9th June 2010, 08:41 AM
Unitof1 Wrote:Care to detail what type of infrastructure project? In particular is the client civil service?
On most (almost all) infrastructure projects these days the archaeological fieldwork contractor is merely a subcontractor of the construction contractor (or even further down the 'tree') - the civil service department ultimately paying for it generally has no interest whatsoever in minor subcontrcators, its the main contractor who's got the job by putting in a stupidly unrealistic low tender who's the outfit turning all the screws. They know that archaeology subcontractors are going to say 'yes' to anything to avoid losing the contract, so we're always gonna be the easy target......