Hawkins Hosts Annual Drinks Reception in London

Hawkins recently welcomed clients and industry colleagues to an engaging evening of technical insight and networking for our latest CPD event, What Lies Beneath.

Celebrating 10 Years of Hawkins in Singapore and Hong Kong

We celebrate the 10 year anniversary since Hawkins opened in Hong-Kong and Singapore

Robert Hanson

Rob graduated from the University of Bath in 2011 with a First Class Masters in Chemical Engineering. During that time he studied in New Zealand for half a year and conducted research on membranes. He also worked at ExxonMobil for a year, primarily focusing on utilities that powered the refinery. The majority of Rob’s career has been chemical and pharma based. Fourteen years of it was spent at Croda and one year at Public Health England. He has designed, installed and commissioned plants ranging from a COVID-19 project that vaccinated 15% of the world to a 400 barg supercritical carbon dioxide plant. He has designed multiple plants from scratch starting with PFD development, P&IDs, the hazard study process, automation and it’s implementation overseeing electrical and piping installs, to then commissions with water, solvents and products. Many plants were Atex rated for hazardous areas, both gas and dust, and he was responsible for the DSEAR assessments for these. The majority of these major projects are pharma and were validated to GMP. The plants have been inspected by the FDA and MHRA and meet stringent standards. Rob has project managed jobs in the UK and Denmark and is actively consulted in industry. […]

From Ignition to Impact: A Forensic Fire Investigation

This case study explores an investigation into a warehouse fire and the role of Fire Engineering in the investigation

Gigi Howard

Gigi is an Associate Fire Engineer based in Hawkins’ London office

Celebrating 20 Years at Hawkins: Dr Richard J Fletcher

We celebrate Fire and Explosions Expert, Dr Richard J Fletcher as he marks 20 years with Hawkins

Hawkins Hosts Inaugural ‘Burning Questions’ CPD Reception in Dublin

Hawkins welcomed guests for our drinks reception in Dublin. Our experts gave a presentation titled “Burning Questions” and an evening of networking was followed

Hawkins and ALA Attend Asia-Pacific Claims Convention

David Reid Rowland presents on Escapes of Water Incidents at the 2026 Asia-Pacific Claims Convention

Jari Capassi Discusses a Fire Investigator’s Role in Managing Environmental Risk

Hawkins was pleased to attend the FUEDI conference in Rotterdam, where Forensic Engineer Jari Capassi delivered an engaging presentation.

Hawkins Welcomes Fire Investigator Dave Stevenson

Dave is an experienced fire and explosions investigator with over two decades of frontline investigative and operational experience.