DThe magazineIO of the Defence Infrastructure Organisation logue Issue 4 June 2012 DIO: One year on... Spending to save A look back at the progress made in transforming the delivery of Defence infrastructure. Trees for troops On a re-basing note Welcome Contents from Andrew Manley > In brief 2 > One year on... 3 Welcome to the fourth issue of DIOlogue magazine. > This is the first edition published since DIO’s first ‘birthday’ – the Breaking new ground 6 organisation was established on 1 April 2011. So, now seems like a > Getting IT right 8 good time to take stock of just how far we have come in transforming the delivery of infrastructure to the Armed Forces and the MOD. > Marching to a new home 10 The pace of transformation over the last 13 months has been nothing > Ones to watch 12 short of incredible, and we have secured some major successes in our > first year. These include obtaining Defence Board approval for DIO to Spending to save 13 explore potential future business models – you can find out what our > A ‘Stirling’ job 15 Director of Business Partnering thinks about this on p6. We have also gained Defence Board approval to invest in upgrading DIO’s Management Information System, and this is > Trees for Troops 17 covered in more detail on p8. > On a re-basing note 19 The speed and the scale of the change programme mean that in DIO we are always managing several things at once – hardly surprising given that in relative terms our organisation is the size of a major FTSE > Did you know? 20 company. In addition to the various strands of the transformation programme, we also run the day-to- day business of delivering Defence infrastructure; people are depending on us to provide them with somewhere to live, somewhere to work and somewhere to train. So, over our first year, alongside working on our transformation programme, we have completed a number of key projects to deliver the support our Armed Forces need. These include upgrading 220 homes for soldiers at Bulford and providing the Kings Troop Royal Horse Artillery with new facilities. We have helped DIO boost pre-deployment training by delivering a new grenade range on Salisbury Plain and been involved logue DIOlogue is the online journal of the Defence Infrastructure Organisation in a project which supports those injured on operations through training in archaeology. You can find out (DIO). It is available on both the DIO intranet and to external readers on the more about some of this work inside the magazine. DIO website. Every care is taken to ensure the accuracy of the editorial material but I believe that we have now reached “the end of the beginning” of the Defence Infrastructure neither the editorial team nor the DIO can be held responsible for any Transformation Programme, and looking ahead, the coming months will see a period of implementation as inaccuracies therein. we put in place the organisation’s new operating model. So, for DIO the next twelve months are likely to be The editor reserves the right to edit any contribution and notwithstanding Section 48 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, the Ministry no less busy than the first! of Defence reserves the right to publish literary and photographic contributions to DIOlogue, in further and similar publications owned by the Andrew Ministry of Defence. (Andrew Manley, CE DIO) Unless otherwise stated, all images used in DIOlogue are Crown Copyright. IN:context 1 PROJECT MoDEL COMPLETED MILESTONE REACHED AT ROYAL SOLDIERS COME FIRST IN AT NORTHOLT MARINE REHABILITATION FACILITY PADERBORN The final upgrade to be made at A dedicated training facility for injured Soldiers from 20th Armoured Brigade RAF Northolt under Project MoDEL Royal Marines at Lympstone in Devon based at Normandy Barracks in has been completed, with the has reached a key landmark in its Paderborn, Germany are benefiting replacement of the Military Working construction. from upgraded living accommodation Dog Section facility. The build has reached its highest point, delivered by DIO as part of ‘Soldier Designed to rationalise the Defence traditionally known as ‘Topping Out’. The First’ – an initiative which aims to estate in London, Project MoDEL has occasion was marked by a tour of the upgrade Army accommodation to invested over £180 million in RAF construction site with the Commanding improve the morale and general Northolt over the last five years. Officer of Commando Training Centre wellbeing of its troops. for Royal Marines, Lieutenant Colonel Neil Willson RM. The refurbishments have improved Built by DIO in partnership with regional industry partner Debut Services, 110 bedspaces across ten blocks, The Parker Hall Trainee Rehabilitation Project will provide state-of-the-art as well as replacing equipment, rehabilitation