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Planned wet well emptying cuts costs and boosts sustainability

05/07/2019

Drainage and utility specialist Lanes Group plc is working with commercial customers to minimise the cost of the maintenance of vital wastewater assets. By coordinating service delivery with vital work done by other specialists, Lanes is also helping to minimise the risk of equipment malfunctions and boosting customer sustainability. In one example, a Lanes jet…

Lanes jetting and suction SQU

Drainage teams support nuclear site decommissioning

01/07/2019

Drainage engineers from Lanes Group plc are providing a range of sewer maintenance services for a company decommissioning a former nuclear research site. The teams from Lanes Southampton are delivering reactive and planned drainage services on the Magnox Winfrith site in Dorset. Magnox is delivering the decommissioning programme at the site near Wool on behalf…

Lanes carry out CCTV drainage survey

TV show prepares to lift manhole on sewer cleaning team

11/06/2019

A popular TV show revealing the grimy side of life in Britain is preparing to show wastewater engineers working for Lanes Group battling fatbergs in London sewers. The highly-skilled and dedicated sewer ‘flushers’ were filmed tackling the large fat blockages on behalf of Thames Water for the documentary series Grime and Punishment. Major challenges they…

Sewer flusher

Suction wins the day at home of the hover

03/06/2019

A drainage team from Lanes Group plc have used powerful water jetting and vacuumation equipment to clear the outfall of a pipe linking two sites defined by icons of British transport technology. They removed six tonnes of rubble, shingle and shells blocking a sea outfall located at a former hovercraft terminal in Ramsgate Kent. The…

Andy’s jobs journey reaches fulfilment down in the sewers

15/05/2019

Doing a favour for a friend led to a job working for Lanes Group plc – now Andy Howard has the career he always really wanted, and that includes tackling giant sewer bergs made from fat and concrete. In 2012, the former HGV company boss agreed to take his best mate to a job interview…

National Skills Accord rewards exemplar skills development practice

15/05/2019

Drainage and wastewater contractor Lanes Group plc has been awarded a Skills Accord for its success in supporting its workforce in achieving recognised skills which contribute to business success. It has become one of 11 tier one utility industry suppliers in the UK to be presented with the award by the Energy and Utility Skills…