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24th August 2006, 08:59 PM
Have just worked with a man who, for the past 20 years has been sent out to run excavations without seeing one method statement or project design PRIOR to commencement of fieldwork.How widespread is this? C`mon-be honest now......
..knowledge without action is insanity and action without knowledge is vanity..(imam ghazali,ayyuhal-walad)
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1st September 2006, 02:44 PM
If he has been running excavations and has not seen the documents, that is very bad practice by the unit. One question though - did he ask for them?
We do inception meetings at the start of field projects, and we have recently started including a standard question to the Project Officer (not manager) at those meetings about whether he has a copy of the Spec and is familiar with its contents. That puts the units under pressure to keep their POs in the loop at early stages.
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2nd September 2006, 10:29 PM
Will enquire some more sir.Seems to be the case that in some areas, nice cosy chats between 70s archaeologists (now unit directors and curators) are seen as adequate replacements for DBAs and method statements.....
..knowledge without action is insanity and action without knowledge is vanity..(imam ghazali,ayyuhal-walad)
