![Left to right: Alex Sotheran, DIO archaeologist; Sam Fairhead, Wessex Archaeology; Stewart Bowman, veteran participant; Dickie Bennett, Breaking Ground Heritage. [Crown Copyright / MOD 2017]](https://insideDIO.blog.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2017/09/L-to-R-Alex-Sotheran-DIO-archaeologist-Sam-Fairhead-Wessex-Archaeology-Stewart-Bowman-veteran-participant-Dick-1024x683.jpg)
...services to sick and injured soldiers recently returned from Afghanistan, aiming to aid their transition back into civilian life. The participants have great things to say about it and it’s...
.../ MOD 2020]Looking after our land and wildlife is extremely important to DIO, but despite a personal interest in conservation it’s not typically something I get too involved in as...
![A summary of some of the bigger DIO success stories from year. [Crown Copyright/MOD 2017]](https://insideDIO.blog.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2017/12/2017-Year-in-Review.jpg)
...to Lovell to build 917 new houses on Salisbury Plain for military families moving to the area under the Army Basing Programme. Working with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, we...
![Construction underway at Larkhill. [Aspire]](https://insideDIO.blog.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2018/05/Larkhill-18032708-1024x621.jpg)
...which includes the return of around 4000 British soldiers from Germany to the UK in summer 2019. It also involves relocating numerous units within the UK. As part of the...
...into the mudflats. We needed to mitigate for the unavoidable loss of intertidal habitat, and likely disturbance to wintering birds. Discussions with regulators identified a potential opportunity to help the...
![Improving our relationship with our customers and suppliers is important to Graham. [Crown Copyright/MOD 2016]](https://insideDIO.blog.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2017/06/Hi-Vis-logo-1024x683.jpg){kind=logo}
...Portsmouth in the South, the Army Basing on Salisbury Plain to Cyprus and Brunei - I have made the most of the chances to get out and see what is...
![Tony Robertson, DIO Area Manager for the South Atlantic Islands [Crown Copyright, MOD 2016]](https://insideDIO.blog.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2018/07/20150418_130459_crop_396x459.jpg)
...produce and distribute portable water, maintain the sewage disposal system, operate a quarry and provide land management advice. We have even installed pipelines all the way to the top of...
...we will have a chance to lift our sights and start to set our own agenda rather than react to rapidly changing circumstances. We will say farewell to our site...
The DIO office building at Catterick Garrison. [Crown Copyright]I started my career as a chartered surveyor at a corporate firm in Bristol where I worked for three years. However, in...
...years of being under a corporate banner I was getting itchy feet. I had been pigeon-holed into an area of surveying I was not interested in and was desperate to...