equipment for injured Royal Marines before returning them to renovating hallways and living areas mainstream training. and replacing old strip lights with energy saving lights. DIO DELIVERS HI-TECH MOD LAUNCHES FACILITIES CONTRACTS OFFICES FOR US DEFENCE FOR ENGLISH REGIONS COMMUNICATIONS Plans have been unveiled for the future provision DIO has delivered state-of-the- of facilities management across the English DIO integrated project team leader art offices for American military regions and DIO has begun inviting industry for Project MoDEL, David Salmond communications staff based at a to submit expressions of interest in three new said: North Yorkshire airbase. regional prime contracts. “The delivery of the Dog Section has United States Visiting Forces have Developed under the Next Generation Estate marked the end of over five years of moved into the £45 million facility Contracts (NGEC) programme, the contracts construction works at RAF Northolt at RAF Menwith Hill, near Harrogate. have an estimated combined value of up to and the realisation of the vision to £4.35 billion over a period of five to ten years Working with industry partners Balfour Beatty, Mott MacDonald deliver a fit for purpose anchor site with individual contract values ranging between and NG Bailey, DIO began construction of the building in spring for Defence”. £500 million and £1.8 billion. 2009. The facility was completed on time and to budget in summer 2011. IN:brief 2 Just over a year ago the Defence Infrastructure The Defence Infrastructure Organisation: Organisation was born, heralding the start of a two-year programme to transform the way that facilities such as accommodation and military training areas are delivered to the Armed Forces. DIOlogue has been looking back at the last 12 months to see how the transformation journey has progressed... infrastructure activity into a single April 2011: Andrew future. Some of the options currently organisation. Launching the new Manley announced on the table are quite radical, others organisation, Acting CE DIO Andrew as DIO Chief are closer to the way we operate Manley says: “The creation of DIO Executive now.” will, over time, bring a radical new Permanent Secretary approach to the way we manage Ursula Brennan September 2011: Head of infrastructure and estates services announces the appointment of Transformation appointed across the MOD.” Andrew Manley as DIO’s new Chief Richard McKinney is appointed Executive. April 2011: DIO launches as DIO’s Head of Transformation April 2011: Senior leaders get responsible for planning the The Defence Infrastructure on board transformation programme, Organisation (DIO) is set up to deliver June 2011: Strategic Asset- monitoring its overall progress and better strategic management of the DIO’s senior leadership team attend management and Programme a workshop to plan the next phase Team (SAPT) formed ensuring the programme realises the Defence estate. Its formation brings > of the organisation’s development, defined benefits. together the majority of personnel The SAPT’s formation will allow the in what will become a regular forum. working on MOD estate and MOD to manage its infrastructure Andrew Manley comments: “While A Service family outside their home at Bulford Camp assets at a strategic level. DIO launched last week, we have got to make clear that the next two years are a transformation journey. I don’t August 2011: Industry think we will have the organisation consulted on future strategic operating as we really want it to until, options for DIO probably, 2013.” Andrew Manley, comments: “Consulting with industry enables us to ‘test’ the options we have Andrew Manley with Dr Richard Freer, identified for running DIO in the Defence Policy Advisor to the Prime Minister IN:profile 3 October 2011: DIO engages with Defence Infrastructure community DIO’s Executive Committee hold briefings to share details of the Defence Infrastructure Transformation Programme’s (DITP) progress with those who use the facilities on a daily basis. The sessions January 2012: DIO invites Middlewick Ranges enable DIO to understand their external parties to ‘test’ infrastructure requirements, risks potential strategic business February 2012: DIO staff and issues, ensuring that these Permanent Joint Headquarters Northwood, was models start having ‘Transformation factors can be considered within the one of the locations for a briefing on the DITP Conversations’ transformation programme. DIO issues a Prior Information Notice inviting the private sector The first DIO Transformation staff departures under the MOD’s to participate in a formal ‘soft Conversation events take place at Voluntary Early Release scheme, market testing’ process to explore Wyton and Andover, giving staff an