Exhibit 23.1


                         CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS

     We consent to the reference to our firm under the caption "Experts" in the
Registration Statement (Form S-4) and related Prospectus of The Shaw Group Inc.
for the registration of $253,029,000 of its 10.75% Senior Notes due 2010 and to
the incorporation by reference therein of our report dated October 11, 2002
(except Note 14, as to which the date is November 1, 2002) with respect to the
consolidated financial statements of The Shaw Group Inc. included in its Annual
Report (Form 10-K) for the year ended August 31, 2002, filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission. We also consent to the use of our report dated June 7,
2002 (except for Note 2, as to which the date is June 15, 2002) with respect to
the consolidated financial statements of The IT Group, Inc. incorporated by
reference in the Registration Statement (Form S-4) and related Prospectus of The
Shaw Group Inc. for the registration of $253,029,000 of its 10.75% Senior Notes
due 2010.

                                                           /s/ Ernst & Young LLP

New Orleans, Louisiana

May 14, 2003