8th August 2008, 06:16 PM
The client wants to let out the piling contract as a traditional Design & Build, whereas I would see the piling layout as being driven more through a series of pre-designed layouts aimed at minimising the impact on the archaeological deposits. Does anyone have any recent experience in understanding how piling is procured on sites where archaeology is critical?
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I've had two sites recently where there were areas which were considered to be 'nationally important'. In one case we have avoided that area completely (we managed to convince the client that if they wanted to go ahead rapidly in this then the fastest and cheapest way would be to avoid the serious archaeology altogether). On the other one the piling has been designed in advance and will be some distance from the remains and 'bridge' over them. In both cases, however, we had to undertake limited evaluation/excavation in order to define the nature, location and preservation of the remains.
It sounds like you have a more lmitied space to work in though?
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I've had two sites recently where there were areas which were considered to be 'nationally important'. In one case we have avoided that area completely (we managed to convince the client that if they wanted to go ahead rapidly in this then the fastest and cheapest way would be to avoid the serious archaeology altogether). On the other one the piling has been designed in advance and will be some distance from the remains and 'bridge' over them. In both cases, however, we had to undertake limited evaluation/excavation in order to define the nature, location and preservation of the remains.
It sounds like you have a more lmitied space to work in though?