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Cast iron pipes in blocks of flats have been given a new lease of life by being spray lined by – a process that allows residents to stay in their homes during the drainage rehabilitation programme. The multi-layer liner has a design life of 20 years and will help to minimise the risk of pipe…
CCTV drainage surveys have been carried out by Lanes Group plc as part of enabling works for a £26m scheme to transform NHS emergency care in North Derbyshire. Drainage engineers from the Lanes Sheffield depot have completed the surveys at Chesterfield Royal Hospital where work is due to start on building a new urgent and…
Drainage engineers from Lanes Group plc have installed new flood prevention drains to prevent torrents of water from devastating gardens and threatening homes. The measures are designed to divert thousands of gallons of water that had been inundating two houses near Blackburn in Lancashire up to three times a year. Dave and Julia Mangan, who…
A couple can let their children play in the garden once more after Lanes drainage engineers solved a long-term mystery about why their septic tank was not working properly. Other contractors had visited the house near Aberdeen to try to work out why sewage was seeping into the family garden resulting in a large part…
When an insurance customer needs urgent assistance with a water supply or drainage problem, they value the experts who will take control and sort it, quickly. That is where Lisa Kibbler’s team comes into its own. Lisa is the customer operations manager for the Lanes Group plc Insurance Division which provides drainage and clean water…
Drainage and water utilities specialist Lanes Group plc has grown its service capability with continued investment in a modern tanker fleet. In five years, the company has built a fleet of 60 tankers to support contracts with three water companies and a growing number of commercial customers. Roland Leslie, General Manager of the Lanes Tankering…
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…
Move aside, Charles Dickens! There’s a new version of “A Christmas Carol” in town this year – turning the classic festive tale into a story about the importance of clean drains. Entitled “The Drains of Christmas Future”, the two-minute animation provides a fun and timely twist on an iconic narrative, warning viewers of exactly what…
