Robert Svars

General Manager
Vistek

Robert Svars, as General Manager at Vistek (Melbourne, Australia), has helped deliver landmark mass timber projects to the Australian market such as 55 Southbank, the world’s tallest mass timber vertical extension.

He has developed Vistek’s core engineering capabilities into a specific mass timber service: V-SET. This evolves the role of engineering design into a service that helps commercialise the decarbonisation of the built environment. V-SET aligns mass timbers sustainability, capability to accelerate construction, biophilic aesthetics, thermal performance, and digital-based workflow to support the deliver property assets capable of return-on-investment outcomes competitive with conventional construction approaches. This assists corporate entities to make the transition to a net-zero economy and is deployable across a broad range of market sectors.