![Lt Townsend. [Crown Copyright/MOD2017]](https://insidedio.blog.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2017/08/Screen-Shot-2017-08-07-at-16.26.17.png)
...this Civil Defence function was moved elsewhere, but in the 1980s amid a new wave of Cold War concern the bunkers came back into use. This time they became the...
![A three-bed house on the Chimney Rise estate. [Crown Copyright/MOD 2015]](https://insidedio.blog.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2017/08/Chimney-Rise-Estate-ROs-3-Beds1.jpg)
...areas. We are transitioning from our location at Nanyuki Show Ground (NSG) to our new home at Laikipia Air Base (East), which is projected to be completed by Summer 2019....
![An RAF F-35B flying over RAF Marham. [Crown Copyright/MOD2016]](https://insidedio.blog.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2018/01/45162426-1-1024x701.jpg)
...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...
![Resurfacing work on the secondary runway. [Crown Copyright/MOD2017]](https://insidedio.blog.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2018/01/Resurfacing-work-on-the-secondary-runway.-Crown-CopyrightMOD2017-1024x704.jpg)
...them in service, to maritime ports, such as Portsmouth, where we played our part to bring in the new aircraft carrier. We also oversee the MOD railways which are used...
![A LEC from Belize working on some plumbing. [Crown Copyright]](https://insidedio.blog.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2018/08/Belize-Brian-Robles-Plumber-1024x768.jpg)
...this includes the important annual assessment of new recruits for the British Army. One of our Nepali team working in the Standby Generator Room. [Crown Copyright]Completing the Far East region...
...for this upgrade included installing a high voltage electricity cable that’s 8km long and a new intake sub-station building. The cable has now been handed over to DIO colleagues who...
![Jacqui Rock, DIO Commercial Director [Crown Copyright, MOD 2018]](https://insidedio.blog.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2018/03/Rock-bio-e1543582792339.jpg)
...need to do things differently to better meet the needs of our customers and to attract new customers and suppliers. Both the Commercial Strategy and the Procurement Plan demonstrate our...
...requires a systematic approach that helps manage relationships on several different levels, between different teams and departments and across multiple customers. Both DIO and Landmarc are accredited to the new...
...to break down the barriers that are preventing new suppliers from doing business with Defence. To make the procurement and tender process more accessible to small and medium business enterprises...
Maj Stu Douglas [Crown Copyright/MOD 2019]In February, I attended the Bruneian Education Ministries’ Higher Education Expo to promote the multiple pathways available to local and overseas students seeking a career...