<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> Airport design and planning considerably differs from the design of other transport infrastructure. The reasons are the wide scope of regulation in civil aviation and the lack of links between the Civil Aviation Act and the Building Act. The effect is that the sequence of procedures, negotiation, and/or document approval is not clearly defined. The situation is further complicated by the fact that an airport is a unique construction both for the investor and for the local building authority. The paper is an outcome of our research, building on long-term experience in airport planning and design, and the elucidation of planning and approval processes with experts from the Transport Authority and the Ministry of Transport and Construction of the Slovak Republic.</p></abstract>

Airport design and planning considerably differs from the design of other transport infrastructure. The reasons are the wide scope of regulation in civil aviation and the lack of links between the Civil Aviation Act and the Building Act. The effect is that the sequence of procedures, negotiation, and/or document approval is not clearly defined. The situation is further complicated by the fact that an airport is a unique construction both for the investor and for the local building authority. The paper is an outcome of our research, building on long-term experience in airport planning and design, and the elucidation of planning and approval processes with experts from the Transport Authority and the Ministry of Transport and Construction of the Slovak Republic.

Airport Planning and Design – Legal and Professional Competence Requirements

Civil and Environmental Engineering

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Airport design and planning considerably differs from the design of other transport infrastructure. The reasons are the wide scope of regulation in civil...

Airport Planning and Design – Legal and Professional Competence Requirements

Published Online: Nov 30, 2017

Page range: 143 - 148

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/cee-2017-0019

Keywords
Airport planning, Airport design, Approval processes and commissioning, Designer authorization

© 2017

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Airport Planning and Design – Legal and Professional Competence Requirements

Published Online: Nov 30, 2017

Page range: 143 - 148

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/cee-2017-0019

KeywordsAirport planning, Airport design, Approval processes and commissioning, Designer authorization

© 2017

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
Airport planning, Airport design, Approval processes and commissioning, Designer authorization