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                                                                                                               OMB APPROVAL
           FORM 4                              U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION                -----------------------------
                                                         WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549                        OMB Number:  3235-0287
---------------------------                  STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP              Expires:  December 31, 2001
CHECK THIS BOX IF NO LONGER                                                                            Estimated average burden
SUBJECT TO SECTION 16. FORM 4 OR            Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities          hours per response.......0.5
FORM 5 OBLIGATIONS MAY CONTINUE.        Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility     -----------------------------
See INSTRUCTION 1 (b).                     Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(f) of the
                                                    Investment Company Act of 1940
(Print or Type Responses)
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*     2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol    6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s)
   Farinvest, Ltd.                              Chicago Bridge & Iron Company N.V.             to Issuer
                                                (NYSE: CBI)                                    (Check all applicable)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------      Director          X 10% Owner
(Last)            (First)         (Middle)   3. IRS or Social Security   4. Statement for   ---                  ---
                                                Number of Reporting         Month/Year          Officer (give        Other (specify
Keizer Karelweg 474/1181                        Person (Voluntary)          February 2001   --- title below)     --- below)

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                 (Street)                                                5. If Amendment,   7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing
                                                                            Date of         --- (Check Applicable line)
RL Anstelveen, The Netherlands                                              Original        --- Form filed by One Reporting Person
                                                                            (Month/Year)     X  Form filed by More than One
                                                                                            --- Reporting Person
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(City)           (State)            (Zip)       TABLE I - NON-DERIVATIVE SECURITIES ACQUIRED, DISPOSED OF, OR BENEFICIALLY OWNED
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1. Title of Security                         2. Trans-    3. Trans-     4. Securities      5. Amount of   6. Owner-  7. Nature of
   (Instr. 3)                                   action       action        Acquired (A)       Securities     ship       Indirect
                                                Date         Code          or Disposed        Beneficially   Form:      Beneficial
                                                             (Instr. 8)    of (D)             Owned at       Direct     Owner-
                                                                           Instr. 3, and 5)   End of Month   (D) or     ship
                                                        -----------------------------------   (Instr. 3      Indirect   (Instr. 4)
                                             (Month/    Code  V  Amount    (A)or   Price      and 4)         (1)(Instr.
                                             Day/Year)                     (D)                               4)
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Share Capital                                2/7/2001   P        837,692(1)   A    $16.25      837,692         D
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Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially
          owned directly or indirectly.
* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person,
  see Instruction 4(b)(v).
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FORM 4 (CONTINUED)

  TABLE II - DERIVATIVE SECURITIES ACQUIRED, DISPOSED OF, OR BENEFICIALLY OWNED
         (E.G., PUTS, CALLS, WARRANTS, OPTIONS, CONVERTIBLE SECURITIES)


                                                                                       
1. Title of Derivative Security     2. Conversion or      3. Transaction      4. Transaction       5. Number of Derivative
    (Instr. 3)                         Exercise              Date                Code                 Securities Acquired (A)
                                       Price of              (Month/             (Instr. 8)           or Disposed of (D)
                                       Derivative            Day/Year)                                (Instr. 3, 4, and 5)
                                       Security



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                                                                    Code         V         (A)          (D)


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6. Date Exer-           7. Title and Amount of        8. Price of         9. Number of        10. Ownership       11. Nature of
   cisable and             Underlying Securities         Derivative          derivative           Form of             Indirect
   Expiration              (Instr. 3 and 4)              Security            Securities           Derivative          Beneficial
   Date                                                  (Instr. 5)           Beneficially        Security:           Ownership
   (Month/Day/                                                               Owned at             Direct(D) or        (Instr. 4)
   Year)                                                                     End of Month         Indirect(1)
------------------------------------------------------                       Instr. 4)            (Instr. 4)
Date        Expiration  Title
Execisable  Date


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Explanation of Responses:


(1)    On February 7, 2001, Farinvest, Ltd. ("Farinvest"), a Cayman Islands company, acquired 837,692 shares of common stock
       (the "Common Stock"), par value NLG 0.01, of Chicago Bridge & Iron Company, N.V. These shares and 3,515,072 shares of
       Common Stock owned by WEDGE Engineering B.V., a Netherlands company, are beneficially owned by Issam M. Fares.

**Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute
  Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and                       /s/ Richard E. Blohm, Jr.                      3/8/2001
  15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).                                           ----------------------------------------------------------  --------
                                                                         **Signature of Reporting Person                       Date
Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be           BY ISSAM M. FARES, ITS MANAGING DIRECTOR
      manually signed. If space is insufficient,                    BY RICHARD E. BLOHM, JR., ATTORNEY- IN-FACT
      See Instruction 6 for procedure.

Potential persons who are to respond to the collection of information
contained in this form are not required to respond unless the form displays
a currently valid OMB Number.

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                             JOINT FILER INFORMATION


Name:                                        Issam M. Fares

Address:                                     Keizer Karelweg 474/1181
                                             RL Anstelveen, The Netherlands

Designated Filer:                            Farinvest, Ltd.

Statement for Month/Year:                    February 2001

Issuer and Ticker Symbol:                    Chicago Bridge & Iron Company N.V.
                                             (NYSE: CBI)

Title of Security:                           Share Capital

Amount of Securities
Beneficially Owned at
End of Month:                                4,352,674(1)

Ownership Form:                              Indirect by Farinvest, Ltd.

Signature:                                   ISSAM M. FARES


                                              By:   /s/ Richard E. Blohm, Jr.
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                                                 Name:  Richard E. Blohm, Jr.
                                                 Title: Attorney-in-Fact