14th September 2005, 03:22 PM
Quote:quote:Originally posted by deepdigger
Rubbish!
If a development is going to take place on a commercial basis then a budget is going to be set aside by the developer for that. this would include all costs, archaeology and consultants, if we were to cut out the consultants there would be more money in the pot!
Get real people!! Its happening!!
Deep,
Your response demonstrates a charming naivete about how funding in the commercial archaeological world works. To put it quite simply, there is no pot as such. The developer sets the budget based on what the field unit tenders and also the costs that the consultant quotes. They do not feed out of a predetermined pot. How could the developer actually predict archaeological costs without being a specialist in the subject?
If you are totally convinced about your point and unwilling to listen to the rest of us, then I suggest that you make a research project of it and present a paper on the subject at the BAJR conference to try to convert the rest of us.
Cheers,
Eggbasket
Don't have a stegosaurus, man.