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National drainage and wastewater service specialist Lanes Group plc has been shortlisted for a prestigious Construction News Award. It has been selected under the Specialist Contractor of the Year category after impressing judges with its strong growth and impressive service delivery. The Construction News Awards are among the most sought after accolades in the building…
Network Rail has identified improving track drainage as being central to its response to climate change – and Lanes Group plc is ready to support this process, says Martin Balcombe, Director of the company’s rail division. Network Rail, which owns and operates the UK’s rail network, has announced the start of its CP7 five-year rail…
Two Lanes Group plc wastewater operatives have been praised for helping a man struck by a car as he was carrying his toddler daughter while holding the hand of an older child. Kevin Shields and Luke Dawson had been travelling along Whetley Hill in the centre of Bradford, West Yorkshire, when they witnessed the collision…
Drainage engineers from Lanes Group plc have cleaned and surveyed nearly a mile of highway drainage pipework serving a major road viaduct. Jet vac tanker and CCTV survey teams from the Lanes St Neots depot carried out the work on the A10 Kingsmead Viaduct near Ware, in Hertfordshire. In a two-week programme, they cleaned the…
National drainage and wastewater utility specialist Lanes Group plc has repurposed technology used for showing prices on supermarket shelves to create the water industry’s first digital permit board. The new boards are being lined up to display information about worksites in a way that complies with local authority regulations and saves the disposal of thousands…
A food retail institution in the North West is reaping the rewards of a diligent approach to drainage maintenance delivered by Lanes Group plc. Booths, which operates 27 supermarkets, has seen reactive call-outs drop off sharply as Lanes drainage engineers keep drains and surface water gulleys running smoothly. Benefits have included reduced risk of service…
A drone survey carried out by Lanes Group plc is helping a major manufacturer investigate the drainage system on one of its sites in readiness for future development. The unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) survey provided a highly detailed digital map of the factory site near Peterborough, which engineers can use to plot drainage assets with…
Drainage engineers from Lanes Group plc are responding to calls for help across England and Wales as businesses are threatened by flooding caused by Storm Henk. Lanes teams are extremely busy as flooding continue to cause major problems, with call-outs particularly high in Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, Staffordshire, the West Midlands, Gloucestershire, Avon, and South Wales. Lanes…
