Accommodation
My name is Sue Jordan, Senior Environmental Manager in DIO Safety, Environment and Engineering. My colleagues and I work on a range of initiatives that protect and enhance the MOD estate worldwide. My blog explains the range of partnership working …
This week marks the completion of a project I’ve been working on for the last few years, and I was delighted to be in Birmingham today for the ribbon cutting ceremony for some new accommodation. Glenart Castle Mess, located in …
Hi, I’m Amir Taheri and I work at the British Army Training Unit Kenya, also known as BATUK. I’m one of a number of DIO staff here, working alongside personnel from the Army and local civilians working for the MOD. …
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, a new Project Manager working for DIO on the Defence College of Logistics, Policing and Administration (DCLPA), a £250 million tri-service facility that DIO is building at Worthy Down in Hampshire. The site is currently home to …
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 …
Hi, I’m Phil Eley, Deputy Head of the Army Basing Programme Service Family Accommodation. The Secretary of State announced the Regular Army Basing Plan in 2013, setting out the Army’s future UK locations as it returns from Germany, rebases across …
DIO has had a busy year, living up to our aim of supporting Defence by leading and managing the delivery of what the Armed Forces need to live, work, train and deploy. 2015 has seen the completion of several major …
Project SLAM. It’s a memorable name and stands for ‘Single Living Accommodation Modernisation’, which is a long-running contract to provide thousands of the MOD’s bedrooms for single personnel. Introducing Project SLAM Many of these bedrooms are single occupancy with en-suites. …
The past two-and-a-half years has seen the former RAF base at Lyneham transformed into a new training facility for the Army’s Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (REME) which is relocating here from Arborfield and Bordon. The move is …