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                                                                    Exhibit 10.8

                      WASHINGTON GROUP INTERNATIONAL, INC.

              EQUITY AND PERFORMANCE INCENTIVE PLAN - CALIFORNIA

     1.    PURPOSE.  The purpose of the Equity and Performance Incentive Plan
- California (this "Plan") is to attract and retain directors, officers and
key employees for Washington Group International, Inc. (the "Corporation")
and its Subsidiaries and to provide to such persons incentives and rewards
for superior performance.

     2.    DEFINITIONS.  AS USED IN THIS PLAN:

            "Annual Meeting" means the annual meeting of stockholders of the
Corporation.

            "Appreciation Right" means a right granted pursuant to Section 5 of
this Plan.

            "Board" means the Board of Directors of the Corporation and, to the
extent of any delegation by the Board to a committee (or subcommittee thereof)
pursuant to Section 17 of this Plan, such committee (or subcommittee thereof).

            "Change in Control" shall have the meaning provided in Section 12 of
this Plan.

            "Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time
to time.

            "Common Shares" means shares of common stock, par value $.01 per
share, of the Corporation or any security into which such shares of common stock
may be changed by reason of any transaction or event of the type referred to in
Section 11 of this Plan.

            "Covered Employee" means a Participant who is, or who the Board
determines may eventually become, a "covered employee" within the meaning of
Section 162(m) of the Code (or any successor provision).

            "Date of Grant" means the date specified by the Board on which a
grant of Option Rights, Appreciation Rights, Performance Shares or Performance
Units or a grant or sale of Restricted Shares or Deferred Shares shall become
effective (which date shall not be earlier than the date on which the Board
takes action with respect thereto) and shall also include the date on which a
grant of Option Rights to a Non-Employee Director becomes effective pursuant to
Section 9 of this Plan.

            "Deferral Period" means the period of time during which Deferred
Shares are subject to deferral limitations under Section 7 of this Plan.

            "Deferred Shares" means an award made pursuant to Section 7 of this
Plan of the right to receive Common Shares at the end of a specified Deferral
Period.

            "Designated Subsidiary" means a Subsidiary that is (a) not a
corporation or (b) a corporation in which at the time the Corporation owns or
controls, directly or indirectly, less than 80% of the total combined voting
power represented by all classes of stock issued by such corporation.

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            "Effective Date" means the effective date of the Plan of
Reorganization

            "Evidence of Award" means an agreement, certificate, resolution or
other type of writing or other evidence approved by the Board which sets forth
the terms and conditions of the Option Rights, Appreciation Rights, Performance
Units, Performance Shares, Restricted Shares, Deferred Shares or other awards.
An Evidence of Award may be in an electronic medium, may be limited to a
notation on the books and records of the Corporation and, with the approval of
the Board (or committee or subcommittee thereof delegated pursuant to Section 17
of this Plan), need not be signed by a representative of the Corporation or a
Participant.

            "Exchange Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder, as such law, rules and
regulations may be amended from time to time.

            "Incentive Stock Options" means Option Rights that are intended to
qualify as "incentive stock options" under Section 422 of the Code or any
successor provision.

            "Management Objectives" means the measurable performance objective
or objectives established pursuant to this Plan for Participants who have
received grants of Performance Shares or Performance Units or, when so
determined by the Board, Option Rights, Appreciation Rights, Restricted Shares
and dividend credits pursuant to this Plan. Management Objectives may be
described in terms of Corporation-wide objectives or objectives that are related
to the performance of the individual Participant or of the Subsidiary, division,
department, region or function within the Corporation or Subsidiary in which the
Participant is employed. The Management Objectives may be made relative to the
performance of other corporations. The Management Objectives applicable to any
award to a Covered Employee shall be based on specified levels of or growth in
one or more of the following criteria:

            1.    earnings;

            2.    earnings per share (earnings per share will be calculated
                  without regard to any change in accounting standards that
                  may be required by the Financial Accounting Standards Board
                  after the goal is established);

            3.    share price;

            4.    total shareholder return;

            5.    return on invested capital, equity, or assets;

            6.    operating earnings;

            7.    sales growth;

            8.    productivity improvement;

            If the Board determines that a change in the business, operations,
corporate structure or capital structure of the Corporation, or the manner in
which it conducts its business,

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or other events or circumstances render the Management Objectives unsuitable,
the Board may in its discretion modify such Management Objectives or the
related minimum acceptable level of achievement, in whole or in part, as the
Board deems appropriate and equitable, except in the case of a Covered
Employee where such action would result in the loss of the otherwise
available exemption under Section 162(m) of the Code. In such case, the Board
shall not make any modification of the Management Objectives or minimum
acceptable level of achievement.

            "Market Value per Share" means, as of any particular date, the
closing sale price per Common Share on the national securities exchange on which
the Common Shares are then listed, the final reported bid sale price per Common
Share on the principal national automated system which the Common Shares are
then quoted or, if the Common Shares are not then listed or quoted, the fair
market value of the Common Shares as determined by the Board.

            "Non-Employee Director" means a Director of the Corporation who is
not an employee of the Corporation or any Subsidiary.

            "Optionee" means the optionee named in an Evidence of Award
evidencing an outstanding Option Right.

            "Option Price" means the purchase price payable on exercise of an
Option Right.

            "Option Right" means the right to purchase Common Shares upon
exercise of an option granted pursuant to Section 4 or Section 9 of this Plan.

            "Participant" means a person who is selected by the Board to receive
benefits under this Plan and who is at the time a resident of the State of
California and an officer or other key employee of the Corporation or any one or
more of its Subsidiaries, or has agreed to commence serving in any of such
capacities within 90 days of the Date of Grant, and shall also include each
Non-Employee Director who is a resident of the State of California and receives
an award of Option Rights pursuant to Section 9 of this Plan; provided, however,
that for purposes of Sections 4, 5, 7 and 8 of this Plan, Participant shall not
include such Non-Employee Director.

            "Performance Period" means, in respect of a Performance Share or
Performance Unit, a period of time established pursuant to Section 8 of this
Plan within which the Management Objectives relating to such Performance Share
or Performance Unit are to be achieved.

