Derby News

Pipe survey suits property firm at world’s oldest department store

15/11/2021

Drainage engineers from the Lanes Derby depot have contributed to a development project that could see the reopening of the property previously claiming to be the world’s oldest department store. They have carried out a CCTV drainage survey which may lead to retail and other activities opening once again in the four-storey property in Irongate,…

Lanes backs young footballers in Nottingham youth league

15/09/2016

Young footballers are looking the part as they start their new season thanks to sponsorship from East Midlands drainage specialist Lanes Group plc. The Pegasus Falcons, the under-13s team at Pegasus Youth Football Club in Nottingham, has 20 players, all keen to do well over the coming months. The team is coached by Lee Johnson,…

Lanes Group helps fast-track £169m jam-busting road scheme

17/09/2015

Lanes Group has been praised for its cost and time-saving contributions to the construction of a major new road designed to cure one of the UK’s worst congestion hotspots. The UK drainage and maintenance services leader delivered specialist drainage services throughout the construction of the new A453 dual-carriageway in Nottinghamshire. In a 2.5 year project,…

Lanes goes into bat for Derbyshire County Cricket Club ground development

09/03/2015

Lanes Group has carried out a CCTV drainage survey to support a major ground development programme for Derbyshire County Cricket Club. A team from the Lanes Derby depot completed the survey at The 3aaa County Ground in Derby to ensure that the new drainage pipes link up accurately with the main drainage system. Lanes Group,…

Blocked Gas Main

02/05/2013

Lanes for Drains engineers in Derby have used poly-pigs to root out a blocked gas main that builders feared could delay the completion of a new school. They were not the porky kind of pigs that go oink oink, but the plastic ones, because a poly-pig is a device that is used to clean out…