6th December 2011, 10:24 AM
While I agree that a good consultant can be an effective means of ensuring that work is done to a suitable standard, at the end of the day they're employed by the developer, so their independence would always be open to question. For example, it could be suggested that it would be in the interests of the consultant to pass shoddy work because it would save his client money. Before all the consultants on here jump down my throat, I'm sure this doesn't happen much, but the ultimate responsibility for consultants is surely to ensure that the person who's paying the bills isn't getting ripped off by the evil contractors trying to boost their own profits by undertaking work that isn't necessary!
You know Marcus. He once got lost in his own museum