due to the Toshiba Event, the Westinghouse Bond holders have an opportunity to direct us to exercise the Put Options, through which we would receive the pre-determined JPY-denominated put price and use those proceeds to pay off the JPY-denominated Westinghouse Bond debt. To do so, a “supermajority” of the Westinghouse bond holders representing a majority of not less than an aggregate 75% of the principal amount outstanding must pass a resolution instructing the bond trustee to direct us to exercise the Put Options. Specifically, in order for the bond trustee to direct us to exercise the Put Option, the Westinghouse Bond holders must convene a meeting with a quorum of bondholders representing no less than 75% of the Westinghouse Bonds principal amount outstanding during which a 75% majority of the required quorum approves a resolution instructing the bond trustee to direct the exercise. Alternatively, a written resolution signed by the Westinghouse Bond holders representing no less than 75% of the Westinghouse Bond principal amount outstanding and instructing the bond trustee to direct us to exercise the Put Options shall have the same effect (collectively, an Extraordinary Resolution).

Because the holders of the bonds may have the ability to require us to exercise the Put Options to retire the bonds, we reclassified the Westinghouse Bonds from long-term debt to short-term debt and our Investment in Westinghouse to current assets in May 2009.

The Put Options, executed as part of the Investment in Westinghouse transaction, provide NEH the option to sell all or part of the Westinghouse Equity to Toshiba for a pre-determined JPY-denominated put price. On September 6, 2011, NEH announced that it intends to exercise its put options to sell the Westinghouse Equity to Toshiba. The exercise of the Japanese yen-denominated Put Options prior to October 2012 requires the consent of the trustee acting on behalf of the Westinghouse Bond holders. Funds received must be applied toward the redemption of the bonds on the next scheduled interest payment date. On December 8, 2011, we were informed that the trustee did not consent to the proposed early exercise of the Put Options. Under the terms of the Put Options, the Put Options are expected to be automatically exercised on or around October 6, 2012, for cash settlement by Toshiba on January 4, 2013. Proceeds from the sale would be used to repay the bonds in full on their scheduled maturity date of March 15, 2013.

The Put Options require Toshiba to purchase the Westinghouse Equity at a price equivalent to not less than 96.7 percent of the principal amount of the bonds. NEH will fund up to the 3.3 percent shortfall of the principal amount of the bonds, which was approximately $53.7 million at May 31, 2012. We may recognize a non-operating gain once the put options are settled, resulting principally from foreign exchange movements. If the bonds would have been repaid at May 31, 2012, from an early exercise of the Put Options, the gain would have been approximately $481.1 million pre-tax. The actual gain or loss will be determined at settlement.

In the event we exercise the Put Option at the direction of the Westinghouse Bond holders following a Toshiba Event, Toshiba is required to pay us approximately JPY 128.98 billion (equal to 100% of the face value of the Westinghouse Bonds currently outstanding). Because any proceeds from the repurchase of the Westinghouse Equity must be used to repay the Westinghouse Bonds, the Westinghouse Bond holders’ decision to issue an Extraordinary Resolution may be significantly influenced by Toshiba’s financial condition as well as conditions in the general credit markets.

The exchange rates of the JPY to the USD at May 31, 2012, and August 31, 2011, were 79.2 and 76.8, respectively.

The Westinghouse Bonds consisted of the following (in thousands):

	May 31, 2012		August 31, 2011
Westinghouse Bonds, face value 50.98 billion JPY due March 15, 2013; interest only payments; coupon rate of 2.20%;	$	426,875	$	426,875
Westinghouse Bonds, face value 78 billion JPY due March 15, 2013; interest only payments; coupon rate of 0.70% above the six-month JPY LIBOR rate (0.34% at May 31, 2012)		653,125		653,125
Increase in debt due to foreign currency translation adjustments since date of issuance		547,599		599,836
Total Westinghouse debt	$	1,627,599	$	1,679,836

On October 16, 2006, we entered into an interest rate swap agreement through March 15, 2013, in the aggregate notional amount of JPY 78 billion. We designated the swap as a hedge against changes in cash flows attributable to changes in the benchmark interest rate. Under the agreement, we make fixed interest payments at a rate of 2.398%, and we receive a variable interest payment equal to the six-month JPY London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) plus a fixed margin of 0.70%, effectively fixing our interest rate on the floating rate portion of the JPY 78 billion Westinghouse Bonds at 2.398%. At May 31, 2012, and August 31, 2011, the fair value of the swap totaled approximately $12.9 million and $27.1 million, respectively, and is included as a current liability and in accumulated other comprehensive loss, net of deferred taxes, in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets. There was no material ineffectiveness of our interest rate swap for the three and nine months ended May 31, 2012.

Credit Facility

On June 15, 2011, we entered into an unsecured second amended and restated credit agreement (Facility) with a group of lenders that effectively terminated an earlier agreement. The Facility provides lender commitments up to $1,450.0 million, all of which may be available for the issuance of performance letters of credit. The Facility has a sublimit of $1,250.0 million that may be available for the issuance of financial letters of credit and/or borrowings for working capital needs and general corporate purposes.

At May 31, 2012, the amount of the Facility available for financial letters of credit and/or revolving credit loans was $435.4 million, which is equal to the lesser of: (i) $1,303.0 million, representing the total Facility commitment ($1,450.0 million) less outstanding performance letters of credit ($91.1 million) less outstanding financial letters of credit ($55.9 million); (ii) $1,194.1 million, representing the Facility sublimit of $1,250.0 million less outstanding financial letters of credit ($55.9 million); or (iii) $435.4 million, representing the maximum additional borrowings allowed under the leverage ratio covenant (as defined below) contained in the Facility.

Under the Facility, all collateral securing the previous agreement was released, and the expiration of commitments was extended through June 15, 2016. The Facility continues to require guarantees by the Company’s material wholly owned domestic subsidiaries. The Facility allows the Company to seek new or increased lender commitments under it subject to the consent of the Administrative Agent and/or seek other unsecured supplemental credit facilities of up to an aggregate of $500.0 million, all of which would be available for the issuance of performance and financial letters of credit and/or borrowings for working capital needs and general corporate purposes. Additionally, the Company may pledge up to $300.0 million of its unrestricted cash on hand to secure additional letters of credit incremental to amounts available under the Facility, provided that the Company and its subsidiaries have unrestricted cash and cash equivalents of at least $500.0 million available immediately following the pledge. The Facility contains a revised pricing schedule with respect to letter of credit fees and interest rates payable by the Company.

The Facility contains customary financial covenants and other restrictions including an interest coverage ratio (ratio of Shaw EBITDA to consolidated interest expense) and a leverage ratio (ratio of total debt to Shaw EBITDA) with all terms defined in the Facility and (i) maintains or resets maximum allowable amounts certain threshold triggers and certain additional exceptions with respect to the dividend, stock repurchases, investment, indebtedness, lien, asset sale, letter of credit and acquisitions and (ii) additional covenants, thus providing the Company with continued financial flexibility in business decisions and strategies. The Facility contains defaulting lender provisions.

The Facility limits our ability to declare or pay dividends or make any distributions of capital stock (other than stock splits or dividends payable in our own capital stock) or redeem, repurchase or otherwise acquire or retire any of our capital stock. The Facility permits us to make stock repurchases or dividend payments of up to $500.0 million so long as, after giving effect to such purchases or payments, our unrestricted cash and cash equivalents is at least $500.0 million. We are limited to aggregate dividend payments and/or stock repurchases during the life of the Facility up to $500.0 million. In situations where our unrestricted cash and cash equivalents is less than $500.0 million, our ability to pay dividends or repurchase our shares is limited to $50.0 million per fiscal year. The payment of cash dividends is restricted if an event of default has occurred and is continuing under the Facility. The restrictions under our Facility currently do not impair our ability to complete our share repurchase program. For additional information on our share repurchase program, see Note 19 – Share Repurchase Program.

The total amount of fees associated with letters of credit issued under the Facility were approximately $1.7 million and $5.6 million for the three and nine months ended May 31, 2012, respectively, as compared to $1.9 million and $6.5 million for the three and nine months ended May 31, 2011. These amounts include commitment fees associated with unused credit line availability of approximately $1.0 million and $2.7 million for the three and nine months ended May 31, 2012, respectively, as compared to $0.9 million and $2.6 million for the three and nine months ended May 31, 2011, respectively.

For the three and nine months ended May 31, 2012, we recognized $0.6 million and $1.9 million, respectively, of interest expense associated with the amortization of financing fees related to our Facility, as compared to $1.2 million and $3.6 million, respectively, for the three and nine months ended May 31, 2011. At May 31, 2012, and August 31, 2011, unamortized deferred financing fees related to our Facility were approximately $10.0 million and $11.8 million, respectively.

At May 31, 2012, we were in compliance with the financial covenants contained in the Facility.

Other Revolving Lines of Credit

Shaw-Nass, a consolidated VIE located in Bahrain, has an available credit facility (Bahrain Facility) with a total capacity of 3.0 million Bahraini Dinars (BHD) or approximately $8.0 million, of which BHD 1.5 million is available for bank guarantees and letters of credit. At May 31, 2012, Shaw-Nass had no borrowings under its revolving line of credit and minimal outstanding bank guarantees under the Bahrain Facility. The interest rate applicable to any borrowings is a variable rate (1.22% at May 31, 2012) plus 3.00% per annum. We have provided a 50% guarantee related to the Bahrain Facility.

We have uncommitted, unsecured standby letter of credit facilities with banks outside of our Facility. Fees under these facilities are paid quarterly. At May 31, 2012, and August 31, 2011, there were $1.7 million and $1.9 million of letters of credit outstanding under these facilities, respectively.

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Note 15 - Related Party Transactions (Detail) - Related Party Transactions with Unconsolidated Entities (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	9 Months Ended
	May 31, 2012	May 31, 2011
Revenue from unconsolidated entities	$ 57,617	$ 12,835
Accounts and other receivables from unconsolidated entities	5,142	5,190
Unconsolidated Subsidiaries [Member]
Advances to unconsolidated entities	$ 23	$ 15

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Unaudited Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (Loss) (Parentheticals) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	May 31, 2012	May 31, 2011	May 31, 2012	May 31, 2011
Tax on hedge transactions	$ (2,545)	$ (1,628)	$ (5,456)	$ (3,281)
Tax on unrealized gain (loss) on available for sale securities	(12)	(49)	27	308
Unconsolidated Subsidiaries [Member]
Shaw’s tax on unconsolidated entities equity	$ 454	$ (3,731)	$ 6,907	$ (10,931)

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Note 3 - Restricted and Escrowed Cash and Cash Equivalents and Restricted Short-term Investments

9 Months Ended

May 31, 2012

Additional Cash and Cash Equivalent Related Text

Note 3 — Restricted and Escrowed Cash and Cash Equivalents and Restricted Short-term Investments

At May 31, 2012, the components of our restricted and escrowed cash and cash equivalents and restricted short-term investments were as follows (in thousands):

						Balance Sheet Classification
	Recorded Basis		Holding Period Gain/(Loss)			Restricted and Escrowed Cash and Cash Equivalents		Restricted Short-term Investments
Cash	$	1,749	$	—		$	1,749	$	—
Money market mutual funds		40,980		—			40,980		—
Certificates of deposit		215,659		—			—		215,659
Trading securities:
Stock and bond mutual funds		8,940		310			—		8,940
U.S. government and agency securities		606		(11	)		—		606
Corporate bonds		17,794		(496	)		—		17,794
Total	$	285,728	$	(197	)	$	42,729	$	242,999

  At August 31, 2011, the components of our restricted and escrowed cash and cash equivalents and restricted short-term investments were as follows (in thousands):

						Balance Sheet Classification
	Recorded Basis		Holding Period Gain/(Loss)			Restricted and Escrowed Cash and Cash Equivalents		Restricted Short-term Investments
Cash	$	16,358	$	—		$	16,358	$	—
Money market mutual funds		22,363		—			22,363		—
Certificates of deposit		252,627		—			—		252,627
Trading securities:
Stock and bond mutual funds		6,473		272			—		6,473
U.S. government and agency securities		1,806		(82	)		—		1,806
Corporate bonds		16,410		(390	)		—		16,410
Total	$	316,037	$	(200	)	$	38,721	$	277,316

Our restricted and escrowed cash and cash equivalents and restricted short-term investments were restricted for the following (in thousands):

	May 31, 2012		August 31, 2011
Contractually required by projects	$	—	$	14,696
Voluntarily used to secure letters of credit		215,659		252,627
Secure contingent obligations in lieu of letters of credit		38,718		20,626
Assets held in trust and other		31,351		28,088
Total	$	285,728	$	316,037

We voluntarily cash collateralize certain letters of credit if the bank fees avoided on those letters of credit exceed the return on other investment opportunities. We have the ability to promptly convert, without restriction, the $215.7 million in restricted short-term investments presently being utilized to voluntarily secure letters of credit and the $38.7 million in restricted and escrowed cash and cash equivalents presently securing contingent obligations to unrestricted cash by utilizing a portion of our $1,450.0 million Facility available for the issuance of letters of credit as of May 31, 2012.  See Note 9 – Debt and Revolving Lines of Credit for additional information about our Facility.

