Hi, I’m Rebecca Connor and I’m currently doing a Level 4 Business Apprenticeship with the People Team at the Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) in Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands. Becoming an Apprentice I started my DIO apprenticeship in September 2015 after …
Hi, I’m WO1 Jeff Elson, a Training Safety Marshall on Salisbury Plain. The Salisbury Plain Training Area is the largest training area in the UK at around 38,000 hectares. Its size means there is a wide range of training opportunities …
Hi, I’m Ian Hay and I’m part of DIO’s Acquisition and Disposal team. One area DIO is always working on is selling parts of the estate which we don’t need anymore. This not only reduces our ongoing costs as we …
Hi, I’m John Williams and as you may remember if you read my earlier blog, I’m a DIO Project Delivery Manager currently working on overseas projects. These include the runway renovations at RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus and RAF Gibraltar. Project …
Hello, my name is Jimmy Evans and I am the Training Safety Officer (TSO) and Commandant for Halton Training Camp near Lancaster, Holcombe Moor Training Area near Bury, and the Ambleside Adventure Training Hut in the Lake District National Park. …
I am Nigel Sharpe, and work for DIO Land Management Services dealing with the training areas of the South West. As most of the 30,000 acres that I cover is hired (86%), my daily job is taken up with smoothing …
January saw a late Christmas present for II (Army Cooperation) Squadron based at RAF Lossiemouth. The completion of their brand new Squadron HQ allowed them to move out of their temporary old Cold War facilities, previously used by 617 Squadron …
Hi my name is Stephen Harness and as you might remember if you’ve read one of my earlier blogs I’m a town planner for DIO. The Strategic Defence and Security Review 2015 set out the aim that we reduce the size …
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 …
The last 12 months have been busy and rewarding for DIO and we can be proud of our many achievements as we look forward to the year ahead. The publication of the 2015 Strategic Defence and Security Review (SDSR15) late …