Exhibit 32.1

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 Washington Group International, Inc. (the “Company”) on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 29, 2007, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), each of the undersigned officers of the Company certifies, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that, to such officer’s knowledge:

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

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

	WASHINGTON GROUP INTERNATIONAL, INC.
August 6, 2007	By:	/s/ Stephen G. Hanks
		Stephen G. Hanks
		President and Chief Executive Officer

	WASHINGTON GROUP INTERNATIONAL, INC.
August 6, 2007	By:	/s/ George H. Juetten
		George H. Juetten
		Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

The foregoing certification is being furnished solely pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, and is not being filed as part of the Report or as a separate disclosure document.

      

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