2013 News
Lanes Group utility engineers have been praised for their quick thinking and can-do attitude in the management of a waste water contract at an international golf tournament. The team at the Lanes depot in St Neots, Cambridgeshire, was called in 24 hours from the start of the event which attracted more than 20,000 spectators. They…
Lanes Group has launched a comprehensive series of internal newsletters called Shout about Safety as part of its strategy to support a strong safety culture across the company. The publications are targeted at staff in three key business areas – utilities, rail and general drainage services. Each is published once a quarter in a rolling…
Christmas is quickly approaching and with it comes the anticipation of Christmas dinner! However, take an extra minute or two this festive period to consider how you dispose of the excess fat and grease; especially whilst preparing the dinner and when washing up after it. We’ve all done it – rinsed the fat and oil…
Lanes Group engineers have been called in to survey and clean the drainage system for Buxton Pump Room as part of an ambitious plan to create only the second genuine spa hotel in the UK in more than 100 years. Renovation of the pump room, a grade 2 listed building, is part of the £35…
Cobalt Park, the UK’s largest office park, has selected Lanes Group to provide reactive drainage maintenance support. The prestigious office park, in North Tyneside, has chosen the Lanes Tyne and Wear regional depot in Newcastle to provide a call out service to unblock drains. Cobalt Park provides high quality office premises supported by amenities such…
Lanes Group is preparing to face the dragons in the finals of one of the water industry’s most prestigious innovation awards. SBWWI, the trade association for the UK water industry supply chain, has selected Lanes as a finalist in its annual Water Dragons Award for Innovation. Lanes submitted its What Good Looks Like initiative for…
Firefighters have praised Lanes Group engineers for playing a vital role in rescuing a little dog called Dottie from more than 100 feet down a drain in a public park. The six-year-old Chihuahua-Jack Russell cross is believed to have dashed after a mouse or rat when she disappeared down the storm drain in Sunny Hill…
Lanes Group has proved its growing Civils Maintenance capability with the completion of a complex project to refurbish a footbridge on the London Underground. The work to strip, repaint and repair the bridge on the Northern Line near Finchley Central has been part of a five year improvement programme by Tube Lines. Lanes Rail Division…
