ed danaher

director and senior project archaeologist

About

Ed is a highly experienced and accomplished archaeologist and project manager with over 17 years’ experience of working on large scale infrastructural projects throughout Britain and Ireland from archaeological assessment, design of fieldwork strategies to management of archaeological fieldwork. Ed has extensive experience of providing archaeological technical advice on behalf of clients across a wide range of projects. Clients have included government and semi-state bodies, local authorities, engineering consultancies and private developers. Ed’s provision of robust management and ability to provide more cost and time effective solutions to mitigation proposals suggested by archaeological contractors has ensured success.

Country

ireland

City

ireland

Industry

management consulting

Skill

archaeology, field work, report writing, cultural heritage, environmental impact assessment, research, mitigation, surveying, excavation, history, cultural resource management, historic preservation, impact assessment, gis, conservation issues, spatial analysis, museums, prehistoric archaeology, archaeological survey, gps, data collection, proposal writing, landscape archaeology, supervisory skills, team management, historical research, historical archaeology, publications

Experience

nra project archaeologist

national roads authority

2007-4 - 2011-4 · 4 yrs 1 mo

principal archaeologist

jacobs

2014-5 - 2015-11 · 1 yr 7 mos

senior archaeologist

mouchel uk

2013-1 - 2014-4 · 1 yr 4 mos

* Senior Archaeologist Belfast Office (2013 – 2014) * Management of archaeological contractors and site supervision. * Approved and certified completion of archaeological works where appropriate * Carried out archaeological assessment and EIA input for highways schemes and design and management of the implementation of archaeological commitments on highways related schemes and other projects. * Facilitated discussions with the statutory body (NIEA) as the client’s representative, to produce agreed solutions for mitigation works. * Senior Archaeologist on the A5 Western Traffic Corridor * Responsible for ensuring archaeological contractor’s compliance with contract documentation * Approved and certified completion of archaeological works where appropriate * Facilitated discussions with the statutory body (NIEA) as the client’s representative, to produce an agreed solution for mitigation works. * Reported any project risks to Project Manager. * Worked closely with other professional staff to provide appropriate advice * Oversaw preliminary post-excavation work

senior archaeologist

archaeological consultancy services

2001-1 - 2007-4 · 6 yrs 4 mos

Project managed archaeological contracts including the N9 Ballincollig Bypass, the N4 Sligo Inner Relief Road and assisted with the management of M7/M8 Road Scheme in Co. Laois. These ranged in value from €1.5m to €5m. Directed over 80 archaeological excavations and assessments and wrote reports for each. Published articles in various magazines, journals and wrote the material for the N9 Ballincollig Bypass for publication. Managed teams of 10 to 100+ people. Presented findings of archaeological discoveries at various seminars.