27th September 2007, 05:54 PM
So... heres a puzzler for you... (and I don't see anything wrong with WSI either)
an area of a medieval town is to de developed ... 10m by 40m with a basement
what to ask for.... do you have to be very detailed asking for enviromental (just in case there is a waterlogged well?) what about the requirements for human remains? animal bones... etc....
do you require a full staff list and qualifications ? etc......
OR
you can be assured that for a project like this the level of competance is already set... the actions required in the event of encountering xxx deposits is already set ... etc.....
I too see large companies with 38 page policies and procedures... but... how many times have you been burnt by... You did not specifically ask for that.. so we won't do it... ? And basically we don't have a leg to stand on...
Curatorial Standards are perhaps what are as much under scrutiny as contracting ones... if we all sang from the same songsheet.. that can't be such a bad thing.. instead of relying on the subjective interest/experieince of the curator - we all based our professional judgment on the same group of standards... Which to my money could be just like the IFA ones... after all we are all looking at the same area.. whether from Holland or Greece or UK.
A trench is a trench.... a watching brief is a watching brief a building survey is a building survey.. a land survey....etc....
Or are we suggesting that a dutch trench is somehow different? better/worse than a UK one?
the key words are
"most of the bigger/more organised/professional units cover much of this ground in their procedures manuals."
and that suggests that there are thos that are disorganised, unprofessional and smaller groups that don't know what they are doing, but we (as curators) can't stop them from operating to their own unrecognised 'standards'..
Show me a standard and I will show you 2 more...
"No job worth doing was ever done on time or under budget.."
Khufu
an area of a medieval town is to de developed ... 10m by 40m with a basement
what to ask for.... do you have to be very detailed asking for enviromental (just in case there is a waterlogged well?) what about the requirements for human remains? animal bones... etc....
do you require a full staff list and qualifications ? etc......
OR
you can be assured that for a project like this the level of competance is already set... the actions required in the event of encountering xxx deposits is already set ... etc.....
I too see large companies with 38 page policies and procedures... but... how many times have you been burnt by... You did not specifically ask for that.. so we won't do it... ? And basically we don't have a leg to stand on...
Curatorial Standards are perhaps what are as much under scrutiny as contracting ones... if we all sang from the same songsheet.. that can't be such a bad thing.. instead of relying on the subjective interest/experieince of the curator - we all based our professional judgment on the same group of standards... Which to my money could be just like the IFA ones... after all we are all looking at the same area.. whether from Holland or Greece or UK.
A trench is a trench.... a watching brief is a watching brief a building survey is a building survey.. a land survey....etc....
Or are we suggesting that a dutch trench is somehow different? better/worse than a UK one?
the key words are
"most of the bigger/more organised/professional units cover much of this ground in their procedures manuals."
and that suggests that there are thos that are disorganised, unprofessional and smaller groups that don't know what they are doing, but we (as curators) can't stop them from operating to their own unrecognised 'standards'..
Show me a standard and I will show you 2 more...
"No job worth doing was ever done on time or under budget.."
Khufu