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Hi Nick, Yes, I got a request for this for City of Lincoln. WRT charging, I think it's sometimes worth making a judgement call as to whether the results of a given research project would be sufficiently useful to justify an investment of time, for example if a project demonstrably helps one's authority to achieve specific policies or other commitments. On something like this, a bit of flexibility on the part of HERs can give HEng a lot more bang for their buck. Of course it would help if they did some legwork beforehand to find out if HERs are willing to support a given piece of research, but HEng project designs often seem to be put together in a very high level way, leaving it to tenderers to come up with specific methodologies for delivery. Another problem is that the budgets for HEng tender requests are often judged very finely, and require a lot of lateral thinking on the part of tenderers to meet project objectives while staying within the proposed budget. Of course this is easy for me to say as Lincoln doesn't charge for searches at the moment. Best, Alastair MacIntosh City Archaeologist City of Lincoln Council City Hall Beaumont Fee Lincoln LN1 1DF Tel. 01522 873478<tel:01522%20873478> Mob. 07557 375400<tel:07557%20375400> From: Issues related to Historic Environment Records [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Nick Boldrini Sent: 29 June 2015 09:39 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Field dating This isn't about amorous liaisons during fieldwork (though there's probably a good anthropological study in there somewhere...) But about a request we have just got from a contractor wanting to know about field systems which have been scientifically dated. Has anyone else got this? Its HEng, so I'm assuming the other home nations wouldn't have. If so, can you actually answer it - we can't easily (enhancement backlog, under resourced blah blah etc) -to get any sort of reliable answer would take a hell of a lot of report trawling. So I'm probably gonna suggest they do that And is anyone else considering charging them? In my view it's quite probably a commercial enquiry (research doesn't automatically mean non-commercial). And had anyone any wind of this before hand from HEng? Oh, Happy Monday as well ; ) best wishes Nick Boldrini Historic Environment Record Officer Archaeology Section Design and Historic Environment Team Planning Service Regeneration and Economic Development Durham County Council County Hall Durham DH1 5UQ Tel: 03000 267008 [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> http://www.durham.gov.uk/archaeology [twitter]<http://www.twitter.com/durhamcouncil>[facebook]<http://www.facebook.com/durhamcouncil> [cid:image003.png@01CF49C9.CDD0C8A0] [cid:image004.png@01D0B250.7DA2BF50] ________________________________ Help protect our environment by only printing this email if absolutely necessary. The information it contains and any files transmitted with it are confidential and are only intended for the person or organisation to whom it is addressed. It may be unlawful for you to use, share or copy the information, if you are not authorised to do so. If you receive this email by mistake, please inform the person who sent it at the above address and then delete the email from your system. Durham County Council takes reasonable precautions to ensure that its emails are virus free. However, we do not accept responsibility for any losses incurred as a result of viruses we might transmit and recommend that you should use your own virus checking procedures. ========================================================================================================================= Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail! This transmission is intended for the named addressee(s) only and may contain sensitive or protectively marked material up to RESTRICTED and should be handled accordingly. Unless you are the named addressee (or authorised to receive it for the addressee) you may not copy or use it, or disclose it to anyone else. If you have received this transmission in error please notify the sender immediately. All GCSX traffic may be subject to recording and/or monitoring in accordance with relevant legislation. This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. Under the Data Protection Act 1998 and the Freedom of Information Act 2000 the contents of this email may be disclosed. The City of Lincoln Council reserves the right to monitor both sent and received emails. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager who can be contacted at [log in to unmask]