What does it take to win a Silver Otter?
![The Silver Otter, given to the overall winner. [Crown Copyright/MOD2016]](https://insideDIO.blog.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2016/12/sanctuary_45-Awards.jpg)
...either owned or used by the MOD in the UK or overseas, or which has a close connection to defence business. We now have five categories, and these are: Environmental...
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From new jetties to nurseries - a year in Defence infrastructure
![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...
More than just an aircraft hangar
...steelwork and lead to a quicker build time. Steel frame construction tolerances are tightened to enable the cladding to be directly fixed to the frame. Offices and other accommodation are...
International Men’s Day: Ronnie’s journey with cancer and PTSD
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DIO Communications Team, Posted on:
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Mental health, MOD Guard Service, Wellbeing
...texture of the penile skin can often be an indication of this cancer. Now 16 months in remission, Ronnie wants to use his experience to raise awareness of penile cancer,...
Maximising safe public access on Salisbury Plain Training Area
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James Nevitt, Posted on:
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Public Access, Salisbury Plain Training Area, Volunteering
...continues to be an invaluable ally to the MOD, giving up his time to lead the group of volunteers whose continuing role in maintaining safe public access to SPTA has...
Improvements to Mare Harbour jetty complete
...Falkland Islands Resupply Ships (FIRS), need to deliver supplies including hardware, food, building supplies and other commercial freight to the Islands. The deliveries made by these ships are vital to...
Talking the talk: a secondment at Joint Forces Command
![Standing Joint Force Headquarters staff visited HMS BULWARK for a brief on Maritime awareness. [Crown Copyright/MOD2017]](https://insideDIO.blog.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2017/04/DR170031001-SJFHQ_on_Offshore_Raiding_Craft.jpg)
...even today, ships carry timber and saws to patch up damage? The wood expands in water to plug the gap and can also be used to brace the bulwarks so...
Being a reservist and working for DIO
![Reservist Ben Lolley on the upper deck of the Danish warship HDMS Absalon. [Crown Copyright, MOD 2017]](https://insideDIO.blog.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2017/10/20171027-Lolley_Pic1-1-1024x768.png)
...why as I’d never been to sea!!!). I decided to approach some of my former Navy colleagues to try and get a sense of whether it was really for me…...
DIO staff recognised with honours
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DIO Communications Team, Posted on:
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Cyprus, Falkland Islands, MOD Guard Service, Working at DIO
Service personnel waiting to board an RAF flight back to the UK after supporting Op POLAR BEAR. (Crown Copyright / MOD 2023) Congratulations to the DIO staff who have recently...
Reducing waste across the Defence estate
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Major General Bobby Walton-Knight, Posted on:
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Glen Mallan jetty, Land Management, Landmarc, RAF Marham, Skanska, Worthy Down
...Scotland has recycled over 1,012 tonnes of waste and materials have been re-used to re-construct the jetty. Waste is transported on barges to recycling facilities on the Clyde reducing the...