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When Aberdeen’s A90 flooded last weekend, it was Lanes for Drains to the rescue, thanks to a Lanes’ crew who happened to be passing. The pair were on the way back from an emergency call out to a client whose premises had flooded, when the Police flagged down the tanker for help on Saturday afternoon, 6 July. A torrential…
A school rugby team sponsored by the Lanes Group has won the day for the red rose county in a match played ahead of the Leeds Rhinos v St Helens Super League clash. The triumphant team, from Haslingden High School in Lancashire, beat Yorkshire’s Sherburn-in-Elmet School 14:10 in front of thousands of rugby league fans. Lanes Group was Haslingden High’s…
Lanes Group has been praised for its fast action in response to drainage fault at a Scottish university that resulted in sewage building up inside a deep sump chamber. Facility managers at Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen said the Lanes team’s rapid response helped make sure the drainage pump failure was resolved with minimum disruption to everyday activity. Ian…
Lanes Group has cleared 90 tonnes of silt and rubble from a large culvert to allow civil engineers to carry out a structural survey. A team of drainage engineers from the company’s depot in Eccles, Greater Manchester, worked on the seven-week project in Etruria, Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire. Lanes Group, the national drainage and maintenance solution specialist, was commissioned…
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…
A Lancashire school being supported by Lanes Group in a War of the Roses rugby league challenge is making its final preparation before the big match. The team from Haslingden High School in Haslingden, near Blackburn, will be running out in the special match against a school in Sherburn-in-Elmet, North Yorkshire on Friday 3 July. Lanes Group is…
Hus Ibrahim of the Lanes Group’s London depot has been invited to a service to mark the 10th anniversary of the terrorist attacks in the capital which killed 52 people and injured hundreds more. Lanes is a facilities management contractor for London Underground (LU) and provides manpower, equipment and services for unusual situations on the tube network. Underground bosses…
One of Britain’s most famous TV actors turned out to watch the Middlesex disability cricket team – but the players were the real stars. Jim Carter – who plays butler Carson in ITV’s Downton Abbey – was among spectators watching Middlesex play Kent at Hampstead Cricket Club in north London. The players dazzled, though, as they scored 349…
