25th September 2010, 05:02 PM
On many (particularly larger) contracts, the archaeological consultant (often also the contractor) is effectively part of the wider project management team anyway, having frequently been brought in as part of the bundle with the Environmental consultants? Often at the very outset of the project design? (is this a good place to try and get planning permission to build such-and-such...) - often long before the proposed development goes anywhere near any part of the Local Planning Authority.... I've certainly worked on a few like that