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Bicycle Race – Training staff give ‘Le Tour’ a hand

Posted by: Phill Ingledew, Posted on: 14 July 2014 - Categories: Public Access
The Red Arrows fly over Harewood House at the start of the race. (Crown Copyright)

Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you won’t have missed that the Tour de France 2014 kicked off in Yorkshire.

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Bombs Away – BBC stars help MOD ordnance teams

Posted by: Lucy Alexander-Fuller, Posted on: 9 July 2014 - Categories: Explosive Ordnance Clearance
Royal Navy Southern Diving Group and DIO EOC staff pose with Countryfile presenters Ellie Harrison and Matt Baker on Whitsand Beach, the Gower, Wales. (Crown Copyright)

Hi, I’m Lucy Alexander-Fuller from DIO’s Explosive Ordnance Clearance (EOC) team.

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Mark's Mid-Year Update

Posted by: Mark Hutchinson, Posted on: 7 July 2014 - Categories: Next Generation Estate Contracts, Strategic Business Partner
Mark Hutchinson (DIO Chief Executive), Dr Andrew Murrison MP (Minister for International Security Strategy), Richard McCarthy (DIO Chief Executive Designate) and Dr David Marsh (DIO Director of Business Partnering) at the SBP contract signing in MOD Main Building, London, 3rd June 2014. (Photo by Harland Quarrington, Crown Copyright)

I’m Mark Hutchinson and I’ve been DIO’s Acting Chief Executive since January.

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She sells Sanctuary – Hannah’s conservation role

Posted by: Hannah Mintram, Posted on: 23 June 2014 - Categories: Environment and Ecology
Hannah Mintram (Crown Copyright)

I’m Hannah Mintram, relatively new in post as Assistant Conservation Group and Sanctuary Officer. I work in the DIO Conservation Team based at Westdown Camp on the edge of Salisbury Plain, the largest military training area in the UK.

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Training Takes Flight at Former RAF Base

Posted by: Steve Jeffries, Posted on: 28 May 2014 - Categories: Military Training

As you may have heard, RAF Lyneham closed at the end of 2012. Though it’s not an operational airfield anymore, the site isn’t going to waste as there’s a major project underway to redevelop the site into a new military …

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Conservation, Catterick and Caerwent: An Archaeological Update

Posted by: Phil Abramson, Posted on: 22 April 2014 - Categories: Archaeology

Phil Abramson, a DIO archaeologist, returns to update us on what he's been up to since his last blog: To be honest sitting at a desk is not usually my favourite way to spend the day. Not just because of …

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Big Bang Theory and Practice: Managing DIO’s Ordnance Risks

Posted by: Paul Burden, Posted on: 14 April 2014 - Categories: Explosive Ordnance Clearance

I’m Paul Burden and I lead DIO’s Explosive Ordnance Clearance (EOC) team. DIO runs the military training estate, which includes firing ranges used by all three Services. This can be artillery, as well as missiles fired from ships and aircraft. …

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Project Managing on the Pathfinder Building

Posted by: Rob Dawson, Posted on: 7 April 2014 - Categories: Project Management

Hi, I’m Rob Dawson and I was principal project manager for the £180 million ‘Programme to Rationalise and Integrate the Defence Intelligence Estate’ (PRIDE), which consists of 10 new facilities including the Defence Intelligence Pathfinder Building at RAF Wyton. Having …

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Public planning for the Defence estate

Posted by: Rob Sanderson, Posted on: 18 March 2014 - Categories: Town Planning

We recently published a blog from Stephen Harness about Town Planning for a specific project, namely the Army Basing Programme for Salisbury Plain. Here, one of Stephen's colleagues gives us a more general view of town planning at DIO. My name is …

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Surveying The Defence Estate

Posted by: Sarah Ashcroft, Posted on: 28 January 2014 - Categories: Surveying

Why did I become a surveyor? Well,  I wanted a job that involved being out and about and I had an interest in law, but didn’t want to be a solicitor. I also liked working with and meeting people – …

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