Accommodation

Winners of Sanctuary Awards announced

Posted by: Iain Perkins, Posted on: 4 December 2019 - Categories: Accommodation, Archaeology, Defence infrastructure, Environment, Environment and Ecology, Operation Nightingale, sanctuary awards

On the 3rd December, I attended the annual MOD Sanctuary Awards and as we come to the end of the Year of Green Action, it was a great time to reflect on our responsibility to preserve and nurture our estate.

How DIO supports our Armed Forces customers

Posted by: DIO communications team, Posted on: 10 October 2019 - Categories: Accommodation, British Army, Customer, Defence infrastructure, RAF, Royal Navy, Service Family accomodation

This week is National Customer Service Week and to celebrate we’d like to reflect on the vital work that DIO do to provide our customers with the services they need to live, work, train and deploy all over the world.

New facilities taking shape at Worthy Down

Posted by: Matthew Richardson, Posted on: 16 September 2019 - Categories: Accommodation, Project Wellesley, Skanska, working together, Worthy Down

We’re working hard to get the facilities at the new Defence College of Logistics, Policing and Administration, a £300 million tri-service facility in Worthy Down, ready to welcome military personnel and their families.

Improving welfare facilities for troops

Posted by: Major (Ret’d) Richard Slaney, Posted on: 9 April 2019 - Categories: Accommodation, Defence infrastructure, Military Training

Nescliff Training Camp is an important military training area within the West Midlands and surrounding counties. DIO is investing £4 million into providing military personnel with new kitchen and dining areas to improve welfare facilities for soldiers who live, work and train at the camp.

Making a difference to service family accommodation

Posted by: Wendy Rothery, Posted on: 10 September 2018 - Categories: Accommodation, Air Command, Defence infrastructure, Facilities Management, Future Accomodation Model

Hi, I’m Air Commodore Wendy Rothery and I’m DIO’s Head of Accommodation. I'm responsible for the provision of Service Families Accommodation and associated customer support to service personnel and their families in the UK and across Europe. Quality accommodation is …

Army Basing Programme welcomes families to Ashdown Estate

Posted by: Mark Duddy, Posted on: 27 February 2018 - Categories: Army Basing Programme, Defence infrastructure, Salisbury Plain

Hi, I’m Mark Duddy and I’m the DIO Programme Director for the Army Basing Programme (ABP). If you are a regular reader of the blog you will know that ABP is an infrastructure-led change programme for the Army that commenced …

Homes from Home for Military Medics

Posted by: Sinead McGoldrick, Posted on: 15 November 2017 - Categories: Accommodation, Defence infrastructure

This week marks the completion of a project I’ve been working on for the last few years, and I was delighted to be in Birmingham today for the ribbon cutting ceremony for some new accommodation. Glenart Castle Mess, located in …

Managing housing in Kenya

Posted by: Amir Taheri, Posted on: 29 August 2017 - Categories: Accommodation, Defence infrastructure

Hi, I’m Amir Taheri and I work at the British Army Training Unit Kenya, also known as BATUK. I’m one of a number of DIO staff here, working alongside personnel from the Army and local civilians working for the MOD. …

An Introduction to the Defence College of Logistics, Policing and Administration at Worthy Down

Posted by: Nick Nichols, Posted on: 18 January 2016 - Categories: Defence infrastructure, Military Training, Project WINFRA, Worthy Down

Hi, I’m Nick Nichols and I’m the Process and Construction Management Lead for DIO’s major project at Worthy Down in Hampshire. Defence College of Logistics, Policing and Administration The site is an existing Army base and home to the Adjutant …

2015 Year in Review

Posted by: DIO Communications Team, Posted on: 22 December 2015 - Categories: Accommodation, Army Basing Programme, Defence infrastructure, Environment and Ecology, Military Training

DIO has had a busy year, living up to our aim of supporting Defence by leading and managing the delivery of what the Armed Forces need to live, work, train and deploy. 2015 has seen the completion of several major …