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Lanes for Drains engineers showed their sensitive sides when they were called in to carry out extensive drainage rehabilitation work at a hospital in Kent. Their ability to work in highly sensitive environments and find innovate ways to ensure patient care was not disrupted was just as important as their technical skill. Estates managers at Maidstone and Tunbridge…
Lanes’ Tom Earnshaw is an acrophobic. That means he is terrified of heights. So he is the last person you would expect to throw himself off a 300-foot crane, attached only by a piece of elastic. But that is exactly what Tom did, along with five other Lanes for Drains staff. And it was all for a…
Less than two years after opening our depot in Pontyclun, Cardiff, Lanes for Drains celebrated its success to date with a graphic display of human waste on the city’s buses. But this was no dirty protest. The images formed part of a major advertising campaign run by the UK’s largest independent drainage specialist, aimed at…
Following last year’s win in the industry Oscars, the Lanes Group has triumphed again in the United Kingdom Society for Trenchless Technology’s (UKSTT) 2010 awards — this time with not just one, but two Claret jugs to add to its trophy cabinet. At the dinner on 23 April, a doubly delighted Andy Brierley, MD of…
For the third year running, Lanes for Drains has won a Royal Mail Group Property Gold Award for consistently outstanding performance. The UK’s largest independent drainage specialist was also one of only three companies given a Supplier Recognition Environmental Award for its ‘green’ credentials. Lanes picked up the Gold award for its drainage services to…
A project to reline a sewer running alongside a river in Bolton meant a concerted planning effort for no-dig specialist Lanes for Drains. Despite many obstacles, the sewer reline works were completed within the 7-day strict timeframe, to the delight of all parties involved. There were a number of third parties to consult during the…
Lanes won the United Kingdom Society for Trenchless Technology’s renovation award at the 15th annual UKSTT dinner and awards ceremony on 24 April. The industry accolade was presented for Lanes’ no dig rehabilitation of a pressurised main sewer beneath the Conwy Bridge in North Wales — a project thought to be the first of its…
Lanes Assistance Services (LAS), part of the Lanes Group plc, may be one of the newest names on the block, but it has netted a top award in the insurance industry ‘oscars’. Set up in July 2006, LAS has already established itself as a leading provider of network management for insurance companies in just two…
