Nominate a project for the Sanctuary Awards!
Nominations for the MOD Sanctuary Awards close on 31 July and we’re looking for entries in the Net Zero and Resource Efficiency Award as well as the Sustainable Procurement and Construction Award.
Accommodation
Transforming Accommodation Services for our Armed Forces families
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Air Commodore James Savage, Posted on:
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Accommodation, Future Defence Infrastructure Services (FDIS)
David Brewer’s recent blog set out DIO’s new approach – through the Future Defence Infrastructure Services (FDIS) programme - to delivering efficient and effective hard facilities management services across the Built Estate, as existing contracts come to an end. That journey …
Interested in working for the Estates Team?
The Estates team is the home of our in-house real estate experts within DIO. We advise, acquire, manage, safeguard and dispose of the Defence land and buildings for our military customers.
DIO Accommodation – a year of achievements
Nearly six months in, I welcome this opportunity to reflect on what we have delivered for Service personnel and their families during the unprecedented events of the past year; and to look forward to what will shape our approach in the coming 12 months.
Still celebrating the Sanctuary Awards!
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Richard Brooks, Posted on:
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Accommodation, Armed Forces, Conservation, Environment and Ecology, Landmarc, Sanctuary Awards, Sustainability, Wildlife
Last week, we hosted the first ever virtual Sanctuary Awards, celebrating the achievements of teams and individuals who have made an outstanding contribution to sustainability and conservation across the MOD estate.
Winners of Sanctuary Awards 2020 Announced
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Richard Brooks, Posted on:
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Accommodation, Armed Forces, Belize, British Army, Climate Change, Conservation, Energy, Environment and Ecology, Portsmouth, RAF Brize Norton, Royal Air Force, Royal Navy, Salisbury Plain Training Area, Sanctuary Awards, Wildlife
This week we hosted the first ever virtual Sanctuary Awards ceremony! The Sanctuary Awards have been showcasing outstanding sustainability and conservation efforts across the Ministry of Defence (MOD) estate since 1991, celebrating the achievements of teams and individuals in the …
Investing in improvements for 3,500 Service family homes
Last July, the Chancellor and the Secretary of State for Defence, Ben Wallace MP, announced a significant investment in military accommodation. As the part of the MOD responsible for managing housing for military personnel and their families, it has …
Upgrading the Defence Training Estate with carbon efficient accommodation
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Col Phil Cook, Posted on:
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Accommodation, Military Training, Salisbury Plain Training Area
Personnel using Salisbury Plain and Nesscliff Training Areas are seeing the benefit of the early stage of a new programme to provide new carbon efficient accommodation on a number of sites. We are calling this £45m project the Net Carbon Accommodation Programme (NetCAP).
Year in review: reflecting on the challenges and successes of 2020
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Accommodation, Coronavirus, Facilities Management, Glen Mallan jetty, Northern Ammunition Jetty, Operation Nightingale, RAF Lakenheath, RAF Lossiemouth
It has been a busy and challenging year for DIO. In addition to supporting the government’s wider COVID-19 relief efforts, we continued to deliver on a range of key projects and programmes for our customers and staff throughout the UK and abroad. Let’s look back at some of the year’s main achievements.
Reflecting on my time at DIO
As I look back over the last 30 months, I’m struck by the progress we have made in Accommodation, responding to a number of changes and maintaining the delivery of a safe, compliant quality housing service for Service families, including …