            "Performance Share" means a bookkeeping entry that records the
equivalent of one Common Share awarded pursuant to Section 8 of this Plan.

            "Performance Unit" means a bookkeeping entry that records a unit
equivalent to $1.00 awarded pursuant to Section 8 of this Plan.

            "Plan of Reorganization" means the Corporation's Second Amended
Joint Plan of Reorganization, as modified, which was confirmed on December 21,
2001 pursuant to an order of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District
of Nevada in bankruptcy case 01-31-627, including such order and the related
findings of fact and conclusions of law.

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            "Reload Option Rights" means additional Option Rights granted
automatically to an Optionee upon the exercise of Option Rights pursuant to
Section 4(i) or Section 9(a)(viii) of this Plan.

            "Restricted Shares" means Common Shares granted or sold pursuant to
Section 6 or Section 9 of this Plan as to which neither the substantial risk of
forfeiture nor the prohibition on transfers referred to in such Section 6 has
expired.

            "Retirement" means a termination of employment with the Corporation
and its Subsidiaries at or after the attainment of (a) age 65, (b) age 55 with
at least ten Years of Service, or (c) 30 Years of Service

            "Rule l6b-3" means Rule 16b-3 of the Securities and Exchange
Commission (or any successor rule to the same effect) as in effect from time to
time.

            "Securities Act" means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and
the rules and regulations thereunder, as such law, rules and regulations may be
amended from time to time.

            "Spread" means the excess of the Market Value per Share of the
Common Shares on the date when an Appreciation Right is exercised, or on the
date when Option Rights are surrendered in payment of the Option Price of other
Option Rights, over the Option Price provided for in the related Option Right.

            "Subsidiary" means a corporation, company or other entity (a) more
than 50% of whose outstanding shares or securities (representing the right to
vote for the election of directors or other managing authority) are, or (b) that
does not have outstanding shares or securities (as may be the case in a
partnership, joint venture or unincorporated association), but more than 50% of
whose ownership interest representing the right generally to make decisions for
such other entity is, now or hereafter, owned or controlled, directly or
indirectly, by the Corporation except that for purposes of determining whether
any person may be a Participant for purposes of any grant of Incentive Stock
Options, "Subsidiary" means any corporation in which at the time the Corporation
owns or controls, directly or indirectly, more than 50% of the total combined
voting power represented by all classes of stock issued by such corporation.

            "Termination for Cause" means a termination of a Participant's
employment following:

      (a)   the determination by the Corporation or the Board that the
            Participant has ceased to perform his duties to the Corporation
            (other than as a result of his incapacity due to physical or mental
            illness or injury), which failure amounts to an intentional or
            extended neglect of his duties to the Corporation, or

      (b)   the Corporation's or Board's determination that the Participant
            has engaged in or is about to engage in conduct materially
            injurious to the Corporation, or

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      (c)   the Participant having been convicted of, or plead guilty or no
            contest to, a felony or the failure of the Participant to follow
            instruction of the Board or his direct superiors.

            "Voting Shares" means at any time, the then-outstanding securities
entitled to vote generally in the election of directors of the Corporation.

            "Year of Service" means a year of service as defined pursuant to the
Washington Group International, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan (or any
successor plan thereto) for vesting purposes.

      3. SHARES AVAILABLE UNDER THE PLAN. (a) Subject to adjustment as provided
in Section 11 of this Plan, the number of Common Shares that may be issued or
transferred (i) upon the exercise of Option Rights or Appreciation Rights, (ii)
as Restricted Shares and released from substantial risks of forfeiture thereof,
(iii) as Deferred Shares, (iv) in payment of Performance Shares or Performance
Units that have been earned, (v) as awards to Non-Employee Directors or (vi) in
payment of dividend equivalents paid with respect to awards made under the Plan
shall not exceed in the aggregate 50,000 shares plus any shares relating to
awards that expire or are forfeited or cancelled. Such shares may be shares of
original issuance or treasury shares or a combination of the foregoing. Upon the
payment of any Option Price by the transfer to the Corporation of Common Shares
or upon satisfaction of any withholding amount by means of transfer or
relinquishment of Common Shares, there shall be deemed to have been issued or
transferred under this Plan only the net number of Common Shares actually issued
or transferred by the Corporation.

            (b) Notwithstanding anything in this Section 3, or elsewhere in this
 Plan, to the contrary, the aggregate number of Common Shares actually issued or
 transferred by the Corporation upon the exercise of Incentive Stock Options
 shall not exceed 50,000 shares. Further, no Participant shall be granted Option
 Rights for more than 3,500,000 Common Shares during any calendar year, subject
 to adjustments as provided in Section 11 of this Plan.

            (c) Upon payment in cash of the benefit provided by any award
granted under this Plan, any shares that were covered by that award shall again
be available for issue or transfer hereunder.

            (d) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Plan to the
contrary, in no event shall any Participant in any calendar year receive more
than 200,000 Appreciation Rights, subject to adjustments as provided in Section
11 of this Plan.

            (e) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Plan to the
contrary, in no event shall any Participant in any calendar year receive more
than 200,000 Restricted Shares or 200,000 Deferred Shares, subject to
adjustments as provided in Section 11 of this Plan.

            (f) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Plan to the
contrary, in no event shall any Participant in any calendar year receive an
award of Performance Shares or Performance Units having an aggregate maximum
value as of their respective Dates of Grant in excess of $500,000.

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      4. OPTION RIGHTS. The Board may, from time to time and upon such terms and
conditions as it may determine, authorize the granting to Participants of
options to purchase Common Shares. Each such grant may utilize any or all of the
authorizations, and shall be subject to all of the requirements, contained in
the following provisions:

      (a)   Each grant shall specify the number of Common Shares to which it
pertains, subject to the limitations set forth in Section 3 of this Plan.

      (b)   Each grant shall specify an Option Price per share, which shall
be set by the Board; provided, however, that such price shall be no less than
the par value of a share of Common Stock, and in the case of Incentive Stock
Options, such price shall be not less than the Market Value per share on the
Date of the Grant.

