Danish Defence Estates and Infrastructure Organisation

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Danish Defence Estates and Infrastructure Organisation

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.

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Danish Ministry of Defence Estate Agency
Forsvarsministeriets Ejendomsstyrelse
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Organisation overview
Formed1 October 2014; 10 years ago (2014-10-01)
Preceding agencies
  • Construction and Establishments Service
  • Defence Construction Service
TypeBuilding, construction and maintenance projects
HeadquartersHjørring, Denmark
Employees750[1]
Organisation executive
  • Anders Branddahl (act.)
Parent OrganisationMinistry of Defence
WebsiteOfficial Website
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Organization

DDEO 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

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Defence 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

In 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

In 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

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No. Portrait Name
(born–died)
Term of office Ref.
Took office Left office Time in office
Forsvarets Bygningstjeneste
1 Lieutenant colonel
Palle Bolten Jagd [da]
(1918–1988)
1952 1979 26–27 years [7]
Forsvarsministeriets Ejendomsstyrelse
Hans J. Høyer
(born )
2013 10 December 2019 5–6 years [6]
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 4 years, 22 days
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