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TV personality, military history expert and Lanes Group director Bruce Crompton is gaining thousands of fans across the world narrating a podcast supporting military museums during the COVID-19 crisis. Hundreds of small military and regimental museums across the UK are in financial hardship and some face closure because COVID-19 has slashed visitors who contribute vital…
A more responsive way to manage asset maintenance introduced by Lanes Group plc is reducing faults in public and staff toilets on the London Underground – improving the quality of service for rail customers. The new Smart Maintenance approach is also greatly reducing the number of hours taken to carry out essential repairs and improving…
Lanes Group plc has passed five rigorous audits to retain national accreditation for transport fleet management and safe driving standards. The drainage specialist has achieved, through re-auditing, the Bronze accreditation for its UK transport fleet under the Fleet Operator Recognition Scheme (FORS). FORS is used by companies operating across the UK to benchmark standards in…
Water jetting power delivered by Lanes Group plc is supporting the completion of ATC Joint Venture’s fit-out programme for the tunnelled central section of the new Elizabeth line under London. Teams from the company’s London area depots are working with ATC Joint Venture to jet clean and CCTV survey track drainage in the central section….
Lanes Group’s Rail Division has appointed Kevin Robins as its new Health and Safety Manager. It is a new departure for an established health and safety professional who has built his expertise in the construction industry. Kevin, a Chartered Member of the Institute of Safety and Health, said: “It’s a fresh challenge and I am…
In what is believed to be a UK first, Lanes Group plc has carried out an innovative repair of a siphon pipe beneath a main railway line. Its sewer rehabilitation and lining division has used a new compact and ultra-thin packer to reach damaged sections beyond a bend in the pipe beneath the Great Western…
Drainage engineers from Lanes Group plc have demonstrated the power of water jetting when deployed to clear silt, rubble, and boulders from large-diameter railway culverts. A team of drainage operatives from the company’s Manchester depot removed 25 tonnes of material from a 30-metre-long culvert under the Manchester to Wigan railway line at Atherton in just…
Lanes Rail has completed more than 30,000 repairs and introduced multiple innovations to improve efficiency, safety, and cost control in the first year of a major new maintenance contract for London Underground. The five-year 1 FM contract, which went live in June 2017, covers all building maintenance work along underground lines, and at depots, train…
