Armed Forces

Kick start your career in Defence with a DIO apprenticeship

Posted by: Helen Hall, Posted on: 6 March 2019 - Categories: Army Basing Programme, Defence infrastructure, Engineering, RAF Lakenheath, USAF, Working at DIO

From visiting military firing ranges to supporting multi-million pound infrastructure programmes, apprenticeships at DIO can offer a unique insight into the world of Defence.

Improvements to Mare Harbour jetty complete

Posted by: David Graham, Posted on: 6 February 2018 - Categories: Defence infrastructure, Environment, Falkland Islands

Hi I’m David Graham and I am responsible for international programme and projects delivery at DIO. One of my main duties includes planning and supporting projects overseas such as in the Falkland Islands. All construction projects present challenges especially when …

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 …

Portsmouth Is Ready – Looking Back with Pride on DIO’s Vital Role

Posted by: Geoff Robson, Posted on: 16 August 2017 - Categories: Defence infrastructure, Queen Elizabeth Carriers

I’m Geoff Robson, DIO’s Chief Operating Officer. As you will probably have heard or seen, Portsmouth welcomed the first of the Royal Navy’s new aircraft carriers, HMS Queen Elizabeth, into port for the first time on Wednesday 16 August 2017 …

All Set For Takeoff at RNAS Yeovilton

Posted by: Alastair Fife, Posted on: 24 July 2017 - Categories: Accommodation, Defence infrastructure, Project WINFRA, RNAS Yeovilton

Hi, I’m Alastair Fife, team leader for WINFRA - the DIO’s Wildcat Infrastructure Programme. We last updated you on progress on the project earlier in the year and I’m pleased to say that the vast majority of the infrastructure work …

It’s all happening at Worthy Down’s Defence College of Logistics, Policing and Administration

Posted by: Peter Riches, Posted on: 10 July 2017 - Categories: Defence infrastructure, Project Wellesley, Worthy Down

Hi. I’m Peter Riches, DIO Project Manager working on the new Defence College of Logistics, Policing and Administration (DCLPA), a £300 million tri-service facility that DIO is building at Worthy Down in Hampshire. The site here at Worthy Down is …

More than just an aircraft hangar

Posted by: Denis Williams, Posted on: 28 February 2017 - Categories: Brize Norton, Defence infrastructure

Surely one aircraft hangar is much like the next? Well, not quite, especially when it’s an MRO, or Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul facility. My name is Denis Williams. I am a DIO project manager and I’d like to tell you …

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 …

Taking to the skies: air safety on the training estate

Posted by: Lt Cdr Bob Carter, Posted on: 14 December 2015 - Categories: Military Training

I’m Lt Cdr Bob Carter, SO2 Air Safety for the DIO’s Service Delivery Training Safety team, and when asked what I do for a living, I often reply: “I’m in the Navy, but I work with the Army, offering aviation …

Operation Nightingale: The eagle has landed

Posted by: Richard Osgood, Posted on: 29 August 2014 - Categories: Archaeology, Environment

Last summer, participants on Operation Nightingale recovered the remains of Spitfire P9503 on Salisbury Plain. This was part of a project to provide two case studies of best recovery practice to English Heritage. The second of these recoveries is taking …