Manchester News
One of the most sought after places to live in Manchester city centre has gone “fat free” thanks to expert help from Lanes Group drainage engineers. It is not about healthy bodies but healthy buildings, because Lanes was called in to clean over one kilometre of drainage pipes inside Orient House in Granby Row. Residents…
Lanes Group has helped Salford become the UK’s first Heart Safe City – with life-saving defibrillators in every one of its 97 schools. The company, which has HQ offices and an operational depot in Eccles, Salford, has paid for eight staff to be trained how to use a defibrillator at their primary school. More than…
Lanes Group is working with Bolton Council to survey thousands of metres of culvert across the town as part of a programme to minimise the risk of flooding. The drainage company is carrying out a programme of work to provide detailed CCTV drainage surveys of culverts that pose the highest flood risk. The work is…
Ambulance chiefs have praised two Lanes Group drainage engineers after they used their water jetting hose to tackle a fire that broke out in an ambulance as it responded to a 999 call. Paul Sheehy and Gavin McDonald had been returning to the Lanes Eccles depot after unblocking a drain when they passed the ambulance…
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 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 Group has been shortlisted as a finalist in the prestigious Salford Business Awards. Lanes, which has headquarter operations and a regional depot in Monton, Eccles, Greater Manchester, is a finalist in the Innovation Award sponsored by Salford University. Richard Leigh, Lanes Group Sales Director, who is based in Eccles, said: “We are very pleased…
Lanes Group is helping to identify and resolve widespread potential flood problems in a town in Greater Manchester. Bolton Council has called in Lanes to carry out CCTV drainage surveys of culverts, followed by cleaning works, as part of the strategic management of flood risks in the town. The council, as Lead Local Flood Authority…