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DIO provides new top-quality bedrooms at RAF Wyton

皇冠体育app Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) has delivered a new accommodation block for service personnel at RAF Wyton.

皇冠体育app new accommodation block at RAF Wyton [Picture: Crown copyright]

皇冠体育app new accommodation block at RAF Wyton

Working with industry partner Debut Services Limited, DIO has provided 54 new en-suite bedrooms at the Joint Forces Command station. Intended for senior non-commissioned officers (SNCOs) from all 3 services, the rooms are in a 3-storey block, together with several ancillary rooms such as laundry rooms and kitchens.

Lorraine Kerr, DIO project manager, said:

Providing high quality accommodation for the armed forces is a DIO priority, so we鈥檙e delighted to hand over this project, the last in our current programme of works at RAF Wyton. I hope the SNCOs enjoy their new rooms.

皇冠体育app new accommodation block was largely prefabricated, with 60 individual modules being built off site. 皇冠体育appse were then assembled at the base and covered with a brick exterior.

Flight Sergeant Kerry Finlay

Flight Sergeant Kerry Finlay enjoying the new kitchen facilities [Picture: Andrew Reed LBIPP, Crown copyright]

Flight Sergeant Kerry Finlay said:

My new accommodation has provided me with a really nice space in which I can relax and enjoy a level of independence I haven鈥檛 been afforded in the past.

I believe the new facilities offer an appropriate standard of living for today鈥檚 SNCOs and allow each the flexibility to adapt their own personal space according to their own circumstances.

Personally speaking, the opportunity to have a facility where I can cook for myself and socialise with friends and colleagues might be long overdue but is nevertheless most welcome.

Wing Commander Ola Fashade, commanding officer at RAF Wyton, said:

皇冠体育app new rooms have been designed to a very high standard, which will provide an excellent living environment for our people. I know the SNCOs are very pleased and we are grateful to DIO and their contractors who have delivered this high quality accommodation.

Flight Sergeant Kerry Finlay

Flight Sergeant Kerry Finlay relaxes in her new bedroom [Picture: Andrew Reed LBIPP, Crown copyright]

皇冠体育app construction of the new bedrooms was part of Project SLAM, a long-term investment in upgrading single living accommodation facilities for service personnel across the country.

皇冠体育app aim of Project SLAM is to deliver modern, high quality, single living accommodation to armed forces personnel. In achieving this standard, servicemen and women will be provided with the living environment needed to help them feel valued. It is also considered essential if the armed forces are to retain their highly trained personnel.

皇冠体育app new accommodation forms part of a larger programme of upgrades and new buildings at RAF Wyton, including 4 new blocks providing 286 rooms for junior ranks, a new junior ranks mess, new officers鈥� mess SLAM accommodation and a sports pavilion.

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Published 14 July 2014