See Note 20 – Disposal of E&C Segment Assets for additional information regarding our restricted and escrowed cash and cash equivalents that were classified as held for sale at May 31, 2012.

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Note 2 - Cash, Cash Equivalents and Short-term Investments

9 Months Ended

May 31, 2012

Cash and Cash Equivalents Disclosure [Text Block]

Note 2 — Cash, Cash Equivalents and Short-term Investments

All short-term investments consist of highly liquid investments which can be promptly converted to cash or cash equivalents, without restriction. Our major types of investments are as follows:

Money market mutual funds – We invest in money market funds that seek to maintain a stable net asset value of $1 per share, while limiting overall exposure to credit, market and liquidity risks.

Certificates of deposit – Certificates of deposit are short-term interest-bearing debt instruments issued by various financial institutions with which we have an established banking relationship.

Bond mutual funds – We invest in publicly traded and valued bond funds.

Corporate bonds – We evaluate our corporate debt securities based on a variety of factors including, but not limited to, the credit rating of the issuer. Our corporate debt securities are publicly traded debt rated at least A/A2 or better by S&P and/or Moody's, respectively, with maturities up to two years at the time of purchase. Losses in this category are primarily due to market liquidity.

At May 31, 2012, the components of our cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments were as follows (in thousands):

										Balance Sheet Classifications
	Cost Basis		Unrealized Gain		Unrealized (Loss)			Recorded Basis		Cash and Cash Equivalents		Short-term Investments
Cash	$	392,598	$	—	$	—		$	392,598	$	392,598	$	—
Money market mutual funds		34,363		—		—			34,363		34,363		—
Certificates of deposit		67,816		—		—			67,816		—		67,816
Available-for-sale securities:
Bond mutual funds		20,586		—		(125	)		20,461		—		20,461
Corporate bonds		27,931		23		(44	)		27,910		—		27,910
Trading securities:
Equity investments		5,994		—		(167	)		5,827		—		5,827
Total	$	549,288	$	23	$	(336	)	$	548,975	$	426,961	$	122,014

At August 31, 2011, the components of our cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments were as follows (in thousands):

										Balance Sheet Classifications
	Cost Basis		Unrealized Gain		Unrealized (Loss)			Recorded Basis		Cash and Cash Equivalents		Short-term Investments
Cash	$	653,979	$	—	$	—		$	653,979	$	653,979	$	—
Money market mutual funds		17,350		—		—			17,350		17,350		—
Certificates of deposit		211,910		—		—			211,910		2,751		209,159
Available-for-sale securities:
Corporate bonds		17,853		40		(116	)		17,777		—		17,777
Total	$	901,092	$	40	$	(116	)	$	901,016	$	674,080	$	226,936

Gross realized gains and losses from sales of available-for-sale securities are determined using the specific identification method and are included in other income (expense), net. During the three and nine months ended May 31, 2012 and May 31, 2011, the proceeds and realized gains and losses were as follows (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended				Nine Months Ended
	2012		2011		2012		2011
Proceeds	$	—	$	3,955	$	7,202	$	143,727
Realized gains	$	—	$	1	$	1	$	606
Realized losses	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—

There were no transfers of securities between available for sale and trading classifications during the three and nine months ending May 31, 2012.

We evaluate whether unrealized losses on investments in securities are other-than-temporary, and if we believe the unrealized losses are other-than-temporary, we record an impairment charge. There were no other-than-temporary impairment losses recognized during the three and nine months ended May 31, 2012.

Gross unrealized losses on investment securities and the fair value of those securities that have been in a continuous loss position for which we have not recognized an impairment charge at May 31, 2012, were as follows(in thousands):

	Less than 12 Months
	Fair Value		Unrealized Loss
Available-for-sale:
Corporate bonds	$	10,356	$	(36	)
Total	$	10,356	$	(36	)

	Greater than 12 Months
	Fair Value		Unrealized Loss
Available-for-sale:
Corporate bonds	$	1,851	$	(3	)
Total	$	1,851	$	(3	)

At May 31, 2012, maturities of debt securities classified as available-for-sale were as follows (in thousands):

	Cost Basis		Estimated Fair Value
Due in one year or less	$	22,686	$	22,695
Due in one to two years		5,245		5,215
Total	$	27,931	$	27,910

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Note 14 - Employee Benefit Plans

9 Months Ended

May 31, 2012

Pension and Other Postretirement Benefits Disclosure [Text Block]

Note 14 — Employee Benefit Plans

The following table sets forth the net periodic pension expense for the three foreign defined benefit plans we sponsor for the three and nine months ended May 31, 2012, and 2011 (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended						Nine months Ended
	2012			2011			2012			2011
Service cost	$	18		$	40		$	56		$	114
Interest cost		1,903			2,006			5,934			5,875
Expected return on plan assets		(1,996	)		(2,139	)		(6,229	)		(6,257	)
Amortization of net loss		746			950			2,327			2,783
Amortization of prior service cost		9			11			31			33
Total net pension expense	$	680		$	868		$	2,119		$	2,548

We expect to contribute $4.7 million, adjusted for foreign-exchange translation, to our pension plans in fiscal year 2012. As of May 31, 2012, we have made $3.6 million in contributions to these plans.

The disposition of a substantial portion of the E&C segment could affect future funding requirements for two of our foreign defined benefit plans.  The amount of additional regulatory required funding, if any, is unable to be currently determined.

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Note 10 - Income Taxes

9 Months Ended

May 31, 2012

Income Tax Disclosure [Text Block]

Note 10 — Income Taxes

Our consolidated effective tax rate was a benefit of 35% and a provision of 38% for the third quarter and nine months ended May 31, 2012, respectively compared to a benefit of 37% for the corresponding periods ended May 31, 2011.  ASC 740 requires the application of the estimated annual effective rate in determining the interim period tax provision unless a rate cannot be reliably estimated such as when a small change in pre-tax income or loss creates significant variations in the customary relationship between income tax expense or benefit and pre-tax income or loss in interim periods. In such a situation, the interim period tax provision should be based on actual year-to-date results. We recorded our tax provisions for the three and nine months ended May 31, 2012, by applying an estimated annual effective tax rate while the corresponding periods ended May 31, 2011 were based on actual year-to-date results.

The impact of significant discrete items is separately recognized in the quarter in which they occur. We recognize foreign currency gains and losses on the Japanese Yen-denominated Westinghouse Bonds as discrete items in each reporting period due to their volatility and the difficulty in estimating such gains and losses reliably. The third quarter of 2012 includes additional provisions of $1.0 million relating to prior year issues effectively settled with tax authorities as well as additional interest and penalties of $0.2 million. The third quarter of 2011 includes the reversal of provisions for uncertain tax positions relating to research tax credits of $6.6 million, partially offset by adjustments to reconcile tax returns to provisions of $1.4 million as well as additional provisions for uncertain tax positions of $1.4 million.

We expect the fiscal year 2012 annual effective tax rate, excluding discrete items, applicable to forecasted income before income taxes and earnings (losses) from unconsolidated entities to be approximately 36%. Significant factors that could impact the annual effective tax rate include management’s assessment of certain tax matters, the location and amount of our taxable earnings, changes in certain non-deductible expenses and expected credits.

Under ASC 740-10, we provide for uncertain tax positions, and the related interest, and adjust unrecognized tax benefits and accrued interest accordingly. We recognize potential interest and penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits in income tax expense.

During the third quarter of fiscal year 2012, unrecognized tax benefits decreased $5.3 million. The decrease consists primarily of $6.5 million that are now presented as a current tax payable as a result of effective settlements of tax examinations offset by additional provisions of $1.0 million relating to prior year issues effectively settled with tax authorities, and additional interest and penalties of $0.2 million. As of May 31, 2012, our unrecognized tax benefits were $30.9 million, of which $27.8 million would, if recognized, affect our effective tax rate.

We file income tax returns in numerous tax jurisdictions, including the U.S., most U.S. states and certain non-U.S. jurisdictions including jurisdictions where our subsidiaries execute project-related work. The statute of limitations varies by the various jurisdictions in which we operate. With few exceptions, we are no longer subject to U.S. state and local or non-U.S. income tax examinations by tax authorities for years before fiscal year 2004 and U.S. Federal examinations for years before fiscal 2011. Although we believe our calculations for our tax returns are correct and the positions taken thereon are reasonable, the final outcome of tax audits could be materially different than the resolution we currently anticipate, and those differences could result in significant costs or benefits to us.

The audit of our U.S. federal tax returns for fiscal years 2009 and 2010 by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) was completed and agreed with during the third quarter of fiscal year 2012.  The IRS has now begun its audits of fiscal year 2011 under a limited focused examination and fiscal year 2012 under its Compliance Assurance Process (CAP).  Under CAP, the IRS works with large business taxpayers on a contemporaneous, real-time basis to resolve issues prior to the filing of tax returns which allows participants to remain current with IRS examinations.

Within the next 12 months, it is reasonably possible that we could decrease our unrecognized tax benefits up to $25 million as a result of the expiration of statutes of limitations and settlements with taxing authorities.

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Note 17 - Business Segments (Detail) - Segments’ Revenues, Gross Profit And Income (Loss) Before Income Taxes And Earnings (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	May 31, 2012	May 31, 2011	May 31, 2012	May 31, 2011
Revenues:
Revenues	$ 1,560,768	$ 1,489,956	$ 4,553,107	$ 4,458,052
Gross profit:
Gross Profit	56,539	10,142	285,106	187,706
Selling, general and administrative expenses:
Selling, general and administrative expenses	58,347	71,086	189,685	215,037
Income (loss) before income taxes and earnings (losses) from unconsolidated entities:
Income (loss) before income taxes and earnings (losses) from unconsolidated entities	(34,312)	(129,600)	122,150	(161,986)
Power [Member]
Revenues:
Revenues	497,500	546,500	1,442,800	1,609,800
Gross profit:
Gross Profit	(12,900)	34,800	22,200	62,000
Gross profit percentage:
Gross Profit Percentage	(2.60%)	6.40%	1.50%	3.90%
Selling, general and administrative expenses:
Selling, general and administrative expenses	8,700	11,400	26,100	34,000
Income (loss) before income taxes and earnings (losses) from unconsolidated entities:
Income (loss) before income taxes and earnings (losses) from unconsolidated entities	(22,300)	23,200	(3,800)	31,700
Plant Services [Member]
Revenues:
Revenues	292,400	286,000	911,300	743,800
Gross profit:
Gross Profit	22,500	17,600	66,600	56,900
Gross profit percentage:
Gross Profit Percentage	7.70%	6.20%	7.30%	7.60%
Selling, general and administrative expenses:
Selling, general and administrative expenses	2,700	3,100	8,100	8,100
Income (loss) before income taxes and earnings (losses) from unconsolidated entities:
Income (loss) before income taxes and earnings (losses) from unconsolidated entities	19,700	14,600	58,500	49,000
E&I [Member]
Revenues:
Revenues	482,500	461,300	1,354,500	1,369,900
Gross profit:
Gross Profit	48,800	46,600	119,400	130,800
Gross profit percentage:
Gross Profit Percentage	10.10%	10.10%	8.80%	9.50%
Selling, general and administrative expenses:
Selling, general and administrative expenses	17,700	18,400	52,800	55,500
Income (loss) before income taxes and earnings (losses) from unconsolidated entities:
Income (loss) before income taxes and earnings (losses) from unconsolidated entities	31,400	28,800	68,400	77,200
F&M [Member]
Revenues:
Revenues	130,200	102,400	382,100	302,200
Gross profit:
Gross Profit	20,800	14,000	71,000	45,600
Gross profit percentage:
Gross Profit Percentage	16.00%	13.70%	18.60%	15.10%
Selling, general and administrative expenses:
Selling, general and administrative expenses	6,600	8,100	24,500	24,000
Income (loss) before income taxes and earnings (losses) from unconsolidated entities:
Income (loss) before income taxes and earnings (losses) from unconsolidated entities	14,600	6,000	47,600	21,500
E&C [Member]
Revenues:
Revenues	158,200	93,800	462,400	432,400
Gross profit:
Gross Profit	(23,300)	(104,000)	4,400	(110,900)
Gross profit percentage:
Gross Profit Percentage	(14.70%)	(110.90%)	1.00%	(25.60%)
Selling, general and administrative expenses:
Selling, general and administrative expenses	10,400	11,100	31,900	35,100
Income (loss) before income taxes and earnings (losses) from unconsolidated entities:
Income (loss) before income taxes and earnings (losses) from unconsolidated entities	(33,000)	(111,900)	(26,100)	(135,900)
Corporate [Member]
Revenues:
Revenues	0	0
Gross profit:
Gross Profit	600	1,100	1,500	3,300
Selling, general and administrative expenses:
Selling, general and administrative expenses	12,200	18,600	46,200	57,100
Income (loss) before income taxes and earnings (losses) from unconsolidated entities:
Income (loss) before income taxes and earnings (losses) from unconsolidated entities	(12,100)	(64,600)	(45,600)	(98,700)
Total [Member]
Revenues:
Revenues	1,560,800	1,490,000	4,553,100	4,458,100
Gross profit:
Gross Profit	56,500	10,100	285,100	187,700
Gross profit percentage:
Gross Profit Percentage	3.60%	0.70%	6.30%	4.20%
Selling, general and administrative expenses:
Selling, general and administrative expenses	58,300	71,100	189,700	215,000
Income (loss) before income taxes and earnings (losses) from unconsolidated entities:
Income (loss) before income taxes and earnings (losses) from unconsolidated entities	(34,300)	(129,600)	122,200	(162,000)
Westinghouse [Member]
Selling, general and administrative expenses:
Selling, general and administrative expenses		400	100	1,200
Income (loss) before income taxes and earnings (losses) from unconsolidated entities:
Income (loss) before income taxes and earnings (losses) from unconsolidated entities	$ (32,600)	$ (25,700)	$ 23,200	$ (106,800)

