![16 Regiment Royal Artillery, pictured here in training, will be making use of Centaur House. [Crown Copyright/MOD2013]](https://insidedio.blog.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2016/08/45156201-1024x629.jpg)
Hi, I’m George Liu. I blogged back in May about moving a modular building Laffan House, now known as Centaur House, from Aldershot to Thorney Island and I thought it...
![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...
...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...
![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...
![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…...
![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...
...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...
![Dartmoor Warbler [Copyright, Creative Commons 2018]](https://insidedio.blog.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2018/05/Dartmoor-Warbler-2017.jpg)
...It also allows us to effectively monitor the SPA and demonstrates our commitment to managing public access and conservation. Bagshot Heath Photo [© Andrew Smith (cc-by-sa/2.0) via http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/115298] The wardens...
![Jonathan Pepper with an owl. [All rights reserved]](https://insidedio.blog.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2018/06/20160730_113125-1-1024x830.jpg)
...to DIO’s conservation efforts on Salisbury Plain. The data collected is also sent to DIO and the British Trust for Ornithology and is used for national statistics on bird populations....
...vehicles will help to provide a safe place for our troops to train and ensure that the public can use the Plain safely for legal leisure and recreational activities. The...