22nd February 2014, 03:40 PM
(This post was last modified: 22nd February 2014, 04:03 PM by kevin wooldridge.)
Tool Wrote:The policies of the IfA appear to be biased towards outdated notions of how archaeology is practiced in the UK, and has not caught up with the fact that commercial archaeology is now the mainstay of active archaeology. As I've said before, a visible campaign to engage with the construction industry to find ways in which this little bit of planning law could be used to their advantage rather than being an expensive inconvenience would be a good move.
These are the 'policies' of the IfA. It is these which are normally encapsulated in WSI as following best practice or IfA guidelines. Such advice covers all practitioners of commercial archaeology, irrespective of whether they are members of the IfA. It seems to me that all have relevance to commercial archaeology, but I'd be interested to hear which you consider outdated or irrelevant.
As for campaigns to engage with developers, there has been an Archaeology and British Property Federation developer liaison group policy document in place since 1986 to which the IfA subscribes. (I attach a link to the Newham Borough online version of this policy http://apps.newham.gov.uk/environment/ud...ogical.pdf.
IfA 'policies'[URL="http://www.archaeologists.net/sites/default/files/node-files/Code-of-conduct-revOct2013.pdf"]
Codeof conduct[/URL]
Codeof approved practice for the regulation of contractual arrangementsin archaeology
Disciplinaryregulations
Regulationsfor the registration of organisations
Groups by-law
Introductionto standards and guidance
Standardand guidance for archaeological advice by historic environmentservices
Standardand guidance for the creation, compilation, transfer and depositionof archaeological archives
Standardand guidance for the archaeological investigation and recording ofstanding buildings or structures
Standardand guidance for the collection, documentation, conservation andresearch of archaeological materials
Standardand guidance for commissioning work on, or providing consultancyadvice on, archaeology and the historic environment
Standardand guidance for desk-based assessment
Standardand guidance for excavation
Standardand guidance for field evaluation
Standardand guidance for forensic archaeologists
Standardand guidance for geophysical survey
Standardand guidance for nautical archaeological recording and reconstruction
Standardand guidance for stewardship of the historic environment
Standardand guidance for an archaeological watching brief
Thereis also a Policy Statements Document that contains policies on thefollowing:[URL="http://www.archaeologists.net/sites/default/files/node-files/IfA-Policy-Statements-rev-Aug-13.pdf"]
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[URL="http://www.archaeologists.net/sites/default/files/node-files/IfA-Policy-Statements-rev-Aug-13.pdf"]Equalopportunities
Health and safety
Volunteers and students onarchaeological projects
Environmental protection
Self-employmentand the use of self-employed contractors
The use of training postson archaeological projects[/URL]
Riskassessment template - guidance notes
Riskassessment: minor works
Riskassessment: larger projects
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