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Note 6 - Investment in Westinghouse and Related Agreements

9 Months Ended

May 31, 2012

Equity Method Investments And Variable Interest Entities

Note 6 — Investment in Westinghouse and Related Agreements

Investment in Westinghouse

On October 16, 2006, two newly-formed companies, Toshiba Nuclear Energy Holdings (US), Inc. and its subsidiaries and Toshiba Nuclear Energy Holdings (UK), Ltd. and its subsidiaries (the Acquisition Companies) acquired BNFL USA Group Inc. (also referred to as Westinghouse Electric Company LLC) and Westinghouse Electric UK Limited and their subsidiaries (collectively Westinghouse or WEC) from British Nuclear Fuels plc (BNFL). Westinghouse was owned and capitalized to a total of $5.4 billion, 77% provided by Toshiba, 20% by us (through our wholly owned special purpose subsidiary Nuclear Energy Holdings LLC (NEH)), and 3% by Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries Co., Ltd (IHI). In October 2007, Toshiba reduced its ownership to 67% by selling 10% of Westinghouse to National Atomic Company Kazatomprom, a major supplier of uranium based in the Republic of Kazakhstan. Our total cost of the equity investment (Westinghouse Equity) and the related agreements, including related acquisition costs, was approximately $1.1 billion. We obtained financing for our equity investment through the Japanese private placement market by issuing, at a discount, 128.98 billion JPY (equivalent to approximately $1.08 billion at the time of issuance) face amount of limited recourse bonds (the Westinghouse Bonds).

Put Option Agreements

In connection and concurrent with the acquisition of our Investment in Westinghouse, we entered into JPY-denominated Put Option Agreements (Put Options) that provide us an option to sell all or part of our 20% equity interest in Westinghouse to Toshiba for approximately 97% of the original JPY-equivalent purchase price, approximately 124.7 billion JPY. Under its terms, the Put Options are exercisable through February 28, 2013, but covenants under the Westinghouse Bonds require us to exercise the Put Option on the date that is 160 days prior to March 15, 2013, (or October 6, 2012)  if, by such date, the Westinghouse Bonds have not been repaid. The Put Options provided financial support to NEH to issue the Westinghouse Bonds on a non-recourse basis to us (except NEH) as the Westinghouse Bonds are collateralized exclusively by the security addressed below in the section “Westinghouse Bonds.” If, due to legal reasons or other regulatory constraints, Toshiba cannot take possession of the shares upon our exercise of the Put Options, Toshiba is required to provide security for the Westinghouse Bonds for a period of time and may delay the transfer of ownership and settlement of the Westinghouse Bonds by NEH. The Put Options may only be exercised once, and any proceeds received from the Put Options must be used to repay the Westinghouse Bonds.

Since the Put Options exercise price is JPY-denominated, we will receive a fixed amount of JPY (approximately 124.7 billion JPY) upon the exercise of the Put Options. The Put Options, along with the Principal LC (defined below), substantially mitigate the risk to the holders of the Westinghouse Bonds that the JPY to U.S. dollar exchange rate changes could result in a shortfall of proceeds upon exercise of the Put Options for repayment of the Westinghouse Bonds.

Under GAAP, the Put Options are not considered free-standing financial instruments or derivative instruments, and, therefore, have not been separated from our equity investment in Westinghouse. The Put Options are JPY-denominated and do not require or permit net settlement. Therefore, neither the Put Options nor the foreign currency component meet the definition of a derivative instrument under ASC 815 and, therefore, are not separated from the host contract (the hybrid equity investment in Westinghouse with a JPY-denominated put option).

On September 6, 2011, NEH announced its intent to seek consent of the trustee, acting on behalf of the holders of the Westinghouse Bonds, to exercise the Put Options prior to the automatic put date. On December 8, 2011, we were notified that the trustee decided not to consent to the proposed early exercise of the Put Options. Accordingly, the Put Options are expected to be automatically exercised on or around October 6, 2012, which will require funding by Toshiba on January 4, 2013. Repayments due by NEH are expected to be funded through letters of credit as described below under “Westinghouse Bonds.” Repayment of the Westinghouse Bonds is expected to occur on March 15, 2013.

Commercial Relationship Agreement

In connection and concurrent with the acquisition of our investment in Westinghouse, we executed a commercial relationship agreement (Westinghouse CRA) that provides us with certain exclusive opportunities to bid on projects where we would perform engineering, procurement and construction services on future Westinghouse advanced passive AP 1000 nuclear power plants, along with other commercial opportunities, such as the supply of piping for those units. The term of the Westinghouse CRA is six years and contains renewal provisions. As noted above, when the Put Options are exercised in October 2012, the CRA will terminate. We would continue to retain our rights under the Westinghouse CRA for projects for which Westinghouse and Shaw have submitted a binding offer prior to its termination. We concluded that, for accounting purposes, no value should be allocated to the Westinghouse CRA and that it should not be recognized as a separate asset.

Shareholder Agreement and Dividend Policy

On October 4, 2006, NEH entered into shareholder agreements with respect to the Acquisition Companies setting forth certain agreements regarding the capitalization, management, control and other matters relating to the Acquisition Companies. Under the shareholder agreements, the Acquisition Companies will distribute agreed percentages, no less than 65%, but not to exceed 100%, of the net income of Westinghouse to its shareholders as dividends. The shares owned by NEH will be entitled to limited preferences with respect to dividends to the extent that targeted minimum dividends are not distributed. The intent of this policy is that for each year of the first six years we hold our 20% equity investment in Westinghouse we expect to receive a minimum of approximately $24.0 million in dividends. To the extent the targeted dividend amount during this period is not paid or an amount less than the target is paid, we retain the right to receive any annual shortfall to the extent Westinghouse earns net income equal to or exceeding the targeted income in the future. Our right to receive any shortfalls between the targeted dividends to which we are entitled and those actually paid by Westinghouse during the first six years of our investment (or such shorter period in the event of earlier termination) survives the exercise or expiration of the Put Options or the sale of our Westinghouse Investment, although this right is dependent on Westinghouse earning net income equal to or exceeding the target income at some future time. NEH has received dividends totaling approximately $107.4 million to date. Dividends received are accounted for as a reduction of NEH’s Investment in Westinghouse carrying value. Shortfalls in target minimum Westinghouse dividends are not recorded in our financial statements until declared by Westinghouse. At May 31, 2012, the dividend shortfall totaled approximately $12.6 million.

Westinghouse Bonds

The proceeds from the issuance of the Westinghouse Bonds was approximately $1.0 billion, net of original issue discount. The Westinghouse Bonds are non-recourse to us and our subsidiaries, except NEH, and are secured by the assets of and 100% of our ownership in NEH, its Westinghouse Equity, the Put Options, a letter of credit for approximately $54.3 million at May 31, 2012, established by us for the benefit of NEH related to the principal on the Westinghouse Bonds (the Principal LC) and the additional letters of credit for approximately $37.9 million at May 31, 2012, for the benefit of NEH related to interest on the Westinghouse Bonds (the Interest LC). The Interest LC will automatically renew in declining amounts equal to the interest remaining to be paid over the life of the Westinghouse Bonds, or until we exercise the Put Options, which requires the payment of the Westinghouse Bonds.  As discussed above, the Put Options are expected to be automatically exercised on or around October 6, 2012. The Westinghouse Bonds were issued in two tranches, a floating-rate tranche and a fixed-rate tranche, and will mature March 15, 2013. We entered into contracts to fix the JPY-denominated interest payments on the floating rate tranche. (See Note 9 — Debt and Revolving Lines of Credit for additional discussion of the accounting for these contracts.) Other than the Principal LC and the Interest LC delivered at the closing of the Westinghouse Bonds and an agreement to reimburse Toshiba for amounts related to possible changes in tax treatment, we are not required to provide any additional letters of credit or cash to or for the benefit of NEH.

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Note 7 - Equity Method Investments and Variable Interest Entities (Detail) (USD $)	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	May 31, 2012	May 31, 2011	May 31, 2012	May 31, 2011
Revenues	$ 1,560,768,000	$ 1,489,956,000	$ 4,553,107,000	$ 4,458,052,000
NET Power LLC [Member] | Investment Commitment [Member]
Other Commitment	50,400,000		50,400,000
Consolidated Entities [Member]
Revenues	$ 246,300,000	$ 183,000,000	$ 654,700,000	$ 486,300,000

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Note 4 - Fair Value Measurements

9 Months Ended

May 31, 2012

Fair Value Disclosures [Text Block]

Note 4 — Fair Value Measurements

We follow the authoritative guidance set forth in ASC 820, Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures, for fair value measurements relating to financial and nonfinancial assets and liabilities, including presentation of required disclosures in our consolidated financial statements. This guidance defines fair value as the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability (an exit price) in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. The guidance also establishes a fair value hierarchy, which requires maximizing the use of observable inputs when measuring fair value.

The three levels of inputs that may be used are:

       Level 1: Quoted market prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities.

       Level 2: Observable market based inputs or unobservable inputs that are corroborated by market data.

       Level 3: Significant unobservable inputs that are not corroborated by market data.

Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis

At May 31, 2012, our financial assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis were as follows (in thousands):

			Fair Value Measurements Using
	Fair Value		(Level 1)		(Level 2)		(Level 3)
Assets:
Short-term and Restricted Short-term Investments
Certificates of deposit	$	283,475	$	—	$	283,475	$	—
Stock and bond mutual funds (a)		29,401		29,401		—		—
U.S. government and agency securities		606		—		606		—
Corporate bonds		45,704		—		45,704		—
Equity investments		5,827		5,827		—		—
Total	$	365,013	$	35,228	$	329,785	$	—
Liabilities:
Interest rate swap contract	$	12,888	$	—	$	12,888	$	—
Derivatives Not Designated as Hedging Instruments:
Other Current Assets
Foreign currency forward assets	$	1,491	$	—	$	1,491	$	—
Other Accrued Liabilities
Foreign currency forward liabilities	$	514	$	—	$	514	$	—

(a) This class includes investments in a mutual fund that invests at least 80% of its assets in short-term bonds issued or guaranteed by U.S. government agencies and instrumentalities.

At August 31, 2011, our financial assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis were as follows (in thousands):

			Fair Value Measurements Using
	Fair Value		(Level 1)		(Level 2)		(Level 3)
Assets:
Short-term and Restricted Short-term Investments
Certificates of deposit	$	461,786	$	—	$	461,786	$	—
Stock and bond mutual funds (a)		6,473		6,473		—		—
U.S. government and agency securities		1,806		—		1,806		—
Corporate bonds		34,187		—		34,187		—
Total	$	504,252	$	6,473	$	497,779	$	—
Liabilities:
Interest rate swap contract	$	27,059	$	—	$	27,059	$	—
Derivatives Not Designated as Hedging Instruments:
Other Current Assets
Foreign currency forward assets	$	1,955	$	—	$	1,955	$	—
Other Accrued Liabilities
Foreign currency forward liabilities	$	16	$	—	$	16	$	—

(a) This class includes investments in a mutual fund that invests at least 80% of its assets in short-term bonds issued or guaranteed by U.S. government agencies and instrumentalities.

