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    • Eco-friendly water jetting backs super-thin tank technology at new hospital car park

      Sustainable drain cleaning technology deployed by Lanes Group plc has supported the installation of a ground-breaking ‘super-thin’ source control stormwater attenuation system that has saved the NHS considerable costs during the construction of a new hospital car park. The innovative system, developed and manufactured in the UK, has also contributed to the NHS’s net zero...

    • Suction technology a roaring success at monster golf park

      Drainage engineers from Lanes Group plc have used their advanced suction technology to assist the UK’s busiest adventure golf centre in keeping its dramatic water features flowing smoothly. With giant dinosaurs looking on – not real ones, thankfully – they removed 4 tonnes of silt from a sump in the pond at the Dino Falls...

    • Spray lining technology smooths high rise pipe challenge

      Cast iron pipes in blocks of flats have been given a new lease of life by being spray lined by – a process that allows residents to stay in their homes during the drainage rehabilitation programme. The multi-layer liner has a design life of 20 years and will help to minimise the risk of pipe...

    • New cutting technology solves nuclear reactor drain blockages

      Drainage engineers from Lanes Group plc have used new pipe cleaning technology to solve persistent drain blockage problems at a nuclear power station. They used two machines – a new Picote mini cleaner and an electro-mechanical cutter – to clear drains in one of the two reactor halls at Heysham power station in Lancashire. Their...

    • New UV lining technology just the ticket for rail culvert renewal

      A drainage rehabilitation team from Lanes Group plc has used the latest ultraviolet lining technology to strengthen a culvert under a railway line in Oxfordshire. They deployed a recently acquired ultraviolet (UV) lining system to line a 22m-long 770mm-diameter brick culvert under the Oxford-to-Hereford Cotswold Line near Chipping Norton. The 14mm-thick liner is designed to...

    • Lanes invests in advanced materials separation technology

      Drainage and utilities specialist Lanes Group plc is offering industry-leading technology that supports faster and more effective cleaning of wastewater treatment systems and greatly reduces landfill costs. It is investing in the CDEnviro D:MAX, a trailer-mounted material separation system, that can remove a variety of materials, including rag, plastic and grit, from large volumes of...

    • Lanes Group invests £1m in latest pipe lining technology

      The UK’s largest independent drainage and utility specialist, Lanes Group plc, has invested over £1million in new pipe lining technology. The purchase of three new dual-core ultraviolet light cured-in-place-pipe (CIPP) lining systems significantly adds to the company’s sewer rehabilitation capability. Two of the UV systems will line pipes with diameters from 150mm to 1600mm. The...

    • Novel drainage technology accelerates tunnel transformation

      Drainage teams from Lanes Group plc have been commissioned to help turn a 1.7-mile-long Victorian rail tunnel into one of the world’s most unusual vehicle testing and research centres. The disused Catesby Tunnel near Charwelton, six miles south of Daventry, Northamptonshire, is being transformed into the Catesby Aero Research Facility. Once it is complete, its...