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Hello, my name is Georgina Smith and I’m the environmental advisor for Skanska at Worthy Down. The Defence Infrastructure Organisation is working on a £300 million project which will deliver the new Defence College of Logistics, Policing and Administration (DCLPA) …
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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 …
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Sometimes a chance conversation can have unexpected and very positive effects, and that’s exactly what has happened with the disused nuclear bunkers on the Swynnerton Training Area in Staffordshire. My name is Jim Salisbury and I’m the Training Safety Officer …
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Hi, I’m Garry Brimecome and I’m DIO’s Project Manager for the dredge at Portsmouth. I work with Philip Wise, the Principal Project Manager for the infrastructure we’re providing at Portsmouth to prepare the Naval Base for the arrival of the …
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I’ve recently had a chance to reflect on nearly eight months as Chief Exec of DIO. It's been a busy few months as I have got to know the Organisation, our customers - the Front Line Commands (the Royal Navy, …
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Hi, I’m Jenny Colfer and I’m a Sustainability Manager at DIO. I deal with a broad range of environmental, economic and social issues in my role but my specialism is in the field of air quality. Air pollution is a …
...this site over the centuries, but in the 1920s a new concrete structure was needed for the Royal Navy’s latest aircraft carriers. Ships like HMS Indefatigable used the jetty during...
...Trench which will support the internal power supply for the F-35s, a contractor found 217 previously unmarked pipes and cables over a 200m stretch of ground. Some of these were...
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 …
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...either owned or used by the MOD in the UK or overseas, or which has a close connection to defence business. We now have five categories, and these are: Environmental...