2014 News
Lanes Group has used its pipe relining expertise to help preserve the original look of one of the world’s oldest underground railway stations. Its engineers were called in by London Underground to reline the inside of Victorian cast iron roof columns which, for more than 150 years, had taken rain water from the roof of…
Lanes Group has been praised for its “superb” contribution to major road improvements on the campus of the University of Warwick. The company’s Minworth-based engineers carried out a series of CCTV drainage surveys and cleaned highway drains for contractor Costain, as part of scheme to upgrade the main public access route into the University. The…
Lanes Group engineers are helping one of the UK’s largest residential developers achieve a smooth sewer adoption process at new home sites in Yorkshire and Humberside. The team at the Lanes depot in Leeds, West Yorkshire, are providing expert sewer adoption advice and support for sites developed by Taylor Wimpey. Two projects include Crest Park…
A jet vac giant that has proved its worth in the conflict zones of Afghanistan and Iraq is being brought to the UK for the first time by Lanes Group. The JHL 8×8 Recycler is a true behemoth of drainage management, and is designed to be the most capable all-terrain jet vac tanker in the world….
Lanes Utilities drainage engineers have recovered a hot rod car that took the wrong turn and caused a major go slow in a sewer. The toy car had not been burning rubber but blocking the 150mmm diameter drain underneath a house in Tottenham, North London. But with a lot of persistence and ingenuity, Drain Blockage…
Lanes camera technology is being used to inspect sea defences at Lowestoft Ness the most easterly point in the United Kingdom to monitor their condition. A team from the Lanes depot at St Neots has been helping Waveney District Council, to monitor the foundations of the sea wall at Ness Point, Lowestoft, in Suffolk. The…
Lanes engineers find all sorts of things holding up water when they go to unblock drains – so what about a muscle-bound beefcake? Okay, so this particular strongman was no more than six inches tall and appeared to be stuck in a show-off pose, but he was perfect for blocking a drain. Lanes Utilities blockage…
Lanes drainage engineers know all about the need for excellent health and safety – and it appears these geese do too! A Lanes Utilities team working for Thames Water was travelling between jobs when they had to stop to allow these smart birds cross the road, at a pedestrian crossing. They were so impressed that…
