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£150 million MOD facilities management contract awarded for Germany and Italy

Land August 8, 2023

A new £150 million contract to provide key services for the UK Armed Forces serving in Germany and Italy has been awarded to Mitie Defence Limited by the Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO). Covering the MOD’s military accommodation, as well as military and adventurous training sites in Germany and a school and ...

Global database revolutionises how MOD manages its historic sites and buildings

Land January 17, 2023

Archaeologists from official DPRTE 23 partner, Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO), are using the world’s first global Historic Environment Record (HER), an online database which will revolutionise the management of heritage on the MOD’s UK and overseas estate. The new HER provides comprehensive access to heritage records and condition surveys, bringing greater ...

Work starts on new urban fighting skills facility at Whinny Hill

Land December 28, 2022

A project has started to create an urban fighting skills facility at Whinny Hill on Catterick Training Area. Representatives from the Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO), Landmarc Support Services (Landmarc) and Story Contracting have marked the start of a project to create a brand new urban fighting skills facility at Whinny Hill ...

Built Estate contracts delivering improvements for Armed Forces one year on

Land December 16, 2022

Innovation and collaboration have paved the way for success as the first of the Defence Infrastructure Organisation’s (DIO) £1.6bn Built Estate contracts reaches its one-year milestone. Divided regionally and awarded to three contractors – Mitie, VIVO and Vinci – the hard facilities management contracts have delivered a series of improvements to ...