Drain Inspection News

Lanes wins “vital” Wigan Council drainage mapping contract

21/11/2017

Lanes Group plc has won a contract to map and maintain highway drainage assets on behalf of Wigan Council. The work involves cleaning, CCTV surveying, and digitally mapping highway drainage assets across the metropolitan borough, in Greater Manchester. Lanes Group Development Director Richard Leigh said: “We are delighted to be working for Wigan Council on…

Lanes wins drainage contract from Cambridgeshire police

13/11/2017

Cambridgeshire Constabulary has selected Lanes Group plc to maintain the drainage systems at all its police stations. The force has awarded Lanes a contract to carry out planned and reactive maintenance for the next three years. The contract, offered by competitive tender, covers all drain and sewer blockage and repair work at 18 station buildings…

Francis Crick Institute

12/01/2017

Lanes completes drainage checks at major new biomedical institute Drainage engineers at Lanes Group have carried out the final CCTV drainage surveys at the Francis Crick Institute – destined to be one of the world’s most important biomedical research centres. The Crick, named after Francis Crick, a scientist who, along with James Watson, discovered the…

Investment in EX drainage cameras enhances safe working

12/01/2017

Lanes Group can offer clients a full CCTV drainage survey service with enhanced standards of safe working in potentially hazardous environments after investing in EX-rated camera technology. The drainage survey camera systems are designed to be ‘intrinsically safe’ when operated in confined spaces where there is a risk that they could come into contact with…

Lanes laser power delivers world’s most advanced pipe profiling

20/03/2015

Lanes Group’s drainage team in Leeds is using laser power to provide clients with the world’s most advanced pipe profiling service. Its engineers have been trained to use the ClearLine Profiler which generates millimetre accurate data about the size, shape, capacity and condition of drainage pipelines. Laser drainage profiling is a service Lanes Group can…

Lanes checks drain pipes built for surf pipes in Snowdonia

09/03/2015

Lanes Group has been commissioned to survey the drainage system created to support what will become one of the most unusual surfing attractions in the world. Its engineers have been working at Surf Snowdonia, the first inland surfing centre in the UK, and a site that is pioneering an attempt to broaden access to surfing…