18th March 2010, 06:19 PM
OK yeah you have me there.... but frankly 99.99999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999% of watching briefs are the result of some consultant arguing that a excavation is unnecessary.
(ok I'm exaggerating a little)
the thing is why is there a watching brief.... on some huge gas pipeline project tearing across the landscape it makes some sense but in a urban context why isn't the project designed to strip out and demo then excavate.. if there is nothing there so what? the watching brief become an area excavation with nothing in it.
I don't have a problem with that
(ok I'm exaggerating a little)
the thing is why is there a watching brief.... on some huge gas pipeline project tearing across the landscape it makes some sense but in a urban context why isn't the project designed to strip out and demo then excavate.. if there is nothing there so what? the watching brief become an area excavation with nothing in it.
I don't have a problem with that