Health & Safety News
Lanes Group engineers are helping one of the UK’s largest residential developers achieve a smooth sewer adoption process at new home sites in Yorkshire and Humberside. The team at the Lanes depot in Leeds, West Yorkshire, are providing expert sewer adoption advice and support for sites developed by Taylor Wimpey. Two projects include Crest Park…
A jet vac giant that has proved its worth in the conflict zones of Afghanistan and Iraq is being brought to the UK for the first time by Lanes Group. The JHL 8×8 Recycler is a true behemoth of drainage management, and is designed to be the most capable all-terrain jet vac tanker in the world….
Lanes drainage engineers know all about the need for excellent health and safety – and it appears these geese do too! A Lanes Utilities team working for Thames Water was travelling between jobs when they had to stop to allow these smart birds cross the road, at a pedestrian crossing. They were so impressed that…
Lanes Group drainage engineers have helped solve a pollution problem in one of the UK’s most famous rivers where it was hidden from view under a shopping centre. They were called in to search for the source of raw sewage coming from a surface water drain after it was spotted by construction workers. The sewage…
Lanes Group has completed its biggest ever excavation project in Scotland with the installation of two large interceptor tanks just one metre from one of the country’s largest maternity units. In the £160,000 15-week project, the Lanes Glasgow depot installed the tanks at University Hospital Crosshouse, Kilmarnock, on a site next to the new Ayrshire…
Lanes Utilities has been shortlisted for the SBWWI Health and Safety Award 2014. The Society of British Water and Wastewater Industries Awards recognise companies that aim to deliver and exceed industry expectations by encouraging and developing best practice. The winners of three awards – for Health and Safety, Innovation and People – will be announced…
Lanes Group’s Utilities Division has achieved a double win in the Thames Water Health and Safety Excellence Awards 2014. The team won Innovation of the Year for developing Essential Standards, a best practice guide for all operations, including health and safety, which uses cartoons to explain to staff how jobs should be done. Sarah Hurcomb,…
Lanes Group has been shortlisted in four out of seven categories in the Thames Water Excellence in Health and Safety Awards. The annual awards for Thames Water teams and their contractors are designed to encourage and celebrate best practice in health and safety across the company’s services. Lanes Group’s Utilities Division, which operates 75% of…
