If you’ve been following DIO’s blogs, you may have seen that I blogged back in January about my role as Project Manager of the Defence College of Logistics, Policing and Administration, which DIO is building at Worthy Down in Hampshire. …
My name is Si Cleggett and I am the Wessex Archaeology Project Manager for the Army Basing Programme. Wessex Archaeology is one of the Country’s leading heritage practices. We were commissioned by the Defence Infrastructure Organisation’s (DIO) consultant’s WYG to …
Hi, I’m David Salmond and I'm Deputy Head of Major Projects in DIO's Programme and Projects Delivery team. With the DIO project team, we’re responsible for delivering the enabling works at RAF Marham in preparation for the arrival and operation of the …
Hi, I’m Lisa Wade and I’m a DIO ecologist based on Salisbury Plain. It’s a pretty wide-ranging job which includes protection of endangered hen harriers. Hen harriers are a bird of prey and mainly eat small animals including mammals and …
Hi, I’m Rebecca Connor and I’m currently doing a Level 4 Business Apprenticeship with the People Team at the Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) in Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands. Becoming an Apprentice I started my DIO apprenticeship in September 2015 after …
Hi, I’m WO1 Jeff Elson, a Training Safety Marshall on Salisbury Plain. The Salisbury Plain Training Area is the largest training area in the UK at around 38,000 hectares. Its size means there is a wide range of training opportunities …
Hi, I’m Ian Hay and I’m part of DIO’s Acquisition and Disposal team. One area DIO is always working on is selling parts of the estate which we don’t need anymore. This not only reduces our ongoing costs as we …
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 …
Hello, my name is Jimmy Evans and I am the Training Safety Officer (TSO) and Commandant for Halton Training Camp near Lancaster, Holcombe Moor Training Area near Bury, and the Ambleside Adventure Training Hut in the Lake District National Park. …
I am Nigel Sharpe, and work for DIO Land Management Services dealing with the training areas of the South West. As most of the 30,000 acres that I cover is hired (86%), my daily job is taken up with smoothing …