West London News

Drainage engineers praised for emergency blockage support

29/03/2018

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…

Seven month rail viaduct repair project a success

15/12/2017

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…

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New West London depot establishes “strong base” in first year

09/10/2017

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…

Global interest makes “Fatty McFatberg” a new London tourist attraction

25/09/2017

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…

Lanes Utilities working hard to remove the Whitechapel Fatberg

Customer Solutions Centre wins national partnership award

26/05/2017

The Customer Solutions Centre, created by Lanes Group and Thames Water to work together to deliver excellent customer service for wastewater customers, has won a Water Industry Achievement Award. The Customer Solutions Centre (CSC) won the Partnership Initiative category of the national awards, which were presented last night (Tuesday 23 May 2017) at The Vox…