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Amey and DIO welcome additional Government funding to improve accommodation across the Defence estate
For Amey, who work alongside the Defence Infrastructure Organisation to deliver facilities management, project work and housing services, this additional funding will enable us to…
27 Jul 2020
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Amey and DIO forge ahead with their commitment to deliver a great service to our Armed Forces
In our Regional Prime South East contract (RPSE), both organisations are forging ahead with their Collaborative Working programme known as ‘Setting the Conditions for Success’ with…
27 Jul 2020
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Amey’s Defence teams spruce up local welfare centre
The Unit Welfare Officer and the Quartermaster identified three rooms in the centre that required sprucing up with a splash of colour. Antac donated the paint and decorating materi…
22 Jul 2020
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Military and Amey staff help to reunite rare Gyr/Saker Falcon with owner
Ian said “When we had completed our site inspection, the QM contacted the RSPB to seek advice and managed to register the bird on the ‘missing bird’ website. As the bird was flying…
22 Jul 2020
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Ensuring Defence Estate play parks are COVID-19 secure
The safety of our customers is always our highest priority, and DIO and Amey local teams are working together to understand and follow the Government COVID-19 guidance in preparati…
13 Jul 2020
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Amey and DIO provide temporary storage facilities at RAF Cosford to support the Government’s COVID-19 contingency plans
Teams from Amey, the Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO), the RAF and local council representatives worked closely together to identify a suitable location for two temporary…
13 Jul 2020
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Amey and DIO produce short film to promote importance of gas and electrical checks in SFA
It is a legal requirement to undertake gas and electrical safety checks in Service family homes to reduce the potential for a carbon monoxide incident or an electrical fire and we…
29 Jun 2020
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Effective collaboration between Support Services Squadron RAF, Amey and DIO leads to successful re-opening of Hangar 49 at RAF Brize Norton
Hangar 49 is one of the original buildings on the RAF site and is more than 80 years old. Despite its age, it is still regarded as the ‘cornerstone of the sites Defence capability’…
29 Jun 2020
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Amey provides placement to RAF Service leaver to help her in second career
However, our support goes much further than delivering planned and response maintenance, and grounds maintenance across the MOD estate. We also support SSAFA, the Armed Forces char…
25 Jun 2020
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Amey supports the Royal British Legion Industries (RBLI) and Britain's Bravest Manufacturing Company (BBMC)
BBMC staff work with the latest technology to produce a wide range of products, including tens of thousands of road signs. Amey looks after around 30,000km of roads as well as High…
25 Jun 2020
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BuildForce. Helping veterans with their new careers
Since then we’ve attended recruitment events and taken part in an online seminar to help Service leavers reach their full potential once leaving the Forces and have secured intervi…
25 Jun 2020
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Amey partners with Women in Defence
Last month, we teamed up with Women in Defence and the Royal Academy of the Dramatic Arts (RADA) to take part in a number of virtual masterclasses hosted by actors who shared their…
25 Jun 2020
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Open University’s Disabled Veterans’ Scholarship Fund (DVSF)
There are more than 2.6 million veterans living in the UK and finding a second career when they leave their Forces family can be extremely daunting, even more so if they’ve suffere…
25 Jun 2020
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Amey’s exceeds SSAFA fundraising target of £250,000
Since then, Amey employees and supply chain partners have been working tirelessly to support the charity. They’ve taken part in marathons, trekked across the Sahara Desert and cycl…
25 Jun 2020
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Amey and DIO take advantage of the lockdown to improve facilities at the Army Training Centre in Pirbright
Work to replace the ageing and outdated boiler system in five accommodation blocks was scheduled to take place, later in the year and would have been staged to minimise disruption…
15 Jun 2020
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Amey’s Local Customer Service Advisor makes her BFBS debut in support of Service families
All Amey’s LCSAs have a connection with the Services, past or present, so they understand and empathise with the challenges that Service life can bring. They are able to help with…
15 Jun 2020
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Amey continues service delivery in USVF Defence contract
The contract includes the provision of reactive maintenance, statutory and mandatory compliance tasks and additional works services at RAF Alconbury, Molesworth, Croughton, Fairfor…
01 Jun 2020
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Amey’s digital customer communication channels improves service for the UK’s Armed Forces and their families during the COVID-19 crisis
At Amey, we recognise that it’s not always possible to make a telephone call to our customer service centre, so in 2017 we introduced a range of new digital communication channels…
01 Jun 2020
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Keeping the UK’s Royal Air Bases operational during the COVID-19 crisis
It’s more essential than ever that both organisations continue to build on their collaborative, strong relationships, keep the lines of communication open and regularly review join…
22 May 2020
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Amey joins online seminar aimed at supporting veterans with new careers in the construction industry
In November 2019, Amey became an official Alliance Partner of BuildForce and committed to provide opportunities for Service leavers and veterans as they look for new careers outsid…
20 May 2020
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Amey’s key frontline workers keep Defence moving
Our own army of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) continue to carry out essential response and planned maintenance, and grounds maintenance across the Defence Estate to keep Defe…
18 May 2020
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Amey supports soldiers as they achieve Guinness World Record for farthest pulled vehicle in 12 hours!
The event took place at Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire, which was set up in readiness for the soldiers to take on the challenge of pulling a van, weighing nearly 1.8 tonnes, up and…
18 May 2020
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Our commitment to keeping our customers and workforce safe
The health and safety of our customers and our staff is our number one priority and as we continue to carry out response and planned maintenance, and grounds maintenance across the…
04 May 2020
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Amey joins multi agency conservation project to help critically endangered birds at RAF airfields across eastern England.
Natural England developed the project to be trialled in 2019 because data from the AWCU showed that the particular habitat of airfield grass across East Anglia, Lincolnshire, Notti…
30 Apr 2020
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Amey and DIO – proudly supporting the repatriation of UK Service families from overseas
With Service families being urged to leave their current deployments in Kenya, Nepal, Oman, Germany and Australia as quickly as possible, our teams were given just 72 hours’ notice…
20 Apr 2020