Domestic News
Drainage engineers have removed more than 15 tonnes of silt and other waste from a culvert to reduce flooding risks in an East London borough. Blockages in the 1200mm-diameter culvert in Havering had resulted in several cases of localised flooding, inconveniencing residents. As a result, Havering Borough Council commissioned Lanes Group’s East London depot to…
Lanes Group has been shortlisted for the UK Heart Safe Awards in recognition of its commitment to fund the installation of defibrillators in its workplaces and schools. The UK’s largest independent drainage specialist has been shortlisted in the construction company category of the annual awards, organised by the Hand on Heart charity, and now in…
Lanes Group plc has won two prestigious Construction News Awards. The UK’s largest independent drainage specialist has won the Specialist Contractor of the Year (Turnover over £100m) and Health and Safety Excellence awards. The announcement was made at the annual awards ceremony at the Grosvenor House Hotel, in London, on Thursday 13th July 2017. The…
Lanes Utilities is deploying a new 12,000 PSI jet vac tanker to tackle the menace of cowboy builders who dispose of concrete by pouring it down sewers. The new JHL high-pressure unit has the power to blast concrete from the inside of a sewer, preventing the need for a costly and time-consuming excavation to replace…
Lanes Group has carried out a major programme of drainage surveying and cleaning as part of a £38 million refurbishment scheme at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary. Drainage engineers from the Lanes Aberdeen depot worked for more than six months on the project, focused on the cleaning of drainage downpipes in the largest building on the Foresterhill…
Using the sewer as a high voltage cable duct might have seemed like a good idea at the time. The contractors working at a power station had smashed through the side of the sewer pipe, then fed the 3.5-inch diameter cable through the hole they created, down the sewer, then out through another hole on…
Health and safety professionals Paul McParland and Jane Horan enjoyed the sunshine – while taking care to protect themselves from harmful rays, of course – at a Buckingham Palace garden party. They were representing Lanes Group at the prestigious event, hosted by the Duke of York and his daughter Princess Eugenie, to celebrate the Centenary…
Thousands of home owners and businesses across Devon and Cornwall risk falling foul of pollution protection regulations if they fail to upgrade their sewage processing systems. Drainage specialist Lanes Group, based in Plymouth, says regulations enforced by the Environment Agency (EA) set January 1 2020 as the deadline for properties to change or upgrade septic…
