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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…
Pictured at the Time to Talk cake stall are, from the left: Courtney McDonagh, Puja Sharma, HSQE Co-ordinator Romina Ejaz, and CCTV quality assurance co-ordinator Rosa Wilk, who is also a mental health first aider. It was time to talk and time to eat cake for Lanes colleagues working for Thames Water. Mental health first…
Wastewater engineer Marc Bettison has won a prestigious national industry award for founding the Sewer Men and Proud Facebook group – the largest online community of its kind in the world. The National Sewerage Association (NSA) has presented him with its Coggin Cup which recognises people who have done exceptional work to promote the sewerage…
Drainage engineers at Lanes Group plc never tire of helping clients – especially if they get the chance to install the UK’s largest manhole. When the leading tyre service ATS Euromaster called to say it needed to replace a grill over a storm drain at one of its depots, Lanes quickly offered to help. The…
Severn Trent wastewater engineers made the most unusual catch of the day by rescuing two fish from a sewer. Brothers Martin and Chas Jeffries realised ‘fins’ weren’t right when the fish appeared on their CCTV survey camera. But they didn’t get into a flap – instead they managed to pull the fish to a manhole…
Drainage and water utility specialist Lanes Group plc has completed a major sewer rehabilitation programme along one of the busiest main roads into Exeter in Devon. The work involved installation of multiple local structural repairs and one 167-metre full liner in highway drains along the A30 Honiton Road on the eastern outskirts of the city….
New regulations for discharging wastewater from septic tanks have now come into force – and householders and businesses that fall foul of them risk heavy financial penalties or even criminal prosecution. Since January 1st 2020, the regulations, called General Binding Rules: Small Sewage Discharge to the Ground, have not allowed wastewater from a standard septic…
Drainage and water utilities specialist Lanes Group plc is carrying out a six-month programme of gully cleaning along main roads in North East Scotland. The cleaning work is an essential part of a planned and preventative maintenance programme (PPM) to prevent localised flooding which can make roads less safe. Lanes has been commissioned to carry…