The following are the primary valuation methodologies used for valuing our short-term and restricted short-term investments:

· Corporate bonds and U.S. government and agency securities: Valued at quoted prices in markets that are not active, broker dealer quotations or other methods by which all significant inputs are observable, either directly or indirectly.

· Stock and bond mutual funds: Valued at the net asset value of shares held at period end as quoted in the active market.  These mutual funds contain no unusual terms or trade restrictions.

· Equity investments: Valued at the closing price of the shares held at period end as quoted in active markets.

We value the interest rate swap liability utilizing a discounted cash flow model that takes into consideration forward interest rates observable in the market and the counterparty’s credit risk. Our counterparty to this instrument is a major U.S. bank. As discussed in Note 9 – Debt and Revolving Lines of Credit, we designated the swap as a hedge against changes in cash flows attributable to changes in the benchmark interest rate related to our Westinghouse Bonds.

We manage our transaction exchange exposures with foreign currency derivative instruments denominated in our major currencies, which are generally the currencies of the countries in which we conduct the majority of our international business. We utilize derivative instruments such as forward contracts to manage forecasted cash flows denominated in foreign currencies generally related to engineering and construction projects. Our counterparties to these instruments are major U.S. banks. These currency derivative instruments are carried on the consolidated balance sheet at fair value and are based upon market observable forward exchange rates and forward interest rates.

We value derivative assets by discounting future cash flows based on currency forward rates. The discount rate used for valuing derivative assets incorporates counterparty credit risk, as well as our cost of capital. Derivative liabilities are valued using a discount rate that incorporates our credit risk.

See Note 2 – Cash, Cash Equivalents and Short-term Investments and Note 3 – Restricted and Escrowed Cash and Cash Equivalents and Restricted Short-term Investments for additional information regarding our major categories of investments.

See Note 8 – Goodwill and Other Intangibles for information regarding assets measured at fair value on a non-recurring basis.

See Note 20 – Disposal of E&C Segment Assets for additional information regarding our assets and liabilities held for sale, including those measured at fair value on a non-recurring basis.

Effects of Derivative Instruments on Income and Other Comprehensive Income

Gains and losses related to derivative instruments have been recognized as follows for the three and nine months ended May 31, 2012, and May 31, 2011 (in millions):

		Three Months Ended				Nine Months Ended
	Location of Gain (Loss) Recognized in Income on Derivatives	2012		2011		2012			2011
Derivatives Designated as Hedging Instruments:
Interest rate swap contract	Other comprehensive income (loss)	$	4.1	$	2.6	$	8.7		$	5.2
Derivatives Not Designated as Hedging Instruments:
Foreign currency forward contracts	Other foreign currency transactions gains (losses), net	$	0.4	$	0.7	$	(2.3	)	$	2.9

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Note 5 - Accounts Receivable, Concentrations of Credit Risk and Inventories

9 Months Ended

May 31, 2012

Accounts Receivable Concentrations Of Credit Risk And Inventories

Note 5 — Accounts Receivable, Concentrations of Credit Risk, and Inventories

Accounts Receivable

Our accounts receivable, including retainage, net, were as follows (in thousands):

	May 31, 2012		August 31, 2011
Trade accounts receivable, net	$	544,834	$	732,134
Unbilled accounts receivable		21,301		23,116
Retainage		11,677		16,992
Total accounts receivable, including retainage, net	$	577,812	$	772,242

Analysis of the change in the allowance for doubtful accounts follows (in thousands):

	2012
Beginning balance, September 1	$	22,350
Increased provision		4,667
Write offs		(2,155	)
Recoveries and settlements		(7,989	)
Ending balance, May 31	$	16,873

Included in our trade accounts receivable, net, at May 31, 2012, and August 31, 2011, were approximately $9.0 million of outstanding invoices due from a local government entity resulting from revenues earned in providing disaster relief, emergency response, and recovery services. The local government entity has challenged the appropriateness of our invoiced amounts, and we are currently in litigation with the government entity. The amounts we ultimately collect could differ materially from amounts currently recorded.

At August 31, 2011, we had approximately $227.1 million included in trade receivables, net, for an air quality control (AQC) project, primarily related to periodic costs and milestone reconciliation invoices. During the three months ended November 30, 2011, we received a payment of $68.0 million from the client related to the outstanding trade receivables. On June 5, 2012, we reached a settlement with the client of all claims and counterclaims on the AQC project.  As a result of the settlement, we recorded a $20.1 million charge to earnings in the three months ended May 31, 2012.  On June 11, 2012, we collected approximately $107 million in cash, representing all of the remaining net accounts receivable associated with the project.  See Note 12 – Contingencies and Commitments for additional information.

Concentrations of Credit

Amounts due from U.S. government agencies or entities were $67.6 million and $64.3 million at May 31, 2012, and August 31, 2011, respectively. Costs and estimated earnings in excess of billings on uncompleted contracts include $247.7 million and $278.6 million at May 31, 2012, and August 31, 2011, respectively, related to the U.S. government agencies and related entities.

Inventories

Inventories are stated at the lower of cost or market. Cost is determined using the first-in-first-out (FIFO) or weighted-average cost methods. Cost includes material, labor and overhead costs. Inventories are reported net of the allowance for excess or obsolete inventory. Major components of inventories were as follows (in thousands):

	May 31, 2012						August 31, 2011
	Weighted Average		FIFO		Total		Weighted Average		FIFO		Total
Raw materials	$	20,430	$	133,699	$	154,129	$	16,040	$	118,516	$	134,556
Work in process		3,960		38,103		42,063		2,878		25,483		28,361
Finished goods		81,836		—		81,836		82,127		—		82,127
Total	$	106,226	$	171,802	$	278,028	$	101,045	$	143,999	$	245,044

See Note 20 – Disposal of E&C Segment Assets for additional information regarding our accounts receivable and inventories that were classified as held for sale at May 31, 2012.

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Note 7 - Equity Method Investments and Variable Interest Entities

9 Months Ended

May 31, 2012

Equity Method Investments and Joint Ventures Disclosure [Text Block]

Note 7 — Equity Method Investments and Variable Interest Entities

Under ASC 810-10, a partnership or joint venture is considered a VIE if either (a) the total equity investment is not sufficient to permit the entity to finance its activities without additional subordinated financial support, (b) characteristics of a controlling financial interest are missing (either the ability to make decisions through voting or other rights, the obligation to absorb the expected losses of the entity or the right to receive the expected residual returns of the entity), or (c) the voting rights of the equity holders are not proportional to their obligations to absorb the expected losses of the entity and/or their rights to receive the expected residual returns of the entity, and substantially all of the entity’s activities either involve or are conducted on behalf of an investor that has disproportionately few voting rights.

If the entity is determined to be a VIE, we assess whether we are the primary beneficiary and whether we need to consolidate the entity. ASC 810-10, as amended by ASU 2009-17, requires companies to utilize a qualitative approach to determine if it is the primary beneficiary of a VIE. A company is deemed to be the primary beneficiary and must consolidate its partnerships and joint ventures if the company has both (1) the power to direct the economically significant activities of the entity and (2) the obligation to absorb losses of, or the right to receive benefits from, the entity that could potentially be significant to the VIE. The contractual agreements that define the ownership structure and equity investment at risk, distribution of profits and losses, risks, responsibilities, indebtedness, voting rights and board representation of the respective parties are used to determine if the entity is a VIE and whether we are the primary beneficiary and must consolidate the entity. Additionally, we consider all parties that have direct or implicit variable interests when determining whether we are the primary beneficiary. Upon the occurrence of certain events outlined in ASC 810-10, we reassess our initial determination of whether the entity is a VIE and whether consolidation is required. If consolidation of the VIE or joint venture is not required, we generally account for these joint ventures using the equity method of accounting with our share of the earnings (losses) from these investments reflected in one line item on the consolidated statement of operations.

The majority of our partnerships and joint ventures are VIEs because the total equity investment is typically nominal and not sufficient to permit the entity to finance its activities without additional subordinated financial support. However, some of the VIEs do not meet the consolidation requirements of ASC 810-10 because we are not deemed to be the primary beneficiary. Some of our VIEs have debt, but the debt is typically non-recourse in nature. At times, our participation in VIEs requires agreements to provide financial or performance assurances to clients.

ASC 810-10, as amended, requires that we continuously assess whether we are the primary beneficiary of our VIEs. Accordingly, we analyzed all of our VIEs at May 31, 2012, and classified them into two groups:

· Joint ventures that should be consolidated because we hold the majority voting interest or because they are VIEs and we are the primary beneficiary, and

· Joint ventures that should not be consolidated because we hold a minority voting interest or because they are VIEs, but we are not the primary beneficiary.

Consolidated Joint Ventures

The following table presents the total assets and liabilities of our consolidated joint ventures (in thousands):

	May 31, 2012		August 31, 2011
Cash and cash equivalents	$	73,911	$	78,577
Net accounts receivable		39,193		7,537
Other current assets		184,600		174,584
Non-current assets		56,728		50,038
Total assets	$	354,432	$	310,736
Accounts and subcontractors payable	$	68,333	$	91,293
Billings in excess of costs and accrued earnings		26,655		27,831
Accrued expenses and other		139,748		97,102
Total liabilities	$	234,736	$	216,226

Total revenues of the consolidated ventures were $246.3 and $654.7 million for the three and nine months ended May 31, 2012, respectively, as compared to $183.0 million and $486.3 million for the three and nine months ended May 31, 2011, respectively.

For the three and nine months ended May 31, 2012, and 2011, there were no material changes in our ownership interests in our consolidated joint ventures. In addition, we have immaterial amounts of other comprehensive income attributable to the noncontrolling interests.

Generally, the assets of our consolidated joint ventures are restricted for use only in the joint venture and are not available for general corporate purposes.

Unconsolidated Joint Ventures

We use the equity method of accounting for our unconsolidated joint ventures. Under GAAP, use of the equity method is appropriate in circumstances in which an investor has the ability to exercise significant influence over the operating and financial policies of an investee. GAAP presumes significant influence exists as a result of holding an investment of 20% or more in the voting stock of an investee, absent predominant evidence to the contrary. Management must exercise its judgment in determining whether a minority holder has the ability to exercise significant influence over the operating and financial policies of an investee. Under the equity method, we recognize our proportionate share of the net earnings or losses of these joint ventures in two line items: Earnings (losses) from 20% Investment in Westinghouse, net of income taxes and Earnings (losses) from other unconsolidated entities, in our consolidated statements of operations.

Investment in Westinghouse

Our most significant investment accounted for under the equity method is our wholly owned, special purpose subsidiary Nuclear Energy Holdings’ (NEH) 20% equity interest in Westinghouse. Factors supporting our assessment that we have the ability to exercise significant influence within Westinghouse include: (i) our CEO’s position as one of three Directors on the Boards of Directors of the companies comprising Westinghouse and ongoing participation in these Boards’ deliberations; (ii) NEH’s right to appoint a representative to an advisory committee (the Owner Board), whose functions are to advise as to the administration and supervision of matters regarding the Westinghouse Group and provide advice on other matters, including supervision of the business, and our ongoing exercise of that right; (iii) the material number of consortium agreements we have entered into with Westinghouse over time; (iv) our participation in periodic Westinghouse management reviews; and (v) the requirement that the Owner Board review and approve certain defined business transactions. We review the accounting treatment for this investment on a quarterly basis. Based upon our analysis of these factors and our expectations for the future, we concluded that no change from the equity method of accounting is warranted at May 31, 2012.

In the event we conclude we can no longer account for this investment under the equity method, our Investment in Westinghouse would be treated as a cost method investment with the initial basis being our previous carrying amount of the investment under the equity method of accounting offset by our share of Westinghouse’s accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) then recorded in our accumulated other comprehensive income (loss). Under the cost method of accounting, we would no longer include our proportionate share of Westinghouse’s earnings in our statements of operations. Dividends relating to Westinghouse’s earnings from the date we are under the cost method would be reflected as earnings in our statement of operations. Dividends received in excess of our share of those earnings would result in a reduction of the carrying amount of the investment.

