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Lanes engineers have caught this rodent on camera, illustrating the problems posed by rat infestations in sewers. They were carrying out a CCTV survey on a sewer in the greater Manchester area when the rat popped out of a lateral connection and appeared to pose for the camera. Rat problems in sewers are often made…
Lanes engineers have discovered what is believed to be a record number of drain rods blocking a sewer. They pulled 55 of the rods from a foul water pipe leading from a restaurant in a town just outside London. No wonder the Lanes team was responding to an urgent call about a badly blocked drain!…
Lanes Group has used a no-dig patch lining technique to support the decommissioning of drainage pipes on a production site of leading global manufacturer Kimberly-Clark. The Lanes engineers based at the company’s Chester depot used local structural repairs, known as patch liners, to block lateral pipes at Kimberly-Clark’s paper mills in Flint, North Wales. The…
Lanes Utilities drainage engineers have been presented with certificates of thanks from a towns mayor for playing a key role in alleviating a flood that engulfed a housing estate. Councillor Dan Putty, the mayor of Basingstoke and Dean Borough Council, in Hampshire, made the gesture after the Lanes team was involved in a multi-agency emergency…
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…
Lanes Group Director Bruce Crompton is in line to become a TV celebrity after filming a documentary series about his passion as a collector and curator of classic military vehicles. The makers of Combat Dealers, launched on Quest Channel at 10pm on April 30, believe they have a hit on their hands, thanks in no…
Lanes Group health and safety manager Scott Tracey has won an inaugural RoSPA Guardian Angel Award after colleagues and clients praised him for his exceptional ability to inspire others to work safely. He is one of a number of winners of the new national award that the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents has…
Lanes Group has become the first drainage specialist to carry out a pioneering no dig lateral junction repair on a wastewater network sewer in the UK. The lateral junction patch repairs – commonly known as top hats – have been designed to prevent external water infiltration, and can be installed up to 30 metres from…
