29th July 2010, 01:24 PM
god i wish i ever got to work with clients who were forward thinking enough to even consider archaeology.... instead of having a strop when they realise part way through the works we were supposed to be there all along...
errrrm anyway back to the point, yep contractors will only pay for what they are made too but i dont think it makes it any less laudable when its done...... but surely curators are there to suggest and enforce planning conditions??
maybe we dont need new planning statements maybe we need better legal reactions when conditions are broken! taking ecology as an example... if a badger is killed, the company directors can be sentenced to jail time (doesnt really happen but its the maximum sentence) and the fines are astronomically high for any infringment.... so the construction industry by and large does as its told... they dont like it... but they do it......... what happens if they dont meet the archaeological planning conditions? and say excavate areas without an archaeologist? or machine through something important ''by accident'' what are the penalities?
If we sort that one out then im pretty sure any construction company will do anything on the condition no matter how much it costs...... then all the disagreement over the guidance will disappear!
hmmm i thought id lost my idealistc streak..........
errrrm anyway back to the point, yep contractors will only pay for what they are made too but i dont think it makes it any less laudable when its done...... but surely curators are there to suggest and enforce planning conditions??
maybe we dont need new planning statements maybe we need better legal reactions when conditions are broken! taking ecology as an example... if a badger is killed, the company directors can be sentenced to jail time (doesnt really happen but its the maximum sentence) and the fines are astronomically high for any infringment.... so the construction industry by and large does as its told... they dont like it... but they do it......... what happens if they dont meet the archaeological planning conditions? and say excavate areas without an archaeologist? or machine through something important ''by accident'' what are the penalities?
If we sort that one out then im pretty sure any construction company will do anything on the condition no matter how much it costs...... then all the disagreement over the guidance will disappear!
hmmm i thought id lost my idealistc streak..........