Phoenix Sky Harbor International
Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport serves more than 143,000 passengers daily, with more than 1,000 flights per day, and has a total economic impact of more than $44.3 billion per year.The City of Phoenix needed to MODERNIZE TERMINALS, EXPAND INFRASTRUCTURE, and FUTURE-PROOF OPERATIONS—without disrupting service, missing deadlines, or letting costs balloon.
That’s where RED BRICK came in.
Red Brick provides comprehensive program management support services and an integrated team approach to confirm projects are successfully executed within schedule and budget, projects meet high quality and safety standards. Phoenix didn’t need “support.” They needed leaders who could lead, think ahead, and eliminate blind spots before they became risks.
Unique Challenges faced by Sky Harbor
Red Brick took ownership of the toughest parts of the program and solved for what matters most…
Maintaining Operations across a $3.5B program
SOLUTION: Embedding strategic leaders across departments and divisions to unify execution.
Risk of delays on $1.5B Sky Train and $600M Terminal 3
SOLUTION: Building integrated master schedules, flagging risk before it surfaced in the field.
$60M/year of fast-moving, small-scope projects (JOC, TI)
SOLUTION: Oversaw daily execution, contractor accountability, and rapid project turnover
Siloed communication across FAA, TSA, CBP
SOLUTION: Streamlined multi-agency coordination, keeping approvals and work flowing.
High public visibility and City Council oversight
SOLUTION: Delivered clear forecasting, reporting, and decision-ready insights at every turn.
Outcomes Delivered to Sky Harbor
- All projects delivered on-schedule and within budget
- No scope creep or delays on major terminal and infrastructure projects.
- Unparalleled stakeholder confidence due to clear reporting, cost, scope & schedule management.
- Delivered billions in improvements with minimal disruption to operations.
This isn’t our first high-stakes project—and it’s not our last.
Our clients trust us to manage major complex capital programs – We are their trusted advisors.
When you need every agency, vendor, stakeholder, and system aligned—without compromise—you bring in RED BRICK.
We’ve done it at Sky Harbor. We can do it for you.
Let’s walk through your program—program delivery strategies, identify risk and mitigation strategies, surface cost-saving strategies, and show you what full execution ownership looks like.
