18th September 2004, 12:47 AM
Dr. Wardle, I don't have much time for this but to be brief only a fool would tender for the unknowable on a fixed price, my tenders are based on a day rate contingent on remains expected and then subsequently found, the cost to the client is of course fluid any other costings are absurb and ignore the unpredictability of the archaeological resource. We cost for the unpredictable nature of the archaeology not the budget costings of the client anything else shows a lack of regard for the archaeology and plays into the hands of the developer/client.
Still happy to be a gamekeeper and not a B*****d consultant poacher.
Still happy to be a gamekeeper and not a B*****d consultant poacher.