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 …
We all want somewhere safe and comfortable to live and the Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) has made significant improvements to many Service Family Accommodation (SFA) properties over the past years. However, people are often not aware of the wide range …
I’m Jon Butler and I work as a Quantity Surveyor and Project Manager on Project SLAM, an ongoing programme of work to provide improved Single Living Accommodation for non-married military personnel. Sometimes this is done by designing and building whole …
Did you know that the British Army has an establishment in Kenya? It's called the British Army Training Unit Kenya (BATUK). Staff come from the Army, other branches of the MOD including DIO, and some are what we call locally-employed …