Health & Safety News
Lanes Group has been named as a finalist in two categories in the prestigious Construction News Awards 2017. The company has been shortlisted for the Specialist Contractor Award, while its utilities division has been shortlisted for the Health and Safety Excellence Award. Lanes Group, the UK’s largest independent drainage specialist, could point to rapid growth…
Lanes Group has been nominated for two Thames Water health and safety awards thanks to the inspirational efforts of two managers – including board director Andy Brierley who has led by example by transforming his own health. Andy has been shortlisted in the Health and Wellbeing category in the Thames Water Health and Safety Excellence…
Lanes Group has achieved, through re-auditing, the Bronze accreditation for its UK transport fleet under the Fleet Operator Recognition Scheme (FORS). The company first achieved FORS Bronze in 2014 and successfully passed its annual audit in March – demonstrating that it sets nationally recognised safety and operational management standards. The FORS scheme is operated by Transport…
Lanes Group’s Utilities Division has appointed Andrew MacCuish to be its Head of Health, Safety Quality and Environment. Andrew will lead on HSQE strategy and operational management for the division, primarily involving its wastewater network maintenance contract with Thames Water. Lanes Utilities Managing Director Conrad Ashby said: “We have created this new role to…
Lanes Group has invested £200,000 installing one of the UK’s most advanced camera systems on lorries to help drivers set the highest possible road safety standards – especially for protecting cyclists and pedestrians. The cameras have been fitted to 100 HGVs operated by the company’s Utilities Division working on the wastewater network services maintenance contract…
Lanes Group has begun using a new mobile app that allows managers to digitally record findings of worksite health and safety inspections. The system allows inspections to be completed with no paper work, and builds up a database of information that can be analysed in different ways to fully understand health safety and environmental issues….
Lanes Utilities has won the Thames Water Health and Safety Innovation of the Year award for the second year in a row. Judges were impressed by a submission detailing the benefits of a new digital point of works risk assessment tool designed to support a real step change in health and safety culture. Lanes Utilities,…
Lanes Group gained Highly Commended at the recent Construction News Awards for their e-PoWRA initiative in Health & Safety. The national drainage, utilities and maintenance provider impressed the judges with its new industry-leading digital point of works risk assessment tool, which is designed to support a real step change in health and safety culture. Judges commended Lanes Group…
