Aberdeen News
If there is one part of a new build project where it is often true to say, ‘Once it is done, there is no going back,’ it’s the drainage system. It’s one of the first elements of the construction programme, along with the foundations. Much of the work done subsequently sits on top of it,…
Lanes Group plc has been awarded a framework contract to provide wastewater maintenance services for Business Stream, Scotland’s largest business-to-business supplier of water and wastewater services. The company is one of two specialist drainage providers to have been awarded a framework contract under competitive tender. The contact covers wastewater pipe lining, service inspection, and cleaning…
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…
When Aberdeen’s A90 flooded last weekend, it was Lanes for Drains to the rescue, thanks to a Lanes’ crew who happened to be passing. The pair were on the way back from an emergency call out to a client whose premises had flooded, when the Police flagged down the tanker for help on Saturday afternoon, 6 July. A torrential…
Lanes Group has been praised for its fast action in response to drainage fault at a Scottish university that resulted in sewage building up inside a deep sump chamber. Facility managers at Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen said the Lanes team’s rapid response helped make sure the drainage pump failure was resolved with minimum disruption to everyday activity. Ian…
Lanes Group has completed a three week programme of drainage maintenance at the Shetland Islands’ main power station. The work at Lerwick Power Station, run by Scottish Southern Energy (SSE), included a comprehensive CCTV drainage survey of the site, drainage jetting and pipe patch lining. A team of eight drainage engineers from Lanes Group’s Aberdeen depot travelled by…
Lanes Group Plc is pleased to announce that its Scottish drainage businesses, Castlebrae Drainage Services Ltd and Drain Devils Ltd, are to be fully integrated into its group operations. The change means that, from 1 August 2013, the company will trade under its operational name, Lanes Group Plc, combined with its striking pink livery and…