﻿<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/"><channel><title>Cision News</title><link>https://news.cision.com</link><description>Cision is the leading global provider of media research, distribution, monitoring and evaluation services. With over 40 locations throughout the world, Cision provides the insight, expertise and intelligence that improve performance and build reputations.</description><pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 12:31:37 GMT</pubDate><image><title>Cision News</title><width>146</width><height>60</height><link>https://news.cision.com</link><url>https://news.cision.com/Content/img/news-logo.png</url></image><item><title>MOD awards contracts for capital works projects in southern England</title><link>http://news.cision.com/defence-infrastructure-organisation/r/mod-awards-contracts-for-capital-works-projects-in-southern-england,c9888831</link><guid isPermaLink="false">cision2072415</guid><description><![CDATA[The Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) has announced the appointment of five companies to its most recent Frameworks for the design and build of up to £650 million’s worth of MOD construction projects in the South East and South West of England.

Under the Next Generation Estate Contracts (NGEC) programme, DIO has awarded contracts for two new Frameworks for Capital Works Projects, delivering construction works each valued at up to £12 million to

  · Galliford Try Plc
  · Kier Construction Ltd
  · Volker Fitzpatrick Ltd
  · Henry Brothers (Magherafelt) Ltd [South East] / HBDW]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2015 15:16:36 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Roman burials discovered during work for new Defence college</title><link>http://news.cision.com/defence-infrastructure-organisation/r/roman-burials-discovered-during-work-for-new-defence-college,c9886240</link><guid isPermaLink="false">cision2068614</guid><description><![CDATA[Late Roman burials have been discovered during groundwork to construct, a £250 million training facility for the armed forces at Worthy Down.

The burials were discovered during preparatory ground works by Skanska, the contractor which is redeveloping the site on behalf of the Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO).

Skanska contacted a team from Oxford Archaeology which established that the burial was ancient.

Further investigations revealed a cluster of at least 11 burials within the area. Artefacts found with the skeletons included a coin of the Roman emperor Valens, who]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2015 16:23:15 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>£1.2bn construction phase of military accommodation project completed</title><link>http://news.cision.com/defence-infrastructure-organisation/r/1-2bn-construction-phase-of-military-accommodation-project-completed,c9885740</link><guid isPermaLink="false">cision2068156</guid><description><![CDATA[The construction phase of a £1.2bn project to improve the living accommodation of single service personnel has just completed after 12 years.

The Single Living Accommodation Modernisation project, better known as Project SLAM, has been one of the largest new build and refurbishment projects in the UK and has delivered successful renovations and constructions on 52 locations from Scotland to Cornwall. 121 separate projects have improved or created more than 22,000 bedspaces in this time.

Project SLAM has placed or employed over 150 graduates and trainees and has won numerous awards,]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2015 10:27:23 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>More beds completed for carrier crew</title><link>http://news.cision.com/defence-infrastructure-organisation/r/more-beds-completed-for-carrier-crew,c9883002</link><guid isPermaLink="false">cision2063764</guid><description><![CDATA[The second phase of innovative new modular accommodation for sailors working on the Royal Navy’s new aircraft carrier has been completed by the Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO).

The two future aircraft carriers of the Royal Navy, HMS Queen Elizabeth and HMS Prince of Wales, are currently being built and fitted out in Rosyth. DIO runs MOD Caledonia and is supporting the carrier programme by providing site security, messing and recreational facilities, and accommodation for the carrier’s crew.

Before the project commenced, MOD Caledonia had 422 suitable bed spaces, which DIO]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2015 10:52:28 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Investing in new range facilities at Garelochhead</title><link>http://news.cision.com/defence-infrastructure-organisation/r/investing-in-new-range-facilities-at-garelochhead,c9880193</link><guid isPermaLink="false">cision2059521</guid><description><![CDATA[A joint project between Landmarc Support Services (Landmarc) and the Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) has commenced to create brand new training facilities at Garelochhead ranges in Scotland, representing an investment of over £3 million.

