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Minnesota Departments of Agriculture and Health Laboratory Reaches Substantial Occupancy

Saint Paul, Minnesota, Tuesday, November 1, 2005 -- Shaw-Lundquist Associates, General Contractors specializing in Educational, Medical, Multifamily and Retail construction, announced today the substantial occupancy of the $49 Million dollar State-of-the-Art Minnesota Departments of Agriculture and Health Laboratory Facility. The three-level, 176,000 SF Lab is the largest state facility of its kind in the nation, and will house 200 scientists and staff. It will also serve as a training center for both state and visiting scientists. The construction schedule was an aggressive sixteen months.

About Shaw-Lundquist Associates, Inc.
Shaw-Lundquist is a Leading General Contractor in the Metro Area. They are also the largest Minority-owned Contractor in the Midwest and are the largest Asian-owned Contractor in the Nation. They provide General Construction, Construction Management at Risk, Agency Construction Management and Design-Build construction services, and are proven performers on large and complex projects. Started in 1974 by Fred Shaw, the company has grown to over $80 million in revenues in fiscal 2005. For more information, visit www.shawlundquist.com.