21st May 2006, 11:44 PM
Strangely... on Tuesday I don my Consultant aht, and act on behalf of a group that intends to build 1500 houses.( in a different county from my own I hasten to add)
In this capacity I will be acting in the best interests of my client... with my Curator hat i would have to be convinced that the scheme I came up with met the criteria for a full archaeological mitigation and investigation strategy... I would require tha backing of my planning officers of course as I have no statutory powers.
As a contractor.. I would of course act upon what was required and to compete, have to produce a tender that met the requirements but no more.. or I would not win the contract.
So to return back to the thread... without proper advice... a planning officer could not place adequate conditions, as a contractor I will be making sure that the archaeology is taken seriously, and integrated into a scheme, or mitigated to preserve the resource... as a contractor I need the development control archaeologist to ensure that what I do is to a standard.... minimum standards are just that... but no contractor that wants to win a contract wil go too much above it...
My life is complicated
Rest Assured though... as a consultant... I see my job as protecting the archaeology... but also making sure my client does not have to pay out more than they have to... as a curator.. I see that as my job too...
Letters go out Monday.... though for Nothants it may already be too late... I wil report back.
Another day another WSI?
In this capacity I will be acting in the best interests of my client... with my Curator hat i would have to be convinced that the scheme I came up with met the criteria for a full archaeological mitigation and investigation strategy... I would require tha backing of my planning officers of course as I have no statutory powers.
As a contractor.. I would of course act upon what was required and to compete, have to produce a tender that met the requirements but no more.. or I would not win the contract.
So to return back to the thread... without proper advice... a planning officer could not place adequate conditions, as a contractor I will be making sure that the archaeology is taken seriously, and integrated into a scheme, or mitigated to preserve the resource... as a contractor I need the development control archaeologist to ensure that what I do is to a standard.... minimum standards are just that... but no contractor that wants to win a contract wil go too much above it...
My life is complicated
Rest Assured though... as a consultant... I see my job as protecting the archaeology... but also making sure my client does not have to pay out more than they have to... as a curator.. I see that as my job too...
Letters go out Monday.... though for Nothants it may already be too late... I wil report back.
Another day another WSI?