EXHIBIT 24.1


                          SUBSTITUTE POWER OF ATTORNEY

Pursuant to the authority appointed to me in that Power of Attorney granted June
26, 2001, by certain directors and officers of Chicago Bridge & Iron Company
N.V. contained in the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (SEC File No.
333-64442) dated July 2, 2001 (the "Registration Statement"), each of Gerald M.
Glenn and Richard E. Goodrich as substitute attorneys-in-fact and agents, with
full power of substitution and resubstitution, to sign and file with the
Securities and Exchange Commission any amendment to the Registration Statement.
By their signatures as attorneys-in-fact to any such amendment, Gerald M. Glenn
and Richard E. Goodrich agree to assume from the undersigned any and all duties
and responsibilities attendant to such capacity.


By:      Timothy J. Wiggins
         Attorney-in-Fact