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CCTV drainage survey technology has been put to a new use – helping inspect vital steam-generating equipment operated by one of the UK’s largest laundry services. Clean Services called in a CCTV drainage survey team from Lanes Group plc to obtain video images of pipework inside the machine at its laundry on Slough Trading Estate…
Drainage engineers from Lanes Group plc have been praised for their diligence in responding to a drain blockage at a hotel chain HQ that threatened to flood a kitchen. Kitchen staff at the Hilton Hotels international offices in Watford, Hertfordshire, had been experiencing drainage problems – so its site facilities management partner, Integral, called Lanes…
Lanes Group plc has been announced as a finalist in three categories for the Water Industry Achievement Awards. The national drainage and utilities specialist is in the running to win awards for Contractor of the Year, Health and Safety Initiative, and Best Use of Existing Technology. What are the Water Industry Achievement Awards? The Water Industry…
It’s alive I tell you! A small part of the “monster” Whitechapel fatberg, removed by Lanes Group plc on behalf of Thames Water, has gone on display at the Museum of London. London Museum Seven thousand visitors visited Fatberg! in the first weekend to view the last remaining chunks of the giant mass of fat,…
Wastewater engineers working for Lanes Group used heat generated by the light on their CCTV survey camera to keep a dog warm before digging down to rescue it from a drain. Spencer the cocker spaniel had been trapped beneath a sports pitch for more than 36 hours when he was released through a hole smashed…
Lanes Group plc’s Rail Division has completed a substantial project to repair a viaduct carrying the Piccadilly Line over a river in West London. In a programme work that lasted seven months, large sections of brickwork on the viaduct across the River Brent near Alperton were replaced, reset, and repointed. Remote monitoring equipment has been…
A new operational depot established to deliver specialist drainage services to customers in West London and the Thames Valley has made good progress in its first year. Lanes Group Development Director Richard Leigh said the depot, in Slough, Berkshire, is developing a growing portfolio of clients across a range of sectors, including local government, highways…
The photos above show the Lanes Utilities team working on the monster fatberg found in Whitechapel, London. Dubbed “Fatty McFatberg” by the public beating “Fat the Ripper” in a poll taken on twitter by the public. A “monster” fatberg being removed by Lanes Utilities waste water engineers in partnership with Thames Water has become one…
