Salisbury Plain Training Area (SPTA) is the UK’s largest military training area, covering 11% of Wiltshire and a small part of Hampshire. Ensuring the fine balance between providing a place for our Armed Forces to train safely and maintaining public …
I'm Olly Howells and I work in a team of eight DIO ecologists who cover the whole of the UK and overseas. We work alongside staff with expertise in archaeology, public access, forestry, environmental planning and other specialist areas. My time is …
I'm Mark Hill and I'm an Environmental Liability Manager at DIO. My job is all about mitigating the business risk arising from our current infrastructure activities and those that have resulted from our historical ones, to ensure the safety of …
I'm Major Alistair Rule and I work as one of two Training Safety Officers on Salisbury Plain. That means I'm responsible for ensuring safe and sustainable training on Salisbury Plain. My colleague mostly oversees training on the firing ranges and I deal with …
Hello, I’m Clare Read and I work as DIO’s Assistant Head of Health and Safety. The health and safety team has wide-ranging responsibilities but ultimately we’re here to help – health and safety is essentially ensuring you get home at …
Once again this has been a busy and demanding time for everybody in DIO. It's worth reflecting as we approach Christmas how far we have come this year, particularly as we continue to deliver to our military customers. …
Shelter is a basic human need and I’m fortunate to be responsible for ensuring the provision of accommodation for tens of thousands of Service personnel and their families. I am Brigadier Martin Boswell and I’d like to explain why Service …
Hello. My name is Frank. When I’m not watching my nine-year-old son play football and rugby – that’s his order of preference - I am Head of DIO Service Delivery (SD) Training, responsible for the Training Service. We are the …
Another long day in the office and it’s time to log off and drive home. But it’s not always like this. As an Environmental Advisor for the Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) I could just as likely be perusing a prehistoric …
People often talk about ‘big business’, but what does the phrase actually mean to you? Do you immediately think of a well-known name such as Shell or Vodafone? I suspect the Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) doesn’t feature. DIO is a substantial …
DIO’s priority is to support our Armed Forces by providing the facilities and services they need to live, work, train and deploy on operations. We’re determined to give the men and women who protect our country the best possible service. …