6th May 2008, 03:05 PM
All quotes from Invisible Man:
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Quote:quote:Agreeing to something in writing is worthless unless it is both enforcable and enforced. Strictly speaking standards and extent of work will already be agreed to in writing, in the form of the contract between the contractor and the employer, and further in the conditions required by the planning authority (curator). These need not be the same of course as the former may exceed the latter.It is certainly true that standards cannot be enforced unless there is a detailed spec to measure them against. My experience is that the most detailed, clearest and enforceable specs occur where there is a good match between the scope of work in the spec, the curator's brief and the planning conditions, and where the spec is set in a strong contractual context. However, a weak curator's brief can undermine any consultant's attempt to write a strong spec - both have to be good.
Quote:quote:The former is a contractual matter, probably administered by a consultant, which these forums suggest is part of the problem (but at least one consultant contrbuting here will dispute).I'm guessing you meant me, and I am going to dispute it - but only in a qualified way. A bad consultant can be part of the problem, but a good one will police the work far more effectively than a curator (for resource reasons). Also, while it is easy to blame a bad consultant, you must bear in mind that there wouldn't be a problem at all if it weren't for bad units.
Quote:quote:The administration of the latter, as described by others above, is the role of the curatorTrue, but the scope of work defined in the curator's brief, the planning conditions and the spec ought to agree with each other. I would love it if all curators had the resources, skill, determination and back-up from their authority to police the work more effectively - apart from anything else, it would make it more likely that the client would take my advice.
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