...façade, allowing it to be fully completed and on full show for the celebrations. Improving accommodation for personnel One of our key taskings was to modernise the Single Living Accommodation...
...who shared her expertise about the key importance of the site for birds and other wildlife. Browndown is nationally important as a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) for its...
...continuing to work on the installation of new drainage systems, fire hydrants and the diversion of existing services to accommodate the new facilities. We’ve installed a new temporary concrete production...
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...the Royal Navy’s new aircraft carriers, HMS Queen Elizabeth, into port for the first time on Wednesday 16 August 2017 and I was lucky enough to be in attendance. HMS...
...main project, with the aim of saving money and time for DIO. This means looking after the subcontractor appointments that help us create features that form part of the new...
...old buildings have made way for the likes for a new Squadron Headquarters, aircraft shelters and technical training facilities. Demolition of the structures has been by both conventional means and...
...former Top Level Budgets (TLBs) - major sections of the MOD with responsibility for their own finances - including the former Defence Estates. I’m proud to have been here from...
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...in August 2017. [Crown Copyright/MOD2017]Slightly further away from completion is a new headquarters building for 617 Squadron. This famous squadron, historically known as the Dambusters, will be the first men...
...use data in DIO? Recently DIO has sought to investigate how we can use our data to find ways to better support the Armed Forces. This has been done in...
...goods and much needed items such as bedding, ready for incoming occupants who had been forced to leave their own homes with whatever they could carry. Some of the new...