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Lanes for Drains engineers have been praised for solving a challenging drainage problem that threatened to disrupt the restoration of one of the most important buildings in the historic city of Bath – days before the project was due to be finished. The contractor, Swindon-based Beard, was about to complete the £2.4 million project to…
Congratulations to Scott Norris who climbed Jebel Toubkal, Morocco; 4167m over the weekend and raised money for the Lymphoma Association Lanes company charity. To put the achievement in perspective Sca Fell, in the Lake District is 651m, Snowdon in Wales is 1085m and Ben Nevis in Scotland is 1343m. Well Done Scott fantastic achievement!
The Lanes Group plc has been awarded contracts with Thames Water for Wastewater Network Services worth up to £216 million. Lanes will provide a range of services, including emergency blockage clearance and remedial drainage work, commencing July (Thames Valley) and August (North London). Both contracts are for a minimum of three years, with the option…
Lanes for Drains has been named as a finalist for the prestigious Construction News Health and Safety Award 2012. Health and Safety is one of the most competitive categories in the Construction News Awards, considered by many to be the highest accolades in the industry. Lanes for Drains had to put together a 1,000 word…
Lanes’ Tom Earnshaw is an acrophobic. That means he is terrified of heights. So he is the last person you would expect to throw himself off a 300-foot crane, attached only by a piece of elastic. But that is exactly what Tom did, along with five other Lanes for Drains staff. And it was all for a…
Most people have heard of ‘dress down Friday’, when those of us who have to dress smartly for work get to wear casual gear for the day. But at Lanes for Drains Preston, staff members Kirsty and Steph decided they’d like to make their own rules in a fund-raising effort so have agreed on a ‘dress…
Lanes for Drains engineers based in the Portsmouth area have been praised for their skill and professionalism in averting a major problem caused by a blocked drain at a large residential home. Oaklands Residential Home in Southsea, Hampshire, called Lanes for Drains after a bad smell in the basement led them to discover a manhole…
After nearly two years of serious sewage issues and much legal wrangling, a householder in Cheshire is finally free of drainage problems, thanks to Lanes for Drains. The cottage’s sewage system was a 100-year old septic tank, but the pipes to it had been damaged during work at the adjoining property. This meant that the…
