Contamination: An Interruption That Means Business
Even a small fire can cause smoke contamination throughout a much larger area, including as the result of spread through sealed doors in some circumstances. Water damage related to fire-fighting activities can also cause mould to contaminate and damage stock as well as the building structure. Hawkins has investigated many fires from small to large scale incidents, which have started in one building and spread to affect neighbouring businesses.
Open at Your Own Risk: Business Email Compromise
Have you heard about Business Email Compromise? If it hasn’t happened to your company yet, you’re one of the lucky ones.
The development of the Internet and email in the last few decades has had a profound impact on businesses and the way they operate. As industry has shifted to using electronic communication, we are hearing about Business Email Compromises (BEC) more and more. From our clients to news reports, BEC is growing as one of the largest compromise categories under the Cyber Security umbrella. According to the latest report by the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), since 2016 32,000 BECs have been reported, totalling approximately 9 Billon US Dollars stolen from companies in America alone. Between 2013 and 2018 a combined total of 12 Billion US Dollars was estimated lost due to this fraud internationally. However, these numbers are based only on the losses that are actually reported to government organisations, meaning many more businesses have been, and could be, at risk.
Thatch Fires and Wood Burning Stoves
Fires involving thatched roofs are normally devastating, resulting in significant emotional distress for homeowners and substantial financial losses for insurers.
Fire Safety Design, Construction and Management Challenges
Following the Grenfell Tower fire disaster in 2017, the government commissioned an independent review of Building Regulations and fire safety.
Failure of Synthetic Fibre Lifting Equipment
In the period between 2017 and 2018, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) reported a total of 144 fatal injuries, and 71,062 non-fatal injuries, in the workplace under the RIDDOR procedure. The Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations requires both employers, and managers of certain premises, to report work-related accidents and deaths to the relevant authority. According to the HSE, the estimated cost of these workplace injuries was in the region of £5.2 billion.
An Introduction to Functional Safety
An Introduction to Functional Safety: It assesses Safety Systems, applying standards like IEC61508 for mechanical products.
Flexible Braided Hoses: Down to the Wire
Flexible braided stainless steel hoses (flexihoses) are generally used for the connection of taps and WC cisterns to the incoming water supply. The flexible nature of the hoses means that they provide an easily made connection, making them popular with the DIY market.
The Use of 3D Laser Scanners in Collision Investigation
3D laser scanners have become a well-established tool in the field of surveying, and more recently have been a common method adopted by Police Forces for recording the scenes of road traffic collisions.
Acoustics – When Buildings Fail
Acoustics – When Buildings Fail. Acoustics engineering is often referred to as “the dark art” by those in the design and build industry.
Fires In Heritage Buildings
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 historic interest; but they were often originally constructed with no consideration of fire.