      (c)   Each such Option Right shall become exercisable as determined by
the Board and set forth in the applicable Option Rights Agreement.  Such
Option rights shall become exercisable in full immediately in the event of a
Change in Control.  Each such Option Right granted under this Plan shall
expire no later than ten years from the Date of Grant and shall be subject to
earlier termination as hereinafter provided and as set forth in the
applicable Option Rights Agreement.

      (d)    Each such Incentive Stock Option shall terminate automatically
and without further notice after the employee ceases to be an employee of the
Company and its Subsidiaries for any reason other than as described in
Section 4(e) of this Plan; provided, however, that the employee shall have
until the first to occur of (i) the stated expiration date of such Option
Right or (ii) the 90th calendar day following the effective date of any such
termination of employment to exercise Option Rights that had vested and
become exercisable as of such effective date of termination of employment to
exercise Incentive Stock Options that had vested and become exercisable as of
such effective date of termination of employment.

      (e)   In the event of  the  (i) death, (ii) disability or (iii)
Retirement  under a retirement plan of the company or one of its Subsidiaries
at or after the earliest voluntary retirement age provided or in such
retirement plan or retirement at any earlier age with consent of the Board,
each of the then outstanding Incentive Stock Options of such holder may be
exercised at any time within three years after such death, disability or
retirement, but in no event after the expiration date of the term of such
Incentive Stock Options.

      (f)   Each grant shall specify whether the Option Price shall be
payable (i) in cash or by check acceptable to the Corporation, (ii) by the
actual or constructive transfer to the Corporation of nonforfeitable,
unrestricted Common Shares owned for more than six months by the Optionee (or
other consideration authorized pursuant to subsection (g) below) having a
value at the time of exercise equal to the total Option Price or (iii) by a
combination of such methods of payment.

      (g)   The Board may determine, at or after the Date of Grant, that
payment of the Option Price of any option (other than an Incentive Stock
Option) may also be made in whole or in part in the form of Restricted Shares
or other Common Shares that are forfeitable or subject to restrictions on
transfer, Deferred Shares, Performance Shares (based, in each case, on the

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Market Value per Share on the date of exercise), other Option Rights (based
on the Spread on the date of exercise) or Performance Units.  Unless
otherwise determined by the Board at or after the Date of Grant, whenever any
Option Price is paid in whole or in part by means of any of the forms of
consideration specified in this paragraph, the Common Shares received upon
the exercise of the Option Rights shall be subject to such risks of
forfeiture or restrictions on transfer as may correspond to any that apply to
the consideration surrendered, but only to the extent of (i) the number of
shares or Performance Shares, (ii) the Spread of any unexercisable portion of
Option Rights or (iii) the stated value of Performance Units surrendered.

      (h)   Any grant may provide for deferred payment of the Option Price
from the proceeds of sale through a bank or broker on a date satisfactory to
the Corporation of some or all of the shares to which such exercise relates.

      (i)   Any grant may, at or after the Date of Grant, provide for the
automatic grant of Reload Option Rights to an Optionee upon the exercise of
Option Rights (including Reload Option Rights) using Common Shares or other
consideration specified in paragraph (g) above.  Reload Option Rights shall
cover up to the number of Common Shares, Deferred Shares, Option Rights or
Performance Shares (or the number of Common Shares having a value equal to
the value of any Performance Units) surrendered to the Corporation upon any
such exercise in payment of the Option Price or to meet any withholding
obligations.  Reload Options may have an Option Price that is no less than
that which represents the same percentage of the Market Value per Share at
the time of exercise of the Option Rights that the per share Option Price
represented of the Market Value per Share at the time the Option Rights being
exercised were granted and shall be on such other terms as may be specified
by the Directors, which may be the same as or different from those of the
original Option Rights.

      (j)   Successive grants may be made to the same Participant whether or
not any Option Rights previously granted to such Participant remain
unexercised.

      (k)   Any grant of Option Rights may specify Management Objectives that
must be achieved as a condition to the exercise of such rights.

      (l)   Option Rights granted under this Plan may be (i) options,
including, without limitation, Incentive Stock Options, that are intended to
qualify under particular provisions of the Code, (ii) options that are not
intended so to qualify or (iii) combinations of the foregoing.

      (m)   The Board may, at or after the Date of Grant of any Option Rights
(other than Incentive Stock Options), provide for the payment of dividend
equivalents to the Optionee on either a current or deferred or contingent
basis or may provide that such equivalents shall be credited against the
Option Price.

      (n)   The exercise of an Option Right shall result in the cancellation
on a share-for-share basis of any related Appreciation Right authorized under
Section 5 of this Plan.

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      (o)   Each grant of Option Rights shall be evidenced by an Option
Rights Agreement, which shall contain such terms and provisions, consistent
with this Plan, as the Board may approve.

      (p) Each grant of Option Rights shall be subject to the provisions of
Section 19(g) of this Plan.

      5. APPRECIATION RIGHTS. The Board may also authorize the granting to any
Optionee of Appreciation Rights in respect of Option Rights granted hereunder at
any time prior to the exercise or termination of such related Option Rights;
provided, however, that an Appreciation Right awarded in relation to an
Incentive Stock Option must be granted concurrently with such Incentive Stock
Option. An Appreciation Right shall be a right of the Optionee, exercisable by
surrender of the related Option Right, to receive from the Corporation an amount
determined by the Board, which shall be expressed as a percentage of the Spread
(not exceeding 100%) at the time of exercise. Each such grant may utilize any or
all of the authorizations, and shall be subject to all of the requirements,
contained in the following provisions:

      (a)   Any grant may specify that the amount payable on exercise of an
Appreciation Right may be paid by the Corporation in cash, in Common Shares
or in any combination thereof and may either grant to the Participant or
retain in the Board the right to elect among those alternatives.

      (b)   Any grant may specify that the amount payable on exercise of an
Appreciation Right may not exceed a maximum specified by the Board at the
Date of Grant.

      (c)   Any grant may specify waiting periods before exercise and
permissible exercise dates or periods and shall provide that no Appreciation
Right may be exercised except at a time when the related Option Right is also
exercisable and at a time when the Spread is positive.

