13th June 2008, 05:30 PM
Erm.. not sure where the presumption of a watching brief on all pipelines comes from. Perhaps you could direct me to the document endorsing this policy. In my view archaeological works on development should be justifiable and timely - applying blanket watching briefs on schemes doesn't seem to fit these criteria. The geophysics aside - no evaluative technique will 'identify 100 percent of the archaeology'. I think the key statement here is 'Not sure of the details'.