2nd November 2011, 07:42 PM
Wax Wrote:like it or not the current state of archaeology is dependent on the construction industry. In the current world economic crisis what are the forecasts for construction. It is difficult to grasp the wider picture so what is the feeling out there? Deregulation of planning will help construction but not archaeology.
There are definitely dormant large construction projects going through the process of waking from hibernation (I've recently been surprised by an enquiry about one I did the DBA for a few years back, massive green-field housing site), and it's not been obvious that landbanking ever stopped - there's always been a steady stream of DBAs?EAs etc coming through, its just that they haven't been leading straight on to development like they were a few years ago, so eventually they'll have to do something with all the land! I don't think the developer high-ups are really as pessimistic about the economy as they make out in the media, presumably they've now figured out that the crash didn't stop the world turning