1st February 2005, 12:26 PM
Geofizz, what do you mean by "ability" to enter a site? I suspect there is a play on words here if you mean that your curator says he has no power to enter a site. The party in possession of the site may refuse entry to another party but that is not the same!
A parallel situation is that a building contactor may refuse entry to the architect but would be insane to do so, as the architect could not thenm certify payment or completion. So if a curator cannot verify that the planning conditions have been discharged, he cannot therefore certify such and the archaeological work cannot be complete.
The ICE Conditions of Contract hardly mention the Curator. The equivalent position of the architect is the Consultant. The Curator is therefore in the equivalent position of the Building Inspector. Nu builder would ever refuse access to such a person as the building could never be completed, ever.
If by "ability" you mean lack or resources, financial and human, now that is the real problem as we have discussed before.
Again, as I have said before, the IFA will never inspect individual sites, and there is no reason on earth why they should. That is not what professional bodies are for.
A parallel situation is that a building contactor may refuse entry to the architect but would be insane to do so, as the architect could not thenm certify payment or completion. So if a curator cannot verify that the planning conditions have been discharged, he cannot therefore certify such and the archaeological work cannot be complete.
The ICE Conditions of Contract hardly mention the Curator. The equivalent position of the architect is the Consultant. The Curator is therefore in the equivalent position of the Building Inspector. Nu builder would ever refuse access to such a person as the building could never be completed, ever.
If by "ability" you mean lack or resources, financial and human, now that is the real problem as we have discussed before.
Again, as I have said before, the IFA will never inspect individual sites, and there is no reason on earth why they should. That is not what professional bodies are for.