2014 News
We know Lanes services are in demand – but on ebay? Well, yes. Because a Lanes toy van has been put up for sale on the site. The seller wanted £2.75 for the Lanes for Drains van, looking resplendent in its bright pink livery. And, when a Lanes Group colleague spotted the offer, it had…
Lanes Group’s Rail Division has transformed a “unique” but ugly drainage pump house at end of the Northern Line in South London. Work on the building close to Morden Station, in South Wimbledon, included cladding the external walls in plastic panels and waterproofing the roof, significantly improving what had become a local eyesore. London Underground…
Trenchless drain rehabilitation technology powered by ultraviolet light is keeping the traffic flowing along vital commuter routes in a busy Berkshire town while the road system is being improved. Lanes Group team based in Eastleigh in Hampshire has completed two major no dig drain reline projects in Bracknell as part of a programme of works…
Lanes engineers have helped a client solve a sticky problem after a truck carrying glucose syrup shed part of its load along a busy road. Police called to the incident advised the truck’s owners that the gooey mess had to be cleaned up before the lorry could move on – so they called Lanes Group…
Lanes Utilities drainage engineers have worked with firefighters at the scene of a huge rubbish fire to remove thousands of litres of contaminated water before it could reach the sewage system and local rivers. A two-person Lanes breathing apparatus team entered an area found to have dangerously high levels of hydrogen sulphide gas to empty…
Lanes Group engineers have used their powerful jet vac technology to remove more than 50 tonnes of sludge from two discharge pipes at a large water treatment works. The cast iron pipes, both 270 metres long, are designed to take sludge-filled water to settling lagoons at the Huntington sewage works in Chester, Cheshire. Over a…
Lanes Group has won a key role as a drainage services provider for Wrexham Borough Council. The company, the largest independent drainage specialist in the UK, has been selected as one of the preferred suppliers for the council’s framework contract for drainage repairs to council housing and corporate buildings. The contract is due to go…
Lanes engineers have put the technology they use to search out drain blockages to a new use – checking underground data and power ducts. The have been asked to carry out CCTV surveys to check that the channels carrying electricity and data cables are in good repair. Ian Clapham, Area Development Manager for the Lanes…
