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Drainage engineers at Lanes Group have beaten the tides to look deep into the sewer system of one of the UK’s most picturesque heritage lighthouses. The team from Lanes’ Newcastle depot was commissioned to clean and survey the drains and sewers underneath the 119-year-old St Mary’s Lighthouse in Whitley Bay, Tyne and Wear. The…
A team of have-a-go-hikers from Lanes Group plc will be challenging their fitness and head for heights by climbing one of England’s highest mountains in aid of charity. The colleagues who all work at the Lanes HQ and operational depot at Eccles, Greater Manchester, will climb Skiddaw, just north of Keswick, in Cumbria, in aid…
CCTV drainage engineer Mick Bradley realised a life-long ambition and raised hundreds of pounds for a local cancer charity when he reached the highest point in the UK. Mick, who works at the Lanes Group Eastleigh depot, near Southampton, took up the challenge to walk to the top of Ben Nevis in Scotland in aid…
Lanes Group has been shortlisted for the UK Heart Safe Awards in recognition of its commitment to fund the installation of defibrillators in its workplaces and schools. The UK’s largest independent drainage specialist has been shortlisted in the construction company category of the annual awards, organised by the Hand on Heart charity, and now in…
To go over one of the UK’s most famous rivers – you must also go underground. Lanes Group has travelled more than 10 kilometres through the drains and sewers of north Cheshire as it has supported the building of Mersey Gateway, the second crossing of the River Mersey in Halton. As the construction project’s specialist…
Lanes Group plc has won two prestigious Construction News Awards. The UK’s largest independent drainage specialist has won the Specialist Contractor of the Year (Turnover over £100m) and Health and Safety Excellence awards. The announcement was made at the annual awards ceremony at the Grosvenor House Hotel, in London, on Thursday 13th July 2017. The…
Lanes Group’s drainage engineers are carrying out CCTV surveys and remedial pipe repairs that are helping other businesses achieve internationally-recognised standards for environmental protection. The Lanes depot in Preston, Lancashire, is one of the 22 operational centres which are called in to help ensure organisations meet the rigorous ISO 14001 standard. Frank Hamlin, Area Development…
Ready to roll – the new Lanes Swaffham team, from the left: Ashley Manning, CCTV operator; Trevor Allum, Area Development Manager; Michelle Nichols, Administrator; Kristopher Doolan, Jetting and Vacuumation Engineer; Tom Grove, Regional Manager; Dean O’Leary, Blockage Engineer. Lanes Group plc has opened a new depot in East Anglia, bringing its drainage services closer to…
