8th July 2005, 06:28 PM
Come on CK don't fob it off on ALGAO, it's up to you to foster a consultative relationship with statutory providers on your own turf. So what if the contractor didn't inform you until after the event - bad practice, yeah. But at least someone was dealing with the archaeological implications of the scheme. Sounds like you're just smarting because you were cut out of the loop. Another point - if you knew for certain that the scheme had no archaeological implications can we safely assume that you would have required no work had you been consulted. How you can make such a bold statement on a pipeline scheme beats me - either you have x-ray eyes or it was one small pipeline in a previously truncated area. If it was so obviously a dead duck why would an RAO bother - wouldn't it be better for their and archaeology in generals reputation if they just told the client (via yourself?) that there was no need. Just a thought....