Christmas Greetings and a Look Back
It’s that time of year again! The shops are full of gift sets, the radio is playing Christmas music and for most of us, thoughts will now be looking forward to the festive period. For many, it’s a time of …
Ceilings and Ceremonial Crests: Renovations at Royal Artillery Barracks, Woolwich
If you read my previous blog, you may remember that I’m a quantity surveyor and project manager. Watching programmes like Grand Designs I am struck by the lack of references to cost control on construction projects - perhaps had a quantity …
New ways of managing our training estate: Introducing NTEP
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Brigadier Frank Noble, Posted on:
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Military Training, Next Generation Estate Contracts
Hi, I’m Brigadier Frank Noble, Head of DIO Service Delivery Training. My previous blog gave a bit of an overview about how we operate military training in the UK and on the overseas British Army Training Unit sites. This blog, …
Accommodation Update: New housing services
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Air Commodore Ian Tolfts, Posted on:
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Accommodation, Next Generation Estate Contracts
We all want somewhere safe and comfortable to live and the Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) has made significant improvements to many Service Family Accommodation (SFA) properties over the past years. However, people are often not aware of the wide range …
Replacing Headley Court: DIO's role
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 …
Introduction to Insight: Crunching the numbers at DIO
Hello, I’m Tony Gosling, the new Director of Data, Analytics and Insight at DIO. This is a new function for us, so I thought I would explain a bit about what it’s all about, what I'm here to do and …
Searching for War Horse
Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the last few years, you’re bound to have heard something about War Horse. It started life as a children’s book by Michael Morpurgo, about the wartime experiences of a horse named Joey …
Pulling out all the stops: Projects and Programme Delivery
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 …
Yeovilton gets set for Wildcats
Hi. I’m Steve Jeffries and as well as being the Project Manager for the new Defence Technical Training College at MOD Lyneham, about which I've already blogged, I’m also the Team Leader for Project WINFRA. WINFRA is an exciting and ambitious project …
Running the Defence estate: Colin Wood
Hello, I’m Colin Wood, DIO’s Chief Operating Officer - newly arrived as part of the organisation’s Strategic Business Partner integration. I’m really excited and proud to be a part of DIO going forward. Some of this is not new to …