Last October, we awarded a £23 million contract to Lagan Aviation and Infrastructure to resurface the runway at RAF Northolt. We’ve now closed the runway for six months to allow the work to take place.
We’ve just awarded a £23 million contract for resurfacing the runway at RAF Northolt and some associated works to Lagan Aviation and Infrastructure. I’m DIO’s project manager for the work. The work will upgrade the existing runway, improve its drainage and …
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It’s been a while since my last blog on the progress of work we’re undertaking at RAF Marham to prepare it to be the Main Operating Base of the Royal Navy and RAF’s F-35 Lightning fleet, so this seems a …
Hi, I’m Alan Baker and I’m a DIO Project Manager. One of my current projects is the runway resurfacing at RAF Valley on Anglesey. Importance of RAF Valley RAF Valley is a fast jet training base where RAF pilots are …
Hi, I’m John Williams and as you may remember if you read my earlier blog, I’m a DIO Project Delivery Manager currently working on overseas projects. These include the runway renovations at RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus and RAF Gibraltar. Project …
However many times you’ve boarded a plane and watched the taxi and take-off out of the window, you’ve probably never given much – if any – thought to the surface of the runway under the plane’s wheels. I can’t say …
Hello. I’m Douglas Bodie, DIO’s Head of Land Management Services (LMS). On a day-to-day basis this involves leading a team of Surveyors and property people in delivery of property transactions and property advice. With over 20 LMS office locations to …
Hi, I’m Air Vice Marshall Elaine West, DIO’s Director of Projects and Programme Delivery (PPD). In contrast to most of the other members of the Senior Leadership Team who’ve been blogging lately, I’m not new to DIO. In fact, I’ve …
Last year, Defence Secretary Philip Hammond announced the Regular Army Basing Plan. This will see the return of some 15,000 Service personnel to the UK from Germany by 2020, concentrating the Army’s manpower in seven geographic areas. These are Salisbury …
Hi, I’m Rob Dawson and I was principal project manager for the £180 million ‘Programme to Rationalise and Integrate the Defence Intelligence Estate’ (PRIDE), which consists of 10 new facilities including the Defence Intelligence Pathfinder Building at RAF Wyton. Having …