Day: August 29, 2017

VolkerStevin has kicked-off a multi-million pound contract to shore up defence infrastructure along the berths of the Mare Harbour, East Falkland. The £19M improvement programme is due to take place over the coming decade and forms part of a larger initiative commissioned by the Defence Infrastructure Organisation to modernise local military infrastructure across the Islands. For Mare Harbour this means the design and construction of new […]

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The Defence Secretary has met with Scottish troops who are about to deploy to Iraq as the vanguard of the UK and allied fight against Daesh and international terrorism. Visiting Glencorse Barracks, Penicuik, Sir Michael Fallon met 2 SCOTS (2nd Battalion, The Royal Regiment of Scotland) where he praised the contribution the troops would make to […]

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An 18-month programme to re-support the world’s most famous warship HMS Victory sagging under her own weight is now underway. HMS Victory has been sitting in a dry dock in Portsmouth since 1922 supported by 22 steel cradles positioned six metres apart. It has been well documented that the 252-year-old ship is creeping under her […]

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