21st January 2005, 12:21 PM
Sticking my county hat on, I have just been talking with other curators in Scotland about this problem... and as Alfie says instead of jsut asking contractors to 'do' the archaeology we have to create huge and 'tight' specification documents that are legaly binding within the conditions applied to a site. That way when a group send in a WSI (written scheme of Investigation) we can make sure that it fits our requirements, and that we will make sure they hold to every single word before we recommend signing off the condition. Usually the best pressure is a pissed off developer!.
We are also going to go along the line of 'high monitoring' - even though it means time better spent doing other real work!.
Of course I can also plug the Hotline.... new on BAJR... you see it, you contact me ... I contact the county or HSE officer. (except Lothians (as that would mean phoning myself up!)
Really good to hear Alfie working through the same problems in a safe and realistic way.
BAJR:face-approve:
We are also going to go along the line of 'high monitoring' - even though it means time better spent doing other real work!.
Of course I can also plug the Hotline.... new on BAJR... you see it, you contact me ... I contact the county or HSE officer. (except Lothians (as that would mean phoning myself up!)
Really good to hear Alfie working through the same problems in a safe and realistic way.
BAJR:face-approve: