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Hawkins is delighted to welcome Virginie Landais to our expanding team of materials experts. Virginie brings extensive experience in materials characterisation, particularly degradation and failure mechanisms.

It is with great pleasure that we welcome Tim Hodson to our Bristol office. Tim is a Chartered Structural Engineer and Incorporated Civil Engineer with more than 15 years of experience working in both the UK and abroad.

Hydrogen, from its explosive potential to its benign, life giving properties after reacting with oxygen, is one of the most dynamic elements.

Tom’s article Cavity Barriers: Hidden but Not to Be Ignored discusses how poorly-installed cavity barriers, can greatly increase the level of damage sustained following a fire.

Thomas graduated with a Master of Engineering degree from the University of Cambridge specialising in Civil, Structural, and Environmental Engineering.

Whilst the argument for utilising robots in terms of ‘a labourer that never sleeps’ and ‘improvement in quality through consistent output’ is well established, they also lack the dexterity and adaptability of a human worker.

Tony brings with him a wealth of knowledge of the Speech Transmission Index (STI) method for assessing speech intelligibility and has published papers addressing the STI-PA (Public Address) measurement system, as well as the problems associated with

James Townsend explores the factors influencing germination failure in cereal crops. This part 2 highlights how soil type, previous crops, sowing depth, density, timing, temperature, and post-sowing weather conditions all play crucial roles in crop

Learn from Hawkins' about the Common Causes of Vehicle Fires, Corrosion in the Power Industry, and Fires Involving Biomass Boilers and more.