Planning for 2021
DIO Chief Executive Graham Dalton reveals his plans for 2021.
Banish winter blues over the festive season
Winter is upon us, which means a drop in temperatures, shorter days, less sunlight and darker nights. We may sleep for longer, feel sluggish and find the simplest tasks difficult to complete.
We’re also dealing with the continued impact of COVID-19 and the extended lockdown restrictions may have caused additional strain on our mental health. This combined with the change of season can affect our mental health, so it’s important that we make it a priority.
Supporting world-class facilities at HMNB Clyde
DIO is incredibly proud to hand over the new £34m submarine escape, rescue, abandonment and survival (SMERAS) training building to the Royal Navy. The SMERAS is a facility which will allow the Navy the capability to carry out essential on …
Respect the Range: accessing local training estates during lockdown
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MOD-owned land is home to some of the most beautiful and unique rural areas in the UK. Due to our ongoing conservation and partnerships with a variety of charities and specialist organisations, our land continues to offer exciting opportunities to …
DIO’s commitment to protecting the jungle wildlife in Belize
DIO has worked with big cat charity Panthera to monitor big cats in the jungle at British Army Training Unit Belize.
A Worthy Down update
Under Project Wellesley, we’ve been busy developing the new tri-service facility at the Defence College of Logistics, Policing and Administration. Since 2017, a total of 27 buildings have been handed over.
Benvenuti in Italia: working for DIO in Italy
For the first time in a few years, DIO will soon have a member of staff based in Italy, and it could be you.The primary role of DIO’s Senior Estate Surveyor Italy is to ensure that the housing requirements for the UK military and civilian personnel and their families assigned to the various NATO locations around Italy are met. It's a role I held until 2015.
Sustainable construction in Defence
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Accommodation, Climate Change, Conservation, Environment and Ecology, Glen Mallan jetty, Project Wellesley, RAF Lakenheath, VolkerStevin, Worthy Down
The MOD’s sustainability strategy aims to reduce defence’s contribution to carbon and greenhouse emissions on the defence estate.
What a difference a year makes at RAF Lakenheath
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In July 2019 we held a ground-breaking ceremony to mark the start of construction at RAF Lakenheath and the next phase of the hugely important F-35 programme. With any major construction project there are always challenges to identify and overcome …
Working together to build new facilities at Worthy Down
Our construction team has been delivering a range of buildings for the DIO at Worthy Down in Hampshire, developing the new tri-service training facility at the Defence College of Logistics, Policing and Administration.