Wins an Award from an Archaeology in Framework Category:

The venture joint between Oxford Archaeology and Wessex Archaeology was reorganized in the British Archaeological Awards when it is won the flagship award of the Best Archaeological Project for its work at Heathrow airport.

The joint venture, known as Framework Archaeology, was formed in to work for BAA at its airports and the award was for this archaeological works in advance of the new Heathrow Terminal 5.The venture joint between Oxford Archaeology and Wessex Archaeology was reorganized in the British Archaeological Awards when it is won the flagship award of the Best Archaeological Project for its work at Heathrow airport. The joint venture, known as Framework Archaeology, was formed in to work for BAA at its airports and the award was for this archaeological works in advance of the new Heathrow Terminal 5.
The Framework Archaeology joint venture was the best and first one in the UK between professional archaeologists and was created in to deal with one of the largest ever excavations in the UK to allow BAA to build the new Terminals 5 as quickly as possible. This innovation continued in to the excavations with the pioneering recording of information digitally and extensive use of GIS.
The first of two books about the excavations was published promptly and was accompanied by another innovation; a CD ROM FreeViewer that allow an unparalleled amount of information to be made available. This means that as well as having the archaeologists account, the reader also has enough information to created in their own virtual excavation. The Freeviwer itself was highly commended in the Award for Archeological Innovation.
Professor David Breeze, Chairman of the Awards panel said ‘We particularly admired the Heathrow Project for its innovative approaches to collaboration‘, which rendered the daunting scale of the project attainable, for its ambitious and widely visionary research programmes which was undoubtedly largely enabled by the project innovative recording systems and participatory interpretative approaches, and it is exciting layered approaches to dissemination, and public involvement at all levels. He continued The whole project stands as an exemplary exercise in execution, interpretation and dissemination with absolute commitment to the highest professional standards at every point.
In a joint statement Sue Davies and David Jennings, the Chief Executives of Wessex and Oxford Archaeology added This award is a tribute to the very many staff from both organizations well over 100, the academic advisor Professor John Barrett, the BAA consultants Gill Andrews, and all the experts who have been asked to give specialist advice. The innovatives ways in which they have worked in together, all the way from excavation to publication, has been recognised as being the very best.