Sometimes a chance conversation can have unexpected and very positive effects, and that’s exactly what has happened with the disused nuclear bunkers on the Swynnerton Training Area in Staffordshire. My name is Jim Salisbury and I’m the Training Safety Officer …
Hi, I’m Alastair Fife, team leader for WINFRA - the DIO’s Wildcat Infrastructure Programme. We last updated you on progress on the project earlier in the year and I’m pleased to say that the vast majority of the infrastructure work …
Hi. I’m Peter Riches, DIO Project Manager working on the new Defence College of Logistics, Policing and Administration (DCLPA), a £300 million tri-service facility that DIO is building at Worthy Down in Hampshire. The site here at Worthy Down is …
I’ve recently had a chance to reflect on nearly eight months as Chief Exec of DIO. It's been a busy few months as I have got to know the Organisation, our customers - the Front Line Commands (the Royal Navy, …
Hi, I’m Jenny Colfer and I’m a Sustainability Manager at DIO. I deal with a broad range of environmental, economic and social issues in my role but my specialism is in the field of air quality. Air pollution is a …
As a Young Officer slogging around Dartmoor Training Areas, wet, cold and in desperate need of a caffeine fix, little did I imagine that 26 years later I’d be choosing to run on similar areas for fun. However, recently I …
Hello, I’m Philip Wise and I'm the Principal Project Manager leading the Defence Infrastructure Organisation’s programme team for the new jetty & dredge infrastructure projects in Portsmouth. Recently we invited the media to see what had been achieved in terms …
Hi, I’m Lieutenant Colonel Ian Jenkins and DIO’s on-site project manager at RAF Marham overseeing the DIO portion of the infrastructure uplift required to support the F-35B aircraft arrival at the Station in 2018. Having spent 18 years in the …
Back in 1991 the Commandant of the Otterburn Training Area donated a small silver trophy in the shape of an Otter to recognise the best conservation effort on MOD land. Twenty six years later and the Sanctuary Awards have grown …
Being part of the team that won the 2016 Sanctuary Sustainability Award has been highly rewarding but also eye opening in terms of the range and variety of the work carried out by the Defence Infrastructure Organisation. My name is …