Westinghouse maintains its accounting records for reporting to its majority owner, Toshiba, on a calendar quarter basis with a March 31 fiscal year end. Financial information about Westinghouse’s operations is available to us for Westinghouse’s calendar quarter periods. We record our 20% interest of the equity earnings (loss) and other comprehensive income (loss) reported to us by Westinghouse two months in arrears of our current periods. Under this policy, Westinghouse’s operating results for the three and nine months ended March 31, 2012, and March 31, 2011, are included in our financial results for the three and nine months ended May 31, 2012, and 2011, respectively.

Summarized income statement information derived from Westinghouse’s unaudited financial statement, before applying our Westinghouse Equity Interest and any adjustments for estimated payments by WEC under a consortium agreement for an EPC contract on two nuclear plant reactors, was as follows (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended				Nine months Ended
Statements of Operations	March 31, 2012		March 31, 2011		March 31, 2012		March 31, 2011
Revenues	$	1,599,635	$	1,659,012	$	3,798,260	$	3,765,449
Gross profit		349,554		330,991		762,759		766,373
Income before income taxes		157,248		189,595		199,869		246,154
Net income (loss) attributable to shareholders		87,886		112,122		125,504		147,146

Our investments in and advances to unconsolidated entities, joint ventures and limited partnerships and our overall percentage ownership of these ventures that are accounted for under the equity method were as follows (in thousands, except percentages):

	Ownership Percentage			May 31, 2012		August 31, 2011
Investment in Westinghouse		20	%	$	990,473	$	999,035
Other		10% - 50	%		6,909		14,768
Total				$	997,382	$	1,013,803

Earnings (losses) from unconsolidated entities, net of income taxes, for the three and nine months ended May 31, 2012, and May 31, 2011, are summarized as follows (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended				Nine months Ended
	2012		2011		2012		2011
Investment in Westinghouse, net of income taxes of $6,254, $8,723, $7,312 and $11,448, respectively	$	9,990	$	13,701	$	11,680	$	17,981
Other unconsolidated entities, net of income taxes of $87, $163, $2,724 and $1,538, respectively		159		250		4,370		2,597
Total	$	10,149	$	13,951	$	16,050	$	20,578

Related Party Transactions

See Note 15 — Related Parties for information regarding related party transactions with unconsolidated entities included in our consolidated financial statements.

Investment Commitments

In June 2012, Shaw announced it will team with NET Power, Exelon and Toshiba to develop a new gas-fired power generation technology called NET Power that will produce cost-effective power with little to no air emissions.  The new technology is based on a high-pressure supercritical carbon dioxide oxyfuel power cycle.  The primary byproduct is pipeline quality, high-pressure carbon dioxide, which can be used for enhanced oil recovery.  Shaw will acquire up to 50 percent of the NET Power LLC through a commitment to invest up to $50.4 million, contingent upon demonstration of technological feasibility, and will have exclusive rights to engineer, procure and construct NET Power plants.

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Note 7 - Equity Method Investments and Variable Interest Entities (Detail) - Earnings (Losses) From Unconsolidated Entities, Net Of Income Taxes (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	May 31, 2012	May 31, 2011	May 31, 2012	May 31, 2011
Investment in Westinghouse, net of income taxes of $6,254, $8,723, $7,312 and $11,448, respectively	$ 9,990	$ 13,701	$ 11,680	$ 17,981
Other unconsolidated entities, net of income taxes of $87, $163, $2,724 and $1,538, respectively	159	250	4,370	2,597
Total	$ 10,149	$ 13,951	$ 16,050	$ 20,578

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Note 17 - Business Segments (Detail) - Segments' Asset (USD $)	9 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	May 31, 2012	Aug. 31, 2011
Assets:
Segments	$ 4,958,953,000	$ 5,487,034,000
Power [Member]
Assets:
Segments	1,884,400,000	2,129,000,000
Plant Services [Member]
Assets:
Segments	345,300,000	270,200,000
E&I [Member]
Assets:
Segments	1,079,100,000	1,060,900,000
F&M [Member]
Assets:
Segments	705,600,000	710,000,000
E&C [Member]
Assets:
Segments	565,400,000	482,900,000
Income taxes not allocated to segments	0	0
Westinghouse [Member]
Assets:
Segments	1,213,200,000	1,266,400,000
Corporate [Member]
Assets:
Segments	350,300,000	404,300,000
Total Segments [Member]
Assets:
Segments	6,143,300,000	6,323,700,000
Intersegment Elimination [Member]
Assets:
Elimination of investment in consolidated subsidiaries	(562,100,000)	(368,300,000)
Elimination of intercompany receivables	(622,200,000)	(468,400,000)
Total [Member]
Assets:
Segments	$ 4,959,000,000	$ 5,487,000,000

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Note 8 - Goodwill and Other Intangibles (Detail) - Changes In The Carrying Value Of Goodwill By Segment (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified			9 Months Ended
	May 31, 2012	Aug. 31, 2011	May 31, 2012 Goodwill [Member] Power [Member]	May 31, 2012 Goodwill [Member] Plant Services [Member]	May 31, 2012 Goodwill [Member] E&I [Member]	May 31, 2012 Goodwill [Member] F&M [Member]	May 31, 2012 Goodwill [Member] E&C [Member]	May 31, 2012 Goodwill [Member] Total [Member]	May 31, 2012 Power [Member]	May 31, 2012 Plant Services [Member]	May 31, 2012 E&I [Member]	May 31, 2012 F&M [Member]	May 31, 2012 E&C [Member]	May 31, 2012 Total [Member]
Balance at August 31, 2011	$ 404,467	$ 545,790							$ 139,177	$ 42,027	$ 207,862	$ 17,625	$ 139,099	$ 545,790
Acquisitions and related adjustments									0	0	30	0	28	58
Currency translation adjustment									0	0	(934)	(1,320)	(603)	(2,857)
Transfer to assets held for sale			0	0	0	0	(138,524)	(138,524)
Balance at May 31, 2012	$ 404,467	$ 545,790							$ 139,177	$ 42,027	$ 206,958	$ 16,305		$ 404,467

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Note 7 - Equity Method Investments and Variable Interest Entities (Detail) - Investments In And Advances To Unconsolidated Entities, Joint Ventures And Limited Partnerships (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	May 31, 2012	Aug. 31, 2011
Investment in Westinghouse	20.00%
Investment in Westinghouse	$ 990,473	$ 999,035
Investment in Unconsolidated Entities	6,909	14,768
Other Entities[Member]
Ownership percentage - Unconsolidated Entities	10% - 50%
Investment in Unconsolidated Entities	6,909	14,768
Total [Member]
Investment in Unconsolidated Entities	$ 997,382	$ 1,013,803

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Note 5 - Accounts Receivable, Concentrations of Credit Risk and Inventories (Tables)

9 Months Ended

May 31, 2012

Schedule of Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Table Text Block]

	May 31, 2012		August 31, 2011
Trade accounts receivable, net	$	544,834	$	732,134
Unbilled accounts receivable		21,301		23,116
Retainage		11,677		16,992
Total accounts receivable, including retainage, net	$	577,812	$	772,242

Allowance for Credit Losses on Financing Receivables [Table Text Block]

	2012
Beginning balance, September 1	$	22,350
Increased provision		4,667
Write offs		(2,155	)
Recoveries and settlements		(7,989	)
Ending balance, May 31	$	16,873

Schedule of Inventory, Current [Table Text Block]

	May 31, 2012						August 31, 2011
	Weighted Average		FIFO		Total		Weighted Average		FIFO		Total
Raw materials	$	20,430	$	133,699	$	154,129	$	16,040	$	118,516	$	134,556
Work in process		3,960		38,103		42,063		2,878		25,483		28,361
Finished goods		81,836		—		81,836		82,127		—		82,127
Total	$	106,226	$	171,802	$	278,028	$	101,045	$	143,999	$	245,044

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Note 3 - Restricted and Escrowed Cash and Cash Equivalents and Restricted Short-term Investments (Detail) - Restricted And Escrowed Cash And Cash Equivalents And Restricted Short-Term Investments (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	May 31, 2012	Aug. 31, 2011
Recorded Basis [Member]
Cash	$ 1,749	$ 16,358
Money market mutual funds	40,980	22,363
Certificates of deposit	215,659	252,627
Trading securities:
Stock and bond mutual funds	8,940	6,473
U.S. government and agency securities	606	1,806
Corporate bonds	17,794	16,410
Total	285,728	316,037
Holding Period Gain (Loss) [Member]
Cash	0	0
Money market mutual funds	0	0
Certificates of deposit	0	0
Trading securities:
Stock and bond mutual funds	310	272
U.S. government and agency securities	(11)	(82)
Corporate bonds	(496)	(390)
Total	(197)	(200)
Restricted and Escrowed Cash and Cash Equivalents [Member]
Cash	1,749	16,358
Money market mutual funds	40,980	22,363
Certificates of deposit	0	0
Trading securities:
Stock and bond mutual funds	0	0
U.S. government and agency securities	0	0
Corporate bonds	0	0
Total	42,729	38,721
Restricted Short-Term Investments [Member]
Cash	0	0
Money market mutual funds	0	0
Certificates of deposit	215,659	252,627
Trading securities:
Stock and bond mutual funds	8,940	6,473
U.S. government and agency securities	606	1,806
Corporate bonds	17,794	16,410
Total	$ 242,999	$ 277,316

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Note 12 - Contingencies and Commitments

9 Months Ended

May 31, 2012

Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Text Block]

Note 12 — Contingencies and Commitments

Legal Proceedings

In the normal course of business, we are involved in a variety of legal proceedings, liability claims or contract disputes in many jurisdictions around the world. Some of these legal proceedings are associated with the performance of our services. At times, the nature of our business leads to disputes with clients, subcontractors and vendors relating to our entitlement to additional revenue and/or reduced costs. Occasionally, these disputes lead to our clients, subcontractors and vendors presenting claims against us for recovery of cost they incurred in excess of what they expected to incur, or for which they believe they are not contractually liable. In such matters, we evaluate both our claims against the client as well as any disputes and/or counterclaims asserted against us by the client or opposing party pursuant to ASC 450, and we record the probable outcome based upon this analysis. For an additional discussion of our claims on major projects, see Note 16 – Accounting for Claims, Unapproved Change Orders and Incentives on Long-Term Construction Contracts. The actual outcomes may differ materially from our analysis.

On November 12, 2010, the jury returned a split verdict in a dispute between our subsidiary, Stone & Webster, Inc. (S&W), and Xcel Energy (d/b/a Public Service of Colorado) related to Xcel Energy’s coal-fired power plant project in Pueblo, Colorado. As a result of this verdict, our Power segment recorded a reduction in gross profit of $63.4 million in the period ended November 30, 2010. During the first quarter of fiscal year 2012, we collected in excess of $40 million in outstanding receivables from Xcel Energy, which effectively closed this matter.

In connection with an EPC contract executed by our Power segment for a 600 MW steam turbine electrical generation plant in the U.S., we commenced an arbitration proceeding against our client for this project seeking the return of and relief from schedule related liquidated damages assessed by the client, a contract price adjustment, and outstanding monies owed under our contract. In addition, we commenced an arbitration proceeding with our equipment and services supplier on this project. During the first quarter of fiscal year 2012, we contemporaneously settled all remaining disputes with our client and the equipment supplier.

In connection with an approximate $28.1 million contract executed by our F&M segment to supply fabricated pipe spools to a manufacturing facility in the U.S., our client filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Washington alleging that shop-welding on the pipe spools we supplied were deficient and that the deliveries for some of the pipe spools were untimely. We reached a settlement with our client on this matter in October 2011 and recorded a $16.8 million charge to cost of revenue in fiscal year 2011 and are currently seeking recovery from our insurers. We paid the amounts due to our client in the first quarter of fiscal year 2012, which effectively closed this matter with our client. However, we continue to seek partial recovery from our insurers.

In connection with a cost reimbursable contract executed by our Power segment for the engineering, procurement and construction of flue gas desulfurization systems at three power generating facilities, we were involved in litigation with the client in the U.S. District Court, District of Maryland and the U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York.  On January 14, 2011, we commenced the Maryland action with the filing of petitions to establish and enforce mechanics liens against the three projects in an amount totaling approximately $143.0 million. On February 24, 2011, the client filed a motion in the Maryland court to stay or sever and transfer the lien actions to the U.S. District Court Southern District of New York. At that time, the client also filed a declaratory judgment action in the New York court that sought to address the same issues raised in the lien actions and specifically requested a finding that the client was not required to pay us amounts claimed by us. On March 7, 2011, we filed an answer and counterclaim to the client’s declaratory judgment action in which we denied the client had any valid basis for refusing payment and demanded payment of sums due us of not less than $200.0 million. On June 24, 2011, we filed a motion in the Maryland court to amend our liens to a total amount of approximately $233.0 million, and on August 16, 2011, the court issued orders supplementing the liens to the total amount of approximately $233.0 million. The client subsequently declared that substantial completion had been achieved and paid us approximately $68 million. As a result of that payment, our liens and counterclaim were  reduced respectively to total approximately $165 million. The trial was scheduled to commence in June 2012. On June 5, 2012, we settled all outstanding claims and counterclaims with the client arising under the contract. As a result of the settlement, we recorded a $20.1 million charge to earnings in the three months ended May 31, 2012. On June 11, 2012, we collected approximately $107 million in cash, representing all of the remaining net accounts receivable associated with the project, which effectively ends this matter.

