A Worthy Down update
Under Project Wellesley, we’ve been busy developing the new tri-service facility at the Defence College of Logistics, Policing and Administration. Since 2017, a total of 27 buildings have been handed over.
Introducing DIO's new Director of Strategy and Plans
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Major General Bobby Walton-Knight, Posted on:
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Climate Change, Conservation, Environment and Ecology, Sustainability
My early service in the Royal Engineers was in armored engineer roles in the UK and Germany, with deployments to the Falkland Islands, Angola, Bosnia, Kosovo, Iraq and Afghanistan, and exercises in Canada, Poland, Belize, Australia and Cyprus.
How DIO is becoming more inclusive
Staff are our greatest asset, when we feel valued, supported, developed and able to bring our whole selves to work, that is when we thrive not only as people, but as an organisation.
Reducing waste across the Defence estate
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Major General Bobby Walton-Knight, Posted on:
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Glen Mallan jetty, Land Management, Landmarc, RAF Marham, Skanska, Worthy Down
Its Recycle Week and I’d like to highlight some of the excellent work that has happened to support recycling across the UK Defence estate.
Benvenuti in Italia: working for DIO in Italy
For the first time in a few years, DIO will soon have a member of staff based in Italy, and it could be you.The primary role of DIO’s Senior Estate Surveyor Italy is to ensure that the housing requirements for the UK military and civilian personnel and their families assigned to the various NATO locations around Italy are met. It's a role I held until 2015.
Four-year winning streak in health and safety
We’ve been awarded the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) Gold Achievement Award for the fourth consecutive year. This is an excellent achievement for an organisation as large, diverse and as complex as DIO.
Sustainable construction in Defence
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Isobel Asher, Posted on:
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Accommodation, Climate Change, Conservation, Environment and Ecology, Glen Mallan jetty, Project Wellesley, RAF Lakenheath, VolkerStevin, Worthy Down
The MOD’s sustainability strategy aims to reduce defence’s contribution to carbon and greenhouse emissions on the defence estate.
Overcoming challenges to deliver a prestigious and complex construction project
We recently completed work on the new state-of-the-art physical training centre for Britannia Royal Naval College (BRNC) in Dartmouth, Devon.
What a difference a year makes at RAF Lakenheath
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Steve Rix, Posted on:
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Kier VolkerFitzpatrick, RAF Lakenheath, United States Visiting Forces Infrastructure Programme
In July 2019 we held a ground-breaking ceremony to mark the start of construction at RAF Lakenheath and the next phase of the hugely important F-35 programme. With any major construction project there are always challenges to identify and overcome …
DIO’s commitment to planting trees
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Jez Kalkowski, Posted on:
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Catterick Training Area, Climate Change, Forestry
You may have seen the recent Guardian article about Friends of Earth calling for more trees to be planted to help reduce the impact of climate change.