My name is Venus Tingzon and I’m a Senior Project Manager within DIO, a role I have been in since 2020, after joining DIO as a Project Support Officer in 2017. I joined the civil service in 2004, working as …
My name is Mat Roberts and I’m Head of Sustainability at Landmarc Support Services (Landmarc). This makes me responsible for energy, waste, water, environmental management, sustainable procurement, training, protected species and landscape management across the MOD’s Defence training estate. I’ve …
Having heard from Anne Terry about the introduction of Patch Management, Richard McCance tells us what it means on the ground. I have worked in military housing for the MOD for almost 22 years, having joined the DIO’s predecessor …
We recently published a blog from Stephen Harness about Town Planning for a specific project, namely the Army Basing Programme for Salisbury Plain. Here, one of Stephen's colleagues gives us a more general view of town planning at DIO. My name is …
I am a Housing Manager within DIO’s Service Delivery Accommodation team, managing the delivery of the housing service to 2,300 properties across an area which extends from North Yorkshire to Northumberland and Cumbria. I manage a team of eight Housing Officers to …
London’s Shard, Birmingham’s Bull Ring Shopping Centre, Gateshead’s Angel of the North and countless construction projects across the UK have all been subject to some of the same planning processes that DIO’s Town and Country Planners are involved in every …
Phil Abramson returns to tell us more about working as a DIO archaeologist. Read his first blog here. As a child my parents used to take me on weekend trips to the various stately homes around Manchester. Little Moreton Hall …
I’m Dave Williams and I’ve worked at DIO for more than a decade as a Quantity Surveyor. In my current role, I’m responsible for cost advice including risk management, sustainability and maintenance on all MOD buildings. As a Regional Quantity …
With social media now so much a part of our everyday lives, it’s easy to forget what life was like without it. In a few short years, many of us have embraced life online with our digital footprint growing faster …
DIO's geospatial analysts provide the means of keeping our data about our land fit for purpose. Whilst we rely heavily on our customers and colleagues to give us the necessary information, we play a key role in supporting our Armed Forces as …
We love our acronyms in the MOD, but here’s one I’d like you to know, ODC. It’s not a typo, but stands for Operations Development and Coherence. Still not sure what it is? Let me explain… If the Defence Infrastructure Organisation …