14th June 2005, 02:15 PM
We (in my curator guise) often take these things into consideration .... so if a foundation is going to be 500mmm deep... we ask for 750mmm deep evaluation... if the client says strip trenching... we ask for 2m wide trenches ... this in our humble opinion mitigates the potential for over enthusiastic building works, and... in the future over enthusiastic demolition... Piles (aprt from being the archaeologist curse) are something of a problem to us all... I remember one site in York, where after months of work, and determination to preserve a fab Roman building standing c. 1 storey high... the piler came in... just nobody had mentioned that the piles were 1.5m wide!! gasp as you watch roman bricks and dust fly inot the back of a tipper truck.... sob as you realise that these nice dots on the plans were the centre of the piles... not the width... But we learn...
Pres in Situ has its place... but I prefer knowing what we have got. And then deciding what to do. However I must remind that PPG is as strong legally as a wet haddock! there can be many many other considerations that blow us out teh water.
In terms of a card game... PPG is the same as holding a duff hand with only one Ace... Development often holds 5 of themB)!
Another day another WSI?
Pres in Situ has its place... but I prefer knowing what we have got. And then deciding what to do. However I must remind that PPG is as strong legally as a wet haddock! there can be many many other considerations that blow us out teh water.
In terms of a card game... PPG is the same as holding a duff hand with only one Ace... Development often holds 5 of themB)!
Another day another WSI?