Marlborough College

5534 New Grid Connection – Infrastructure

CASE STUDY 1

Major design considerations: 1 And, as if by magic… Powersystems engineers designed the 880m cable route around the mound where the legendary wizard Merlin is purported to have been buried dating back to 2400BC. The Marlborough Mound has been one of the biggest mysteries in the Wessex landscape, used as a castle and then became an important fortress for the Norman and Plantagent kings meant that the Powersystems team gave Powersystems were responsible for the tremendous consideration to the routing design, installation, testing and of the underground cables commissioning of the electrical infrastructure to ensure this beautiful associated with this project. This consisted of site was preserved. a new electricity 1000KVA HV & LV connection from SSE point of connection to the new

Norwood Hall utility building.

Marlborough College is a co-educational independent school for day and boarding pupils located in Marlborough, . Founded in

1843 for the sons of Church of clergy, it is now fully co-educational.

The site of Marlborough College was formerly occupied by Marlborough Castle, first mentioned in documents of 1138, although it is thought to have been built soon after 1066. Recent radiocarbon dates taken through the Marlborough Castle mount show the main body of it to be of Neolithic origins. The grade II park and garden is registered under the Historic Buildings and Ancient Monuments Act 1953 within the Register of Historic Parks and Gardens by Historic England for its special historic interest.

The electrical work was undertaken in partnership with Stepnell on behalf of the client, Marlborough College.

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