ABSTRACT
Collaboration and integration are vital project functions enabling a development project to achieve completion on time and on budget. The development of interdisciplinary approaches to research is considered a powerful mechanism that is vital to facilitate more efficient work practices in construction and in research. There is little empirical evidence currently suggesting how this collaboration can be achieved directly on sites within large infrastructure projects. By examining surrounding geotechnical borehole scan logs and archaeological fieldwork logs of a site, this research assesses the loss and importance of geoarchaeological information within a London Case Study, and how the geotechnical results found show a need for interdisciplinary action. Neighboring case studies indicates that there is potential for significant finds and deposits to survive un-truncated on the Case Study site, which is in proximity to an Archaeology Priority Zone. In addition to showing the potential loss of geoarchaeological information, the research shows how an interdisciplinary approach to geotechnical engineering and geoarchaeology on developments can save time, money and reduce risk for surprise archaeology on sites.
