This abstracts is part of session #307:
Title:
Companies are key, but cannot work alone. Towards working together on achieving scientific and commercial success
Content:
In the Netherlands there is a fully developed archaeological practice, in which various (commercial) companies carry out archaeological research under certificate.
The Dutch system has ensured a reliable output in terms of processual quality, but there is a deeply rooted illusion that it could also be used to sufficiently organize the scientific quality of the research.
I am convinced that the latter can only be achieved with a combination of expertise from the (commercial) field, scientific community and the resonsible authorities.
It is the public authority that ultimately sets the requirements for the investigation, but it can only function if the commercial parties are recognized for their vital position within the framework of spatial development in The Netherlands.
As a heritage consultant at Arcadis, a large engineering and consultancy firm responsible for various large-scale programs in the spatial domain, I am in the position to organize and facilitate archaeological research on a large scale. Arcadis carries out integrated projects, and archaeology is one aspect. We are one of the largest clients of archaeological subcontractors and we see it as our task to carry out meaningful and scientifically relevant research within our projects. In The Netherlands we are far beyond the point of calling this rescue archaeology. In my contribution I would like to demonstrate this with examples from our practice, such as the construction of a hydrogen network throughout The Netherlands, the reinforcement of the Afsluitdijk and the large-scale programs to improve the ecological quality along the major rivers.
Keywords:
Commercial archaeology, Integral Heritage, Research program, Large scale projects
Main authors:
Floris Oosterhout1,2
Affiliations:
1 +31627061506
2 Arcadis
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