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 …
This week, marks one year since we started construction work to refurbish the Northern Ammunition Jetty in Glen Mallan, Scotland, to support the Royal Navy’s surface fleet and aircraft carriers in loading and unloading ammunition.
One of the biggest projects underway across the Ministry of Defence at present is the redevelopment of the Northern Ammunition Jetty in Glen Mallan to support the Royal Navy’s surface fleet in loading and unloading ammunition.
Partnership shone through when a project to replace two lookout huts on Dartmoor Training Area in Devon was faced with the challenge of physically transporting the huts to their final destination at the top of two granite tors.
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How do you choose between suppliers who have similar skills and experience? How do you select a partner you will be able to work with for the next 10 years? I’m Ian Arbuckle, Assistant Head of Commercial Services at DIO. …
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Hi, I’m Simon Jones, DIO’s Senior Project Manager working for PPD in the South West of the UK. You would of course imagine that service personnel would be extensively trained to operate aircraft and other vehicles, but what about training …
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It’s been a while since my last blog on the progress of work we’re undertaking at RAF Marham to prepare it to be the Main Operating Base of the Royal Navy and RAF’s F-35 Lightning fleet, so this seems a …
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Hi! My name is Ben Lolley and I work in Projects and Programme Delivery (PPD) at DIO HQ, Sutton Coldfield. On a daily basis I am responsible for developing DIO’s capital projects delivery processes and managing a team that provides …
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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 …
Hi, I’m Alastair Fife, team leader for WINFRA - the DIO’s Wildcat Infrastructure Programme. We last updated you on progress on the project earlier in the year and I’m pleased to say that the vast majority of the infrastructure work …