It is estimated that at least another 500,000 migrant labourers will be needed in the eight years running up to the World Cup to build in excess of £100bn worth of infrastructure and facilities.
It was established that ratios of characteristic to nominal values vary from 1.23 to 0.75, being unsafe or having a built in excess margin of safety, so new nominal values were proposed.
Even so, when combined with more than six million square feet of approved office and retail space, the department estimated, the net value of approved projects yet to be built was in excess of $10 billion in 2011.
The police gave an estimate of "in excess of 125,000".
The presale estimate is "in excess of $80 million".
Other stadiums built to accommodate in excess of 100,000 people include May Day Stadium, in P'yŏngyang, North Korea Melbourne Cricket Groundd, in Melbourne; Aztec Stadium, in Mexico City Salt Lake Stadiumm, in Kolkata (Calcutta); and Michigan Stadium, in Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.
Moreover, it would be prudent to build up reserves in excess of the minimum level because state finances are likely to be strained in the next downturn because the new federal welfare law, Temporary Assistance to Needy Families, does not increase state block grants in a downturn.
After surviving a low dropped catch by Graeme Swann at second slip early in the day, he and captain Misbah-ul-Haq looked poised to build a lead in excess of 400.
Several major airports—such as Dallas Fort Worth International Airport in Texas, King Abdul Aziz International Airport near Jiddah, Saudi Arabia, and Charles de Gaulle Airport near Paris are built on sites well in excess of this figure.
