{"id":6470,"date":"2022-08-15T14:21:58","date_gmt":"2022-08-15T14:21:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawkins.biz\/?post_type=leadership&#038;p=6470"},"modified":"2025-08-22T13:30:26","modified_gmt":"2025-08-22T12:30:26","slug":"rob-baldock","status":"publish","type":"leadership","link":"https:\/\/www.hawkins.biz\/our-experts\/rob-baldock\/","title":{"rendered":"Rob Baldock"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"6470\" class=\"elementor elementor-6470\" data-elementor-post-type=\"leadership\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3a1cc8d9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-eae-slider=\"78245\" data-id=\"3a1cc8d9\" 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-3e52f046\" data-eae-slider=\"9393\" data-id=\"3e52f046\" 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-10f6ed40 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"10f6ed40\" 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>Rob graduated from Cambridge University in 2003 with first-class B.A. and MEng degrees focused on structural and mechanical engineering. In collaboration with Arup, he completed his PhD in 2007, investigating the application of structural optimisation to building design.<\/p><p>Rob then worked in Arup&#8217;s London Buildings Group for more than 6 years on diverse local and international projects in various sectors. These included long-span and transfer structures, deep basements, and tensile fabric roofs. Rob also has practical site experience, working on secondment to the contractor at Canary Wharf Crossrail Station and as resident engineer on a school construction in the Indian Himalayas.<\/p><p>Rob is very experienced in structural glass design, having spent over 6 years at Eckersley O\u2019Callaghan, where he was involved with iconic and pioneering projects associated with fa\u00e7ade systems. He has managed\u00a0the design of glazing systems on a number of international flagship Apple stores, including the hemispherical Marina Bay Sands store in Singapore, and has lead collaborations with major glazing contractors. He was also the lead engineer for a pair of complex pedestrian bridge\u00a0structures, linking office buildings over a public highway.<\/p><p>Rob joined Hawkins\u2019 Built Environment Team in early 2022 with 14 years of building design experience working as a structural engineer for leading international consultancies and is a Chartered Member of the Institution of Structural Engineers. He is a Senior Associate in our London Office.<\/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>Rob graduated from Cambridge University in 2003 with first-class B.A. and MEng degrees focused on structural and mechanical engineering. In collaboration with Arup, he completed his PhD in 2007, investigating the application of structural optimisation to building design. Rob then worked in Arup&#8217;s London Buildings Group for more than 6 years on diverse local and international projects in various sectors. These included long-span and transfer structures, deep basements, and tensile fabric roofs. Rob also has practical site experience, working on secondment to the contractor at Canary Wharf Crossrail Station and as resident engineer on a school construction in the Indian Himalayas. Rob is very experienced in structural glass design, having spent over 6 years at Eckersley O\u2019Callaghan, where he was involved with iconic and pioneering projects associated with fa\u00e7ade systems. He has managed\u00a0the design of glazing systems on a number of international flagship Apple stores, including the hemispherical Marina Bay Sands store in Singapore, and has lead collaborations with major glazing contractors. He was also the lead engineer for a pair of complex pedestrian bridge\u00a0structures, linking office buildings over a public highway. Rob joined Hawkins\u2019 Built Environment Team in early 2022 with 14 years of building design experience working as [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":6471,"parent":0,"template":"","service":[],"location":[41],"management":[],"experties":[62],"region":[79],"class_list":["post-6470","leadership","type-leadership","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-london","experties-built-environment","region-uk-ireland"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Rob Baldock | Civil Engineering Expert | Hawkins &amp; Associates<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Rob Baldock investigates civil engineering failures and structural issues.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hawkins.biz\/our-experts\/rob-baldock\/\" 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