Working on secure sites: Wates Construction
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...out to be. We’re currently building the new Squadron Headquarters, which will be central for the crews of the new F-35 Lightning aircraft, It’s been a pleasure to work on...
...out to be. We’re currently building the new Squadron Headquarters, which will be central for the crews of the new F-35 Lightning aircraft, It’s been a pleasure to work on...
...overseas training estate. Over the past few years, I’ve been involved with a programme of work to design and build a new training headquarters (HQ) station in Kenya. This has...
Graham Dalton, DIO's Chief Executive. [Crown Copyright/MOD2016]The start of a new year is always a good time to take stock, to remember the highs of the year just gone and...
...on improvements to 3,800 properties which this year will include 1,400 new bathrooms, 1,100 new kitchens, 180 new boilers, 600 replacement doors and windows and 600 new roofs. Supporting military...
...garden or even learn a new skill! I’ve discovered a lot of new podcasts (Louis Theroux and Adam Buxton are my favourites). Eat and sleep well Try to plan your...
...new native woodlands across the country with the largest being 170 new native woodlands at the Warcop Training Area in Cumbria and around 100 hectares on the Catterick Training Area...
DIO's new Director of Strategy and Plans and Sustainability Champion, General Bobby Walton-Knight [Crown Copyright/MOD2020]I’m DIO’s Director of Strategy and Plans. I’m still quite new in post, having joined in...
...Re-constructing the Northern Ammunition Jetty The Northern Ammunition Jetty is being refurbished to make it suitable for the Royal Navy’s new aircraft carriers [Crown Copyright/MOD2020]One of the biggest projects currently...
...avoid the need to lay new electric cables through the water, the new navigation aids are solar powered. The jetty before work started. [Copyright VolkerStevin]There were concerns about the possible...
...maintenance of the Defence estate is carried out efficiently and effectively, so that our Armed Forces have the facilities they need. Last summer, we awarded a series of new contracts...