Surely one aircraft hangar is much like the next? Well, not quite, especially when it’s an MRO, or Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul facility. My name is Denis Williams. I am a DIO project manager and I’d like to tell you …
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 …
The Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) looks after thousands of sites, buildings and training areas, mostly in the UK but also overseas. At regular intervals they all have to be checked for things like Health and Safety. My name is Steve …
Hi. I’m WO2 Dwain Tucker from the Small Arms School Corps. I work in Archer’s Post and Laikipia in Kenya with the DIO Safe Place team as a Deputy Range Safety Officer. My main role out here is to check …
2016 has been another busy year at DIO, with a number of big projects and programmes progressing or completed. Let’s take a quick look back… We completed the structure of a new hangar at RAF Brize Norton to house the …
It’s easy sometimes to think of ‘Defence’ only in terms of aircraft, tanks and warships. In fact it’s really about people, some working on the front line while others work behind the scenes. My name is Iain Perkins and I’d …
Hi, I’m Mark Duddy and I’m the Army Basing Programme (ABP) Director and as 2016 draws to a close, I am very proud to look back at the year’s significant achievements of delivering Single Living Accommodation (SLA) for returning troops …
“Ah, the MOD. You’ll find that a very complicated place.” That simple sentence pretty well sums up what most of my colleagues told me when they heard I was taking over the role of Chief Executive at the Defence Infrastructure …
Hello, I’m Tom Theed and I’m the Rural Estates Delivery Advisor in the South West for Landmarc Support Services. We are contracted to manage the Defence training estate on behalf of the Defence Infrastructure Organisation. I am often asked why …
Hi, I’m Matt Thornton and I’m writing this blog to update you on the progress being made with the infrastructure work here at RNAS Yeovilton which forms part of the WINFRA (Wildcat Infrastructure) programme. The Wildcat Infrastructure programme will provide …