      (d)   Any grant may specify that such Appreciation Right may be
exercised only in the event of a Change in Control or other similar
transaction or event.

      (e)   Each grant of Appreciation Rights shall be evidenced by an
Evidence of Award that shall describe such Appreciation Rights, identify the
related Option Rights, state that such Appreciation Rights are subject to all
the terms and conditions of this Plan, and contain such other terms and
provisions, consistent with this Plan, as the Board may approve.

      (f)   Any grant of Appreciation Rights may specify Management
Objectives that must be achieved as a condition of the exercise of such
rights.

      (g)   Each grant of Appreciation Rights shall be subject to the
provisions of Section 19(g) of this plan.

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      6.    RESTRICTED SHARES.  The Board may also authorize the grant or
sale to Participants of Restricted Shares. Each such grant or sale may
utilize any or all of the authorizations, and shall be subject to all of the
requirements, contained in the following provisions:

      (a)   Each such grant or sale shall constitute an immediate transfer of
the ownership of Common Shares to the Participant in consideration of the
performance of services, entitling such Participant to voting, dividend and
other ownership rights, but subject to the substantial risk of forfeiture and
restrictions on transfer hereinafter referred to.

      (b)   Each such grant or sale may be made without additional
consideration or in consideration of a payment by such Participant that is
less than Market Value per Share at the Date of Grant.

      (c)   Each such grant or sale shall provide that the Restricted Shares
covered by such grant or sale shall be subject, except (if the Board shall so
determine) in the event of a Change in Control or other similar transaction
or event, for a period of not less than three years to be determined by the
Board at the Date of Grant, to a "substantial risk of forfeiture" within the
meaning of Section 83 of the Code.

      (d)   Each such grant or sale shall provide that during the period for
which such substantial risk of forfeiture is to continue, the transferability
of the Restricted Shares shall be prohibited or restricted in the manner and
to the extent prescribed by the Board at the Date of Grant (which
restrictions may include, without limitation, rights of repurchase or first
refusal in the Corporation or provisions subjecting the Restricted Shares to
a continuing substantial risk of forfeiture in the hands of any transferee).

      (e)   Any grant of Restricted Shares may specify Management Objectives
that, if achieved, will result in termination or early termination of the
restrictions applicable to such shares and each grant may specify with
respect to such specified Management Objectives, a minimum acceptable level
of achievement and shall set forth a formula for determining the number of
Restricted Shares on which restrictions will terminate if performance is at
or above the minimum level, but falls short of full achievement of the
specified Management Objectives.

      (f)   Any such grant or sale of Restricted Shares may require that any
or all dividends or other distributions paid thereon during the period of
such restrictions be automatically deferred and reinvested in additional
Restricted Shares, which may be subject to the same restrictions as the
underlying award.

      (g)   Each grant or sale of Restricted Shares shall be evidenced by an
Evidence of Award that shall contain such terms and provisions, consistent
with this Plan, as the Board may approve.  Unless otherwise directed by the
Board, all certificates representing Restricted Shares shall be held in
custody by the Corporation until all restrictions thereon shall have lapsed,
together with a stock power or powers executed by the Participant in whose
name such certificates are registered, endorsed in blank and covering such
Shares.

      (h)   Each grant or sale of Restricted shares shall be subject to the
provisions of Section 19(g) of this plan.

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      7.    DEFERRED SHARES.  The Board may also authorize the granting or
sale of Deferred Shares to Participants.  Each such grant or sale may utilize
any or all of the authorizations, and shall be subject to all of the
requirements contained in the following provisions:

      (a)   Each such grant or sale shall constitute the agreement by the
Corporation to deliver Common Shares to the Participant in the future in
consideration of the performance of services, but subject to the fulfillment
of such conditions during the Deferral Period as the Board may specify.

      (b)   Each such grant or sale may be made without additional
consideration or in consideration of a payment by such Participant that is
less than the Market Value per Share at the Date of Grant.

      (c)   Each such grant or sale shall be subject, except (if the Board
shall so determine) in the event of a Change in Control or other similar
transaction or event, to a Deferral Period of not less than one year, as
determined by the Board at the Date of Grant.

      (d)   During the Deferral Period, the Participant shall have no right
to transfer any rights under his or her award and shall have no rights of
ownership in the Deferred Shares and shall have no right to vote them, but
the Board may, at or after the Date of Grant, authorize the payment of
dividend equivalents on such Shares on either a current or deferred or
contingent basis, either in cash or in additional Common Shares.

      (e)   Each grant or sale of Deferred Shares shall be evidenced by an
Evidence of Award containing such terms and provisions, consistent with this
Plan, as the Board may approve.

      (f)   Each grant or sale of Deferred Shares shall be subject to the
provisions of Section 19(g) of this plan.

      8. PERFORMANCE SHARES AND PERFORMANCE UNITS. The Board may also authorize
the granting of Performance Shares and Performance Units that will become
payable to a Participant upon achievement of specified Management Objectives.
Each such grant may utilize any or all of the authorizations, and shall be
subject to all of the requirements, contained in the following provisions:

      (a)   Each grant shall specify the number of Performance Shares or
Performance Units to which it pertains, which number may be subject to
adjustment to reflect changes in compensation or other factors; provided,
however, that no such adjustment shall be made in the case of a Covered
Employee.

      (b)   The Performance Period with respect to each Performance Share or
Performance Unit shall be such period of time (not less than one year, except
in the event of a Change in Control or other similar transaction or event, if
the Board shall so determine) commencing with the Date of Grant (as shall be
determined by the Board at the time of grant).

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      (c)   Any grant of Performance Shares or Performance Units shall
specify Management Objectives that, if achieved, will result in payment or
early payment of the award, and each grant may specify with respect to such
specified Management Objectives a minimum acceptable level of achievement and
shall set forth a formula for determining the number of Performance Shares or
Performance Units that will be earned if performance is at or above the
minimum level, but falls short of full achievement of the specified
Management Objectives.  The grant of Performance Shares or Performance Units
shall specify that, before the Performance Shares or Performance Units shall
be earned and paid, the Board must certify that the Management Objectives
have been satisfied.

