Utilities News
Wastewater engineer Marc Bettison has won a prestigious national industry award for founding the Sewer Men and Proud Facebook group – the largest online community of its kind in the world. The National Sewerage Association (NSA) has presented him with its Coggin Cup which recognises people who have done exceptional work to promote the sewerage…
Christmas revellers and food businesses are being urged not to feed the fatbergs after Lanes Group sewer cleaning teams removed two giant waste monsters from beneath the streets of London. The Lanes teams, working for Thames Water, sliced a 30-tonne fatberg from a sewer beneath Borough Market in Southwark, South London, and a 63-tonne fatberg…
Six colleagues from Lanes Group plc have joined nearly 1,000 others in a giant sleep out to raise money for homeless young people. They braved wintry weather, wind and heavy rain to spend the night sleeping on the hard ground at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in East London. The Sleep Out was one of…
A team of wastewater engineers from Lanes Group plc has completed the cleaning of a giant sewage holding tank that had become clogged with millions of wipes wrongly flushed done toilets. Working for Northumbrian Water, the ten operatives took ten days to clean out the aeration tank at Marske water treatment works near Redcar on…
A ground-breaking pay and career development programme developed by Lanes Group plc has been shortlisted for a prestigious Utility Week Award. Lanes and Thames Water have been named as finalists in the annual award in the staff development category for developing the Pathway to Success programme. Lanes, the wastewater network services maintenance partner for Thames…
Paddlers from Lanes took to the water as 40 rafts made a splash for a campaign to provide clean water and toilets in two African towns. Hundreds of people took part in Thames Water’s annual charity raft race on the River Thames in Reading, Berkshire. The water company is seeking to raise £2million for Water…
Three colleagues at one Lanes Group plc division have been presented with national awards for inspiring others with their dedication to supporting the health and safety of others. Andy Brierley (pictured above, centre), Kelly Hansford and Jack Gale won RoSPA Inspiration Awards which recognise excellence in the delivery of occupational health and safety. All three…
Doing a favour for a friend led to a job working for Lanes Group plc – now Andy Howard has the career he always really wanted, and that includes tackling giant sewer bergs made from fat and concrete. In 2012, the former HGV company boss agreed to take his best mate to a job interview…
