17th August 2006, 11:33 AM
Quote:quote:Originally posted by drpeterwardle
I would ask all curators on BAJR to state how many briefs that have issued and specs they have read and all the consultants to say how many they have written for an assessment? (Excepting desk top studies covered by EIA.)
For a DBA[:0]? Who has time for that (outside of EIA scoping opinions)? I do often have informal chats with the consultant or unit if I think there is anything above the norm that should be in an assessment, or if I know of other information relevent that they will not have access to (sites not yet on the SMR or geotech results from an adjacent area, for example). And will also put this additional bits on any letter written to an LPA asking for an assessment.
Briefs for fieldwork get done for excavations (usually) but not evaluations or wbs unless they are outside of the ordinary. This seesm to work fine. And if you consider that a decent excavation brief takes the better part of 1/2 day to prepare, there simply isn't time to do much else. But all specs must state that the local AND IFA standards and guidlines will be adhered to.
Would love to ramble on about the volume of standards and guidance papers, but must get back to the pile
ML