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Intrepid Lanes Group rafters are appealing for sponsors as they prepare to take on all-comers in a Thames Water raft race – paddling a craft made from recycled sewer repair materials. It is the first time that Lanes Group has entered the annual Thames Water raft race, which takes place on Thursday 7 July 2016,…
Lanes Group has been nominated for two Thames Water health and safety awards thanks to the inspirational efforts of two managers – including board director Andy Brierley who has led by example by transforming his own health. Andy has been shortlisted in the Health and Wellbeing category in the Thames Water Health and Safety Excellence…
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…
It was not so much ‘I do’ as ‘We can’. Lanes Group drainage engineers, working for Thames Water, have been praised for preventing a happy couple’s wedding turning from the best day to the worst day of their lives. They were called to the Bexley Heath Conservative Club to clear a sewer blockage just minutes…
At work Michael O’Leary is a Lanes Group customer champion. But when the lights go down, and the glitter ball starts to spin, he sheds the PPE and takes on the cha-cha-cha – to become a dance champion. Michael is a customer service ambassador for the Lanes Group Utilities Division, helping to make sure the…
Lanes Group director Andy Brierley is known for his boundless enthusiasm and energy – and now a workplace health and wellbeing test has inspired him to focus that energy on personal fitness. He is supporting the company’s wellbeing campaign to find out how physically active staff are across all functions in the organisation by measuring…
Lanes Group’s Utilities Division has appointed Andrew MacCuish to be its Head of Health, Safety Quality and Environment. Andrew will lead on HSQE strategy and operational management for the division, primarily involving its wastewater network maintenance contract with Thames Water. Lanes Utilities Managing Director Conrad Ashby said: “We have created this new role to…
Lanes Group drainage engineers working for Thames Water have been battling in their very own ‘Fat Wars’ in the run up to Christmas. A crack team of ‘Draintroopers’ have blasted a 20-metre-long fatberg in a sewer in Holborn, central London, weighing over five tonnes. Using jets of water at 3,000 per square inch they pulverised…