The project, which is due for completion in February 2017, will see the existing Garelochhead ranges transformed in to two new developments: a 100m Grouping and Zeroing (G&Z) range and a 600m Electronic Target Range (ETR). There will also be a single range building complex with classrooms, a targetry store and workshops, which will serve the]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2015 14:11:29 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>HRH The Earl of Wessex opens new facilities at RAF Waddington</title><link>http://news.cision.com/defence-infrastructure-organisation/r/hrh-the-earl-of-wessex-opens-new-facilities-at-raf-waddington,c9872484</link><guid isPermaLink="false">cision2047221</guid><description><![CDATA[HRH The Earl of Wessex has officially opened an £18m complex at RAF Waddington (http://www.raf.mod.uk/rafwaddington/aboutus/index.cfm), designed to support the RAF’s new Rivet Joint (http://www.raf.mod.uk/equipment/rc135wrivetjoint.cfm) electronic surveillance aircraft.

The Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) and contractors Babcock International completed the programme, named Airseeker, last month on behalf of Defence Equipment and Support (DE&S).

The contract for the 58-week project was awarded to Babcock International in 2014. The work consisted of three main elements]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2015 15:19:02 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Army Reserve Centre undergoes £1.275m refurbishment</title><link>http://news.cision.com/defence-infrastructure-organisation/r/army-reserve-centre-undergoes--1-275m-refurbishment,c9866559</link><guid isPermaLink="false">cision2037899</guid><description><![CDATA[The Defence Infrastructure Organisation and the East Midlands Reserve Forces and Cadet Association (EMRFCA) have just completed a £1.275m refurbishment to the Army Reserve Centre in Clare Street, Northampton.

The building, home to Headquarters Company and 118 Recovery Company of 104 Battalion, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (REME), required refurbishment to improve the operational and training capability of the battalion. The work has included refurbishing offices, the conference room and Officer’s and Sergeant’s messes; converting rooms to provide additional offices;]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2015 16:07:46 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>New medical facilities for US Air Force at RAF Croughton</title><link>http://news.cision.com/defence-infrastructure-organisation/r/new-medical-facilities-for-us-air-force-at-raf-croughton,c9865655</link><guid isPermaLink="false">cision2036472</guid><description><![CDATA[A new £7.1m medical and dental centre has been officially opened at RAF Croughton in Northamptonshire following its completion by the Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) and VINCI Construction UK Ltd.

The new clinic will deliver healthcare for US military personnel and their families in a modern, family-centred environment. The building will function primarily as a GP’s surgery and dentist, but also has a number of other facilities such as a pharmacy and laboratory.

The two-storey centre covers 2170m² and includes staff and administrative area, pharmacy and dispensing rooms,]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2015 14:54:06 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>MOD investment in Caerwent training area, Monmouthshire</title><link>http://news.cision.com/defence-infrastructure-organisation/r/mod-investment-in-caerwent-training-area--monmouthshire,c9861985</link><guid isPermaLink="false">cision2030800</guid><description><![CDATA[CORRECTION - PLEASE USE THIS VERSION INSTEAD OF EARLIER ISSUED VERSION

The Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) has delivered improvements to training facilities at Caerwent Training Area in double-quick time.

The upgrade to buildings, which are used by troops during large-scale exercises, will help save money and make training more efficient.

The site at Caerwent is used three times a year and in the past, each time an exercise took place, temporary facilities were brought in to support the team managing the training.

The improvements to the site, which cost £150k,]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2015 14:06:10 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>MOD investment in Caerwent training area, Monmouthshire</title><link>http://news.cision.com/defence-infrastructure-organisation/r/mod-investment-in-caerwent-training-area--monmouthshire,c9861788</link><guid isPermaLink="false">cision2030555</guid><description><![CDATA[The Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) has delivered improvements to training facilities at Caerwent Training Area in double-quick time.

