Buckinghamshire Council Archaeology Service (BCAS) generic brief for an archaeological geophysical survey (magnetometer and resistivity)
12. Monitoring
- Site monitoring visits are not envisaged for geophysical surveys, however, larger surveys should provide the Council Archaeology Service with updated rectified plots of significant discoveries during the survey.
- Monitoring is carried out by the Council Archaeology Service, normally acting on behalf of the local planning authority, to ensure that projects are being carried out in accordance with the brief and approved project design, to enable the need for modifications to the project to be independently considered and validated and to control and validate the use of available contingencies.
- The Council Archaeology Service should be informed at the earliest opportunity of any unexpected discoveries, especially where there may be a need to vary the project design. The archaeological contractor should carry out such reasonable contingency works as requested by the Council Archaeology Service within the resources defined in the project design.
- In the event that the Council Archaeology Service considers that the approved project design is not being complied with without reasonable justification then action will be taken in accordance with our archaeological enforcement policy.