28th November 2008, 02:44 PM
Quote:quote:Originally posted by bob
True, but it happens, for example where following a tender process the client/consultant goes back to the units and says these are the figures, can you do it for less. Don't tell me it doesn't happen because it does, it is common in some areas and with some consultants and is the reason why I haven't got work on at the moment.
In addition, it is fairly easy to work out competitors rates from finished.
Absolutely Bob, this sort of thing is exaclty what I mean that needs to be stamped out. It is certainly unprofessional, almost certainly contrary to IfA codes and quite likely to be illegal. Rather than being equivalent to local jobbing builders that knock your living room through, com arch should aspire to beome equivalent to full scale construction. Tenders should be truly like for like, quantified, confidential, and opened on the same day. As in construction, you inform all tenderers who the others were (alphabetically) and give a list of tenders submitted (numerically) and all is above board, in theory. I suppose what I am saying is more work for consultants and indeed curators. (I am neither)
I also agree that not everyone needs to be an archaeologist in a firm. A quantity surveyor would be hugely advantageuous.