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The Lanes Group has been shortlisted in the health and safety category of the Construction News’ Specialist Awards 2011. John Glover, Group H&S Manager at Lanes, says: “The Lanes’ operation stands firmly on a foundation of health and safety excellence, and that has — quietly — been our focus for many years. “More recently, we…
Lanes for Drains has carried out specialist drainage works for the £445 million, five-mile extension to Scotland’s M74 motorway. The three-year project, scheduled for completion in 2011, is being handled by Interlink M74 JV, a joint venture of Morrison Construction, Balfour Beatty, Morgan Est and Sir Robert McAlpine. Initially contracted to reline 900mm diameter culverts…
If you were to dwell on the contents of a blocked loo, it is fairly certain that you would not think of a live gerbil. But that is just what one engineer from Lanes for Drains found when he was called out to unblock a toilet! Unblocking drains and removing the detritus of modern living…
Lanes has joined forces with pollution prevention specialist Aqua Sentry to help organisations to avoid spillages and the contamination of watercourses. “Mistakes can be very costly” explains Aqua Sentry’s director Rob Staines. “For instance, contravening European Environmental Directive 2004/35/EC, which uses a ‘polluter pays’ principle, can result in unlimited fines or two years’ imprisonment.” According…
Lanes for Drains has helped jam manufacturer Duerr’s out of a sticky situation. The company had thought it was facing a 3-month shutdown to fix a damaged drain at its Manchester factory, but Lanes was able to reline the 150mm diameter process pipe in just 48 hours. Duerr’s, which has been making jam since 1881,…
Following last year’s win in the industry Oscars, the Lanes Group has triumphed again in the United Kingdom Society for Trenchless Technology’s (UKSTT) 2010 awards — this time with not just one, but two Claret jugs to add to its trophy cabinet. At the dinner on 23 April, a doubly delighted Andy Brierley, MD of…
Despite being slap bang in a town centre’s busy shopping area, a sewer rehabilitation project carried out by Lanes for Drains and Balfour Beatty Utility Solutions (BBUS) for United Utilities, was a resounding success thanks to a concerted programme of communications and meticulous traffic management. Every potentially affected business and shop, in MP Jack Straw’s…
Keepers at Dartmoor Zoological Park formed an unlikely partnership this week. Faced with the difficult task of finding out what their meerkats have been up to below ground, head keeper Colin Northcott turned to Plymouth based drain inspection specialists, Lanes for Drains, for help. The mating pair of meerkats, Sue and Timon, moved into their…
