Drainage maintenance News
Drainage engineers from Lanes Group plc are responding to calls for help across England and Wales as businesses are threatened by flooding caused by Storm Henk. Lanes teams are extremely busy as flooding continue to cause major problems, with call-outs particularly high in Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, Staffordshire, the West Midlands, Gloucestershire, Avon, and South Wales. Lanes…
University learns vital lessons from full site drainage survey A university has been given “valuable insights” after commissioning Lanes Group plc to carry out a full site survey of the drainage system serving its campus. A team from the Lanes Manchester depot carried out the survey over two weeks, providing the University of Bolton with…
Lanes Group drainage engineers have travelled back through centuries of British maritime history by looking into a sewer for a major dock development scheme. The team from Lanes Plymouth depot could plot layers of historical activity in the area by looking down a manhole into the remains of a hand-cut limestone culvert at the city’s…
Volatile weather generated by climate change is likely to put more strain on rail drainage systems than ever before. Innovative thinking and technical excellence from Lanes Group plc is delivering solutions. Whether it is solving challenging flash flooding problems at a London rail terminus, maintaining stations on the UK’s newest railway line, or carrying out…
Drainage engineers from Lanes Group plc are supporting a major car dealership by delivering a site drainage cleaning service to minimise the risk of flash flooding. A jet vac tanker team from the Lanes Chester depot was mobilised to carry out the latest drain cleaning project over three days at the vehicle sales business in…
A team of drainage engineers from Lanes Group plc have completed a project to clean and survey downpipes on blocks of flats in the centre of Bradford. The drain jetting and CCTV drainage survey work was needed as part of planned maintenance to prevent water from collecting on the roof of the buildings, from where…
Christmas revellers and food businesses are being urged not to feed the fatbergs after Lanes Group sewer cleaning teams removed two giant waste monsters from beneath the streets of London. The Lanes teams, working for Thames Water, sliced a 30-tonne fatberg from a sewer beneath Borough Market in Southwark, South London, and a 63-tonne fatberg…
The world of make believe has helped wastewater managers boost their communication confidence during the launch of a pay and careers programme unique to the water industry. Drainage and water utility specialist Lanes Group plc has used a professional actor to carry out innovative role-play training for line managers who play a vital role in…
