Hello,
Still business mostly as usual here at GGAT in South Wales, just from home rather than Swansea! Had a bit of an influx of enquiries
in the first week or so (great to have time sensitive work to do while you’re trying to adjust to working from home! Ahem…). Seems to have settled down now though.
Re the Welsh Trusts and furloughing – to my knowledge, none of the HER staff have been furloughed, though some people from other departments
may have been (eg from the commercial arm of the Trust).
Take care all!
Calli
Calli Rouse BA MCIfA
Historic Environment Record and Information Manager – Rheolwr Cofnod yr Amgylchedd Hanesyddol a Gwybodaeth
Croesewir Gohebiaeth yn y Gymraeg neu yn Saesneg /Correspondence is welcomed in Welsh or English
Glamorgan-Gwent Archaeological Trust – Ymddiriedolaeth Archaeolegol Morgannwg-Gwent
Heathfield House
Heathfield
Swansea/Abertawe
SA1 6EL
Tel/Ffôn 01792 634225
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From: Issues related to Historic Environment Records <[log in to unmask]>
On Behalf Of Ben Wallace
Sent: 24 April 2020 12:28
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Friday afternoon question - is anybody there?
Yup business as usual here in Warwickshire just slower and harder working remotely! (oh and anyone who has kids knows the suffering parents are going through right now!).
We still have HER enquiries coming in and plenty of work to keep us going!
As far as I understand it public sector workers cannot be furloughed but I know some have been redeployed/reassigned work.
I have seen one worrying thing from Wales though is that some Archaeological Trust staff appear to have been furloughed, anyone from Wales able to comment on that?
Keep safe and sane everyone!
Ben
Ben Wallace
(Historic Environment Record Manager)
BA (EU) Hons, MA, MCIfA
Warwickshire Historic Environment Record
Archaeological Information and Advice (AIA),
Landscape, Ecology and Historic Environment,
Planning Delivery,
Environment Services,
Communities
Warwickshire County Council
Phone: 01926 412734
Postal Address: Archaeological Information and Advice, Communities, Warwickshire County Council, PO Box 43, Warwick CV34 4SX
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on behalf of Vanessa Clarke <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: 24 April 2020 12:25
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Subject: Re: Friday afternoon question - is anybody there?
Hi all,
Still working at Bedford Borough. Given the amount of major infrastructure schemes that are still progressing, we are still required to monitor fieldwork etc. (in accordance with safe-working conditions) so have escaped being furloughed
for now.
On the HER front, we continue our 4 yearlong battle for remote-hosting including making repeated emergency business cases – although we have the support of our management who will pay and we have checked every small technical detail and
presented all the solutions to ICT, the latter keep sitting on this and won’t progress.
In the meantime everything takes 4x as long over a dodgy VPN, so whilst it might sound a little odd at this time, our backlog of planning and HER work continues to grow. And that’s 4x as long with one of us starting at 5.30am and other
working up until midnight to run queries when traffic over the VPN is quietest.
Take care all.
Vanessa Clarke
BSc, MA, MSc, AIFA
Senior Archaeological Officer (Planning)
Environment & Sustainable Communities
Bedford Borough Council
Borough Hall, Cauldwell Street, Bedford, MK42 9AP
01234 718560 (47560)
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COVID-19: With regard to signing-off archaeological fieldwork, it may be possible to undertake some on-site monitoring where we are
able to accord with the government’s guidance on social distancing, but please contact the relevant case officer in advance to discuss. Applicants should, however, be aware that where this is not possible and alternative arrangements cannot be agreed, there
may be a delay in signing-off fieldwork.
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On Behalf Of Chris Webster
Sent: 24 April 2020 12:15
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Subject: Friday afternoon question - is anybody there?
We’ve not had a Friday afternoon question for a long time and there doesn’t seem to be much activity which suggests to me that either you are all hunkered down at home working or you’ve been taken off HER work or been furloughed.
Here in Somerset, we are continuing HER work as (almost) normal from home. Much of this has been NRHE – HER transfer but there have still been enquiries. Planning applications don’t seem to have slowed much, though there’s not much fieldwork
being undertaken.
So over to you – if there’s anyone there – what’s happening elsewhere?
Chris Webster
Somerset and BaNES Historic Environment Records
Somerset Heritage Centre
Brunel Way
Taunton
TA2 6SF
01823 347434
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