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Wastewater engineers from Lanes Group plc are supporting Thames Water in the removal of a ‘concreteberg’ as heavy as a blue whale plugging three London sewers. The giant mass of solidified cement and ballast, thought to be at least 100 metres long and weighing 105 tonnes, has been discovered at the junction of Gosling Street…
The Government’s pledge to provide free sanitary products in all secondary schools and colleges across England is welcome news, but does not yet go far enough to eradicate period poverty and will not solve the environmental crisis of incorrect disposal of sanitary items. LanesForDrains.co.uk, a national drainage firm that deals with fatberg removal, urges the…
Drainage and asset maintenance specialist Lanes Group plc has achieved the RoSPA President’s Medal for health and safety after winning 10 Gold Awards in a row. The accolade marks a 10-year milestone for Lanes in consistently achieving the highest standard in the RoSPA Awards, the longest-running industry awards scheme in the UK. Lanes Managing Director…
Drag racer Frankie Taylor has rapidly proved she has a talent for going very fast on four wheels – and she is just 14-years-old. After her first season in the sport she was named Most Promising Newcomer in the Luas Oil Junior Dragster Class at Santa Pod Raceway. Dad Joe, Planning Operations Manager at drainage…
Have you ever heard of a fatberg? Keep an eye on the news over the coming months and the chances are you will. Utilities companies and drainage firms are coming across mammoth fatbergs on an increasingly regular basis and they are posing a huge problem to our waterways and marine life. Here, we take a…
Lanes Group plc has passed five rigorous audits to retain national accreditation for transport fleet management and safe driving standards. The drainage specialist has achieved, through re-auditing, the Bronze accreditation for its UK transport fleet under the Fleet Operator Recognition Scheme (FORS). FORS is used by companies operating across the UK to benchmark standards in…
Drainage specialist Lanes Group plc has used lateral thinking to spark a change of direction and solve a supermarket’s drainage problem without the major disruption the retailer had feared. Facilities managers for the national food chain had thought they might need to move walk-in storage freezers at the store to excavate and repair a drain…
Two steel and concrete foundation piles that had been driven through a 375mm culvert have been given the chop using the latest robotic cutting technology. The sewer rehabilitation service at Lanes Group plc was called in after the 150mm piles were put through the concrete culvert during the building of a garage in the garden…