The upgrade to buildings, which are used by troops during large-scale exercises, will help save money and make training more efficient.

The site at Caerwent is used three times a year and in the past, each time an exercise took place, temporary facilities were brought in to support the team managing the training.

The improvements to the site, which cost £150m, included installing electrical cabling points, lighting and heating, as well as]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2015 11:30:01 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>FINAL ARMY MOVES FROM GERMANY SET FOR 2019</title><link>http://news.cision.com/defence-infrastructure-organisation/r/final-army-moves-from-germany-set-for-2019,c9861661</link><guid isPermaLink="false">cision2030421</guid><description><![CDATA[THE Ministry of Defence has today (5 November) confirmed that the final Field Army units will return from Germany in 2019. The final units, including those from 20 Armoured Infantry Brigade, currently based around Paderborn and Sennelager in Germany, will return to their new home on Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire in the final phase of the Army Basing Programme.

In line with commitments made in the 2010 Strategic Defence and Security Review, the Army Basing Programme has already successfully relocated around 74% of personnel from Germany since 2010, with over 5,000 Service personnel, plus]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2015 10:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>New signs on Salisbury Plain aim to protect precious environment</title><link>http://news.cision.com/defence-infrastructure-organisation/r/new-signs-on-salisbury-plain-aim-to-protect-precious-environment,c9857960</link><guid isPermaLink="false">cision2024466</guid><description><![CDATA[DIO, Natural England and Treadlightly have worked together to install a series of signs at Great Cheverell Hill, a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI), on Salisbury Plain.

The signs have been erected because the site has been subjected to repeated illegal access by off-road vehicles, which is having a devastating impact on the sensitive environment. 

Sarah Grinsted, Lead Advisor from Natural England said:

“Great Cheverell Hill SSSI has exceptional flora and butterfly life found on its steep slopes and thin soils.  The increasingly regular trawl of 4x4s and motorbikes is]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2015 09:25:58 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Specialist engine facilities for Typhoon jets at RAF Lossiemouth</title><link>http://news.cision.com/defence-infrastructure-organisation/r/specialist-engine-facilities-for-typhoon-jets-at-raf-lossiemouth,c9856191</link><guid isPermaLink="false">cision2021258</guid><description><![CDATA[The Defence Infrastructure Organisation, part of the Ministry of Defence, has awarded contracts worth a combined £15m for two new projects at RAF Lossiemouth (http://www.raf.mod.uk/raflossiemouth/) to support the station’s Typhoon aircraft.

RAF Lossiemouth is an RAF fast jet main operating base and is home to squadrons operating both the Typhoon and Tornado jets. The station is also the Quick Reaction Alert (Interceptor) North base, meaning that it provides crews and jets to intercept unidentified aircraft in UK airspace.

The contract for an Installed Engine Test Facility, at a value]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2015 11:03:34 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Work starts on new accommodation for Army medics</title><link>http://news.cision.com/defence-infrastructure-organisation/r/work-starts-on-new-accommodation-for-army-medics,c9853933</link><guid isPermaLink="false">cision2017526</guid><description><![CDATA[The Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) has started work on new en-suite single living accommodation for Army medics at Keogh Barracks in Ash Vale, Surrey.

The £3.9 million project is being carried out in partnership with modular construction specialists, Rollalong, and is planned to complete in summer next year.

Once finished, the 70-bed facility will conclude the modernisation of junior ranks accommodation at the barracks. It follows recent works to convert existing accommodation from multi-occupancy rooms to single rooms.

It’s part of a wider £50 million redevelopment]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2015 11:35:06 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Search for First World War horse hospital wins prestigious award</title><link>http://news.cision.com/defence-infrastructure-organisation/r/search-for-first-world-war-horse-hospital-wins-prestigious-award,c9849819</link><guid isPermaLink="false">cision2010860</guid><description><![CDATA[The Ministry of Defence (MOD) has presented their coveted ‘Silver Otter’ Sanctuary Award to a Salisbury Plain archaeological project.

