Airports are complex environments and pose a variety of safety and phasing issues. Construction operations at airports involve significant risk. An important element of the overall airport construction process is the construction safety and phasing plan (CSPP). A CSPP is defined as a document that outlines procedures, coordination, and control of safety issues during construction activity on an airport.Presently, every airport creates its own Construction Safety and Phasing Plan (CSPP) based on the most recent version of the Advisory Circular on Operational Safety of Airports during construction issued by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Despite the abundance of literature on construction safety, the concept of airport construction safety is not currently widely documented, and the literature related to CSPP in the United States is still limited. Additionally, the airport industry lacks specific construction guidelines and standards in improving the development and implementation of CSPP for airport projects. Therefore, it is important to identify good practices when developing CSPP’s which could identify potential safety concerns. The goal of this research was met by using data collection methods that included an electronic survey of around 100 stakeholders. The survey data was supplemented by conducting seven semi-structured interviews as well as research validation using a case study. Descriptive qualitative analysis was used to analyze the collected data and the results are presented accordingly.
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