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Decarbonising defence: how asset data architecture can help

August 24, 2023

Atkins’ Elspeth McIntyre considers how asset data can help defence to meet its decarbonisation targets. Across the globe, nations’ national defence organisations are major asset owners and – consequently – major contributors to greenhouse gas emissions. The UK’s Ministry of Defence, for example, owns about 1% of the UK’s total landmass, ...

DIO selects contractor for Dalgety Bay radium cleanup

Land March 3, 2020

DIO has chosen Balfour Beatty to undertake a radium cleanup operation on Dalgety Bay. DIO (Defence Infrastructure Organisation) awarded the contract for the radium cleanup operation on Dalgety Bay to Balfour Beatty following consultation with the MOD, the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA), and Fife Council. The project is scheduled to ...

DASA approves £1million military decarbonisation funding

Air February 13, 2020

DASA has approved £1million in military decarbonisation funding which will go to waste reusing technology. DASA (Defence and Security Accelerator) has approved decarbonisation funding for projects recycling waste fuel and oils from aircraft. DASA – on behalf of the Royal Air Force – has awarded contracts to three universities and one ...

DIO carries out tree-felling to prevent spread of ash disease on Salisbury Plain

Homeland January 23, 2020

DIO has been working with Landmarc Support Services to enact a tree-felling plan to prevent a fungus spreading to ash trees on Salisbury Plain. The Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) will begin a tree-felling scheme alongside Landmarc Support Services to prevent the further spread of Ash Dieback, a fungal disease affecting ash ...