West London News
Lanes Group plc has won a contract to provide facilities maintenance services for the London Underground. The five-year contract, with an option for a three-year extension, is the third maintenance contract awarded by Transport for London (TfL) to Lanes Group in four months. The contract covers all building maintenance work along underground lines, as well…
Water jetting and vacuuming technology supplied by Lanes Group has been used to help build a structure that will define high-tech – the new physics building at Oxford University. The new Beecroft Building will be home to some of the world’s leading scientists doing cutting edge research. Lanes was commissioned by principal contractor Laing O’Rourke…
When landlords set up a new home to rent, they are faced with a choice. Cut corners – installing clapped-out appliances and skimping on drainage – or instead, renovate comprehensively. While the former approach can be attractive due to the possible initial savings, it’s completely flawed, given the negative repercussions that, further down the line,…
New operational chief brings consumer expertise to Lanes Lanes Group has enhanced its consumer expertise by appointing Michael Hall as Head of Operations of its Utilities Division. Hall had previously been a senior manager at one of the UK’s leading home improvement retailers. He is also a Major in the Royal Marine Reserve and has…
Lanes duo win service award after hospital visit Thames Water has given two Lanes Group wastewater engineers customer service awards after they used one of their rest breaks to visit an elderly customer in hospital. The 85-year-old customer lived in one of three semi-detached houses in Surbiton, South London, which had been having problems with…
An astonishing 3,000 people, including hundreds of children, are getting enhanced protection from sudden cardiac arrest after Lanes Group donated a heart defibrillator to a Berkshire school. The drainage and asset maintenance specialist has donated the life-saving device to St Mary’s CE Primary School in Slough, Berkshire, which is located next to a Sure Start…
As a senior scheduler for Lanes Group’s Utilities Division, Kellie had a rewarding role and was just about to move with colleagues into a swish new ultra-modern operational HQ. Yet, she wanted a new challenge. So she applied to become a field manager, training and supporting drainage engineers, delivering Lanes’ front line service as…
