Air carrier captain reported that at anc; due to construction activity on the airport; flight crews ...

Narrative:

There is ongoing heavy construction activity located in the area of tw right between rw 07L and tw left on tw right which has been going on most of the summer.takeoff (to) on rw 33 from tw left is standard unless winds require otherwise. The issue is normally you are cleared for to while facing/taxiing south on tw right and SOP among crews I observed as a jump seater or operating is to 'go below the line' on the to final items check which includes the first officer (first officer) flow of turning on the radar. I have advised fos not to turn on the radar until facing away from the workers there but I am concerned other crews-ours and other airlines are not. I would like to contact ted stevens airport authority on this but was advised to use this system and let you reach out to them.ATC should issue a [NOTAM] immediately cautioning crews about radar use until facing the departure direction of the departure rw.[company] also should issue a [NOTAM] for panc with the same caution.lastly; ted stevens airport authority should construct/position a warning sign to pilots of this caution as a reminder.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Air carrier Captain reported that at ANC; due to construction activity on the airport; flight crews are facing the construction workers when they are cleared for takeoff and turning on the radar exposes the workers to the electronic emissions.

Narrative: There is ongoing heavy construction activity located in the area of TW R between RW 07L and TW L on TW R which has been going on most of the summer.Takeoff (TO) on RW 33 from TW L is standard unless winds require otherwise. The issue is normally you are cleared for TO while facing/taxiing south on TW R and SOP among crews I observed as a Jump Seater or operating is to 'go below the line' on the TO final items check which includes the First Officer (FO) flow of turning on the RADAR. I have advised FOs not to turn on the Radar until facing away from the workers there but I am concerned other crews-ours and other airlines are not. I would like to contact Ted Stevens Airport Authority on this but was advised to use this system and let you reach out to them.ATC should issue a [NOTAM] immediately cautioning crews about radar use until facing the departure direction of the departure RW.[Company] also should issue a [NOTAM] for PANC with the same caution.Lastly; Ted Stevens Airport Authority should construct/position a warning sign to pilots of this caution as a reminder.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.

Attributes
ACN	1393374
Time
Date	201610
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	ANC.Airport
State Reference	AK
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Widebody Transport
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Procedural Other / Unknown

Air carrier captain reported that at anc; due to construction activity on the airport; flight crews are facing the construction workers when they are cleared for takeoff and turning on the radar exposes the workers to the electronic emissions.