About Us
Proserve has over 50 years’ experience with the design, supply and support of fabric formwork systems for the global market.
Meet the team
Director & Principal Engineer
A Chartered Civil & Structural Engineer, Martin ran a successful construction company, before purchasing Proserve 25 years ago.
Martin has 12 published papers, focused on marine construction & scour protection design
Martin Hawkswood
BSc, CEng, MICE, MIStructE
Director & Principal Engineer
Engineering Director
A Chartered Civil Engineer, George has 15 years industry experience having worked for Contractor John Sisk & Design Consultants Mott MacDoanld, Aecom & KV Consultores.
George is fluent in Spanish and has extensive experience managing international projects.
George Hawkswood
MEng, CEng, MICE
Engineering Director
Countries we've worked in
Proserve have a wide range of products, services and applications which have been used on both large and small projects around the world.
History of Innovation
Owned and run by Engineers, the business was founded over 50 years ago by pioneering Engineer Ernest Cannon who lead the development of fabric formwork systems. The ownership of the business transferred to its current Principal Engineer Martin Hawkswood, who now operates with business in partnership with his sons George and James.
Proserve manufacture and supply from the UK and provide design and installation support world-wide by their Engineers to help ensure successful use of their systems.
1966 - Revetement Protection, River Arun, UK
In 1966 Fabric formed concrete mattress was installed on the banks of the River Arun, Arundel UK, still going strong today.
1983 - Scour Protection, Port of Belawan, Indonesia
Revetment slopes were protected by a porous Filter Point mattress FP150 with an average thickness of 100mm with a geotextile under layer. The protection was to resist bow thrusters action, manoeuvring propeller wash, wave action to 0.5m and tidal currents to 1m/s
1995 - Foundations, Confederation Bridge, Canada
The Confederation Bridge is a 13km long crossing that links Price Edward Island to the Canadian mainland, it is the longest bridge in the world over ice-covered waters & was built to withstand the impact of icebergs
Constructed some 25 years ago, grout bags where used to found the concrete bridge piers onto rock
Constructed some 25 years ago, grout bags where used to found the concrete bridge piers onto rock
2013 - Foundations, MOSE Project, Venice
Grout bag foundations where installed on land & then remotely grouted once the caisson has been floated out and positioned underwater
2016 - Scour Protection, Puerto Quetzal, Guatemala
Concrete mattress installed at Puerto Quetzal, Guatemala by contractor COPISA Guatemala to protect the newly constructed piled jetty from scour action
2018 - Foundations, New Coastal Road, La Réunion
Foundation grout bag system was successfully used to form insitu concrete foundations to 48 precast concrete bridge piers for the ‘Nouvelle Route du Littoral’ project in La Réunion
2020 - Scour Protection, Port Canaveral, USA
The latest expansion phase at Port Canaveral includes construction of a new berth to accommodate 180,000-ton LNG powered cruise ships by Carnival Cruise Lines. Proserve engineered, supplied & supported the installation of fabric formed concrete mattress providing scour protection to the bed
2024 - Scour Protection, Al Faw Grand Port, Iraq
The Al Faw Grand Port in Iraq is a major project aimed at boosting the country’s maritime infrastructure and trade capacity between Asia and Europe. It forms part of Iraq’s broader economic strategy to become a key regional trade hub. The port includes large quay structures built to handle massive container ships. A key challenge was mitigating port scour, which could undermine the stability of the marine foundations.
