Making a B-Line for Biodiversity
...rare sight. A biodiverse habitat is a healthy habitat, and biodiversity has huge implications for things like the food chain. Beyond that, greenery and wildlife have really positive benefits for...
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How DIO Commercial have responded to COVID-19
...pandemic, whilst continuing to deliver for Defence and plan for what the future holds, in so far as we can understand of course. We have set up a multi-functional DIO...
Reflecting on my time at DIO
...Department of Work and Pensions to strengthen local authority guidance on improving access to social housing access for Armed Forces families. The revised guidance encourages local authorities to engage with...
Upgrading the Defence Training Estate with carbon efficient accommodation
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Col Phil Cook, Posted on:
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Accommodation, Military Training, Salisbury Plain Training Area
...a big project for us and it’s fantastic that this investment is allowing us to do something which will make a real positive change for personnel training on our sites....
Celebrating construction and facilities management award successes
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DIO communications team, Posted on:
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Construction, Defence Training Estate (DTE), Facilities Management
...Impact Awards for the soft FM services they are providing for personnel at Worthy Down Station, Hampshire. Working closely with DIO and our military partners, Sodexo has created ‘Village’, a...
First new and improved maintenance contract comes into force
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David Brewer, Posted on:
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Facilities Management, Future Defence Infrastructure Services (FDIS)
...in Small and Medium-sized Enterprises as the supply chain provides opportunities for local firms. The new contract will run for an initial period of seven years. This £160m contract is...
Military training at Penhale Training Area helps restore vital sand dune habitats
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Private Ethan Treloar, Posted on:
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Biodiversity, British Army, Conservation, Defence Training Estate (DTE), Environment and Ecology, Explosive Ordnance Clearance, Military Training, Penhale Training Area
...Logistic Corps (RLC), and I recently volunteered for the Penhale Dunes Dynamic Dunescape support exercise as I wanted to contribute to a unique local conservation project in Cornwall. Dynamic Dunescape...
No Mow May at RAF St Mawgan: the best excuse for not mowing the lawn!
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Samuel Ibbotson, Posted on:
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Defence Training Estate (DTE), Environment and Ecology, Sustainability
An area of tall grass providing a potential nesting site for skylarks and other birds [Crown Copyright / MOD 2022]I’m Samuel Ibbotson, an Estate Facility Manager for DIO. My role...
Maintaining and protecting woodlands on the UK Defence Training Estate
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Judith Peachey, Posted on:
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Defence Training Estate (DTE), Forestry, Landmarc, Sustainability, Wildlife
...our troops, homes for a wide range of wildlife and a source of key wood products. Working with DIO’s foresters and Landmarc’s regional forestry teams, my primary objective is to...
When your heart is in the country: understanding what makes the training estate tick
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Matt Gillespie, Posted on:
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Salisbury Plain Training Area, Training Estate Public Safety, Working at DIO
...Area itself. The history of the area, the use it has for units in specific training scenarios, and the logistical maintenance carried out by our staff and contractors provided for...