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Drainage engineers from Lanes Group plc have supported railway upgrade work by carrying out a CCTV drainage survey after the installation of signaling equipment. The survey was needed to check the condition of a track drainage pipe after engineers working for Amey on behalf of South Western Railways had installed a new signal post. Drainage…
Drainage engineers from Lanes Rail charged with cleaning a sump on London’s newest railway line had to descend a shaft equivalent to the height of an eight-storey building. The sump in Silvertown, East London, next to London City Airport, was 25 metres deep, making it the deepest wastewater asset of its kind along the 73-mile…
Lanes Rail has passed its latest ISO quality and environmental audits with no non-conformities – the third year in the row it has achieved perfect audit outcomes. The achievement confirms Lanes Rail, a division of Lanes Group plc, holds certification for both ISO 9001 for quality and ISO 14001 for environmental management. Daniel Ward, Health,…
Engineers at Lanes Group plc have completed a sensitive project to install a new drainage pipe beneath one of London’s largest cemeteries. They carried out investigations and planned the installation of the 50-metre-long concrete pipe beneath Hither Green Cemetery in Lewisham, south London. The 50-metre-long concrete pipe was needed to connect track drains along the…
The most detailed predictions yet about how future floods could affect local areas across the UK point to the urgent need for businesses to optimise their site drainage systems, says Lanes Group plc. Scientists have created a future flood map that has identified flood hotspots likely to emerge as climate change accelerates, making weather more…
Volatile weather generated by climate change is likely to put more strain on rail drainage systems than ever before. Innovative thinking and technical excellence from Lanes Group plc is delivering solutions. Whether it is solving challenging flash flooding problems at a London rail terminus, maintaining stations on the UK’s newest railway line, or carrying out…
Lanes Group plc fatberg fighter Andy Howard is joining scientists from the USA and Canada to delve deep into the topic of sewage – and how to prevent it posing a risk to the global environment. He has been invited to take part in an online talk organised by the Centre for Brooklyn History in…
A specialist team of blockage busters set up by Lanes Group plc is helping the UK’s biggest water company crack some of its most complicated sewer problems – boosting customer service and cutting costs. The special projects team is using the latest remote cutting and pipe lining technologies to remove blockages from hard-to-reach sewers that…