Central London News
One of London’s most popular hidden destinations is to be turned into a street food arcade thanks, in part, to drainage investigation work carried out by Lanes Group plc. The Liverpool Street Arcade, created as London Underground trains switched from steam to electricity, is to become the BoxHall City, with a collection of food, drink…
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…
Water utility and drainage specialist Lanes Group plc has been challenged with setting a new UK record for planned sewer cleaning to protect millions of people and the environment against flooding. It has been tasked by Thames Water, the UK’s largest water company, with carrying out the planned cleaning of 2,000km of sewer pipe over…
A CCTV drainage survey team from Lanes Group plc has carried out surveys of internal and below-ground pipework at what will be one of the most unconventional and visually striking hotels in London. The Lanes London depot was commissioned by Willmott Dixon Interiors to survey the drainage system at the site of the new nhow…
TV viewers across Britain got a close-up view of what happens when the wrong items and substances are flushed down sewers in Channel 4’s documentary Fatberg Autopsy – Secrets of the Sewers. The documentary, broadcast on Tuesday 24 April, followed a team of Lanes Group plc wastewater engineers working for Thames Water as they tackled…
As a senior scheduler for Lanes Group’s Utilities Division, Kellie had a rewarding role and was just about to move with colleagues into a swish new ultra-modern operational HQ. Yet, she wanted a new challenge. So she applied to become a field manager, training and supporting drainage engineers, delivering Lanes’ front line service as…