The Sanctuary Awards are awarded annually by the Ministry of Defence and are run by the Defence Infrastructure Organisation, the MOD’s property and services arm. Nominations are in recognition of work which promotes sustainable development, energy saving measures, wildlife, archaeology, environmental improvement or community awareness of conservation on or within land and property owned or used by the MOD. Sanctuary Awards are presented to the winning]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2015 15:02:58 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>DIO hands over technical support accommodation at RAF Lossiemouth</title><link>http://news.cision.com/defence-infrastructure-organisation/r/dio-hands-over-technical-support-accommodation-at-raf-lossiemouth,c9841174</link><guid isPermaLink="false">cision2001107</guid><description><![CDATA[The Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) has handed over a new airside annexe as part of a project to support the relocation of three squadrons of Typhoon aircraft from RAF Leuchars to RAF Lossiemouth.

The new annexe to Hangar 3 houses operations briefing rooms, mission planning, changing rooms, aircrew lockers, equipment servicing space and the aircraft line operations. It is also home to the engineering ground crew and support trades.

Since 2012, DIO has delivered around £87 million of work at RAF Lossiemouth, including refurbishing Hangar 1, and refurbishing and extending the]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2015 14:46:05 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>DIO delivers new training facility for Army engineers</title><link>http://news.cision.com/defence-infrastructure-organisation/r/dio-delivers-new-training-facility-for-army-engineers,c9840520</link><guid isPermaLink="false">cision1996115</guid><description><![CDATA[The Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) has delivered a new training facility for Army engineers at MOD Lyneham.

Over the past two and half years DIO, working with its contractor Hercules (a 50:50 joint venture between Kier Group and Balfour Beatty), has transformed the former RAF base at Lyneham into a new training facility for the Army’s Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (REME), which is due to complete its move to the site from Arborfield and Bordon in early 2016.

The £121 million construction project, part of a £230 million investment in redeveloping the]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2015 14:37:34 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>MOD Stafford marks end of £150m redevelopment</title><link>http://news.cision.com/defence-infrastructure-organisation/r/mod-stafford-marks-end-of--150m-redevelopment,c9835350</link><guid isPermaLink="false">cision1988146</guid><description><![CDATA[MOD Stafford has marked the completion of a £150 million programme of work to redevelop the base for soldiers and their families.

The new and upgraded facilities have been provided for the Army by the Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO), working in partnership with contractors Lendlease and Lovell.

The DIO awarded contracts worth a total of £150m to the firms to deliver a range of new buildings for Service personnel from 1 and 16 Signal Regiment who have moved to Stafford from Germany.

The project has included the creation of six new living accommodation blocks for single and]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2015 15:23:36 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>DIO delivers new town centre for Catterick Garrison</title><link>http://news.cision.com/defence-infrastructure-organisation/r/dio-delivers-new-town-centre-for-catterick-garrison,c9834805</link><guid isPermaLink="false">cision1987284</guid><description><![CDATA[HRH the Duchess of Gloucester officially opens Princes Gate

Scheme creates more than 700 new jobs
HRH the Duchess of Gloucester has officially opened Princes Gate, at Catterick Garrison in Yorkshire. This £25m retail and leisure scheme, in the heart of Catterick, was developed and built by Kier on surplus land sold by the Defence Infrastructure Organisation.

Her Royal Highness was shown round the the 150,000 sq ft development, which was built on the former MOD central sports ground. The impressive project includes a seven-screen cinema operated by Empire, a 60-bed Premier Inn and]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2015 14:48:18 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>DIO delivers digs for carrier crew</title><link>http://news.cision.com/defence-infrastructure-organisation/r/dio-delivers-digs-for-carrier-crew,c9815097</link><guid isPermaLink="false">cision1957435</guid><description><![CDATA[Sailors from Britain’s new aircraft carrier got all-mod-cons accommodation in double-quick time, after the Defence Infrastructure Organisation delivered a solution to Rosyth’s shortage of beds.