For additional information related to our claims on major projects, see Note 16 – Accounting for Claims, Unapproved Change Orders and Incentives on Long-Term Construction Contracts.

Liabilities Related to Contracts

Our contracts often contain provisions relating to the following matters:

• warranties, requiring achievement of acceptance and performance testing levels;

• liquidated damages, if the project does not meet predetermined completion dates; and

• penalties or liquidated damages for failure to meet other cost or project performance measures.

We attempt to limit our exposure through the use of the penalty or liquidated damage provisions and attempt to pass certain cost exposure for craft labor and/or commodity-pricing risk to clients. We also have claims and disputes with clients as well as vendors, subcontractors and others that are subject to negotiation or the contractual dispute resolution processes defined in the contracts. See Note 5 – Accounts Receivable, Concentrations of Credit Risk and Inventories, Note 16 – Accounting for Claims, Unapproved Change Orders and Incentives on Long-Term Construction Contracts and Legal Proceedings above for further discussion on these matters.

Other Guarantees

Our Facility lenders issue letters of credit on our behalf to clients or sureties in connection with our contract performance and, in limited circumstances, on certain other obligations of third parties. We are required to reimburse the issuers of these letters of credit for any payments that they make pursuant to these letters of credit. The aggregate amount of outstanding financial and performance letters of credit (including foreign and domestic, secured and unsecured, and cash collateralized) was approximately $351.9 million and $456.1 million at May 31, 2012, and August 31, 2011, respectively. Of the amount of outstanding letters of credit at May 31, 2012, $228.0 million are performance letters of credit issued to our clients. Of the $228.0 million, five clients held $194.8 million or 85.5% of the outstanding letters of credit. The largest letter of credit issued to a single client on a single project is $60.0 million.

In the ordinary course of business, we enter into various agreements providing financial or performance assurances to clients that may cover certain unconsolidated partnerships, joint ventures or other jointly executed contracts. These agreements are entered into primarily to support the project execution commitments and are generally a guaranty of our own performance. These assurances have various expiration dates ranging from mechanical completion of the facilities being constructed to a period extending beyond contract completion. The maximum potential payment amount of an outstanding performance guarantee is the remaining cost of work to be performed under engineering and construction contracts. Amounts that may be required to be paid in excess of our estimated cost to complete contracts in progress are not estimable. For cost reimbursable contracts, amounts that may become payable pursuant to guarantee provisions are normally recoverable from the client for work performed under the contract. For fixed price contracts, this amount is the cost to complete the contracted work less amounts remaining to be billed to the client under the contract. Remaining billable amounts could be greater or less than the cost to complete. In those cases where cost exceeds the remaining amounts payable under the contract, we may have recourse to third parties such as owners, co-venturers, subcontractors or vendors.

Environmental Liabilities

The LandBank Group, Inc. (LandBank), a subsidiary of our Environmental and Infrastructure (E&I) segment, remediates previously acquired environmentally impaired real estate. The real estate was recorded at cost, typically reflecting some degree of discount due to environmental issues related to the real estate. As remediation efforts are expended, the book value of the real estate is increased to reflect improvements made to the asset. Additionally, LandBank records a liability for estimated remediation costs for real estate that is sold, but for which the environmental obligation is retained. We also record an environmental liability for properties held by LandBank if funds are received from transactions separate from the original purchase to pay for environmental remediation costs.  There are no recent additions to the LandBank portfolio of properties, and at this time we are not pursuing additional opportunities. Accordingly, we are not incurring incremental environmental liability beyond the portfolio that currently exists. Existing liabilities are reviewed quarterly, or more frequently, as additional information becomes available. We also have insurance coverage that helps mitigate our liability exposure. At May 31, 2012, and August 31, 2011, our E&I segment had approximately $1.4 million and $1.9 million, respectively, of environmental liabilities recorded in other liabilities in the accompanying balance sheets. LandBank environmental liability exposure beyond that which is recorded is estimated to be immaterial.

Employment Contracts

We have entered into employment agreements with each of our senior corporate executives and certain other key employees. In the event of termination, these individuals may be entitled to receive their base salaries, management incentive payments, and certain other benefits for the remaining term of their agreement and all options and similar awards may become fully vested. Additionally, for certain executives, in the event of death, their estates are entitled to certain payments and benefits.

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Note 17 - Business Segments

9 Months Ended

May 31, 2012

Segment Reporting Disclosure [Text Block]

Note 17 — Business Segments

Our reportable segments are Power; Plant Services; Environmental and Infrastructure (E&I); Fabrication and Manufacturing (F&M); Energy and Chemicals (E&C); Investment in Westinghouse; and Corporate.

The Power segment provides a range of project-related services, including design, engineering, construction, procurement, technology and consulting services, primarily to the global fossil and nuclear power generation industries.

The Plant Services segment performs routine and outage/turnaround maintenance, predictive and preventative maintenance, as well as construction and major modification services, to clients’ facilities in the fossil and nuclear power generation industries and industrial markets primarily in North America.

The E&I segment provides integrated engineering, design, construction and program and construction management services and executes environmental remediation solutions primarily to the U.S. government, state/local government agencies and private-sector clients worldwide.

The F&M segment provides integrated fabricated piping systems and services for new construction, site expansion and retrofit projects for power generating energy, chemical and petrochemical plants.  We operate several pipe and steel fabrication facilities in the U.S. and abroad.  We also operate two manufacturing facilities that provide pipe fittings for our pipe fabrication services operations, as well as to third parties. In addition, we operate several distribution centers in the U.S., which distribute our products to clients.  The F&M segment does not manufacture pipe or steel, but rather purchases these products from third parties.

The E&C segment provides a range of project-related services, including design, engineering, construction, procurement, technology and consulting services, primarily to the oil and gas, refinery, petrochemical and chemical industries.  On May 21, 2012, we entered into a definitive agreement to sell substantially all of the business of the E&C segment to Technip.  The divestiture is anticipated to be complete in our fourth quarter of the current fiscal year.  We will retain certain Toronto-based operations for which we are currently reviewing future options for this location, including winding down operations.  We will also retain our obligations under an engineering, procurement and construction contract associated with a large ethylene plant in southeast Asia that is nearing completion.  See Note 20 – Disposal of E&C Segment Assets for additional information.

The Investment in Westinghouse segment includes the 20 percent equity interest (Westinghouse Equity) in Westinghouse, held by Nuclear Energy Holdings (NEH), our wholly owned special purpose subsidiary, and the Westinghouse Bonds. WEC serves the domestic and international nuclear electric power industry by supplying advanced nuclear plant designs, licensing, engineering services, equipment, fuel and a wide range of other products and services to the owners and operators of nuclear power plants. Please see Note 6 – Investment in Westinghouse and Related Agreements, Note 7 – Equity Method Investments and Variable Interest Entities and Note 9 – Debt and Revolving Lines of Credit for additional information.

The Corporate segment includes corporate management and expenses associated with managing the company as a whole. These expenses include compensation and benefits of corporate management and staff, legal and professional fees and administrative and general expenses that are not allocated to other segments. Our Corporate assets primarily include cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments held by the corporate entities, property and equipment related to the corporate headquarters and certain information technology assets.

The following tables present certain financial information for our segments for the three and nine months ended May 31, 2012, and 2011 (in millions except percentages):

	Three Months Ended						Nine months Ended
	2012			2011			2012			2011
Revenues:
Power	$	497.5		$	546.5		$	1,442.8		$	1,609.8
Plant Services		292.4			286.0			911.3			743.8
E&I		482.5			461.3			1,354.5			1,369.9
F&M		130.2			102.4			382.1			302.2
E&C		158.2			93.8			462.4			432.4
Corporate		—			—			—			—
Total revenues	$	1,560.8		$	1,490.0		$	4,553.1		$	4,458.1
Gross profit:
Power	$	(12.9	)	$	34.8		$	22.2		$	62.0
Plant Services		22.5			17.6			66.6			56.9
E&I		48.8			46.6			119.4			130.8
F&M		20.8			14.0			71.0			45.6
E&C		(23.3	)		(104.0	)		4.4			(110.9	)
Corporate		0.6			1.1			1.5			3.3
Total gross profit	$	56.5		$	10.1		$	285.1		$	187.7
Gross profit percentage:
Power		(2.6	)%		6.4	%		1.5	%		3.9	%
Plant Services		7.7			6.2			7.3			7.6
E&I		10.1			10.1			8.8			9.5
F&M		16.0			13.7			18.6			15.1
E&C		(14.7	)		(110.9	)		1.0			(25.6	)
Corporate	NM			NM			NM			NM
Total gross profit percentage		3.6	%		0.7	%		6.3	%		4.2	%
Selling, general and administrative expenses:
Power	$	8.7		$	11.4		$	26.1		$	34.0
Plant Services		2.7			3.1			8.1			8.1
E&I		17.7			18.4			52.8			55.5
F&M		6.6			8.1			24.5			24.0
E&C		10.4			11.1			31.9			35.1
Investment in Westinghouse		—			0.4			0.1			1.2
Corporate		12.2			18.6			46.2			57.1
Total selling, general and administrative expense	$	58.3		$	71.1		$	189.7		$	215.0
Income (loss) before income taxes and earnings (losses) from unconsolidated entities:
Power	$	(22.3	)	$	23.2		$	(3.8	)	$	31.7
Plant Services		19.7			14.6			58.5			49.0
E&I		31.4			28.8			68.4			77.2
F&M		14.6			6.0			47.6			21.5
E&C		(33.0	)		(111.9	)		(26.1	)		(135.9	)
Investment in Westinghouse		(32.6	)		(25.7	)		23.2			(106.8	)
Corporate		(12.1	)		(64.6	)		(45.6	)		(98.7	)
Total income (loss) before income taxes and earnings (losses) from unconsolidated entities	$	(34.3	)	$	(129.6	)	$	122.2		$	(162.0	)

NM — Not Meaningful

Our segments’ assets were as follows (in millions):

	May 31, 2012			August 31, 2011
Assets:
Power	$	1,884.4		$	2,129.0
Plant Services		345.3			270.2
E&I		1,079.1			1,060.9
F&M		705.6			710.0
E&C		565.4			482.9
Investment in Westinghouse		1,213.2			1,266.4
Corporate		350.3			404.3
Total segment assets		6,143.3			6,323.7
Elimination of investment in consolidated subsidiaries		(562.1	)		(368.3	)
Elimination of intercompany receivables		(622.2	)		(468.4	)
Income taxes not allocated to segments		—			—
Total consolidated assets	$	4,959.0		$	5,487.0

Major Clients

Revenues related to U.S. government agencies or entities owned by the U.S. government were approximately $362.0 million and $985.3 million, respectively for the three and nine months ended May 31, 2012, representing approximately 23.2% and 21.6% of our total revenues, respectively.  For the three and nine months ended May 31, 2011, we recorded revenues related to the U.S. government of approximately $331.9 million and $922.3 million, respectively, representing approximately 22.3% and 20.7%, respectively, of our total revenues for each period.