      (d)   Each grant shall specify a minimum acceptable level of
achievement in respect of the specified Management Objectives below which no
payment will be made and shall set forth a formula for determining the amount
of payment to be made if performance is at or above such minimum but short of
full achievement of the Management Objectives.

      (e)   Each grant shall specify the time and manner of payment of
Performance Shares or Performance Units that have been earned. Any grant may
specify that the amount payable with respect thereto may be paid by the
Corporation in cash, in Common Shares or in any combination thereof and may
either grant to the Participant or retain in the Board the right to elect
among those alternatives.

      (f)   Any grant of Performance Shares may specify that the amount
payable with respect thereto may not exceed a maximum specified by the Board
at the Date of Grant. Any grant of Performance Units may specify that the
amount payable or the number of Common Shares issued with respect thereto may
not exceed maximums specified by the Board at the Date of Grant.

      (g)   The Board may, at or after the Date of Grant of Performance
Shares, provide for the payment of dividend equivalents to the holder thereof
on either a current or deferred or contingent basis, either in cash or in
additional Common Shares.

      (h)   Each grant of Performance Shares or Performance Units shall be
evidenced by an Evidence of Award containing such other terms and provisions,
consistent with this Plan, as the Board may approve.

      (i)   Each grant of Performance Shares or Performance Units shall be
subject to the provisions of Section 19(g) of this plan.

      9. AWARDS TO NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTORS. The Board may, from time to time and
upon such terms and conditions as it may determine, authorize the granting to
Non-Employee Directors of Option Rights and may also authorize the grant or sale
of Restricted Shares to Non-Employee Directors.

      (a)   Each grant of Option Rights awarded pursuant to this Section 9
shall be evidenced by an Evidence of Award, and shall be subject to the
following additional terms and conditions:

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                  (i)   Each grant shall specify the number of Common Shares to
                        which it pertains subject to the limitations set forth
                        in Section 3 of this Plan.

                  (ii)  Each grant shall specify an Option Price per share,
                        which shall be set by the Board; provided, however, that
                        such price shall be no less than the par value of a
                        share of Common stock, and in the case of Incentive
                        Stock Options, such price shall be not less than the
                        Market Value per Share on the Date of Grant.

                  (iii) Each such Option Right shall become exercisable as
                        determined by the Board and set forth in the applicable
                        Option Rights Agreement. Such Option Rights shall become
                        exercisable in full immediately in the event of a Change
                        in Control. Each such Option Right granted under this
                        Plan shall expire no later than ten years from the Date
                        of Grant and shall be subject to earlier termination as
                        hereinafter provided and as set forth in the applicable
                        Option Rights Agreement.

                  (iv)  Any Option rights may provide that a Director who has
                        completed a specified period of service on the Board or
                        attained a specified age will be entitled to exercise
                        any such Option Rights immediately in full at any time
                        after any such termination until their stated expiration
                        date.

                  (v)   If a Non-Employee Director subsequently becomes an
                        employee of the Corporation or a Subsidiary while
                        remaining a member of the Board, any Option Rights held
                        under the Plan by such individual at the time of such
                        commencement of employment shall not be affected
                        thereby.

                  (vi)  Option Rights may be exercised by a Non-Employee
                        Director only upon payment to the Corporation in full of
                        the Option Price of the Common Shares to be delivered.
                        Such payment shall be made in cash or in Common Shares
                        previously owned by the optionee for more than six
                        months, or in a combination of cash and such Common
                        Shares.

                  (vii) Each grant may provide for the automatic grant of Reload
                        Option Rights to an Optionee upon the exercise of Option
                        Rights (including Reload Option Rights) using Common
                        Shares. Reload Option Rights shall cover up to the
                        number of Common Shares surrendered to the Corporation
                        upon any such exercise in payment of the Option Price.
                        Reload Options may have an Option Price that is no less
                        than that which represents the same percentage of the
                        Market Value per Share at the time of exercise of the
                        Option Rights that the per share Option Price
                        represented of the Market Value per Share at the time
                        the Option Rights being exercised were

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                        granted and shall be on such other terms as may be
                        specified by the Directors, which may be the same as or
                        different from those of the original Option Rights.

      (b)   Each grant or sale of Restricted Shares pursuant to this Section
9 shall be upon terms and conditions consistent with Section 6 of this Plan.

      10. TRANSFERABILITY. (a) Except as otherwise determined by the Board, no
Option Right, Appreciation Right or other derivative security granted under the
Plan shall be transferable by an Optionee other than by will or the laws of
descent and distribution, except (in the case of a Participant who is not a
Director or officer of the Corporation) to a fully revocable trust of which the
Optionee is treated as the owner for federal income tax purposes. Except as
otherwise determined by the Board, Option Rights and Appreciation Rights shall
be exercisable during the Optionee's lifetime only by him or her or by his or
her guardian or legal representative. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board
in its sole discretion, may provide for transferability of particular awards
under this Plan so long as such provisions will not disqualify the exemption for
other awards under Rule 16b-3.

      (b)   The Board may specify at the Date of Grant that part or all of
the Common Shares that are (i) to be issued or transferred by the Corporation
upon the exercise of Option Rights or Appreciation Rights, upon the
termination of the Deferral Period applicable to Deferred Shares or upon
payment under any grant of Performance Shares or Performance Units or (ii) no
longer subject to the substantial risk of forfeiture and restrictions on
transfer referred to in Section 6 of this Plan, shall be subject to further
restrictions on transfer.

