Technology and Innovation News
National drainage and wastewater utility specialist Lanes Group plc has repurposed technology used for showing prices on supermarket shelves to create the water industry’s first digital permit board. The new boards are being lined up to display information about worksites in a way that complies with local authority regulations and saves the disposal of thousands…
A drone survey carried out by Lanes Group plc is helping a major manufacturer investigate the drainage system on one of its sites in readiness for future development. The unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) survey provided a highly detailed digital map of the factory site near Peterborough, which engineers can use to plot drainage assets with…
Innovative use of one of the world’s most sophisticated vehicle tracking platforms is building drainage and wastewater specialist Lanes Group plc a global reputation for road safety. Lanes, the UK’s largest independent drainage contractor, has now installed the Samsara digital system in all 3,000 of its vehicles, from articulated lorries to company cars. Samsara has…
A specialist team of blockage busters set up by Lanes Group plc is helping the UK’s biggest water company crack some of its most complicated sewer problems – boosting customer service and cutting costs. The special projects team is using the latest remote cutting and pipe lining technologies to remove blockages from hard-to-reach sewers that…
Drainage and wastewater service specialist Lanes Group plc is using a roadway lightshow to warn other road users, and cyclists in particular, to keep a safe distance at road junctions. Its division delivering services for Thames Water is testing the system that activates as the HGV vehicle turns left at junctions – the moment, collision…
Drainage and wastewater service specialist Lanes Group plc is using an innovative app that learns through artificial intelligence to help protect its employees against manual handling injuries. The app videos colleagues as they carry out tasks and analyses risks associated with their posture, allowing them to change their behaviour to avoid injury. Lanes Utilities, the…
Drainage and wastewater specialist Lanes Group plc has created a national quality assurance centre that is significantly speeding up the delivery of CCTV survey reports for customers. The new centre of excellence based at the company’s Manchester HQ offices is also improving the detail and quality of survey reports and supports major projects, such as…
Drainage and wastewater specialist Lanes Group plc is introducing new CCTV drainage survey vans with advanced digital data processing for faster and more effective reporting of survey data. The next generation vehicles also have improved systems for safer equipment handling and a range of features for improving the welfare of drainage engineers. The first CCTV…
