Utilities 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…
An industrial cleaning service operated by drainage and wastewater specialist Lanes Group plc has expanded so rapidly since its launch in 2019 that it now supports customers across Scotland. Services delivered by the operation, based at the Lanes Aberdeen depot, including tank cleaning, wet well cleaning, interceptor cleaning and digester cleaning. Lanes Contracts Manager Neil…
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…
Water utility and drainage specialist Lanes Group plc has been challenged with setting a new UK record for planned sewer cleaning to protect millions of people and the environment against flooding. It has been tasked by Thames Water, the UK’s largest water company, with carrying out the planned cleaning of 2,000km of sewer pipe over…
Lanes Group plc has been awarded construction contracts by CityFibre as part of a £1.5billion investment to roll out full fibre broadband in 27 towns and cities across the UK. The utility and drainage specialist is one of 15 contractors awarded regional contracts to carry out the work that will provide full fibre broadband to…
A specialist wet well team from Lanes Group plc has supported pump engineers in repairing a sewer pumping station serving one of London’s largest shopping centre. They used their high volume vacuumation and jetting technology to clear debris from the pumping station at Westfield London in White City to allow the repair to be made….
Drainage and utility specialist Lanes Group plc has won a coveted water industry innovation award for its development of the world’s first virtual reality team training theatre. The company has won the Institute of Water of Innovation Award 2020 for the South East Region for leading the development of virtual reality (VR) capability in a…
Pictured at the Time to Talk cake stall are, from the left: Courtney McDonagh, Puja Sharma, HSQE Co-ordinator Romina Ejaz, and CCTV quality assurance co-ordinator Rosa Wilk, who is also a mental health first aider. It was time to talk and time to eat cake for Lanes colleagues working for Thames Water. Mental health first…