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Note 2 - Cash, Cash Equivalents and Short-term Investments (Detail) - Maturities of Debt Securities Classified as Available-For-Sale (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	May 31, 2012
Due in one year or less	$ 22,686
Due in one year or less	22,695
Due in one to two years	5,245
Due in one to two years	5,215
Total	27,931
Total	$ 27,910

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Note 16 - Accounting for Claims, Unapproved Change Orders, Backcharges and Incentives on Long-Term Construction Contracts (Tables)

9 Months Ended

May 31, 2012

Contract Claims Description

	Fiscal Year 2012			Fiscal Year 2011
Amounts included in project estimates-at-completion at September 1	$	448.3		$	111.6
Changes in estimates-at-completion		401.3			307.3
Approved		(489.4	)		(59.7	)
Amounts included in project estimates-at-completion at May 31, for unapproved change orders and claims	$	360.2		$	359.2
Amounts recorded in revenues (or reductions to contract costs) on a percentage-of-completion basis at May 31	$	94.1		$	91.7

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Unaudited Consolidated Balance Sheets (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	May 31, 2012	Aug. 31, 2011
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents ($73.9 million and $78.6 million related to variable interest entities (VIEs))	$ 426,961	$ 674,080
Restricted and escrowed cash and cash equivalents	42,729	38,721
Short-term investments ($2.9 million and $7.8 million related to VIEs)	122,014	226,936
Restricted short-term investments	242,999	277,316
Accounts receivable, including retainage, net ($39.2 million and $7.5 million related to VIEs)	577,812	772,242
Inventories	278,028	245,044
Costs and estimated earnings in excess of billings on uncompleted contracts, including claims	570,634	552,502
Deferred income taxes	321,012	367,045
Investment in Westinghouse	990,473	999,035
Current assets held for sale	84,995
Prepaid expenses and other current assets	100,186	138,260
Total current assets	3,757,843	4,291,181
Investments in and advances to unconsolidated entities, joint ventures and limited partnerships	6,909	14,768
Property and equipment, net of accumulated depreciation of $366.9 million and $347.3 million	509,071	515,811
Goodwill	404,467	545,790
Intangible assets	3,113	17,142
Deferred income taxes	6,394	10,484
Long-term assets held for sale	176,120
Other assets	95,036	91,858
Total assets	4,958,953	5,487,034
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable	659,359	822,476
Accrued salaries, wages and benefits	110,922	132,857
Other accrued liabilities	159,459	199,947
Advanced billings and billings in excess of costs and estimated earnings on uncompleted contracts	1,282,592	1,535,037
Japanese Yen-denominated bonds secured by Investment in Westinghouse	1,627,599	1,679,836
Interest rate swap contract on Japanese Yen-denominated bonds	12,888	27,059
Liabilities held for sale	231
Other liabilities	70,351	81,152
Total liabilities	4,079,358	4,549,780
Short-term debt and current maturities of long-term debt	11,615	349
Total current liabilities	3,932,892	4,397,561
Long-term debt, less current maturities	5,308	630
Deferred income taxes	70,576	70,437
Shaw shareholders’ equity:
Preferred stock, no par value, 20,000,000 shares authorized; no shares issued and outstanding	0	0
Common stock, no par value, 200,000,000 shares authorized; 92,575,590 and 91,711,102 shares issued, respectively; and 65,984,349 and 71,306,382 shares outstanding, respectively	1,338,765	1,321,278
Retained earnings	414,178	328,455
Accumulated other comprehensive loss	(119,157)	(104,922)
Treasury stock, 26,591,241 and 20,404,720 shares, respectively	(791,868)	(639,704)
Total Shaw shareholders’ equity	841,918	905,107
Noncontrolling interests	37,677	32,147
Total equity	879,595	937,254
Total liabilities and equity	4,958,953	5,487,034
Current [Member]
Current liabilities:
Liabilities held for sale	68,458
Noncurrent [Member]
Current liabilities:
Liabilities held for sale	$ 231

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Note 20 - Disposal of E&C Segment Assets (Detail) (USD $)	9 Months Ended		3 Months Ended	0 Months Ended
	May 31, 2012	May 31, 2011	May 31, 2012 Leasehold Improvements [Member] Toronto [Member]	May 21, 2012 E&C [Member]
Sale Price Of Disposal Group				$ 300,000,000
Asset Impairment Charges	$ 3,407,000	$ 51,730,000	$ 3,300,000

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Note 1 - Description of Business and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

9 Months Ended

May 31, 2012

Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements Disclosure [Text Block]

Note 1 — Description of Business and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

The Shaw Group Inc. (a Louisiana corporation) and its wholly owned and majority owned subsidiaries (collectively referred to herein as Shaw, the Company, we, us or our) is a leading global provider of technology, engineering, procurement, construction, maintenance, fabrication, manufacturing, consulting, remediation and facilities management services to a diverse client base that includes multinational and national oil companies and industrial corporations, regulated utilities, merchant power producers, and government agencies. We have developed and acquired significant intellectual property, including downstream petrochemical technologies, induction pipe bending technology and environmental decontamination technologies. Through our investments, we have exclusive opportunities to bid on engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) services on future Westinghouse advanced passive AP1000® nuclear power technology units to be built in the United States (U.S.) and other locations (AP1000 is a registered trademark of Westinghouse Electric Co., LLC.) and certain exclusive opportunities with Toshiba Corporation (Toshiba) for providing EPC services for new Toshiba Advanced Boiling Water Reactor (ABWR) nuclear power plants worldwide, except Japan and Vietnam. We believe our technologies provide an advantage and will help us to compete on a longer-term basis with lower cost competitors from developing countries that are likely to emerge.

Our reportable segments are Power; Plant Services; Environmental & Infrastructure (E&I); Fabrication and Manufacturing (F&M); Energy and Chemicals (E&C); Investment in Westinghouse; and Corporate.  See Note 17 – Business Segments for further discussion related to our reportable segments.  See Note 20 – Disposal of E&C Segment Assets for discussion of the sale of substantially all of the businesses included in the E&C reportable segment.

We have evaluated events and transactions occurring after the balance sheet date but before the financial statements were issued and have included the appropriate disclosures in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (Form 10-Q).

Basis of Presentation and Preparation

The accompanying consolidated financial statements include the accounts of The Shaw Group Inc., its wholly owned and majority owned subsidiaries, and any variable interest entities (VIEs) of which we are the primary beneficiary (See Note 7 —Equity Method Investments and Variable Interest Entities). When we do not have a controlling interest in an entity but exert a significant influence over the entity, we apply the equity method of accounting. The cost method is used when we do not have the ability to exert significant influence. All significant intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.
 

The financial statements as of May 31, 2012, and for the three and nine month periods ended May 31, 2012, and May 31, 2011, are unaudited. The consolidated balance sheet as of August 31, 2011, was derived from the audited balance sheet filed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended August 31, 2011 (2011 Form 10-K). In management’s opinion, all adjustments necessary for a fair presentation of the Company’s consolidated financial statements for the current and prior interim period results have been made. These consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and the related notes included in our 2011 Form 10-K.

The unaudited interim consolidated financial statements were prepared pursuant to the rules and regulations of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (GAAP) have been condensed or omitted pursuant to such rules and regulations, although management believes that the disclosures are adequate to make the information presented not misleading. The preparation of these Consolidated Financial Statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in these consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes. Areas requiring significant estimates by our management include the following:

• contract revenues, costs and profits, and the application of percentage-of-completion method of accounting;

• provisions for uncollectible receivables and client claims and recoveries of costs from subcontractors, vendors and others;

• recoverability of inventories and application of lower of cost or market accounting;

• provisions for income taxes and related valuation allowances and tax uncertainties;

• recoverability of goodwill;

• recoverability of other intangibles and long-lived assets and related estimated lives;

• recoverability of equity method investments;

• valuation of defined benefit pension plans;

• accruals for estimated liabilities, including litigation, claims and insurance accruals;

• consolidation of variable interest entities; and

• valuation of stock-based compensation.

Actual results could differ materially from those estimates, and the foregoing interim results are not necessarily indicative of results for any other interim period or for the full fiscal year ending August 31, 2012.

The length of our contracts varies but is typically longer than one year in duration. Consistent with industry practice, assets and liabilities are classified as current under the operating cycle concept whereby all contract-related items are regarded as current regardless of whether cash will be received or paid within a 12-month period. Assets and liabilities classified as current that may not be paid or received in cash within the next 12 months include restricted cash, retainage receivable, cost and estimated earnings in excess of billing on uncompleted contracts (including claims receivable), retainage payable and advance billings and billings in excess of costs and estimated earnings on uncompleted contracts.

Cash and Cash Equivalents

We consider all highly liquid investments with original maturities of three months or less to be cash equivalents.

Marketable Securities

We categorize our marketable securities as either trading securities or available-for-sale. These investments are recorded at fair value and are classified as short-term investments in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets. Investments are made based on the Company’s investment policy and restrictions contained in our Facility, which specifies eligible investments and credit quality requirements.

Trading securities consist of investments held in trust to satisfy obligations under our deferred compensation plans and investments in certain equity securities. The changes in fair values on trading securities are recorded as a component of net income (loss) in other income (expense), net.

Available-for-sale securities consist of mutual funds, foreign government and foreign government guaranteed securities, corporate bonds and certificates of deposit at major banks. The changes in fair values, net of applicable taxes, on available-for-sale securities are recorded as unrealized net holding gain (loss) on securities as a component of accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) in shareholders’ equity. When, in the opinion of management, a decline in the fair value of an investment below its cost or amortized cost is considered to be other-than-temporary, the investment’s cost or amortized cost is written-down to its fair value and the amount written down is recorded in the statement of operations in other income (expense), net. In addition to other relevant factors, management considers the decline in the fair value of an investment to be other-than-temporary if the market value of the investment remains below cost by a significant amount for a period of time, in which case a write-down may be necessary. The amount of any write-down is determined by the difference between cost or amortized cost of the investment and its fair value at the time the other-than-temporary decline is identified.

Assets and Liabilities Held for Sale

Assets and liabilities held for sale are reported at the lower of their carrying value or their fair value based on current market conditions and expected proceeds from the sale of the assets. See Note 20 – Disposal of E&C Segment Assets for additional information.

 Recently Adopted Accounting Pronouncement

In January 2010, the FASB issued an Accounting Standards Update (ASU) related to new disclosures about fair value measurements, ASU 2010-06, Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures (Topic 820). Part of this standard was effective for us in the first quarter of our 2011 fiscal year and did not have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements. We adopted the additional requirement to reconcile recurring Level 3 measurements, including purchases, sales, issuances and settlements on a gross basis effective September 1, 2011. The adoption of the final part of ASU 2010-06 did not have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements.

In April 2010, the FASB issued ASU 2010-13, Compensation – Stock Compensation (Topic 718) – Effect of Denominating the Exercise Price of a Share-Based Payment Award in the Currency of the Market in Which the Underlying Equity Security Trades. ASU 2010-13 amends FASB Accounting Standards Codification ™ (ASC) 718 to clarify that an employee share-based payment award with an exercise price denominated in the currency of a market in which a substantial portion of the entity’s equity securities trades should not be considered to contain a condition that is not a market, performance or service condition. Therefore, an entity would not classify such an award as a liability if it otherwise qualifies as equity. We adopted ASU 2010-13 effective September 1, 2011. The adoption of ASU 2010-13 did not have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements.

In May 2011, the FASB issued ASU 2011-04, Fair Value Measurement (Topic 820) – Amendments to Achieve Common Fair Value Measurement and Disclosure Requirements in U.S. GAAP and IFRS.  ASU 2011-04 primarily changes the wording used to describe the requirements for measuring fair value and for disclosing information about fair value measurement and clarifies the FASB’s intent about the application of existing fair value measurement requirements. We adopted ASU 2011-04 effective March 1, 2012. The adoption of ASU 2011-04 did not have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In June 2011, the FASB issued ASU 2011-05, Comprehensive Income (Topic 220) – Presentation of Comprehensive Income. ASU 2011-05 provides an entity the option to present the total of comprehensive income, the components of net income and the components of other comprehensive income either in a single continuous statement of comprehensive income or in two separate but consecutive statements. ASU 2011-05 is effective for us in fiscal year 2013. We do not expect the adoption of ASU 2011-05 to have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements.

In September 2011, the FASB issued ASU 2011-08 – Intangibles – Goodwill and Other (Topic 350) – Testing Goodwill for Impairment. ASU 2011-08 provides an entity the option to first assess qualitative factors to determine whether the existence of events or circumstances leads to a determination that it is more likely than not that the fair value of a reporting unit is less than its carrying amount. If, after assessing the totality of events or circumstances, an entity determines it is not more likely than not that the fair value of a reporting unit is less than its carrying amount, then performing the two-step impairment test is not required. ASU 2011-08 is effective for us in fiscal year 2013. Early adoption is permitted; however, we have not yet adopted it. We do not expect the adoption of ASU 2011-08 to have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements.

In September 2011, the FASB issued ASU 2011-09 Compensation – Retirement Benefits – Multiemployer Plans (Subtopic 715-80) – Disclosures about an Employer’s Participation in a Multiemployer Plan. ASU 2011-09 requires that employers provide additional separate disclosures for multiemployer pension plans and multiemployer other postretirement benefit plans. ASU 2011-09 is effective for us in fiscal year 2012 and must be applied retrospectively for all prior periods presented. We do not expect the adoption of ASU 2011-09 to have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements.

