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DIO delivers new training facility for Army engineers

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

Hangars complete at new Defence college

Work has completed on three hangars at the new Defence College for Technical Training at MOD Lyneham in Wiltshire. The  hangars have each been newly built or refurbished by Hercules - a joint venture between Kier Group and Balfour Beatty - for the Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO). The buildings, which include two extensions to existing hangars, provide workshops, stores and classrooms to cater for the Army’s Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (REME’s) training needs.  The remodelled hangars and their extensions are part of the phase one of work on the new

DIO planners win accolade for new Defence college

Town planners at the Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) are celebrating after the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) commended their work on the new Defence Technical Training College at MOD Lyneham. The new College, which will bring together technical training across the Armed Forces on one site in Wiltshire, has been granted a commendation in the RTPI’s South West Awards for Planning Excellence, in the ‘Schemes on the Ground’ category. Sustainability is a key feature of both the plan for the 466 hectare site and the submission for the award. The site is a former RAF base

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