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The Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO), MOD鈥檚 property and services provider, has awarded the contract to Turner Estate Solutions, its existing regional prime contractor responsible for delivering infrastructure work in Scotland.

Turner Estate Solutions will undertake the work in around 14 months. This builds on some 拢17 million of works already in progress at the Moray air base.

This work will deliver much-needed infrastructure required to support Typhoon operations 365-days-per-year. Significantly, this vital upgrade will provide the home for II (Army Cooperation) Squadron, the third Typhoon squadron to stand up at .

It will include operational planning, mission briefing and management functions, provision of secure undercover aircraft storage, engineering management and control functions required to support the effective operation of the Royal Air Force鈥檚 front-line at the air base.

DIO Director of Finance and Commercial Marcus Leek said:

DIO鈥檚 priority is to enhance the service we provide to defence and build a better estate; the right buildings in the right places.

We鈥檙e delighted to award this contract to Turner Estate Solutions and look forward to delivering the facilities required to further enhance RAF Lossiemouth as a front-line operating base for the UK鈥檚 Typhoon Force.

The award of this contract follows the basing review announcement in July 2011, which stated that the Typhoon Force would relocate from RAF Leuchars to RAF Lossiemouth.

Earlier this year 2 squadrons from RAF Leuchars, and , relocated to RAF Lossiemouth. As announced in December 2013 they will be joined by at RAF Lossiemouth in April 2015.