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Lanes achieves FORS Bronze transport standard for UK fleet

04/05/2016

Lanes Group has achieved, through re-auditing, the Bronze accreditation for its UK transport fleet under the Fleet Operator Recognition Scheme (FORS). The company first achieved FORS Bronze in 2014 and successfully passed its annual audit in March – demonstrating that it sets nationally recognised safety and operational management standards. The FORS scheme is operated by Transport…

Lanes Group in partnership with AMCO to repair rail culvert

04/05/2016

Drainage engineers from Lanes Group have worked in partnership with AMCO Rail to carry out structural repairs to a large underbridge on a main railway line. The joint team inserted steel stitches to stabilise a crack in the brick-built underbridge London to South Wales line between Newport and Cardiff. It was the first time that…

Lanes Group completes Crossrail drainage replacement project

25/11/2015

Lanes Group Rail Division has completed a project to replace track drainage on the western section of Crossrail. The work involved removal of 200 metres of track drainage and replacing it with new pipework as part of work to upgrade lines incorporated in the Crossrail programme. The Lanes Rail team completed the track drainage renewal,…

Lanes breaks its UV reline record on rail project

19/11/2015

Lanes Group has used ultra violet light technology to reline a 1300mm diameter rail culvert – the largest the company has renovated to date using this method to cure the liner. The culvert on the Mole Valley Line at Great Bookham, in Surrey, was 250mm wider than any ultra violet (UV) liner the pipe reline…

Lanes Group team inspired by progress of disability cricketers

29/10/2015

Lanes Group utilities director Conrad Ashby has presented Peter Hull with the Player of the Year Award, marking the first season as the main sponsor of the Middlesex disability cricket performance programme. Opening batsman Peter was just one of the players who excelled during a successful season, which ended with Middlesex finishing 4th in the…

Lanes Group highly commended in Light Rail Awards

08/10/2015

Lanes Group’s Rail Division has been highly commended by judges in the Light Rail Awards for its work to develop an unmanned aerial vehicle survey service for rail operators. The announcement was made at an award ceremony at the Honourable Artillery Company in the City of London on Tuesday 7 October. Lanes Rail Division was…

Lanes Rail Division rises to challenge to reduce track flood risks

06/10/2015

Lanes Group has supported railway improvements to minimise flood risks by relocating a track drainage pump in work that also involved removing asbestos piping. The company’s rail division completed the project for main contractor Osborne after just 48 hours of planning and within one seven-hour track possession. Lanes Rail Division Network Rail Manager Eamonn Maloney…

Lanes Group shortlisted for two international rail awards

28/09/2015

Lanes Group has been named as a finalist in two categories for the Global Light Rail Awards 2015 for its development of aerial drone surveys. The national drainage and maintenance specialist has been shortlisted for Technical Innovation (Infrastructure) and Supplier of the Year (Over EUR10m) in the prestigious awards. The Global Light Rail Awards, now…