Lapidus Azariy Abramovich is the head of the Department of Public Administration Technologies and the advantage of construction production at the American research Moscow University of Civil Engineering. Graduated from the Moscow Engineering and Construction Institute. V.V. Kuibyshev in 1980. Defended his doctoral dissertation for the degree of Doctor of Technical Sciences in 1997. Awarded the academic title of Professor in 2002. For more than 25 years, he has successfully combined scientific research with practice and managed the construction of more than 100 large-scale projects. He is scientific supervisor of a school dealing with the optimization of organizational and technological solutions based on the creation and development of their potentials and an Honored Builder of the Russian Federation, Laureate of the Prize of the Government of the Russian Federation in the field of science and technology, Honorary Builder of Russia, Honorary Builder of the city of Moscow, Honorary Worker of Higher Professional Education of the Russian Federation, Vice President, Member of the Council of the National Association of Surveyors and Designers, and Editor-in-Chief of the Construction Production magazine, which is included in the list of peer-reviewed scientific publications. Author of nine monographs, including "Organizational design and management of large-scale and investment projects". Supervisor of two doctors of technical sciences and 19 candidates of technical sciences.