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The designer at the centre of a campaign to persuade LEGO to make a new model featuring drainage engineers tackling a fatberg has told Lanes Group plc the Whitechapel fatberg was the main inspiration for his idea. Wastewater operatives from Lanes, working for water company Thames Water, carried out most of the work to clear…
Preparing digital drainage reports, visiting high-tech equipment suppliers and even doing his health and safety training – Ellis Firth has achieved a lot in his week of work experience in the Lanes Group plc national CCTV survey processing centre. Then again, he joined the team at the Lanes depot and headquarters site in Eccles, Greater…
Drainage engineers from Lanes Rail charged with cleaning a sump on London’s newest railway line had to descend a shaft equivalent to the height of an eight-storey building. The sump in Silvertown, East London, next to London City Airport, was 25 metres deep, making it the deepest wastewater asset of its kind along the 73-mile…
Lanes Rail has passed its latest ISO quality and environmental audits with no non-conformities – the third year in the row it has achieved perfect audit outcomes. The achievement confirms Lanes Rail, a division of Lanes Group plc, holds certification for both ISO 9001 for quality and ISO 14001 for environmental management. Daniel Ward, Health,…
Engineers at Lanes Group plc have completed a sensitive project to install a new drainage pipe beneath one of London’s largest cemeteries. They carried out investigations and planned the installation of the 50-metre-long concrete pipe beneath Hither Green Cemetery in Lewisham, south London. The 50-metre-long concrete pipe was needed to connect track drains along the…
Drainage engineers from Lanes Group plc are carrying out important annual maintenance work for a Derbyshire council to ensure public spaces can be used and enjoyed by businesses, residents and visitors. They have been working through a three-week programme of surface drainage asset cleaning for Erewash Borough Council at dozens of locations in towns and…
Water utilities and drainage specialist Lanes Group plc has won a Procurement Skills Accord for the fifth year in a row. The training and skills development accolade has been presented by the Energy & Utilities Skills Partnership. The company was one of 37 utility service suppliers to achieved Skills Accord status in 2023, out of…
The Premier League may be the pinnacle of football in the UK. But thousands of junior clubs across the UK are the vital grassroots and, arguably, lifeblood of the sport. Lanes Group plc is sponsoring an under 12s team at Parkwyddn Junior Football Club, in Salford, Greater Manchester. We’re taking the opportunity to hear from…