Dean Lewis
Director - Mass Timber & Prefabrication Skanska
Dean Lewis is Director of Mass Timber and Prefabrication at Skanska, where he leads the integration of advanced construction methods across a diverse range of projects. With a strong focus on mass timber, modular, and prefabrication strategies, he drives innovation to improve efficiency, scalability, and project delivery. Previously at Sidewalk Labs, Dean played a key role in developing a prefabricated mass timber kit-of-parts system for tall buildings, incorporating cutting-edge structural and MEP solutions. His experience also includes project delivery at Swinerton, further strengthening his expertise in modern construction methods and advancing the adoption of next-generation building systems.
Seminars
As mass timber and emerging bio-based materials gain more traction, a key barrier to scale remains securing insurer confidence. Uncertainty around risk can translate into higher premiums, stricter underwriting requirements, financing challenges, and project delays. This workshop will explore how project teams can proactively address these concerns by understanding how insurers evaluate risk, generating the evidence needed by underwriters, and embedding risk mitigation strategies early in the design process.
This workshop will explore:
- Clarifying how insurers assess emerging materials such as mass timber, hemp, bamboo, and other emerging bio-based composites, and the specific data required to validate long-term risk performance
- Aligning developers, contractors, manufacturers, and insurers early in the project lifecycle to reduce risk, avoid late-stage cost impacts, and improve project outcomes
- Using performance data, claims evidence, fire protection strategies, and codecompliant design to strengthen underwriting certainty and accelerate market acceptance of low-carbon construction materials
