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slumpystones Jul 20, 2007 07:54:01
Replying to tiompan

tiompan wrote:
This whole conundrum, of developers uncovering sites then allowing archeaos in to have a look then the site gets covered /trashed as opposed to nothing said and the sites gets lost or in exceptional cases the work is cancelled , is based on a fine line of trust between the parties . This case may tip the balance , regardless it can only get more interesting . The new government home building initiative will produce lots of similar cases .
An ongoing project that suddenly uncovers goodies means they also run the risk of having their project stopped and taken over. Yes we all hate development and the owners etc, but they do discover a lot of stuff that would never otherwise be dug up. I assume the government has some sort of compensation scheme set up so if a project is stopped in its tracks someone pays the wages?

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nigelswift Jul 20, 2007 08:02:47
Replying to slumpystones

I assume the government has some sort of compensation scheme set up so if a project is stopped in its tracks someone pays the wages?

I don't think so. Not sure about the arrangements for a road builder like McAlpine and whether their contract entitles them to contingency payments from their client, but in a case like Tarmac where they might have been prevented from collecting millions of quids worth of gravel its a case of tough, its a commercial risk they have to bear. Amd why not? Permission to develop is a very valuable free gift from society and if society chooses to change its mind so be it.

T tiompan
tiompan Jul 20, 2007 09:26:54
Replying to slumpystones

slumpystones wrote:
tiompan wrote:
This whole conundrum, of developers uncovering sites then allowing archeaos in to have a look then the site gets covered /trashed as opposed to nothing said and the sites gets lost or in exceptional cases the work is cancelled , is based on a fine line of trust between the parties . This case may tip the balance , regardless it can only get more interesting . The new government home building initiative will produce lots of similar cases .
An ongoing project that suddenly uncovers goodies means they also run the risk of having their project stopped and taken over. Yes we all hate development and the owners etc, but they do discover a lot of stuff that would never otherwise be dug up. I assume the government has some sort of compensation scheme set up so if a project is stopped in its tracks someone pays the wages?
As Richard Bradley's recent book has pointed out , We can hardly keep up with developer funded finds and info on new sites .At the moment the balance appears to be working but we could easily return to a point when it would be easier for them to turn a blind eye and fail to report finds .