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Note 5 - Accounts Receivable, Concentrations of Credit Risk and Inventories (Detail) - Inventories (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	May 31, 2012	Aug. 31, 2011
Weighted Average Cost	$ 106,226	$ 101,045
FIFO	171,802	143,999
Total	278,028	245,044
Raw materials [Member]
Weighted Average Cost	20,430	16,040
FIFO	133,699	118,516
Total	154,129	134,556
Work in Process [Member]
Weighted Average Cost	3,960	2,878
FIFO	38,103	25,483
Total	42,063	28,361
Finished Goods [Member]
Weighted Average Cost	81,836	82,127
FIFO	0	0
Total	$ 81,836	$ 82,127

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Note 16 - Accounting for Claims, Unapproved Change Orders, Backcharges and Incentives on Long-Term Construction Contracts (Detail) - Significant Unapproved Change Orders And Claims (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	9 Months Ended
	May 31, 2012	May 31, 2011
Amounts included in project estimates-at-completion at September 1	$ 448.3	$ 111.6
Changes in estimates-at-completion	401.3	307.3
Approved	(489.4)	(59.7)
Amounts included in project estimates-at-completion at May 31, for unapproved change orders and claims	360.2	359.2
Amounts recorded in revenues (or reductions to contract costs) on a percentage-of-completion basis at May 31	$ 94.1	$ 91.7

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Note 9 -Debt and Revolving Lines of Credit (Detail)	0 Months Ended	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended		48 Months Ended													9 Months Ended									9 Months Ended
	Oct. 16, 2006 USD ($)	May 31, 2012 USD ($)	May 31, 2011 USD ($)	May 31, 2012 USD ($)	May 31, 2011 USD ($)	Oct. 16, 2010 USD ($)	Aug. 31, 2011 USD ($)	Oct. 31, 2007 USD ($)	Oct. 31, 2007 JPY (¥)	Oct. 13, 2006 USD ($)	Oct. 13, 2006 JPY (¥)	May 31, 2012 Unsecured Standby Letters of Credit [Member] USD ($)	May 31, 2012 Letters of Credit and/or Revolving Credit Loans [Member] USD ($)	May 31, 2012 Available for Financial Letters of Credit and/or Borrowings [Member] Maximum [Member] USD ($)	May 31, 2012 Available for Financial Letters of Credit and/or Borrowings [Member] Minimum [Member] USD ($)	May 31, 2012 Performance Letters of Credit [Member] USD ($)	May 31, 2012 Financial Letters of Credit [Member] USD ($)	Jun. 15, 2011 Available for Financial Letters of Credit and/or Borrowings [Member] USD ($)	May 31, 2012 Aggregate Limit Over Life of Facility [Member]	May 31, 2012 Annual Dividend Limit [Member]	May 31, 2012 Middle Eastern Joint Venture [Member] USD ($)	Jan. 31, 2012 Middle Eastern Joint Venture [Member]	May 31, 2012 Minority Interest Portion [Member] USD ($)	May 31, 2012 Toshiba Nuclear Energy Holdings Inc [Member] USD ($)	Oct. 16, 2006 Toshiba Nuclear Energy Holdings Inc [Member]	May 31, 2012 Shaw-Nass [Member] USD ($)	May 31, 2012 Shaw-Nass [Member] BHD	May 31, 2012 If Early Exercise of Put Options Had Occurred [Member] USD ($)	Oct. 16, 2006 Interest Rate Swap [Member] JPY (¥)
Equity Method Investment, Ownership Percentage		20.00%		20.00%																		53.00%			20.00%
Line of Credit Facility, Maximum Borrowing Capacity		$ 1,450,000,000		$ 1,450,000,000										$ 1,303,000,000				$ 1,250,000,000			$ 8,000,000					$ 8,000,000	3,000,000
Short-term Debt																							3,300,000
Debt Instrument, Face Amount								1,080,000,000	128,980,000,000	1,100,000,000	128,980,000,000
Debt Instrument, Maturity Date				Mar. 15, 2013
Proceeds from Issuance of Debt	1,000,000,000					1,000,000,000
Business Acquisition, Cost of Acquired Entity, Purchase Price	1,100,000,000									1,100,000,000
Guarantor Obligations, Maximum Exposure, Undiscounted																								53.7
Gains (Losses) on Extinguishment of Debt																												481,100,000
Foreign Currency Exchange Rate, Translation		79.2		79.2			76.8
Notional Amount of Cash Flow Hedge Instruments (in Yen)																													78,000,000,000
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Effective Percentage		2.398%		2.398%
Derivative, Basis Spread on Variable Rate		0.70%		0.70%
Derivative Liability, Fair Value, Net		12,900,000		12,900,000			27,100,000
Gain (Loss) on Interest Rate Cash Flow Hedge Ineffectiveness				0
Line of Credit Facility, Capacity Available for Specific Purpose Other than for Trade Purchases													435,400,000		1,194,100,000												1,500,000
Letters of Credit Outstanding, Amount		351,900,000		351,900,000			456,100,000					1,700,000				91,100,000	55,900,000
Additional Borrowing Available With Pledge of Unrestricted Cash		300,000,000		300,000,000
Line of Credit Facility, Covenant Terms				The Facility permits us to make stock repurchases or dividend payments of up to $500.0 million so long as, after giving effect to such purchases or payments, our unrestricted cash and cash equivalents is at least $500.0million. We are limited to aggregate dividend payments and/or stock repurchases during the life of the Facility up to $500.0million. In situations where our unrestricted cash and cash equivalents is less than $500.0million, our ability to pay dividends or repurchase our shares is limited to $50.0million per fiscal year. The payment of cash dividends is restricted if an event of default has occurred and is continuing under the Facility. The restrictions under our Facility currently do not impair our ability to complete our share repurchase program.
Line of Credit Facility, Dividend Restrictions																			$500.0	$50.0
Payments for Fees		1,700,000	1,900,000	5,600,000	6,500,000
Line of Credit Facility, Commitment Fee Amount		1,000,000	900,000	2,700,000	2,600,000
Amortization of Financing Costs		600,000	1,200,000	1,900,000	3,600,000
Deferred Finance Costs, Net		$ 10,000,000		$ 10,000,000			$ 11,800,000
Line of Credit Facility, Interest Rate at Period End																										1.22%	1.22%
Debt Instrument, Basis Spread on Variable Rate																										3.00%	3.00%

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Note 18 - Supplemental Cash Flow Information

9 Months Ended

May 31, 2012

Cash Flow, Supplemental Disclosures [Text Block]

Note 18 — Supplemental Cash Flow Information

Supplemental cash flow information for the nine months ended May 31, 2012, and 2011, is presented below (in thousands):

	Nine months Ended
	2012			2011
Cash payments (receipts) for:
Interest, net of capitalized interest	$	39,348		$	36,282
Income taxes, net refunds	$	(27,729	)	$	40,309
Non-cash investing and financing activities:
Additions to property, plant, and equipment	$	7,499		$	—
Contingency consideration for CPE acquisition	$	—		$	9,667
Interest rate swap contract on JYP-denominated bonds, net of deferred tax of $5,456 and $3,281, respectively	$	(8,715	)	$	(5,153	)
Equity in unconsolidated entities’ other comprehensive income, net of deferred tax of $(6,907) and $10,931, respectively	$	11,034		$	(17,169	)
Financed software maintenance agreements	$	8,177		$	—

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Note 12 - Contingencies and Commitments (Detail) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended				9 Months Ended				3 Months Ended			3 Months Ended
	May 31, 2012	Jun. 11, 2012	Nov. 30, 2011	Aug. 31, 2011	May 31, 2012 Performance Guarantee [Member] Performance Letters of Credit [Member]	May 31, 2012 Performance Guarantee [Member] Five Clients [Member]	May 31, 2012 Performance Letters of Credit [Member] Single Client [Member]	May 31, 2012 Performance Letters of Credit [Member]	Nov. 30, 2010 Xcel Energy [Member]	Nov. 30, 2011 Xcel Energy [Member]	May 31, 2012 F&M [Member]	Nov. 30, 2011 Power [Member] Disputed Receivables [Member]	Nov. 30, 2011 Power [Member]	Jun. 24, 2011 Power [Member]	Mar. 07, 2011 Power [Member]	Jan. 14, 2011 Power [Member]	May 31, 2012 E&I [Member]	Aug. 31, 2011 E&I [Member]
Loss Contingency, Loss in Period									$ 63.4
Loss Contingency, Settlement Agreement, Consideration										40
Supply Commitment, Remaining Minimum Amount Committed											28.1
Litigation Settlement, Gross			16.8
Gain Contingency, Unrecorded Amount													165.0	233.0	200.0	143.0
Increase (Decrease) in Accounts Receivable												68.0
Litigation Settlement, Expense	20.1
Proceeds from Legal Settlements		107
Letters of Credit Outstanding, Amount	351.9			456.1				91.1
Liabilities for Guarantees on Long-Duration Contracts, Other Liability Adjustments					228.0	194.8
Fair Value, Concentration of Risk, Commitments							60.0
Site Contingency, Accrual, Undiscounted Amount																	$ 1.4	$ 1.9

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Note 13 - Supplemental Disclosure to Earnings (Loss) Per Common Share (Tables)

9 Months Ended

May 31, 2012

Schedule of Weighted Average Number of Shares [Table Text Block]

	Three Months Ended				Nine months Ended
	2012		2011		2012		2011
Basic		65,932		78,748		67,925		82,948
Diluted:
Stock options		—		—		621		—
Restricted stock		—		—		425		—
Diluted		65,932		78,748		68,971		82,948

Schedule of Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share [Table Text Block]

	Three Months Ended				Nine months Ended
	2012		2011		2012		2011
Stock options		3,663		4,084		1,817		4,173
Restricted stock		972		1,506		271		1,837

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Note 11 - Share-Based Compensation

9 Months Ended

May 31, 2012

Disclosure of Compensation Related Costs, Share-based Payments [Text Block]

Note 11 — Share-Based Compensation

During the nine months ended May 31, 2012, and 2011, restricted stock units (RSUs) totaling 384,828 shares at a weighted-average grant date fair value of $23.64 per RSU and 312,752 shares at a weighted-average grant date fair value of $30.86 per RSU, respectively, were awarded with vesting over three and approximately four years, respectively.

During the nine months ended May 31, 2012, and 2011, cash-settled restricted stock units (CS RSUs) totaling  688,411 shares at a weighted-average grant date fair value of $23.25 per share and 274,771 shares at a weighted-average grant date fair value of $30.61 per share, respectively, were awarded with vesting over three and approximately four years, respectively. The CS RSUs are classified as liability awards at May 31, 2012, due to the settlement of these awards in cash.

During the nine months ended May 31, 2012, there were no options awarded. During the nine months ended May 31, 2011, options for the purchase of 620,089 shares at a weighted-average exercise price of $30.79 per share were awarded, vesting over approximately four years. There were no significant changes in the assumptions or estimates used in the valuation of options subsequent to our year-end, August 31, 2011.

During the nine months ended May 31, 2012, and 2011, options were exercised for the purchase of 273,611 shares at a weighted-average exercise price of $21.67 per share and 482,865 shares at a weighted-average exercise price of $22.52 per share, respectively.

During the nine months ended May 31, 2012, there were no stock appreciation rights (SARs) awarded. During the nine months ended May 31, 2011, we awarded 359,364 SARs at a weighted average exercise price of $30.56 per share, vesting over approximately four years. The SARs are classified as liability awards at May 31, 2012, due to the settlement of these awards in cash. The Binomial valuation model was used to re-measure the fair value of the SARs at May 31, 2012.

During the nine months ended May 31, 2012, we awarded 11,661,500 performance cash units (PCUs), at a weighted average grant date fair value of $1.10 per unit, vesting over approximately three years. During the nine months ended May 31, 2012, 1,275,000 PCUs were forfeited. The PCUs represent the right to receive $1 for each earned PCU if specified performance goals are met over the three-year performance period. The PCU recipients may earn between 0% and 200% of their individual target award amount depending on the level of performance achieved. The fair value of PCUs was estimated at the grant date based on the probability of satisfying the performance goals associated with the PCUs using a Monte Carlo simulation model. The PCUs are classified as liability awards at May 31, 2012, due to the settlement of these awards in cash. The Monte Carlo Simulation model was used to re-measure the fair value of the PCUs at May 31, 2012. There were no PCUs awarded during the nine months ended May 31, 2011.

Compensation cost for liability-classified awards is re-measured at each reporting period and is recognized as an expense over the requisite service period.

For additional information related to these share-based compensation plans, see Note 13 – Share-Based Compensation of our consolidated financial statements in our 2011 Form 10-K.