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Subsidiaries Drain Devils (Grampian), Lanes For Drains Limited, Arlo Group Limited | ||
Lanes Group plc are a British civil engineering group specialising in drainage and sewerage repair and railway works.
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Activities
The principal activities of the group are drainage and sewerage repair as Lanes for Drains, trenchless repair of sewers and drains as Lanes Reline and civil engineering for railways, trams and the London Underground as Lanes Group Rail Division. The firm has completed work for the Crossrail project.
History
Lanes Group was formed in Leeds in 1992 as a drain cleaning and repair specialist at which time they employed just five people.
in 2008, the firm attracted press attention after police ivestigated the activities of an employee of collapsed rail firm Metronet over his awarding of contracts to firms that included Lanes.
In 2010, Lanes Assistance Services, a claims management company owned by the group, was the subject of a £12 million management buyout backed by private equity firm Gresham.
In 2013, the firm won a £216 million contract to provide emergency blockage clearance and remedial drainage work to Thames Water in north London and the Thames Valley.
In April 2014, it was announced that Lanes had become the first British company to carry out a no dig lateral junction (known as a top hat) repair on a wastewater network sewer.
In 2014, it was announced that Lanes were one of the contractors that would help refit 70 London Underground stations over seven years in a £330 million programme.