Releasing Red Squirrels in Northern Ireland
...Ireland and somewhat unpredictably, red squirrels have been part of my working life for the past few months. It’s made a nice change from my usual role making sure that...
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Working with drivers to protect Salisbury Plain's greenlanes
...a gateway out of urban areas into the countryside. They may be historic droveways, once used for herding cattle to market, or roads that have been in existence for hundreds...
Powering Up: Frequency converter marks major step forward in powering new aircraft carriers
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Philip Wise, Posted on:
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HMS Queen Elizabeth, Portsmouth, Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers
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Hi, I’m Philip Wise, DIO’s Principal Project Manager for the major infrastructure investment currently taking place at HMNB Portsmouth to ready the base for the arrival of the Royal Navy’s...
Work continues apace at RAF Marham in preparation for new F-35B Lightning II Joint Strike Fighters
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...F-35B aircraft so that frontline aircraft will be available to the Royal Navy and Royal Air Force for land- or sea-based deployments in the UK from mid-2018. The first of...
2016 in Review
...is handed over to the RAF in 2017. Also for the RAF, we’ve resurfaced the runway in Gibraltar. We’ve also been progressing work to prepare RAF Marham for the new...
Ballykinler military heritage uncovered
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...battle with little or no training, effectively unaware of what they might face on reaching the battle front. Our findings suggest that the training provided to the Irish regiments was...
FISH-ing for ways to reduce MOD energy consumption
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Karen Craddock and Jennifer Doran, Posted on:
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Environment and Ecology, Utilities
...19 per cent over the four month period, equalling financial savings for the MOD. Watching the clocks - Stephen Mead, ITC checking meter readings. More importantly, we found that asking...
Enabling Positive Experiences: Celebrating World FM Day
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Richard McKinney, Posted on:
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Environment and Ecology, Facilities Management, Land Management, Salisbury Plain Training Area
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...(FM) services that DIO, staff, suppliers and industry partners provide to our customers all overthe world. This year's theme for World FM Day is 'enabling positive experiences'. Richard McKinney,...
How DIO supports military aid to civil authorities
...any contribution from DIO to any response by the Armed Forces to requests for aid from civilian authorities. We call this MACA, or Military Aid to Civil Authorities. An example...
Army Basing Programme – A look back and a look ahead
Front of newly restored Bourlon Building. For the Army Basing Programme (ABP) 2019 has been a target year for several years. Therefore it seems a good time to have a...