News from FAME

The Construction Leadership Council (CLC) Site Operating Procedures have been updated to incorporate a number of technical changes as a result of the recently published Government guidance on Working Safely during Coronavirus (COVID-19) – Construction & Other Outdoor Work. FAME considers that the CLC Site Operating Procedures (as updated – https://www.constructionleadershipcouncil.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Site-Operating-Procedures-Version-4.pdf) continue to set the […]

The following statement has been put out by the Industry Working Group. Please find the full signed version as a document to download at the end   4 May 2020 Statement on Promoting a Safe Working Environment on Construction Sites during the COVID-19 Pandemic The Industry Working Group is determined to ensure that archaeological work […]

A message sent to FAME members by the CEO: Dear FAME members, There are several bits of news and information I would like to share with you. As many of you would have already suspected, the FAME forum and AGM is going to be postponed due to COVID-19. While it is over two months away, […]

A message sent from our CEO to our members: Dear FAME members, The Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy has written an open letter to the construction industry stating that the government advice is that: “… wherever possible, people should work at home. However, we know that for many people working in […]

Message from the CEO to members:   Dear FAME members, We have some updates for you on the various support schemes as well as some issues members are facing, first the support information adapted from Heritage Alliance for you: Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme The Government has released guidance on its Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme. Further […]

Sent to our members today.   Dear FAME members, Overload of emails I know, but we are living in interesting times. I have received a message today from Andy Bye, Prospect Negotiations Officer for Heritage, Law and Energy. FAME have met with Prospect and discussed the message (which is below), and I feel that it […]

This has been sent to all FAME members:   Dear FAME Members, Apologies for the raft of emails coming from FAME in such short order, though given the quickly changing situation we thought it necessary to update you on developments relating to fieldwork and non-field work that will impact you imminently. In the last few […]

Dear FAME members, Over the last few days myself and Doug Rocks-Macqueen, FAME’s Deputy CEO, have been speaking to FAME members. We have managed to speak to or contact most of our members and have brought together comprehensive views on what is happening across commercial archaeology, shared below. We have also asked how FAME can […]