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 …
Hi, I’m Peter Bush, DIO’s Head of Establishment for MOD Caledonia in Rosyth and I’ve been heavily involved in a DIO project here to provide temporary accommodation for naval personnel working on the Royal Navy’s new aircraft carriers. HMS Queen …
I’m Stuart Gallacher, Principal Project Manager at the Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO). Just over a year ago I wrote about the development of Beacon Barracks in Stafford and associated family accommodation. Work on this project has progressed so well that …
My name is Lieutenant Elizabeth Bennett and I am a Logistics Officer in the Royal Navy. My current posting is as the new Base Support Officer at Royal Naval Air Station Yeovilton. I have come from an operational post in …
Lovell is the company which is building 346 new homes for soldiers and their families at Beacon Barracks, Stafford, in little over a year. If you've read the blog Stuart Gallacher, the DIO Project Manager, wrote last year you'll already have …
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 …
In March 2014 I posted my first blog, which looked a little at my background and role working on the Army Basing Programme in Salisbury Plain. It’s now time for an update. Plans for moving Army personnel and their families …
If you read my previous blog, you may remember that I’m a quantity surveyor and project manager. Watching programmes like Grand Designs I am struck by the lack of references to cost control on construction projects - perhaps had a quantity …