Hawkins has created a centre of excellence for engineering investigation with the recruitment of a fourth specialist engineering expert, Patrick Barbour. Disciplines covered within the Bristol office now include:

• Mechanical engineering
• Electrical engineering
• Product liability
• Metallurgy
• Materials
• Automotive
• Road traffic accident reconstruction
• Components, systems and repair methods

Before joining Hawkins, the engineers gained a wide range of commercial and academic experience including:

• MG Rover
• Honda
• Rolls Royce Military Division
• Lucas Aerospace
• ICI
• Cooper Cameron Undersea Equipment
• Research posts at various universities

You can read a profile on each of the engineers:

• Patrick Barbour
• Jon Boyle
• Andy Bryce
• Matt Spindler

Says Andy Bryce, a Company Director at Hawkins, “We have always had a strong engineering presence in the south-west, but the recruitment of Patrick Barbour means we now have another mechanical engineer with wide ranging skills and 8 years of investigative experience. Having such versatility is tremendously helpful to us and to our clients. Investigations don’t often fit into neat boxes and, for example, a breakdown of an assembly line might involve electrical, mechanical and process skills and experience. We are now in the happy position of being able to draw on all of these skills from within our own office”.

The engineers from our Bristol office are also well placed to present to and train client staff and are keen to meet insurers, adjusters and the legal profession, who handle litigation and personal injury work. If you would like to contact Andy please email him at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .