Airport Project RAID Log
This is a practical guide to building a raid log for an airport project project — a consolidated log of Risks, Assumptions, Issues and Dependencies, adapted to the realities of building or expanding airport facilities.
What a RAID Log is
A raid log is a consolidated log of Risks, Assumptions, Issues and Dependencies. For the full concept and how it works in general, see RAID Log. On an airport project project it plays the same role, tuned to this kind of work.
Why it matters for an Airport Project project
Airport Project projects live or die on building or expanding airport facilities. A well-built raid log gives the team a shared, explicit reference for exactly that — reducing ambiguity, aligning stakeholders, and making problems visible early enough to act. Skipping it, or doing it generically, is how airport project projects drift into avoidable delay and cost.
What to include
- Risks
- Assumptions
- Issues
- Dependencies
- Owners and status
Airport Project-specific considerations
Tailor the raid log to the risks that most often derail airport project projects:
- Operating-airport constraints
- Security and regulatory approval
- Phased delivery complexity
Example
On a real airport project project, the raid log would be shaped by building or expanding airport facilities. In particular, it should explicitly account for the project’s biggest risks — operating-airport constraints, security and regulatory approval, phased delivery complexity — rather than treating them as afterthoughts.