OREANDA-NEWS  On 17 November was announced, that the international forum CITY BUILD 2008 opened in Moscow on November 10. The biggest event in the building sector of Russia is supported by City Hall.

The current forum is the second one. This time it involved the representatives of construction companies from almost 40 countries and 38 regions of Russia who came to CITY BUILD 2008 to exchange the experience and enter into mutually beneficial collaborations.

According to Vladimir Resin, first deputy Mayor of Moscow at City Hall, CITY BUILD 2008 is a very actual for the builders of the Russian capital and an interesting event for both professionals and public. There is no doubt that it will bring additional creative ideas to the investing and building process of Moscow.

A whole number of seminars, faceplates and conferences are planned within the forum. The organizers believe that the key words of CITY BUILD 2008 are “individual” and “ecology”.

At a grand opening of the event Mr Resin wished all participants, organizers and visitors an effective work and new projects, the implementation of which would make Moscow and the other cities and regions of Russia modern, beautiful and easy to live in.

CITY BUILD 2008 comprises 12 profile expositions, such as Garage & Parking, High-Rise Construction Technologies, Underground City, Automation and Safety of City Constructions, etc.

Aleksandr Levchenko, head of Department of Road and Bridge Engineering of Moscow, added that due to such events organized in Moscow there was an opportunity to meet and communicate with each other, to find out the up-to-date technologies and how to use them in the cities of Russia.

CITY BUILD 2008 is to run at the international exhibition centre CROCUS EXPO till November 13.