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DIO awards £20m contract for Typhoon infrastructure at RAF Lossiemouth

Maritime June 24, 2020

The Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) has awarded a contract worth £20-million to Galliford Try for work which will house Number IX (Bomber) Squadron in facilities that are fit for purpose, enabling them to deliver in their role as a Typhoon Aggressor Squadron. Their re-role from Tornado to Typhoon, and move from RAF Marham ...

DPRTE 2020 webinar explores wealth of opportunities to work with DIO

Land June 15, 2020

DPRTE 2020 & PASS have hosted a live webinar held in conjunction with Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) entitled Building the Defence Estates Infrastructure & Connecting Opportunities. The webinar saw Nick Wilkinson, Commercial Head of Programmes at the Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO), take attendees through what DIO looks for in its suppliers, ...

DIO completes essential improvements at RNAS Yeovilton

Land June 8, 2020

DPRTE 2020 Official Event Partner, Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO), has completed and handed over to the Royal Navy a project at Royal Naval Air Station (RNAS) Yeovilton. The project included work to improve essential access and egress to its sites from the public highway and provision of a new Fuel Bowser ...

Construction starts on DIO’s new Whittington headquarters

Land June 3, 2020

The Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) and Kier have marked the start of construction work to create a new headquarters at the Defence Medical Services (DMS) Whittington site with a turf-cutting ceremony. DIO awarded a contract to Kier in February 2020 to carry out the work, which forms part of a wider £4-billion ...