Urban planning competition was held in the framework of the Russian investment and construction Forum (RISF) for the first time. The initiative of holding it belongs to the Minister of construction and housing Mikhail Menu and first Deputy Chairman of the Committee for housing policy and housing and communal services, the President of NAMIKS Elena Nikolaeva. Right now, in difficult economic times, most innovative, high-tech and effective projects have a real opportunity to become benchmarks for the whole construction industry.