Contract Win

Scott Wilson Group plc
29 March 2006



For immediate release Wednesday, 29 March 2006

                    Scott Wilson awarded Crossrail contract

Scott Wilson Group plc ("Scott Wilson" or "the Company"), the international
consultancy offering integrated professional services for civil and structural
engineering projects, transportation, environmental studies and institutional
development, is pleased to announce that it has been awarded the first of four
multi-disciplinary design contracts for development work by Cross London Rail
Links Ltd (CLRL).

CLRL is the company leading the Crossrail project to build a new rail line
across London, from Maidenhead to Shenfield and Abbey Wood. The contract is
worth between £12m and £15m over the next two years. The appointment of Scott
Wilson as multi-disciplinary consultant is a major step forward in the
co-ordinated plan o deliver Crossrail, and unlock the wide range of benefits it
will provide. Scott Wilson will work closely with Network Rail to prepare an
affordable reference design for the surface works of the project, which will
form the basis for construction, possible once the Crossrail Bill has received
royal assent and become an Act.
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Geoff French, Chairman of Scott Wilson, commenting, said:

"Today's award is the first major contract win announced since Scott Wilson's
stock market listing on 15 March 2006.

"We are delighted to have secured this role, following our work with CLRL in
delivering the Parliamentary Bill, and see it very much in line with our core
skills on major multi-disciplinary railway projects worldwide.  We look forward
to working with CLRL, their partners and stakeholders, to deliver a successful
Crossrail project."

For further information please contact:

Scott Wilson Group plc                            www.scottwilson.com
Geoff French, Chairman                            01256 310 200
Stephen Kimmett, Finance Director
Smithfield                                        020 7360 4900
Reg Hoare                                         07831 406117
Katie Hunt                                        07884 494112

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Notes to editors:

Crossrail
1. The proposed Crossrail route will run from Maidenhead and Heathrow in the
west, through a tunnel under Central London with stations at Paddington, Bond
Street, Tottenham Court Road, Farringdon, Liverpool Street, Whitechapel and Isle
of Dogs, out to Shenfield and Abbey Wood in the east, joining the Great Western
and Great Eastern railway networks.

The Crossrail hybrid Bill, which is promoted by the Secretary of State for
Transport, Alastair Darling, received its 2nd Reading on 19 July 2005 and
entered Select Committee stage on 17th January 2006.  The project has an
estimated cost of £10.292 billion at Q1 2002 prices - equivalent to
approximately £16 billion in money of the day over the construction period
(i.e., allowing for future predicted inflation).

2. Cross London Rail Links (CLRLL), the company promoting Crossrail, is
currently a 50:50 joint venture between the DfT and TfL, each of whom appoint
three directors to CLRL's board.

3. There is a 24 hour seven day a week helpline on 0845 602 3813 and an e-mail
address [e-mail] as well as a website www.crossrail.co.uk
containing background information.

Scott Wilson
Scott Wilson is an international consultancy offering integrated professional
services for civil and structural engineering projects, transportation,
environmental studies and institutional development. It was ranked as the ninth
largest UK-based engineering consultant by fee income for the calendar year 2004
in the New Civil Engineer 2005 annual survey.

The Company earned approximately 67 per cent. of its revenue over the three
years to 30 April 2005 in the UK and approximately 33% overseas. The Company has
an existing network of international offices controlled through five regional
centres in Warsaw, Johannesburg, Delhi, Bangkok and Shanghai/Hong Kong.

Scott Wilson has strong relationships with UK government departments,
non-governmental agencies, multinational companies, national governments and
supranational funding bodies. In the financial year ended 30 April 2005, 32 of
the Company's clients were billed over £1 million and the top 55 of the
Company's clients (which exceeded 1,500 in total) accounted for aggregate fees
in excess of £100 million.

Important clients and partners include Network Rail, the Highways Agency,
Balfour Beatty, Alfred McAlpine, Cross London Rail Links, English Partnerships,
Defence Estates and the Roads Service Northern Ireland.

Well known projects on which Scott Wilson has worked include The Eden Project,
Bangkok Airport, Manchester Airport, Portsmouth's Spinnaker Tower, the UK West
Coast Route Modernisation and Victoria Station and a number of London
Underground stations.



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