Hi, I’m Scott Ross, a DIO Requirements Manager. My job is to take infrastructure requirements from an embryonic stage through to construction and occupation.
Understanding Customers
Our customers are service personnel, which means my earlier career in the Armed Forces - I served with the 1st Battalion The Royal Hampshire Regiment - really helps me to understand what they need from their perspective.
Between leaving the military and joining the Civil Service, I ran my own company specialising in wireless communications and Bus Bar installations. Bus Bar is an alternative product to large unmanageable cables to supply power around buildings. I was managing very large projects and my proudest achievement is installing the Bus Bar for the new Terminal 5 at Heathrow Airport. This experience has allowed a smooth transition into DIO, where I’ve worked since October 2013. I am part of the Army Basing Programme team, which is providing the facilities the Army needs to live, work and train in the UK as it returns from Germany, rebases across the UK and restructures under Army 2020.
Medics Moving In
![Army medics are moving in to the newly refurbished Keogh Barracks. [Sgt Barry Pope, RLC. Crown Copyright/MOD2013]](https://insideDIO.blog.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2015/02/20131208-Army-Nurse-Treating-Patient-in-Camp-Bastion-Hospital-Afghanistan-Sgt-Barry-Pope-RLC-Crown-Copyright-M.jpg)
The biggest challenge has been to make sure that the Single Living Accommodation (SLA), which is currently multi-occupancy rooms, is converted in to single rooms. Obviously this provides a much better standard of living for the troops. The challenge isn’t the physical work, it’s all the processes and approvals needed to get us to this stage to ensure that the new accommodation is up to the required standard.
We’re also creating a launderette and common rooms. This will cost about £4m and is part of an overall project costing around £50m. The good news is that in just under 12 weeks we have managed to get from business case approval to actually having contractors on site. I think this shows DIO’s commitment to getting the job done.
![An artist's impression of a new room at the refurbished Keogh Barracks. [Crown Copyright]](https://insideDIO.blog.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2015/02/Keogh-Barracks-refurb-artists-impression1.jpg)
2 comments
Comment by Dennis Page posted on
Can you tell what happened to RAMC Apprentices, Do they still exist? If not when did they come to an end at Keogh. I was in Harden house (middle floor) from 1968--1971.
Comment by DIO Communications Team posted on
Hi Dennis, thanks for reading. Don't think they still exist but don't know any more information. You could try the museum: http://www.ams-museum.org.uk/museum/