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Good new from statisticians Construction and assembly production was 6.3 percent greater in March than in the previous year and 31.8 greater than in February 2004. The Central Office of Statistics displayed that, compared with March 2003, jobs performed by finishing companies were 79.6 percent further advanced, by those specialising in erecting construction and operating in civil engineering were 6.3 percent further advanced and by units introducing building technical systems - 3.7 percent. Construction and assembly production between January and March this year was 4.3 percent below that in the same period of 2003. Who will build the Marymont underground railway station? There are seven companies participating in the tender to construct the "Marymont" station for Warsaw's underground railway. The cheapest is that of Warbud (56.8 million zlotys), followed by Skanska (60.4 million zlotys), the PeBeKa and PRG Metro consortium (60.1 milli