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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…
Transport for London auditors have praised Lanes Group’s Rail Division for a new digital workflow system that is helping keep teams safe during the COVID-19 pandemic. They have described the system as representing “good practice” while giving Lanes Rail a risk-to-service score of zero, the lowest possible risk profile, following an intensive five-day audit. Lanes…
Drainage and water utilities specialist Lanes Group plc is carrying out a six-month programme of gully cleaning along main roads in North East Scotland. The cleaning work is an essential part of a planned and preventative maintenance programme (PPM) to prevent localised flooding which can make roads less safe. Lanes has been commissioned to carry…
Lanes Group plc has passed five rigorous audits to retain national accreditation for transport fleet management and safe driving standards. The drainage specialist has achieved, through re-auditing, the Bronze accreditation for its UK transport fleet under the Fleet Operator Recognition Scheme (FORS). FORS is used by companies operating across the UK to benchmark standards in…
Lanes Group’s Rail Division has appointed Kevin Robins as its new Health and Safety Manager. It is a new departure for an established health and safety professional who has built his expertise in the construction industry. Kevin, a Chartered Member of the Institute of Safety and Health, said: “It’s a fresh challenge and I am…
In what is believed to be a UK first, Lanes Group plc has carried out an innovative repair of a siphon pipe beneath a main railway line. Its sewer rehabilitation and lining division has used a new compact and ultra-thin packer to reach damaged sections beyond a bend in the pipe beneath the Great Western…
Lanes Group plc is the first drainage specialist in the UK to introduce a new low-entry high visibility lorry cab developed by Scania. The company is taking delivery of a jetting and vacuumation tanker that has the new L-series cab, designed to improve pedestrian and cyclist safety, especially in urban environments. The JHL jet vac…
Lanes Utilities is deploying a new 12,000 PSI jet vac tanker to tackle the menace of cowboy builders who dispose of concrete by pouring it down sewers. The new JHL high-pressure unit has the power to blast concrete from the inside of a sewer, preventing the need for a costly and time-consuming excavation to replace…