26th January 2006, 05:32 PM
Not neccessarily, asthey have been prepared to fork out money for ' best value', and will I suppose depend on the local councils strategic plan and long term thinking. Even if your particular council is willing to put itself at political risk by being seen to not allowing you work to an industry recognised standard, the existence of such standards would still be a useful benchmark to argue your case, for greater resources ( or against being closed down...)
The point about RAO beeing peer reveiwed, and similar for standards, is that they are not handed down from on high set in stone but the product of consultations and concencous e.g.
http://www.britarch.ac.uk/conserve/stewardship/
after all it is pointless having standards no one can acheive
The point about RAO beeing peer reveiwed, and similar for standards, is that they are not handed down from on high set in stone but the product of consultations and concencous e.g.
http://www.britarch.ac.uk/conserve/stewardship/
after all it is pointless having standards no one can acheive