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Acoustics - When Buildings Fail. Acoustics engineering is often referred to as “the dark art” by those in the design and build industry.

The British are known worldwide for our love of tradition, which goes hand in hand with our fascination with heritage buildings. Varying enormously in scale, complexity and construction, heritage properties are buildings of special architectural or

Lifting operations are not limited to large cranes on construction sites, but can occur in a range of industries and activities.

Fire investigation goes beyond science. Investigators interact with people in crisis, using empathy to gather evidence. The job is emotionally demanding, with pressure to solve cases and exposure to tragedy. Mental health is crucial, and investigator

Approximately one in six UK properties is at risk of flooding, and the annual cost of flood-related insurance claims in the UK averages £200-300 million.

Common problems associated with the transportation of coal in bulk include self-heating and methane production.

Cargo liquefaction may occur if the material properties of ores or other bulk cargoes are not investigated sufficiently prior to loading, or the IMSBC requirements are not met.

Hawkins is often instructed to investigate escapes of oil products such as kerosene heating oil and diesel from storage tanks, and pipelines in domestic and commercial situations, as well as within and on the roofs of buildings.

Our research involving compartment fires explored the reliability of a technique called “arc mapping” which uses the electrical wiring in a building to establish the origin of a fire. The analysis of three-dimensional data collected during the re