OJSC Mosmetrostroy ( rus, Мосметрострой, abbr. of "Moscow Metro Construction epartment) is a major

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n construction company, which deals with solving engineering problems related to performance of a wide range of under and above-ground works. The company is the successor of the Metrostroy Department formed in 1931 to set a new branch of construction industry —

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and tunnel construction. In eight decades Mosmetrostroy has constructed 180 metro stations in

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along with implementing its projects throughout the

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and abroad. At the present moment Mosmetrostroy acts as general contractor building metro stations in Moscow and has won a contract to construct a segment of Mumbai Metro Rail's underground line. via a joint venture with Hindustan Construction Company Ltd. Earlier it had been awarded two contract packages to performing tunnelling and station construction in consortium with Gammon India Ltd. in

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, India. However it abandoned the Chennai Metro Rail project partway through after its requests for cost escalation were denied. The contract was terminated, and the subsequent court case allowed re-tendering of the remaining work to other vendors

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{{Authority control Construction and civil engineering companies of Russia Companies based in Moscow 1931 establishments in the Soviet Union Construction and civil engineering companies established in 1931

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