From roundabouts to roadworks, and ponds to pedestrian areas, I’ve helped to deliver them all. Hi, I’m Siobhan Barr, a chartered senior quantity surveyor from Skanska, a leading construction company...
![Volunteers and archaeologists at Barrow Clump [Crown Copyright, MOD 2018]](https://insidedio.blog.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2018/07/B33E8BFD-E44C-416E-A1F8-04B16CB63AA9-1024x768.jpeg)
...and Breaking Ground Heritage who helped to unearth the excavation track at Barrow Clump to see if military activity had an impact on the archaeological site. Richard Osgood on Operation...
![Firefighters from Dorset & Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service monitoring the fire on Salisbury Plain Training Area. [Photograph courtesy of Dorset & Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service]](https://insidedio.blog.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2018/08/20180706_210200-1024x768.jpg)
...Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service and Public Health England to update the public on the situation and to advise on the best precautions to take. Any advice on how we...
![A line of Challenger 2's fire as part of the Royal Welsh Battle Group during Exercise Prairie Lightning at BATUS in 2012. [Crown Copyright/MOD2012]](https://insidedio.blog.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2018/09/45158850-1-1024x420.jpg)
...mechanisms in a four week period which is no mean feat. The total targetry fleet consists of 600 Light Target Mechanisms, 600 Heavy Target Mechanisms and 10 Mover Target Mechanisms....
...lucky journalist from the Daily Express an exclusive tour of the Plain to help them find out about how DIO balances the requirements of military training with the need to...
...an audio visual camera system to capture and review training. Soldiers need to be prepared to fight in urban areas and the new facility has been built to help provide...
...with our training estate contractors and Landmarc Support Services to identify areas where mowing could be reduced, allowing flowers to flourish and pollinators to thrive. This has been a great...
...celebrate we’d like to reflect on the vital work that DIO, our contractors, suppliers and industry partners do to provide our customers with the services they need to live, work,...
...service, to ensuring an assault course is safe to use, to designing infrastructure supporting maritime ports, to designing runways. Join us I hope my blog inspires tomorrow’s engineers to join...
...There are almost too many highlights to mention but a few come to mind. Standing on a bleak Welsh hillside watching RAF aircraft take part in a large-scale trial to...