{"id":7707,"date":"2022-08-30T11:59:23","date_gmt":"2022-08-30T10:59:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawkins.biz\/?post_type=leadership&#038;p=7707"},"modified":"2025-08-21T15:53:18","modified_gmt":"2025-08-21T14:53:18","slug":"darren-cook","status":"publish","type":"leadership","link":"https:\/\/www.hawkins.biz\/our-experts\/darren-cook\/","title":{"rendered":"Darren Cook"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"7707\" class=\"elementor elementor-7707\" 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-66d08152 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-eae-slider=\"33126\" data-id=\"66d08152\" 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-3d31167d\" data-eae-slider=\"11008\" data-id=\"3d31167d\" 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-3a04e509 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3a04e509\" 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>Darren was sponsored through his MEng degree at Strathclyde University by NACCO Materials Handling Group, designer and manufacturer of Hyster and Yale forklift trucks, where he spent four summer placements working in Special Products Design, Test and Development, Manufacturing Engineering, and Production.<\/p><p>After completing his degree, Darren worked for BAE Systems Surface Ships, based in Glasgow. He worked there for four years, most recently as a Lead Research and Technology Engineer, leading a wide range of novel research projects within the Naval Ship industry. Projects have included a Concept Capability Demonstrator Programme of an Unmanned Surface Vehicle and sea trials onboard HMS Bulwark aimed at improving the operability of UK Amphibious Warships. He also has experience of test and commissioning of Type 45 Destroyers and spent four months on secondment to Babcock Integrated Technology in Rosyth.<\/p><p>Darren joined Hawkins in 2011 as a fire and explosion investigator. He has since investigated over 650 fires and explosions, ranging from small domestic incidents to large multi-million pound losses involving plant, machinery, agriculture, retail premises, industrial premises and buildings of international historical significance. Darren is also an A2 Certificate of Competence (A2CofC) certified drone pilot and can assist clients with aerial surveys on cases relating to fires. The use of drones in an investigation can be particularly beneficial to inspect dangerous or hard to reach areas.<\/p><p>Darren is a Principal Associate based in our Glasgow office. He is a Chartered Engineer and is a member of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, in addition to being an associate member of the Institution of Fire Engineers.<\/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>Darren was sponsored through his MEng degree at Strathclyde University by NACCO Materials Handling Group, designer and manufacturer of Hyster and Yale forklift trucks, where he spent four summer placements working in Special Products Design, Test and Development, Manufacturing Engineering, and Production. After completing his degree, Darren worked for BAE Systems Surface Ships, based in Glasgow. He worked there for four years, most recently as a Lead Research and Technology Engineer, leading a wide range of novel research projects within the Naval Ship industry. Projects have included a Concept Capability Demonstrator Programme of an Unmanned Surface Vehicle and sea trials onboard HMS Bulwark aimed at improving the operability of UK Amphibious Warships. He also has experience of test and commissioning of Type 45 Destroyers and spent four months on secondment to Babcock Integrated Technology in Rosyth. Darren joined Hawkins in 2011 as a fire and explosion investigator. He has since investigated over 650 fires and explosions, ranging from small domestic incidents to large multi-million pound losses involving plant, machinery, agriculture, retail premises, industrial premises and buildings of international historical significance. Darren is also an A2 Certificate of Competence (A2CofC) certified drone pilot and can assist clients with aerial surveys on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":6402,"parent":0,"template":"","service":[30],"location":[38],"management":[],"experties":[66],"region":[79],"class_list":["post-7707","leadership","type-leadership","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","service-fire-explosion","location-glasgow","experties-fire-explosions","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>Darren Cook | Civil &amp; Structural Engineering Expert | Hawkins &amp; Associates<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Darren Cook investigates structural failures and building defects.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" 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