As a Young Officer slogging around Dartmoor Training Areas, wet, cold and in desperate need of a caffeine fix, little did I imagine that 26 years later I’d be choosing to run on similar areas for fun. However, recently I …
Hello, my name is Claire Travis and I'm one of a small team of Project Managers at Landmarc Support Services, the Defence Infrastructure Organisation’s (DIO) strategic partner for the management of the Defence training estate. Together, we oversee the delivery …
The Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) looks after thousands of sites, buildings and training areas, mostly in the UK but also overseas. At regular intervals they all have to be checked for things like Health and Safety. My name is Steve …
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 …
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Hi, I’m Steven Philipps-Harries, a Deputy Training Safety Officer at Castlemartin Training Area. I blogged early last year about how Castlemartin operates and while we’re on a short quieter period I thought I’d blog again. Here’s a bit of a …
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I’m Les Hooper and I’ve been on Lulworth Ranges for 26 years. Initially this was with the military and now it’s as a range manager with Landmarc, who hold the contract from DIO to manage the training estate. 2016 marks …
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Hi, I’m Kevin Calvert. I work in the DIO’s Programme and Projects Delivery team where I’m the Area Project Manager responsible for managing the delivery of projects on the Permanent Joint Operating Bases and locations overseas on the training estates. …
Hi, I’m WO1 Jeff Elson and I’m writing this blog to update you all on the progress being made with the re-development of New Zealand Farm Camp, here on Salisbury Plain. As you may remember, this was started at the …
My name is Scott Ashworth and I am an Access & Recreation Advisor based in the DIO Environmental Support & Compliance team. The MOD has a policy presumption in favour of public access wherever this is compatible with operational and …
Hi, I’m WO1 Jeff Elson, a Training Safety Marshall on Salisbury Plain. The Salisbury Plain Training Area is the largest training area in the UK at around 38,000 hectares. Its size means there is a wide range of training opportunities …