{"id":37232,"date":"2025-02-20T09:14:03","date_gmt":"2025-02-20T09:14:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawkins.biz\/?post_type=news&#038;p=37232"},"modified":"2025-02-20T12:52:52","modified_gmt":"2025-02-20T12:52:52","slug":"hawkins-hosts-forensic-fun-day-in-london","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.hawkins.biz\/news\/hawkins-hosts-forensic-fun-day-in-london\/","title":{"rendered":"Hawkins Hosts Forensic Fun Day in London"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"37232\" class=\"elementor elementor-37232\" data-elementor-post-type=\"news\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6021953 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-eae-slider=\"88769\" data-id=\"6021953\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2cb2331\" data-eae-slider=\"27981\" data-id=\"2cb2331\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-639d134 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"639d134\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>It was a pleasure to welcome People Development Director Luke Brannigan of Crawfords, together with his cohort of graduates from the insurance market to our London office recently.<\/p><p>Alongside Business Development Manager <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawkins.biz\/experts\/graeme-drysdale\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Graeme Drysdale<\/a>, our London team provided an introduction to Hawkins followed by practical exercises in our laboratory. Guests were invited to participate in a plumbing exercise with Regional Manager, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawkins.biz\/experts\/gareth-dobinson\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gareth Dobinson<\/a>, while <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawkins.biz\/experts\/hugh-martindale\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dr Hugh Martindale<\/a> explained witness marks in smoke damage and demonstrated how our investigators inspect electrical fuses to help determine the origin of a fire. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawkins.biz\/experts\/adrian-ratte\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Adrian Ratte<\/a> concluded the sessions with a demonstration of our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawkins.biz\/news\/hawkins-adds-five-top-of-the-range-hirox-microscopes-to-its-laboratories\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hirox RX 100 microscope<\/a>, which is known for its advanced capabilities, offering up to 5000 times magnification, and the ability to view and scan samples in 3D.<\/p><p>Our Forensic Fun Days aim to provide insight into how our investigators approach an investigation to establish the root cause of an incident. Gareth, Hugh and Adrian have over 40 years of combined experience in forensic investigations and regularly investigate a range of incidents including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawkins.biz\/expertise\/engineering\/escapes-of-water-oil-gas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">escapes of water<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawkins.biz\/expertise\/engineering\/mechanical-engineering\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">mechanical engineering<\/a> failures and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawkins.biz\/expertise\/fire-explosions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fire investigations<\/a>.<\/p><p>If you would like to learn more about Hawkins or have one of our experts present to your organisation, please <a href=\"mailto:enquiries@hawkins.biz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">get in touch<\/a>. \u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It was a pleasure to welcome People Development Director Luke Brannigan of Crawfords, together with his cohort of graduates from the insurance market to our London office last week. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":37233,"parent":0,"template":"","news_category":[17],"experties":[62,65,66],"class_list":["post-37232","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news_category-hawkins-office-news","experties-built-environment","experties-engineering","experties-fire-explosions"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - 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