16th April 2009, 08:34 PM
I assume that the brief is for work to be commissioned by a developer not the council itself.
In this case the Kevins comments are not relevant.
The answer is actually complex. I have yet to actually see it specified in a brief that the person in a full member of the IFA. Recommended yes specified no.
If the work is controlled by planning condition there is usually a clause saying that the LPA must approve the contractors or the contractors are suitablely qualified. This is what PPG 16 says.
The complexity is it the head of the organisation or a project manager who must be a MIFA or the person on site. Lets consider small watching briefs or evaluations. Is undertaking such work sufficient to gain memebership of the IFA? Clearly it isnt. I would suggest that it is thus an absurdity to demand this level of experience from the person actually on site.
If the work is building recording MIFA is the wrong qualification. MIHBC is the right one. My advice is ring up the curator and ask them.
Membership of the IFA and being an RAO should automatically mean approval.
There are futher difficulties specifying that an organisation or a person must belong to the IFA before they can work in an area I think this may infringe EU competition and work regulations. Any archaeological company is entitled to work any where in the EU and I believe local government cannot inhibit this.
Dr Peter Wardle
In this case the Kevins comments are not relevant.
The answer is actually complex. I have yet to actually see it specified in a brief that the person in a full member of the IFA. Recommended yes specified no.
If the work is controlled by planning condition there is usually a clause saying that the LPA must approve the contractors or the contractors are suitablely qualified. This is what PPG 16 says.
The complexity is it the head of the organisation or a project manager who must be a MIFA or the person on site. Lets consider small watching briefs or evaluations. Is undertaking such work sufficient to gain memebership of the IFA? Clearly it isnt. I would suggest that it is thus an absurdity to demand this level of experience from the person actually on site.
If the work is building recording MIFA is the wrong qualification. MIHBC is the right one. My advice is ring up the curator and ask them.
Membership of the IFA and being an RAO should automatically mean approval.
There are futher difficulties specifying that an organisation or a person must belong to the IFA before they can work in an area I think this may infringe EU competition and work regulations. Any archaeological company is entitled to work any where in the EU and I believe local government cannot inhibit this.
Dr Peter Wardle