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Lanes Group gained Highly Commended at the recent Construction News Awards for their e-PoWRA initiative in Health & Safety. The national drainage, utilities and maintenance provider impressed the judges with its new industry-leading digital point of works risk assessment tool, which is designed to support a real step change in health and safety culture. Judges commended Lanes Group…
One of Britain’s most famous TV actors turned out to watch the Middlesex disability cricket team – but the players were the real stars. Jim Carter – who plays butler Carson in ITV’s Downton Abbey – was among spectators watching Middlesex play Kent at Hampstead Cricket Club in north London. The players dazzled, though, as they scored 349…
Lanes Utilities is removing a 10-tonne fatberg on behalf of Thames Water from a sewer under streets in West London. The 50-metre-long fatberg was so heavy that it weakened the sewer to the point that it began to collapse when Lanes engineers tried to remove it. Thames Water concluded the 70-year-old sewer had been damaged beyond repair and had…
Lanes Group jetting engineer John Addison has taken the plunge for the RSPCA in a swimming challenge in memory of the pet dog he called his best mate. John, who has worked for the Lanes Preston depot in Bamber Bridge, Preston, for four years, has completed the 100×100 swimming challenge at his local public pool…
Lanes engineers find all sorts of things holding up water when they go to unblock drains – so what about a muscle-bound beefcake? Okay, so this particular strongman was no more than six inches tall and appeared to be stuck in a show-off pose, but he was perfect for blocking a drain. Lanes Utilities blockage…
Lanes Group drainage engineers have helped solve a pollution problem in one of the UK’s most famous rivers where it was hidden from view under a shopping centre. They were called in to search for the source of raw sewage coming from a surface water drain after it was spotted by construction workers. The sewage…
A team from Lanes and NMCNomenca took a ‘risk versus cost’ approach to bring a Severn Trent Water (STW) sewer rehabilitation scheme in six weeks ahead of schedule. At the same time, they reduced disruption for the water company’s residential and business customers, and optimised the client’s budget. Advanced techniques, such as pipe re-rounding, patch…
Lanes’ reputation for tackling out of the ordinary relines was given another boost when the team faced an awkward manmade culvert in Leamington Spa. As well as being an irregular shape and having a constantly varying diameter along its 47-metre length, the sewer involved eight lateral connections and defied the usual technology. But, thanks to…
