The Shaw Group is one of Eastern Canada’s leading manufacturers and community developers. With a strong focus on products for the construction industry, we compete in a variety of market sectors and produce close to 1,000 individual products in 12 facilities across the Maritimes. Five retail Shaw Centres and more than 300 dealers sell Shaw Group products. Our company operates on a decentralized basis through a number of divisions and subsidiaries: Shaw Brick, Shaw Precast Solutions, Shaw Resources, Shaw Renewables, Clayton Developments Limited, MMH Prestige Homes Inc., Ven-Rez Products Limited, Shaw Lifestyle and Shaw Living.

Our traditional market area of Atlantic Canada has grown to include all of North America. We have also exported to Japan, China, Sweden, and Germany. Each Shaw Group operation is a leader in its own field and we are determined to stay ahead of our competitors. Shaw’s management team continually seeks new markets for each of the company’s existing products. We also welcome innovative opportunities that enable us to diversify and build on our corporate strengths.

Our Values

Safety
With a goal of zero accidents, safety is part of our culture, a value considered with each decision made by management, supervisors and employees. Through our safety program, our employees are encouraged to keep their, and others, safety at the forefront of every action, whether in our plants, in our offices, at the jobsite, in their vehicles or on the weekends.

Integrity
As employees of The Shaw Group we will always seek to do the right thing. We will do so by continuously acting honestly and ethically and by living up to our promises in all of our interactions with each other, our customers, our vendors and our stakeholders as well as within the communities in which we work and live.

Responsibility
All of our decisions and actions will reflect the obligation we owe towards each other, our safety, our environment, The Shaw Group, our customers and our communities.

Customer Understanding
We will continuously and actively seek to increase our understanding of our customers, their customers and the industries in which we operate in order to ensure we are providing the best and up to date solutions into the marketplace.

Constant Improvement
We will strive to be better every day. As employees of The Shaw Group we will constantly seek out areas of improvements in the operations in which we work. We will always be looking out for ways to increase improvement in productivity, processes, tasks, customer service and ourselves. We will be driven to surpass what has already been achieved.

Collaboration
We believe in the power of working together across The Shaw Group to leverage our knowledge, our diverse talents, our variety of perspectives and our resources with the goal of using these collective strengths to create superior solutions for our customers and to optimize efficiencies within our operations.

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PHILOSOPHY

Our operations have grown considerably in the last 25 years. Each aspect of this growth has been carefully planned to build on our corporate strengths – expertise in natural resource-based development, manufacturing and project management. Our aim is always to add as much value as we possibly can to any resource we use so that the region retains the maximum economic value and employment benefit.

  • To be a professionally managed, profitable, growth-oriented firm, providing high-value goods and services.
  • To provide a work environment that recognizes individual achievement and enhances personal satisfaction through attaining corporate objectives.
  • To make a positive contribution to the communities and regions in which we operate.
  • To operate with integrity.