About Hawkins

Hawkins was established in Cambridge in 1980 and specialises in forensic root cause analysis, expert witness services and engineering consultancy to the insurance, legal, risk management and commercial sectors.

The Hawkins & Associates group of companies includes A Lamb & Associates (ALA) and Morham + Brotchie. ALA provide commercial management, expert witness and dispute resolution services to the construction and energy industry whilst Morham + Brotchie are market leading Quantity Surveyors specialising in historic and complex projects. Hawkins can provide both technical and quantum and delay expertise on the same case, giving clients unparallelled service in the market. By combining strengths and expertise, we can ensure that clients continue to benefit from the experience and track record of trusted market leaders.

With a recognised and growing global presence, Hawkins provides worldwide coverage from offices in Dubai, Hong Kong and Singapore, as well as offices in key locations across the UK & Ireland.

INDEPENDENTLY OWNED

From our ownership to our advice, we are steadfastly independent.

Our independence allows us to put our clients at the heart of our business. We have over 40 years of independent ownership and we continue to grow and stay true to our values by ensuring we provide the personal, quality service that our clients deserve.

Our Approach

Hawkins is approachable, responsive and provides independent reporting you can rely upon.

Our team of expert forensic scientists and consulting engineers can advise, investigate, and assist at any stage of an incident, as well as provide ongoing support and guidance.

Our team

We have over 130 experts with impressive academic credentials, diverse backgrounds and practical industrial experience.

Our experts have been specially selected and trained for their academic excellence, innovative methods, and enquiring minds. Learn more about our forensic scientists and engineering consultants, by visiting our expert pages.

OUR COMMITMENTS

Hawkins is solely employee-owned, allowing us to deliver exceptional customer service and technical expertise to all our clients. We provide:

Why Hawkins?

Hawkins is an industry leader with proven expertise and practical experience, married with a real awareness of our clients’ needs.

“Clients come back to Hawkins because of our honesty and integrity. Our subject matter experts have sound technical knowledge and expertise, married with a real commercial awareness of what our clients need. Hawkins provides a rapid response, giving timely, accurate advice and communication of the evidence in a way our clients can act upon.”

Dr Andrew Prickett, Managing Director, Hawkins

Testimonials

“Thank you for your superb effort in this case.”

Rhys Phillips

Keoghs

“Many thanks for turning out today at such short notice and providing the benefit of your expertise and knowledge. It was evident the Client was extremely relieved that this matter was being investigated expeditiously.”

Chaz Winterton

Crawford & Company

“I just wanted to say thank you for all your help and the information you found was of real insight. Thank you again for all your help.”

Stewart Hargreaves

William Strikes Ltd

“I just wanted to say thank you for all of your hard work preparing the Hawkins report. Please pass on my thanks to the rest of the team. We really appreciate the hours you have all put in and I know the client is pleased with your work.”

Philippa Jones

Womble Bond Dickinson (UK) LLP

Charity

Hawkins has a dedicated charity committee that works with our employees to identify opportunities to support organisations and community projects close to our hearts. Over the years, we have proudly supported numerous charities and this year we have chosen St Mungo’s as our nominated charity, with a special focus on their services to support women who experience homelessness .

Women experience homelessness differently to men. They are much more likely to be ‘hidden homeless’, because it’s dangerous being visible on the street. This can also make it harder to reach them and offer support.

St Mungo’s work directly with people experiencing or at risk of homelessness, providing them with services to find paths away from the homelessness, for good. Their services include rough sleeping support and emergency accommodation, finding longer-term homes, and skills and training services to get people into work. For women experiencing homelessness, they aim to create an environment of physical and psychological safety for all the women they support, no matter what service they are accessing. They run dedicated women only services to support women who need a women only environment to feel safe and recover.