B1 Project and contract managers should use in-house support where possible. External advisers should only be appointed when the appropriate expertise is not available in-house The external advisers during the procurement phase should be required to ensure a transfer of skills and knowledge to the in-house facility upon contract signature as one of the requirements of the original assignment. In practice this will only be as successful as the Authority's willingness and ability to ensure appropriate in-house staff are identified and available for both training and to have an active/pro-active involvement in the project. Where possible, the procurement advisers should be re-engaged if external support is required, with the terms of such ad-hoc advice having been agreed as part of the original adviser procurement.