Applying the principles of lean concrete design

This webinar recording will explore how structural engineers can apply lean design principles to concrete structures to reduce material usage, embodied carbon, and overall project costs. Through expert insights and real-world examples, you will gain practical strategies for implementing efficient structural systems, optimising grid layouts and load specifications, and influencing stakeholders to embrace lean solutions. A featured case study on the Grafanil Hospital highlights the substantial savings achieved through an innovative waffle slab design.
 

Reasons to watch

• Understand the core principles of lean concrete design.

• ​Identify opportunities within design codes to optimise efficiency.

• Evaluate case study evidence of material and carbon savings.

• Apply strategies to influence clients and contractors toward lean solutions.

Speakers

Speakers

Cam Bailey

Director of Engineering, MASS Design Group

Cam is a chartered structural engineer with both the IStructE and the Institute of Engineers Rwanda (IER). With 15 years’ design experience, including contributions to several award-winning projects, he has spent the past 7 years at MASS Design Group in Rwanda leading work across Sub-Saharan Africa. His focus is on lowering the embodied carbon of building structures through material optimization and the use of bio-based alternatives. Cam also leads MASS’s Conservation & Communities initiative, challenging “business-as-usual” construction by advancing development models that draw on local skills, respond to context, and harmonize with the natural environment.

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Jenny Burridge

Head of Education and Training, The Concrete Centre

Jenny is a chartered civil and structural engineer and is responsible for the team of structural engineers providing technical guidance to designers and contractors. Prior to joining the Concrete Centre she worked for several consulting engineers including Aecom and Arup, where she designed several award winning buildings. Jenny chairs the BSI strategic committee on Engineering Design and Construction and sits on the Construction and Built Environment Sector Policy and Strategy Committee. She is also currently on the Institution’s Council.

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Dr Ron Watermeyer

Head of Education and Training, The Concrete Centre

Ron is an IStructE fellow and former Board Member and the 2004 president of SAICE. He has developed 10 international standards on construction procurement ranging from methods and procedures to guidance on strategy and tactics and delivery management. He has developed and implemented several innovative procurement approaches to improve public sector project outcomes including those involving early contractor involvement and collaboration. He has a Doctor or Engineering from the University of the Witwatersrand.
 

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Pan-African Knowledge
partnership

The Institution of Structural Engineers (IStructE), in partnership with the Commonwealth Engineers’ Council (CEC), is proud to launch the Pan-African Structural Engineering Knowledge Partnership — a major initiative aimed at building structural...

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Pan-African Knowledge partnership launch webinar

Watch the special launch webinar introducing Pan-African structural engineering knowledge partnership. 

Date – 26 September 2025

Author – Yasmin Becker, CEO, IStructE; Tendayi Munyebvu, Vice-President, IStructE Trustee Board

Price – Free