Hi. I’m Peter Riches, DIO Project Manager working on the new Defence College of Logistics, Policing and Administration (DCLPA), a £300 million tri-service facility that DIO is building at Worthy Down in Hampshire. The site here at Worthy Down is …
Hello, I’m Philip Wise and I'm the Principal Project Manager leading the Defence Infrastructure Organisation’s programme team for the new jetty & dredge infrastructure projects in Portsmouth. Recently we invited the media to see what had been achieved in terms …
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Hi, I’m Emily Simmons, the new team leader for WINFRA - the DIO’s Wildcat Infrastructure Programme. I have been in post since October 2016 and I’m writing this blog to give you an overview of what we achieved last year …
2016 has been another busy year at DIO, with a number of big projects and programmes progressing or completed. Let’s take a quick look back… We completed the structure of a new hangar at RAF Brize Norton to house the …
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Hi, I’m Rob Dawson, the DIO’s Principal Project Manager for Lightning. Since our last update there has been some significant developments on the site at RAF Marham in Norfolk which are helping us prepare for the arrival and operation of …
Hi, I’m Matt Thornton and I’m writing this blog to update you on the progress being made with the infrastructure work here at RNAS Yeovilton which forms part of the WINFRA (Wildcat Infrastructure) programme. The Wildcat Infrastructure programme will provide …
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Hi, I’m Philip Wise, DIO’s Principal Project Manager for the work taking place at Portsmouth to ready the naval base to be home port of the Royal Navy’s two new aircraft carriers. The first, HMS Queen Elizabeth, is planned to …
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Hi, I’m Philip Wise, DIO’s Principal Project Manager for the major infrastructure investment currently taking place at HMNB Portsmouth to ready the base for the arrival of the Royal Navy’s Queen Elizabeth Carriers, which will be based in the city. …
I’m Lt Col Grant Kerr, a Royal Engineer Professionally Qualified Officer posted to the DIO. My initial role was as a Requirements Manager for 12 months. However, since August 2015 I have been a Project Manager within our Major Projects …
Hi. I’m Matt Thornton, the new Team Leader for Project WINFRA. I’ve only been in post for a few months but in that time a lot has happened on the project – most recently we’ve had a visit from Second …