![Mark Duddy, DIO Programme Director for the Army Basing Programme [Crown Copyright, MOD 2018]](https://insideDIO.blog.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2018/02/Mark-Duddy-1024x576.jpg)
Hi, I’m Mark Duddy and I’m the DIO Programme Director for the Army Basing Programme (ABP). If you are a regular reader of the blog you will know that ABP is an infrastructure-led change programme for the Army that commenced …
![Dr Sue Jordan at Bulford [Crown Copyright, MOD 2017]](https://insideDIO.blog.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2017/11/Sue-at-Bulford-TVA-Nov-17-768x1024.jpg)
My name is Sue Jordan, Senior Environmental Manager in DIO Safety, Environment and Engineering. My colleagues and I work on a range of initiatives that protect and enhance the MOD estate worldwide. My blog explains the range of partnership working …
![Roy Canham, Sanctuary Silver Otter Winner 2017 [Crown Copyright, MOD 2017]](https://insideDIO.blog.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2017/11/image1-e1511360931159-768x1024.jpeg)
Our latest blog features the winner of this year’s coveted Sanctuary Silver Otter Award, Roy Canham, and his several years of work to preserve archaeology on Salisbury Plain. How can you co-ordinate military training on a site with some of …
![Bulford Kiwi chalk monument, Salisbury Plain [Crown copyright/MOD]](https://insideDIO.blog.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2017/10/Bulford-Kiwi-2.jpeg)
People may not realise that as part of DIO’s duty to look after the MOD estate, we do a lot of work to preserve and protect monuments and sites of historical and scientific interest. My name is Richard Osgood and …
The Defence estate includes some of the most dramatic countryside in the UK and every year large numbers of people enjoy access to it both legally and safely. But not everyone sticks to the rules with some people endangering themselves …
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Hello, I’m Tom Theed and I’m the Rural Estates Delivery Advisor in the South West for Landmarc Support Services. We are contracted to manage the Defence training estate on behalf of the Defence Infrastructure Organisation. I am often asked why …
Hi, I’m WO1 Jeff Elson and I’m writing this blog to update you all on the progress being made with the re-development of New Zealand Farm Camp, here on Salisbury Plain. As you may remember, this was started at the …
Hi, I’m Phil Eley, Deputy Head of the Army Basing Programme Service Family Accommodation. The Secretary of State announced the Regular Army Basing Plan in 2013, setting out the Army’s future UK locations as it returns from Germany, rebases across …
My name is Si Cleggett and I am the Wessex Archaeology Project Manager for the Army Basing Programme. Wessex Archaeology is one of the Country’s leading heritage practices. We were commissioned by the Defence Infrastructure Organisation’s (DIO) consultant’s WYG to …
Hi, I’m Lisa Wade and I’m a DIO ecologist based on Salisbury Plain. It’s a pretty wide-ranging job which includes protection of endangered hen harriers. Hen harriers are a bird of prey and mainly eat small animals including mammals and …