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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…
Drainage engineers from Lanes Group plc have used their highway drain surveying expertise to support a scheme to improve bus travel, cycling and walking in the UK’s most densely populated city. They have carried out CCTV drainage surveys along two stretches of road in Portsmouth, Hampshire, for contractor Griffiths Engineering and Construction, which is making…
The most detailed predictions yet about how future floods could affect local areas across the UK point to the urgent need for businesses to optimise their site drainage systems, says Lanes Group plc. Scientists have created a future flood map that has identified flood hotspots likely to emerge as climate change accelerates, making weather more…
Specialist drainage services developed by Lanes Group plc will have a role to play in managing the future risks posed by surface water flooding, detailed in a new report by the National Infrastructure Commission. The commission predicts 620,000 properties – an increase of 71% – could be located in areas across England with high risks…
Drainage and wastewater specialist Lanes Group plc has been named as a finalist in two categories in the prestigious Water Industry Awards. The company has been shortlisted for the Customer Initiative of the Year Award for its customer advocacy training programme which has achieved significant improvements in customer satisfaction. It is also a finalist in…
An MP who wants to ban all wet wipes that contain plastic has seen her proposed Bill to create the new law pass its first hurdle in the House of Commons. Fleur Anderson, Labour MP for Putney, in West London, wants a law in place to prohibit the manufacturer and sale of any disposable wipe…
Unblocktober.org Lanes Group is delighted to announce the launch of Unblocktober, the world’s first month-long national campaign and awareness month to improve the health of our drains, sewers, watercourses and seas – driven completely by you, the British public. If you want to help reduce the amount of plastic entering our seas, rivers and oceans,…
A new technical guide aims to explain best practice in the use of no-dig sewer and drain lining. The guide, created by drainage specialist Lanes Group, also explains the pros and cons of the main lining techniques available to construction and maintenance contractors. Its author, Lanes Sewer Rehabilitation and Lining Manager Simon Bull, said: “Lining…