The two future aircraft carriers of the Royal Navy, HMS Queen Elizabeth and HMS Prince of Wales, are currently being built in Rosyth. DIO-run MOD Caledonia is supporting the carrier programme by providing site security, messing and recreational facilities – and accommodation for the carrier’s crew.

Caledonia currently has 422 suitable bed spaces, which DIO calculated was 302 fewer than needed.]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2015 10:01:43 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Work starts to prepare Ludgershall site for new Army homes</title><link>http://news.cision.com/defence-infrastructure-organisation/r/work-starts-to-prepare-ludgershall-site-for-new-army-homes,c9810307</link><guid isPermaLink="false">cision1950068</guid><description><![CDATA[Demolition work is underway at the MOD’s Corunna Barracks in Ludgershall, the site earmarked for 246 new Army family homes.  

Working on behalf of the Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO), specialist contractors are pulling down 62 buildings, removing car parks and lifting and moving temporary accommodation units to other MOD sites for reuse.

DIO Project Manager, Andy Corcoran, said: “Preparing the site for development is a big task. Some of the hangars are about the same size as the Twickenham rugby pitch at more than 800m2. Other buildings being levelled include workshops, kit]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2015 14:12:47 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>DIO delivers first stages of maintenance facility for new RAF transport aircraft</title><link>http://news.cision.com/defence-infrastructure-organisation/r/dio-delivers-first-stages-of-maintenance-facility-for-new-raf-transport-aircraft,c9810251</link><guid isPermaLink="false">cision1949962</guid><description><![CDATA[Work has started on the steelwork stage of a new aircraft hangar at RAF Brize Norton, after the Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) worked with a range of partners to develop the site.

The hangar, which will be used to maintain Airbus A400 Atlas four-engine military transport aircraft, is the first construction contract DIO awarded under its Next Generation Estates Contracts (NGEC) national framework, which procures building and civil engineering projects valued at up to £50 million.

DIO’s contractor Balfour Beatty, working with Barnsley-based Billingtons Steel, has now lifted]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2015 12:12:48 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Salisbury Plain urban training facilities upgraded</title><link>http://news.cision.com/defence-infrastructure-organisation/r/salisbury-plain-urban-training-facilities-upgraded,c9805249</link><guid isPermaLink="false">cision1941893</guid><description><![CDATA[A £500,000 investment from the Defence Infrastructure Organisation to improve facilities at Copehill Down’s Fighting in Built Areas (FIBUA) village on Salisbury Plain has just been completed by Landmarc Support Services - with the first troops to benefit from the new facilities praising the site’s enhancements in helping them to prepare for overseas conflict.

The FIBUA village, constructed in the late 1980s and covering 70-acres, is a purpose built facility that allows soldiers to practice fighting in an urban environment. It is managed by Landmarc, alongside the rest of the Ministry of]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2015 13:47:42 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>DIO delivers crafty cover-up for Sandhurst ‘Old College’</title><link>http://news.cision.com/defence-infrastructure-organisation/r/dio-delivers-crafty-cover-up-for-sandhurst--old-college-,c9804744</link><guid isPermaLink="false">cision1941037</guid><description><![CDATA[Work has started on Sandhurst’s Royal Military Academy– but its Royal visitors wouldn’t know to look at it!

Passing out parades for officers who have completed their training - attended by members of the Royal Family – will be held in front of the building while the project is underway. To conceal the scaffolding, a specialist fabric façade has been placed over the building, over-printed with a life-size image of how it will look when work is completed.

The ‘Old College’ is currently in use as a teaching facility where cadets train to become Army officers. Built at the beginning of]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2015 12:03:01 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>