1st December 2009, 04:11 PM
BAJR Host Wrote:Although this is not strictly true... it is fairly true. bring in consultants who care more about getting the job done right first time, than the 40 quid that could be saved by hiring archaeo-cowboys inc.
Gissa job. }
But seriously - as I said before (not sure if it was this thread or another) I look for people to get it right the first time, I also give points for methodologies that approach the archaeology as it is, rather than 'we always do it that way'.
I take your point Muckraker, and it's well made. But, interestingly, if much a larger percentage of the commercial archaeology being undertaken at present is for large, government based organisations, rather than for entirley commercial ones, maybe the cost driver will become slightly less? Everyone's budgets in government are being squeezed, but then it's a question of doing what's effective and necessary, and actually thinking about the archaeology, rather than time pressured, knee jerk reactions.
Does that make me a discerning customer......?