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Portsmouth Harbour ready to welcome HMS Queen Elizabeth

Maritime August 3, 2017

Defence Minister Harriett Baldwin has announced that millions of metres of mud has now been dredged to clear way for Britain’s newest aircraft carrier to sail safely into her new home at Portsmouth Harbour. The Defence Infrastructure Organisation awarded a contract to Boskalis Westminster to make room for the 65,000-tonne HMS Queen ...

Housebuilder appointed for first new homes at Mindenhurst

Homeland July 28, 2017

Skanska, the construction and development partner responsible for the redevelopment of the Princess Royal Barracks in Deepcut, Surrey, has announced which housebuilder will take ownership of the first phase of residential works at its Mindenhurst site. CALA Homes is the successful bidder for the first tranche of land and is poised ...

DIO receive RoSPA gold achievement award

Homeland July 18, 2017

The Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) has received the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) Gold Achievement Award for its commitment to safety. DIO’s Chief Operating Officer, Geoff Robson attended the awards ceremony held at the Birmingham Hilton Hotel to accept the highly prestigious award on behalf of DIO. The RoSPA scheme is ...

RAF Henlow delves into the abyss

Homeland July 6, 2017

A multi million regeneration project of RAF Henlow will see the world’s first commercial deep sea to space research, training and test centre developed at the site. Due to close in 2020, RAF Henlow will be regenerated into a science, innovation and technology park, with Blue Abyss developed to fulfil a ...