Every day of the year, across the entire UK Defence training estate, our service personnel undertake rigorous, complex and demanding training designed to prepare them for the demands of modern operations. This training is essential to maintaining the readiness of …
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 …
I’m Sarah Green and I currently work for DIO as a civil servant. I’ve been here for three months but my relationship with defence goes back further than that, as I have spent the last three years dedicating some of …
I’m Ian Jarvis and as you may remember from my previous blog I lead the DIO team at Dartmoor Training Area. We host units from all over the country as well as locally from the south west. DIO manages the UK’s land, …
I’m David Mitchard and I’m DIO’s new Chief Executive. I’ve been here for about four weeks now and I’m really enjoying getting to grips with the wide range of DIO’s responsibilities and activities. I’ve spent my time meeting colleagues, customers …
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 …
It seems hardly a day goes by without another news story touching on the need for more housing in the UK. Much of the land for new housing projects comes from surplus public sector land so it will come as …
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Hi, I’m Roy Coleman, a DIO Senior Estate Surveyor. I’m based in Germany and currently working on the military withdrawal from bases in Germany to return to the UK under the Army 2020 plan. As the British Forces Germany (BFG) …
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 …