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Supporting the British Army’s capability in Kenya

Posted by: Kevin Calvert, Posted on: 14 January 2019 - Categories: Defence infrastructure, Kenya, Military Training

DIO is investing over £40 million in vital training facilities in Kenya. Read on to find out more.

How DIO supports foreign forces

Posted by: Maj Thomas (Tam) Noble, Posted on: 10 December 2018 - Categories: Military Training

Although the training estate is vital for UK Armed Forces, its also very useful for our foreign allies, who sometimes use our facilities. Find out more from Maj Tam Noble, who leads on arranging training for foreign forces.

Our continued commitment to work differently – DIO’s Procurement Plan

Posted by: Jacqui Rock, Posted on: 8 November 2018 - Categories: Commercial Strategy, Defence infrastructure, Procurement

DIOs Commercial Director explains our new Procurement Plan and how we will be using it for our £15.8 billion of planned spending on construction and infrastructure over the next five financial years.

Supporting Suffield: Locally Employed Civilians in Canada

Posted by: Gerry O'Toole, Posted on: 18 September 2018 - Categories: Canada

Hi, I’m Gerry O’Toole and I am DIO’s Business Manager for the British Army Training Unit Suffield, also known as BATUS. It’s an enormous area of land in Alberta, Canada, where the British military can practise huge exercises. You may …

Managing the Overseas Estate: the importance of local staff

Posted by: Brigadier Simon Stockley, Posted on: 20 August 2018 - Categories: BATSUB, Belize, Canada, Cyprus, Defence infrastructure, Falkland Islands, Kenya

Hi, I’m Brigadier Simon Stockley and I’m responsible for the provision of infrastructure to support our personnel in their bases overseas, while simultaneously providing Defence training facilities in the UK and around the world. Today I wanted to take the …

Managing wildfires and much more on the Defence Training Estate

Posted by: Brigadier Simon Stockley, Posted on: 13 August 2018 - Categories: Land Management, Military Training

Hi, I’m Brigadier Simon Stockley, Head of the DIO’s Overseas Region and Defence Training Estate (OR&DTE). My role includes the provision of military training facilities here in the UK, and around the world, to enable our Armed Forces to be …

Railways to Runways: DIO's Specialist Engineers

Posted by: Bryan Dunn, Posted on: 7 August 2018 - Categories: Defence infrastructure, Engineering

Hi, I’m Bryan Dunn and I lead the specialist infrastructure engineers here at the Defence Infrastructure Organisation. Being a specialist engineer at DIO is challenging but it is a hugely important task due to the amount of complex infrastructure that …

New vehicles crack down on illegal activity on Salisbury Plain

Posted by: Lt Col Stewart Andrews, Posted on: 9 July 2018 - Categories: Defence infrastructure, Land Management, Military Training, Public Access, Salisbury Plain

Hi, I’m Lt Col Stewart Andrews and I’m DIO’s Senior Training Safety Officer for Salisbury Plain. Last year, 2948 illegal incursions were reported in the South West; most were caused by people illegally driving 4x4s and motorcycles on the Plain. …

Monumental effort restores ‘Bulford Kiwi’ to its original splendour

Posted by: Richard Osgood, Posted on: 2 July 2018 - Categories: Archaeology, Army Basing Programme, Defence infrastructure, Salisbury Plain

Hi, I’m Richard Osgood and I’m DIO’s senior archaeologist. Part of DIO’s role is to look after the MOD estate and we do a lot of work to preserve and protect monuments and sites of historical and scientific interest. Last …

Building a sustainable future: International Women in Engineering Day

Posted by: Siobhan Barr, Posted on: 22 June 2018 - Categories: Engineering, Skanska, Working at DIO, Worthy Down

From roundabouts to roadworks, and ponds to pedestrian areas, I’ve helped to deliver them all. Hi, I’m Siobhan Barr, a chartered senior quantity surveyor from Skanska, a leading construction company and developer. Today I am blogging about the role I …