      11. ADJUSTMENTS. The Board may make or provide for such adjustments in
the numbers of Common Shares covered by outstanding Option Rights,
Appreciation Rights, Deferred Shares and Performance Shares granted
hereunder, in the prices per share applicable to such Option Rights and
Appreciation Rights and in the kind of shares covered thereby, as the Board,
in its sole discretion, exercised in good faith, may determine is equitably
required to prevent dilution or enlargement of the rights of Participants or
Optionees that otherwise would result from (a) any stock dividend, stock
split, combination of shares, recapitalization or other change in the capital
structure of the Corporation or (b) any merger, consolidation, spin-off,
split-off, spin-out, split-up, reorganization, partial or complete
liquidation or other distribution of assets or issuance of rights or warrants
to purchase securities or (c) any other corporate transaction or event having
an effect similar to any of the foregoing. Moreover, in the event of any such
transaction or event, the Board, in its discretion, may provide in
substitution for any or all outstanding awards under this Plan such
alternative consideration as it, in good faith, may determine to be equitable
in the circumstances and may require in connection therewith the surrender of
all awards so replaced. The Board may also make or provide for such
adjustments in the numbers of shares specified in Section 3 of this Plan and
in the number of Option Rights to be granted automatically pursuant to
Section 9 of this Plan as the Board in its sole discretion, exercised in good
faith, may determine is appropriate to reflect any transaction or event
described in this Section 11.

      12.   CHANGE IN CONTROL.  For purposes of this Plan, a "Change in
Control" shall mean if at any time any of the following events shall have
occurred:

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      (a)   The acquisition by any individual, entity or group (within the
meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or 14(d)(2) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act")) (a "Person") of beneficial ownership
(within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act) of 50%
or more of either: (i) the then-outstanding Common Shares or (ii) the Voting
Shares; provided, however, that the following acquisitions shall not
constitute a Change in Control: (A) any acquisition directly from the
Corporation, (B) any acquisition by the Corporation, (C) any acquisition by
any employee benefit plan (or related trust) sponsored or maintained by the
Corporation or any Subsidiary of the Corporation or (D) any acquisition by
any Person pursuant to a transaction that complies with clauses (i), (ii) and
(iii) of Section 12(c) of this Plan; or

      (b)   Individuals who, as of the Effective Date, constitute the Board
(the "Incumbent Board") cease for any reason (other than death or disability)
to constitute at least a majority of the Board; provided, however, that any
individual becoming a director subsequent to the Effective Date, whose
election, or nomination for election by the Corporation's stockholders, was
approved by a vote of at least a majority of the directors then comprising
the Incumbent Board (either by a specific vote or by approval of the proxy
statement of the Corporation in which such person is named as a nominee for
director, without objection to such nomination) shall be considered as though
such individual were a member of the Incumbent Board, but excluding for this
purpose, any such individual whose initial assumption of office occurs as a
result of an actual or threatened election contest (within the meaning of
Rule 14a-11 of the Exchange Act) with respect to the election or removal of
directors or other actual or threatened solicitation of proxies or consents
by or on behalf of a Person other than the Board; PROVIDED, FURTHER, that
Finally Designated Members (as defined in the Plan of Reorganization) who
replace Interim Members (as defined in the Plan of Reorganization) on the
Board in accordance with the Plan of Reorganization and Bylaw 10(b) of the
Corporation's Amended and Restated Bylaws shall be considered as though such
Finally Designated Members were members of the Incumbent Board; or

      (c)   Consummation of a reorganization, merger or consolidation or sale
or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the
Corporation (a "Business Combination"), in each case, unless, following such
Business Combination, (i) all or substantially all of the individuals and
entities who were the beneficial owners, respectively, of the Common Shares
and Voting Shares immediately prior to such Business Combination beneficially
own, directly or indirectly, more than 50% of, respectively, the
then-outstanding shares of common stock and the combined voting power of the
then-outstanding voting securities entitled to vote generally in the election
of directors, as the case may be, of the entity resulting from such Business
Combination (including, without limitation, an entity that as a result of
such transaction owns the Corporation or all or substantially all of the
Corporation's assets either directly or through one or more subsidiaries) in
substantially the same proportions relative to each other as their ownership,
immediately prior to such Business Combination, of the Common Shares and
Voting Shares, as the case may be, (ii) no Person (excluding any entity
resulting from such Business Combination or any employee benefit plan (or
related trust) sponsored or maintained by the Corporation or such entity
resulting from such Business Combination) beneficially owns, directly or
indirectly, 15% or more of, respectively, the then-outstanding shares of
common stock of the entity resulting from such Business Combination, or the

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combined voting power of the then-outstanding voting securities of such
corporation except to the extent that such ownership existed prior to the
Business Combination and (iii) at least a majority of the members of the
board of directors of the corporation resulting from such Business
Combination were members of the Incumbent Board at the time of the execution
of the initial agreement, or of the action of the Board providing for such
Business Combination; or

      (d)   Approval by the stockholders of the Corporation of a complete
liquidation or dissolution of the Corporation.

      13.   FRACTIONAL SHARES.  The Corporation shall not be required to
issue any fractional Common Shares pursuant to this Plan.  The Board may
provide for the elimination of fractions or for the settlement of fractions
in cash.

      14. WITHHOLDING TAXES. To the extent that the Corporation is required to
withhold federal, state, local or foreign taxes in connection with any payment
made or benefit realized by a Participant or other person under this Plan, and
the amounts available to the Corporation for such withholding are insufficient,
it shall be a condition to the receipt of such payment or the realization of
such benefit that the Participant or such other person make arrangements
satisfactory to the Corporation for payment of the balance of such taxes
required to be withheld, which arrangements (in the discretion of the Board) may
include relinquishment of a portion of such benefit. Participants shall also
make such arrangements as the Corporation may require for the payment of any
withholding tax obligations that may arise in connection with the disposition of
shares acquired upon the execution of Option Rights. In no event, however, shall
the Corporation accept Common Shares for payment of taxes in excess of required
tax withholding rates, except that, in the discretion of the Committee, a
Participant or such other person may surrender Common Shares owned for more than
six months to satisfy any tax obligations resulting from any such transaction.

