Running the Defence estate: Colin Wood
Hello, I’m Colin Wood, DIO’s Chief Operating Officer - newly arrived as part of the organisation’s Strategic Business Partner integration. I’m really excited and proud to be a part of...
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Safe Approach to Portsmouth: Navigation Lights for Aircraft Carriers
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HMS Queen Elizabeth, Portsmouth, Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers
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Hi, I’m Philip Wise, DIO’s Principal Project Manager for the work taking place at Portsmouth to ready the naval base to be home port of the Royal Navy’s two new...
She sells Sanctuary – Hannah’s conservation role
I’m Hannah Mintram, relatively new in post as Assistant Conservation Group and Sanctuary Officer. I work in the DIO Conservation Team based at Westdown Camp on the edge of Salisbury...
Patrolling My Patch: A Housing Officer’s View
...on, including new kitchens, road repairs, damp proofing, fencing, ground maintenance, replacement doors and windows and other property enhancements. I have never seen so many contractors working to improve the...
Achieving Value for Money: Quantity Surveying at DIO
...a new department and I am currently involved in evaluating the contractors’ tenders for various types of work; ensuring they are value for money. I also work on auditing the...
More than just maps - charting the estate
...GIS). This task was outside of our usual comfort zone and stretched us to the utmost, developing new skills and knowledge for DIO. A convoy of Warrior tanks on Salisbury...
Providing Forces with safe place to train
...an average day, for example, I might deal with provision of estate for foreign forces, advising on the ability of a suitable training facility for a trial of new equipment,...
Repairing runways - safety comes first
...with the application of construction standards - there is really only one time to get a runway job right - and in particular with the application of new techniques and...
Training and the Rain on the Plain: Working at Salisbury Plain Training Area
...form of control over illegal activity has fallen to our Safety Marshalls. We have had to adopt new tactics to combat crime and illegal off-roading activity and the results of...
Always accommodating
...ensuring we are business ready for the Next Generation Estates Contract National Housing Prime (NHP), which is due in 2014. These efforts will continue. New-build military home in Bulford, Wiltshire...