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Lanes Group has become the first drainage specialist to carry out a pioneering no dig lateral junction repair on a wastewater network sewer in the UK. The lateral junction patch repairs – commonly known as top hats – have been designed to prevent external water infiltration, and can be installed up to 30 metres from…
Lanes Group has been selected to carry out drainage surveys and remedial repairs at schools in Birmingham. Galliford Try has commissioned the work as part of its full facilities management service to 11 schools across Birmingham. Engineers from the Lanes Birmingham depot at Minworth have carried out camera surveys, cleaning and remedial work at three…
Lanes Group engineers have been praised for their quick and expert response in helping to end a persistent flooding problem on a Somerset housing estate. Housing Association Aster Properties called the Lanes Bristol depot when it discovered a large water catch pit clogged with silt as they investigated the reason for flooding at one of…
Lanes Group engineers have used one of their newest no-dig pipe rehabilitation technologies to reline the entire storm water drainage system at an aerospace service centre. They used a KrasoSluice in a project to rehabilitate a kilometre of drain lines at United Technologies Aerospace Systems (UTAS) in Marston Green, Birmingham. Lanes Group’s pollution control partner,…
Lanes Group engineers have been praised for their ingenuity and meticulous planning after successfully removing a large storage tank that had contained more than 29 tonnes of animal fat. The tank, which weighed 10 tonnes, had stood idle for more than 15 years at pig and poultry feed makers ABN in Northallerton, North Yorkshire. The…
Lanes Group is helping to identify and resolve widespread potential flood problems in a town in Greater Manchester. Bolton Council has called in Lanes to carry out CCTV drainage surveys of culverts, followed by cleaning works, as part of the strategic management of flood risks in the town. The council, as Lead Local Flood Authority…
Lanes Group utility engineers have been praised for their quick thinking and can-do attitude in the management of a waste water contract at an international golf tournament. The team at the Lanes depot in St Neots, Cambridgeshire, was called in 24 hours from the start of the event which attracted more than 20,000 spectators. They…
Lanes Group’s ‘no dig’ sewer rehabilitation expertise has played a part in paving the way for the construction of the new £1.4 billion Queensferry Crossing. Its drainage engineers have been commissioned to renew storm drains along the approach roads to the new bridge that will link Edinburgh with Fife across the Firth of Forth. They…