      15. PARTICIPATION BY EMPLOYEES OF DESIGNATED SUBSIDIARIES. As a condition
to the effectiveness of any grant or award to be made hereunder to a Participant
who is an employee of a Designated Subsidiary, whether or not such Participant
is also employed by the Corporation or another Subsidiary, the Board may require
such Designated Subsidiary to agree to transfer to such employee (when, as and
if provided for under this Plan and any applicable agreement entered into with
any such employee pursuant to this Plan) the Common Shares that would otherwise
be delivered by the Corporation, upon receipt by such Designated Subsidiary of
any consideration then otherwise payable by such Participant to the Corporation.
Any such award shall be evidenced by an agreement between the Participant and
the Designated Subsidiary, in lieu of the Corporation, on terms consistent with
this Plan and approved by the Board and such Designated Subsidiary. All such
Common Shares so delivered by or to a Designated Subsidiary shall be treated as
if they had been delivered by or to the Corporation for purposes of Section 3 of
this Plan, and all references to the Corporation in this Plan shall be deemed to
refer to such Designated Subsidiary, except for purposes of the definition of
"Board" and except in other cases where the context otherwise requires.

      16. FOREIGN EMPLOYEES. In order to facilitate the making of any grant or
combination of grants under this Plan, the Board may provide for such special
terms for awards to Participants who are foreign nationals or who are employed
by the Corporation or any Subsidiary outside of

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the United States of America as the Board may consider necessary or
appropriate to accommodate differences in local law, tax policy or custom.
Moreover, the Board may approve such supplements to or amendments,
restatements or alternative versions of this Plan as it may consider
necessary or appropriate for such purposes, without thereby affecting the
terms of this Plan as in effect for any other purpose, and the Secretary or
other appropriate officer of the Corporation may certify any such document as
having been approved and adopted in the same manner as this Plan. No such
special terms, supplements, amendments or restatements, however, shall
include any provisions that are inconsistent with the terms of this Plan as
then in effect unless this Plan could have been amended to eliminate such
inconsistency without further approval by the shareholders of the Corporation.

      17. ADMINISTRATION OF THE PLAN. (a) This Plan shall be administered by the
Board, which may from time to time delegate all or any part of its authority
under this Plan to a committee of the Board (or subcommittee thereof),
consisting of not less than three Non-Employee Directors appointed by the Board
of Directors, each of whom shall be a "Non-Employee Director" within the meaning
of Rule 16b-3 and an "outside director" within the meaning of Section 162(m) of
the Code. A majority of the committee (or subcommittee thereof) shall constitute
a quorum, and the action of the members of the committee (or subcommittee
thereof) present at any meeting at which a quorum is present, or acts
unanimously approved in writing, shall be the acts of the committee (or
subcommittee thereof).

      (b)   The interpretation and construction by the Board of any provision
of this Plan or of any agreement, notification or document evidencing the
grant of Option Rights, Appreciation Rights, Restricted Shares, Deferred
Shares, Performance Shares or Performance Units and any determination by the
Board pursuant to any provision of this Plan or of any such agreement,
notification or document shall be final and conclusive.  No member of the
Board shall be liable for any such action or determination made in good faith.

      18.   GOVERNING LAW.  The Plan and all awards granted and actions taken
thereunder shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal
substantive laws of the State of Delaware.

      19. AMENDMENTS, ETC. (a) The Board may at any time and from time to time
amend the Plan in whole or in part; provided, however, that any amendment that
must be approved by the shareholders of the Corporation in order to comply with
applicable law or the rules of any national securities exchange upon which the
Common Shares are traded or quoted shall not be effective unless and until such
approval has been obtained. Presentation of this Plan or any amendment hereof
for shareholder approval shall not be construed to limit the Corporation's
authority to offer similar or dissimilar benefits in plans that do not require
shareholder approval.

      (b) The Board also may permit Participants to elect to defer the
issuance of Common Shares or the settlement of awards in cash under the Plan
pursuant to such rules, procedures or programs as it may establish for
purposes of this Plan. The Board also may provide that deferred issuances or
settlements include the payment or crediting of dividend equivalents or
interest on the deferral amounts.

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      (c)   The Board may condition the grant of any award or combination of
awards authorized under this Plan on the surrender or deferral by the
Participant of his or her right to receive a cash bonus or other compensation
otherwise payable by the Corporation or a Subsidiary to the Participant.

      (d)   In case of termination of employment by reason of death,
disability or normal or early retirement, or in the case of hardship or other
special circumstances, of a Participant who holds an Option Right or
Appreciation Right not immediately exercisable in full, or any Restricted
Shares as to which the substantial risk of forfeiture or the prohibition or
restriction on transfer has not lapsed, or any Deferred Shares as to which
the Deferral Period has not been completed, or any Performance Shares or
Performance Units that have not been fully earned, or who holds Common Shares
subject to any transfer restriction imposed pursuant to Section 10(b) of this
Plan, the Board may, in its sole discretion, accelerate the time at which
such Option Right or Appreciation Right may be exercised or the time at which
such substantial risk of forfeiture or prohibition or restriction on transfer
will lapse or the time when such Deferral Period will end or the time at
which such Performance Shares or Performance Units will be deemed to have
been fully earned or the time when such transfer restriction will terminate
or may waive any other limitation or requirement under any such award.

      (e)   This Plan shall not confer upon any Participant any right with
respect to continuance of employment or other service with the Corporation or
any Subsidiary, nor shall it interfere in any way with any right the
Corporation or any Subsidiary would otherwise have to terminate such
Participant's employment or other service at any time.

      (f)   To the extent that any provision of this Plan would prevent any
Option Right that was intended to qualify as an Incentive Stock Option from
qualifying as such, that provision shall be null and void with respect to
such Option Right. Such provision, however, shall remain in effect for other
Option Rights and there shall be no further effect on any provision of this
Plan.

      (g)   This Plan, the awarding and vesting of Appreciation Rights,
Deferred Shares, Option Rights, Performance Shares, Performance Units or
Restricted Shares under this Plan and the issuance and delivery of Common
Shares and the payment of money under this Plan or under Appreciation Rights,
Deferred Shares, Option Rights, Performance Shares, Performance Units or
Restricted Shares awarded hereunder are subject to compliance with all
applicable federal and state laws, rules and regulations, including (without
limitation) state and federal securities  law and federal margin requirements
and to such approvals by any listing, regulatory or governmental authority as
may, in the opinion of counsel for the Corporation, be necessary or advisable
in connection therewith.  Any securities delivered under this Plan shall be
subject to such restrictions, and the person acquiring such securities shall,
if requested by the Corporation, provide such assurances and presentations to
the Corporation as the Corporation may deem necessary or desirable to assure
compliance with all applicable legal requirements. To the extent permitted by
applicable law, the Plan, Appreciation Rights, Deferred Shares, Option
rights, Performance shares, Performance Units and Restricted Shares awarded
hereunder shall be deemed amended to the extent necessary to conform to such
laws, rules and regulations.

