Urban Infrastructure and Municipal Services Exhibitions

Urban infrastructure exhibitions bring together the people responsible for streets, courtyards and buildings: municipal services, property management companies, landscaping contractors and makers of municipal equipment. Visitors compare machinery and solutions side by side, look for contractors and find out how another city has already tackled a similar problem.

What You Will Usually Find

• urban infrastructure and utility networks;
• roads: construction, repair, maintenance and parking;
• landscaping of courtyards, parks and public spaces;
• housing and utilities management: heating, water supply, lifts, major repairs;
• waste management and street cleaning;
• public transport.

Property managers and utility companies have their own selection of housing and utilities events. Once a year VDNH also hosts Yarmarka UK, a showcase of suppliers for property management companies.

When and Where These Events Take Place in Russia

The season runs from February to June and from September to November. The busiest week in Moscow falls in November, when Crocus Expo hosts UtiliCon, with municipal machinery and materials for housing and utilities, alongside MITEX Park, with landscaping equipment; lift and professional cleaning shows run next door. In early February the same venue opens Aquaflame, covering heating, water supply and building services, and in September EcwaTech (water supply, wastewater and treatment) and WasteTech (waste and recyclables). In Saint Petersburg, Housing and Utilities of Russia meets at Expoforum in spring. All events across the country, Moscow included, are on the page of urban infrastructure exhibitions in Russia.

Municipal Services Abroad

Most events outside Russia take place in Germany, Poland and France. Some of the major industry shows are held every two years: this is how IFAT in Munich (water, waste and municipal equipment) and InnoTrans in Berlin (rail transport and infrastructure) work. In Paris, every autumn brings the Salon des Maires, a show of goods and services for town halls and municipal services.

If talks and shared experience matter more than the exhibition floor, see the section on urban development conferences and forums.