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Lecture

National Grid: Dorset VIP project

Event organised by ICE

Date
22 January 2025
Time
07:30 - 09:00 GMT
Location
Council Chambers
Dorset Council
County Hall
Colliton Park
Dorchester, DT1 1XJ
United Kingdom
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National Grid: Dorset VIP project

Date
22 January 2025
Time
07:30 - 09:00 GMT
Location
Council Chambers

Free

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Overview

The Visual Impact Provision (VIP) project has restored the beautiful Dorset downland landscape with the removal of 22 pylons over an 8.8km stretch between Winterbourne Abbas near Dorchester and Corton Ridge towards Weymouth.

Discover the story behind this major, complex development project in an environmentally important location, close to the Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site.

Find out why it was one of the most transformative, stakeholder-led projects in a generation, recognising and reclaiming our precious wild spaces and their surroundings.

The presentation will touch on complex engineering challenges, as well as the wider legacy of the scheme which has included a greater understanding of human history in the area through extensive archaeological finds.

Venue

Council Chambers
Dorset Council
County Hall
Colliton Park
Dorchester
DT1 1XJ
United Kingdom

Programme

07:30 - 07:45
Doors open
07:45 - 08:45
Presentation
08:45 - 08:55
Refreshments
08:55 - 09:00
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Speaker

Paul Hamnett

Paul Hamnett

National Grid

senior project manager

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Paul Hamnett

Paul Hamnett, senior project manager at National Grid, has over 25 years’ experience working in the high voltage transmission sector.

Starting his career at BICC Cables and Pirelli (Prysmian), he worked on projects across the UK and then overseas including in Spain, the UAE and Hong Kong. Since joining National Grid in 2005, he has been involved in numerous asset replacement, substation build and physical security projects and in September 2020 was appointed to lead the Dorset VIP scheme.

For more information please contact:

Yasemin Gurbuz

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