11th October 2005, 03:08 PM
In my experience, "Approved" contractor lists are a nonsense - it is practically impossible NOT to put someone on if they ask to be added, because of restraint of trade laws. My County doesn't even bother to maintain one.
Assuming the Trust are the Curatorial body for the area, they would be entitled to ask you for a statement of experience, proof of professional competance, any corporate details and standard method statements, as well as (obviously) a WSI for the site in question, prior to recommending approval of your proposal to do the watching brief. As the monitoring body, they would need to be assured that you would be suitably qualified and resourced to complete the project through post-ex analysis and on to detailed publication, should that be required. If you can provide credible information along those lines, they shouldn't be able to stop you working. However, Dr. Pete does have a point in that you may have found the resourcing and insurance issues difficult on your own.
Assuming the Trust are the Curatorial body for the area, they would be entitled to ask you for a statement of experience, proof of professional competance, any corporate details and standard method statements, as well as (obviously) a WSI for the site in question, prior to recommending approval of your proposal to do the watching brief. As the monitoring body, they would need to be assured that you would be suitably qualified and resourced to complete the project through post-ex analysis and on to detailed publication, should that be required. If you can provide credible information along those lines, they shouldn't be able to stop you working. However, Dr. Pete does have a point in that you may have found the resourcing and insurance issues difficult on your own.