Examples include 12 firms emerging from the closure of a gas engineering research station, and three from Siemens' microchip factory, which shut in 2001.

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Major engineering work at Waterloo Station could disrupt some people going to the London Marathon on Sunday.

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If the train station seems like a feat of engineering today, imagine how it must have seemed back then, after 16 years and 3, 000 men in the making.

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Engineering firm Buro Happold, which has worked on the power station for the past 10 years, and historic building consultants Purcell will advise on repairs.

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The engineering train became uncoupled as it was towed on the Northern Line near Archway station.

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The company said the station would create a significant number of jobs in Scotland, including more than 100 professional engineering jobs in Renfrew.

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