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© National Parks Service Tasmania. Site of the Centurion sunk in 1887 in Sydney Harbour, New South Wales, Australia.
The project design should include the full range of survey techniques that will be employed, including non-disturbance survey such as cameras and scales in the instance of this project on the site of the Centurion.
 © T. Maarleveld. Gradiometric magnometer survey, IJssel delta, Netherlands.
A timetable is an essential part of a project design as it assures that activities are planned in a logical sequence without delay while allowing for optimal use
of necessary weather windows, equipment and staff. Moreover, a timetable allows commissioning and funding bodies to know when to expect results in the form of a report or clearance for accession of the site.Timetables are particularly strict when activities are undertaken in advance of construction or dredging work. This image illustrates such a case on the example of a gradiometric magnetometer survey before contaminated sludge is to be removed in the IJssel delta.
A timetable for each individual section of the project and the completion of the entire project ensures that there is a commitment to deliver results within
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facilities, personnel, and travel/transportation costs. If a project is intrusive, it should also include conservation facilities, site stabilization and long- term storage of recovered artefacts. Materials that have been under water for a long time can dete- riorate rapidly when they are placed in a dry en- vironment. Therefore, adequate funding should be sourced to ensure that the collection of artefacts can be properly conserved and stored and that the site can be stabilized as appropriate. See Rules 17 - 19
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Project Design