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      20. TERMINATION. No grant (other than an automatic grant of Reload Option
Rights) shall be made under this Plan more than ten years after the Effective
Date, but all grants made on or prior to such date shall continue in effect
thereafter subject to the terms thereof and of this Plan.

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STEPHEN G. HANKS
PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

November 15, 2001

VIA FACSIMILE

Dennis R. Washington
47015 West Eldorado
Indian Wells, CA 92210

Re:      Terms and Conditions of Continued Service to
         Washington Group International, Inc. and Consideration Therefor

Dear Dennis:

         This letter sets forth Washington Group International, Inc.'s (the
"Company") understanding of the agreement between you and the Company with
respect to the terms and conditions of your continued service to the Company and
the consideration therefor.

         You agree to serve as Chairman of the board of directors of the Company
(the "Board"), without cash compensation, through the remainder of the pendency
of the Chapter 11 proceedings and at least until the second anniversary of the
Effective Date. The "Effective Date" is that business day on which all of the
conditions to the consummation of the Second Amended Joint Plan of
Reorganization of Washington Group International, Inc., ET AL., as modified (the
"Plan"), have been satisfied or waived as provided in the Plan.

         In addition, at least until the second anniversary of the Effective
Date, you agree to use reasonable efforts to use your name, reputation,
influence, connections and expertise to assist the Company in (a) retaining
existing business, (b) acquiring new business, (c) obtaining sufficient bonding
capacity for projects to be undertaken by the Company, and (d) establishing
and/or maintaining strategic and/or operating relationships with customers and
joint venture partners, and to respond to reasonable requests by the Board to
participate in meetings, negotiations or other events where the Board believes
your participation will be beneficial to the Company relating to the foregoing.
While you are Chairman, you shall not (i) usurp any corporate opportunity of the
Company, (ii) work for or promote the interests of any competitor of the
Company, or (iii) disparage the Company's name or operations. Although you
regularly will participate in meetings and other activities of the Board, you
are not required to maintain an office or a presence at the Company.

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Dennis R. Washington
November 15, 2001
Page 2

         You also agree that, prior to the second anniversary of the Effective
Date, (1) subject to the provisions below, you will take no action to terminate
the Non-Exclusive License Agreement, dated August 1, 2000, between Washington
Corporations and the Company with respect to the "W" mark (the "Trademark"), and
(2) you will take no other action that is inconsistent with the continued use of
the Washington name and Washington logo by the Company in connection with its
business and services.

         In consideration for such services and agreements, pursuant to the
Company's 2001 Equity and Performance Incentive Plan (the "Option Plan"), the
Company will grant to you the Tranche A Washington Options, the Tranche B
Washington Options and the Tranche C Washington Options (collectively, the
"Options") in accordance with the provisions set forth in the Option Plan. The
Options will be non-transferable other than by will or the laws of descent and
distribution.

         Upon a Change in Control (as defined in the Option Plan), or your
removal from the Board other than for cause, death or disability, all Options
shall vest and be exercisable immediately (and shall be exercisable for their
full term) and WGI's license to use the Trademark shall terminate. Upon your
removal for cause, death or disability, or if you leave the Company voluntarily,
the Washington Options vested before such event shall remain exercisable for
their full terms, all Washington Options not vested before such event shall
immediately expire, and you may terminate WGI's license to use the Trademark;
provided, however, that no such termination shall be effective prior to one year
from the Effective Date. "Removal for cause" shall mean removal as a result of
any of the following: (1) your willful and continued failure to perform your
duties under this Agreement (except due to your incapacity due to physical or
mental illness) after a written demand is delivered to you by the Board
specifically identifying the manner in which the Board believes that you have
failed to perform your duties, (2) your willful engagement in conduct materially
injurious to the Company, (3) your taking any action prohibited in the third
paragraph of this Agreement or (4) your conviction for any felony including
moral turpitude. For purposes of clauses (1) and (2) of this definition, no act,
or failure to act on your part shall be deemed "willful" unless done, or omitted
to be done, by you not in good faith and without reasonable belief that your
act, or failure to act, was in the best interests of Company.

         All Tranche A Washington Options shall expire on the fifth anniversary
of the Effective Date. All Tranche B and C Washington Options shall expire on
the fourth anniversary of the Effective Date.

         In addition, the Company agrees to continue other existing arrangements
with you, including reimbursement of private aircraft use.

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Dennis R. Washington
November 15, 2001
Page 3

         Further, the Company agrees that its Certificate of Incorporation and
Bylaws, as of the Effective Date, will explicitly permit your accumulation of up
to 40% of the fully diluted shares of the Company in open market or privately
negotiated transactions, including the exercise of Options, and approval of such
provisions in the Certificate of Incorporation and the Bylaws and the approval
of the terms of this letter agreement shall constitute the approval by the Board
contemplated by Section 203(a)(1) of the Delaware General Corporation Law. The
Company further agrees to take no action (1) to amend or repeal such provisions,
(2) to adopt any provision inconsistent with such provisions, or (3) otherwise
inconsistent with such provisions.

         Finally, the Company and you agree that this letter agreement is
subject to confirmation by the Bankruptcy Court of a plan of reorganization for
the Company not inconsistent with the terms set forth herein.

         If the foregoing correctly sets forth our agreement with respect to the
subject matter of this letter, please evidence your agreement hereto by
executing a copy of this letter below and returning it to the Company.

                                    Sincerely,

                                    WASHINGTON GROUP INTERNATIONAL, INC.

                                    ------------------------------
                                    Stephen G. Hanks
                                    Chief Executive Officer and President

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Dennis R. Washington
November 15, 2001
Page 4

ACCEPTED AND AGREED TO as of November 15, 2001.

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Dennis R. Washington

cc:      Richard D. Parry
         Robert Dean Avery

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