OREANDA-NEWS.Within the scope of the first stage of the upgrade of the Sheremetyevo International Airport, Transstroymekhanizatsiya LLC (TSM, a subsidiary of Mostotrest) carried out the modernization and development of the airport infrastructure. The Federal State Unitary Enterprise Civil Airport (Airfield) Administration acted as the client under the project.

TSM specialists launched operations in the beginning of 2012. Within the scope of the project, an upgrade has been completed and the Sheremetyevo-2 apron which links to Runway № 2, along with the Sheremetyevo-1 western apron (with polyvalent multi-type aircraft parking stands) have been launched into operation. Moreover, the construction of an aircraft antifreeze treatment stand near taxiway № 26 has been completed, as well as the upgrade of drainage facilities. The installation of lighting navigational aids and aircraft parking stand light towers has been completed as well.

The final stage of the project entails the organization of electrical power supply for transformer substations.

The Sheremetyevo International Airport Upgrade and Development Project (Stage 1) has been developed pursuant to a decree by the Federal Air Transport Agency (Rosaviatsiya), and is an integral part of the Federal Target Program Modernization of Russia's Transport System (2010-2015).

All project solutions are in line with ICAO requirements. International Civil Aviation Organization is a UN agency, which sets international civil aviation standards and oversees its development with a view to ensure safety and efficiency.

Sheremetyevo is a major Russian airport that services scheduled international flights. The Sheremetyevo airport route network includes over 200 destinations. According to data from 2013, Sheremetyevo passenger traffic amounted to about 30 million people.

Transstroymekhanizatsiya (TSM) is a Mostotrest subsidiary specialized in construction and renovation of transport infrastructure, including automobile roads and airports. The company operates in the Central, Southern and Far Eastern Federal Districts of Russia. TSM is involved in construction of the Moscow-St Petersburg Highway and renovation of the M-11 “Narva” Highway. As a general contractor, TSM is currently carrying out renovation of Vnukovo, Sheremetyevo, Saratov and Ufa airports, as well as construction and renovation of the M-4 “Don”, M-9 “Baltic” and M-10 “Russia” highways.

Mostotrest is a major, diversified infrastructure construction company, with established presence in all core and related market segments, and a participant in Russia’s first public-private partnership projects. According to EMBS Group, an independent industry consultancy, in 2013 Mostotrest held a 9.9% share of the total Russian transport infrastructure construction market.

Mostotrest’s core competences include construction and reconstruction of bridges, roads and other transport infrastructure facilities; provision of road maintenance, repair and operating services. In 2012, Mostotrest also entered a new segment: management of road concessions.

The company was established in 1930 as a developer of complex and oversized bridges.

Mostotrest is currently participating in implementation of a number of complex transport infrastructure development projects, such as construction of the Section 4 (km 208 – km 258) and Section 6 (km 334 – km 543) of the M-11“Moscow – St Petersburg” Toll Highway, construction and reconstruction of the M-4 “Don”, M-9 “Baltic” and M-11 “Narva” highways, construction of Businovskaya Interchange in Moscow, Bor Bridge in Nizhny Novgorod and Voroshilovsky Bridge in Rostov-on-Don.