Danish Defence Estates and Infrastructure Organisation
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The Danish Ministry of Defence Estate Agency (MDEA) (Danish: Forsvarsministeriets Ejendomsstyrelse/FES), is a Level.I authority, directly under the Danish Ministry of Defence. It was created in 2014 after the Construction and Establishments Service was reorganized, due to the Defence Agreement 2013-17.
| Forsvarsministeriets Ejendomsstyrelse | |
 Danish Defence Estates and Infrastructure Organisation logo | |
| Organisation overview | |
|---|---|
| Formed | 1 October 2014 |
| Preceding agencies |
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| Type | Building, construction and maintenance projects |
| Headquarters | Hjørring,  Denmark |
| Employees | 750[1] |
| Organisation executive |
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| Parent Organisation | Ministry of Defence |
| Website | Official Website |
Organization
editDDEO holds the authority that handles all construction and building projects for all other authorities under the Danish Ministry of Defence. It does not actually do the building itself, but rather is the project manager and works out all the plans on how it should be done and who should do it.[2]
The DDEO is also responsible for such things as property assessments, selling and buying property, legal consultation, preservations, energy, environmental issues.[3] It also administrates the Danish Defence's 700 rental properties.[4]
History
editDefence Construction Service
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DDEO can trace its history back to 1684, when King Christian V setup three fortifications services for Denmark, Schleswig-Holstein and Norway. In 1952, the Army Construction Service, merged with Navy Construction Service and Coast Fortification Service, to form the Defence Construction Service/DCS (Danish: Forsvarets Bygningstjeneste/FBT).
Construction and Establishments Service
editIn January 2007, due to the Defence agreement 2005-2009, significant changes took take place in DCS, which is to eventually evolve into Construction and Establishments Service/CES (Danish: Forsvarets Bygnings- og Etablissementstjeneste/FBE), by incorporating decentralized departments located in various military regiments, as well as the Defence Command's infrastructure department, for a more streamlined organization.
Misuse of funds
editIn December 2019, it was reported that there were violations of rules in 75 percent of the purchases related to the DDEO. In extreme cases, payment was given to tasks which were never completed.[5] As a result, the director of the DDEO, Hans J. Høyer, was removed from his post and Chief of Defence Bjørn Bisserup was made acting director.[6]
Commanding officer
edit| No. | Portrait | Name (born–died) |
Term of office | Ref. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||
| Forsvarets Bygningstjeneste | ||||||
| 1 | Lieutenant colonel Palle Bolten Jagd (1918–1988) |
1952 | 1979 | 26–27 years | [7] | |
| Forsvarsministeriets Ejendomsstyrelse | ||||||
| Hans J. Høyer (born ) |
2013 | 10 December 2019 | 5–6 years | [6] | ||
| – | 
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General Bjørn Bisserup (born 1960) acting |
13 December 2019 | 1 December 2020 | 354 days | [6][8] |
| – | Major general Anders Mærkedahl Pedersen (born c. 1968) |
1 December 2020 | 1 April 2021 | 121 days | [8][9] | |
| 1 April 2021 | Incumbent | 3 years, 208 days | ||||
References
edit- ^ "Tasks of the Danish Defence Estates and Infrastructure Organisation". fmn.dk. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 6 November 2015.
- ^ "Forsvarsministeriets Ejendomsstyrelse" (in Danish). Archived from the original on 11 February 2016. Retrieved 6 November 2015.
- ^ "Environment Management in the Danish Defence" (in Danish). Retrieved 6 November 2015.
- ^ "Forsvarsministeriets Ejendomsstyrelse" (in Danish). Retrieved 10 November 2015.
- ^ Sand, Michael (5 December 2019). "Forsvaret efterforsker svindel i Hjørring". nordjyske.dk (in Danish). NORDJYSKE Medier. Nordjyske. Retrieved 14 December 2019.
- ^ a b c /ritzau/ (13 December 2019). "Efter misbrug af midler: Forsvarschef indtager ejendomsstyrelse". dr.dk (in Danish). DR. Retrieved 14 December 2019.
- ^ Andersen, Gerner Gottschalck; Jagd, Palle Bolten (2 April 1984). "Fremtidens forsvarsanlæg". Krigsvidenskab (in Danish). Retrieved 7 September 2024.
- ^ a b "Anders Mærkedahl Pedersen er ny fungerende chef for Ejendomsstyrelsen". Forsvarsministeriets Ejendomsstyrelse (in Danish). 26 November 2020. Retrieved 7 September 2024.
- ^ "Ny direktør for Beredskabsstyrelsen og chef for Forsvarsministeriets Ejendomsstyrelse". Forsvarsministeriet (in Danish). 19 March 2021. Retrieved 7 September 2024.