2016 News
Proving it is always ready to push back boundaries, Lanes Group’s Reline Division has carried out its first project to rehabilitate a pipe using a chemically-resistant UV liner. A team from the national pipe rehabilitation service, based in Manchester, installed three UV liners, with a combined length of 200 metres, at a plant run by…
Lanes Group has been commissioned to investigate the health of the drainage arteries of the Bristol Royal Infirmary. As part of the latest step in major refurbishment programme, Lanes Group has been commissioned to carry out a comprehensive CCTV drainage survey across the site. The results of the survey will help the hospital’s estates department…
Lanes Group’s jet vac technology has been put to use to carry out the urgent clearance of flood water from an underground car park used by HM Revenue and Customs. The basement car park was flooded with nearly 6,000 cubic metres of water when the River Irwell burst its banks due to record levels of…
Lanes Group’s Utilities Division has appointed Andrew MacCuish to be its Head of Health, Safety Quality and Environment. Andrew will lead on HSQE strategy and operational management for the division, primarily involving its wastewater network maintenance contract with Thames Water. Lanes Utilities Managing Director Conrad Ashby said: “We have created this new role to…
Lanes Group drainage maintenance teams are working around the clock to help communities in Yorkshire recover from flooding. The company has 16 specialist vehicles and more than 30 drainage engineers working in flood-hit areas across the county. More than 6,700 homes and hundreds of businesses in the north of England have been affected by the…
Lanes Group plc today announced that it has acquired the Arlo Group, the owners of AQS Environmental Solutions, one of the largest providers of drainage, industrial and waste management services in Ireland. The deal has been unanimously agreed by the Boards of Directors of both companies for an undisclosed sum, and is the second major…
Lanes Group has won a contract to deliver specialist drainage services for the joint venture constructing the New Wear Bridge in Sunderland. Drainage teams based at the Lanes depot in Newcastle have begun carrying out drainage work for the £117.6 million project which is expected to give the region a major regeneration boost. The New…
Given that the average human spends up to three years on the toilet, it’s fair to say that we should all know a little more about what can and cannot be flushed down the loo. Between 2000 and 2008, in the US alone, $361.1bn was spent on public wastewater treatment, with the vast majority of…
