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LEGO designer’s appeal: back me again on fatberg model

21/08/2023

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…

Rail drainage pipe gets re-routed through cemetery

26/06/2023

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…

Lanes wins 5th Skills Accord for workforce development success

24/05/2023

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…

Junior football – how everyone can be a winner

24/05/2023

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…