Hawkins & Associates

Hawkins & Associates is a well-established and respected firm specialising in forensic investigation and root cause analysis for the insurance, legal and risk management professions. Founded in 1980, Hawkins is a growing, employee-owned company, currently with eight offices in key locations in the UK as well as in Dubai, Hong Kong and Singapore.

Our services include:

• Pre-loss risk management: Reducing the risk your assets will experience a failure.
• Forensic Investigation: Investigating the root cause of an accident directly for you or your insurers to understand why it happened, how it can be prevented and your level of liability. 
• Expert Witness Services: Acting as the independent expert in litigation and alternative dispute mechanisms.  
• Post-loss advice: Reducing the risk of recurrence and improving processes.  

By expanding the range of disciplines covered by our engineers and scientists, Hawkins is able to investigate a wider variety of claims than ever, including fires & explosions, road traffic accidents, personal injuries, civil engineering, mechanical engineering, chemical engineering, power generation, marine and contamination issues.

Our expanding built environment department features experts in forensic architecture, building collapses, foundation movement, fire engineering, hydrology, railway and highway engineering, personal injury, acoustics engineering, and noise-induced hearing loss.

Our power team investigate losses worldwide on a wide range of power generation equipment from traditional thermal and nuclear power plants through to wind, hydro and solar generation as well as emerging technologies such as battery and flywheel installations.

Hawkins also investigates global shipping and marine claims including: marine fires, cargo spoilage & contmination, incidents relating to both IMDG and IMSB cargo, as well as on-board materials failures and hull damage.

Our consulting engineers and forensic scientists have been selected and trained for their academic excellence, relevant commercial experience and enquiring minds. Hawkins is an organisation built on impartiality, rapid response, and thorough investigation. As well as straightforward final reports, our consulting engineers also provide expert witness services.

CVs, references, testimonials and fee structure are available upon request.

For more information about the company and the variety of our services, please visit our website www.hawkins.biz.

Our experts have been specially selected and have undertaken relevant training. Please visit the ‘Meet Our Experts’ page on our website to find out more about our team.