2016 News
Drainage engineers from Lanes Group are proving they have the power to support one of the UK’s fastest growing industrial sectors – renewable energy. The company’s vacuumation and water jetting technology is ideally-suited to cleaning pipes and tanks in a range of different renewable energy plants. Lanes drainage expertise has been used to support…
Lanes Group drainage engineers have begun the task of carrying out a survey of tunnel drainage along the 7km-long Severn Tunnel. The company has been commissioned by Amey, working for Network Rail, to carry out the surveys in the tunnel, which for over 100 years was the longest main line railway tunnel in the UK….
If you walked into the gents’ toilets in a quaint country pub, only to be greeted by three tubas in the place of urinals, would you stand there confused or throw caution to the wind and use them as toilets? This is the winner of our World’s Weirdest WCs competition – a quiet pub in…
Lanes Group is supporting a performance psychologist and his family who have pledged to raise funds to help a village school in The Gambia. David Harrison, his wife Vicky, and their daughter, Charlotte, have already raised hundreds of pounds to buy benches and tables for the school in the village of Lamin. They have now…
Andrew MacCuish, Head of Health, Safety, Quality and Environment at Lanes Group plc’s Utilities Division, has become a Chartered Member of the Institute of Occupational Health and Safety (IOSH). He had to prove a high standard of continual professional development, then complete an open book assessment and give a peer-reviewed presentation to qualify for…
Lanes Group Commercial Director Scott Norris got to see some cycle racing as he acted as a volunteer marshal on the Tour of Britain – but it was Team Sky’s bus driver who impressed him most. Scott was marshalling for second day of Britain’s biggest cycle race, as the riders covered the 116.6 miles from…
Quizzing Olympic silver medallist Mark Cavendish about a gashed leg and stopping excited cycle fans climbing onto the podium before the winner could was all in a day’s work for Lanes Group plc Commercial Director Scott Norris. Scott is working as a volunteer race marshal for the UK’s biggest free-to-spectate sporting event. The 100.5-mile Stage…
A sewer rehabilitation team from Lanes Group has met challenging working timeframes to complete a project that has reduced sewer flooding risks in a Scottish city. The company was commissioned, by Scottish Water, to clean and line a combined sewer downstream of the Fisherman’s Car Park close to Inverness town centre, and right alongside the…