2nd November 2005, 09:56 AM
Quote:quote:Originally posted by Barnesy
Should we be looking to build something into project designs which calls for inspection of the in situ remains to check on their stability?[?]
This is a nice idea, but difficult to work out the specifics. Many "preserved in-situ" sites are sealed under the concrete rafts and piles of large buildings, or buried under open spaces within housing estates, (we've got a nice site "preserved" under a motorway) which would make ongoing monitoring extremely difficult. However, as previously PPG16 - developed sites come up for redevelopment again (and it's beginning to happen), this sort of inspection will be a lot easier to carry out. I'm looking forward to it, as I get the feeling that a lot of preservation seems to be a developers' cop-out, to avoid paying for the digging in the first place, and it's time some decent study was done into how this process works in practice.