The Standstruct Team

Alistair Holmes

Director

Driven, tenacious and passionate about construction, Alistair studied Construction Management at RMIT and worked as a qualified carpenter before graduating to roles as project manager and contracts administrator for some of Victoria’s premier tier-two builders.

While he is passionate about his work, Alistair’s most rewarding project is his family – wife Heidi and their two children. In his down time he enjoys yachting and is never more at home than when he’s drenching sheep and raking hay at his family farm in North East Victoria

Chris (Woody) Wood

General Manager

Chris is a construction specialist with an eye for detail. A qualified carpenter backed by a Certificate IV in Building and Construction, his experience is vast and manifest. In a career spanning roles in general carpentry, Site Management and Project Management, Chris is currently employing his technical and problem solving qualities as General Manager for Standstruct.

Standstruct, have successfully delivered many commercial and residential assembly projects, and Chris is proud to been an integral part of its development. His hands on experience and focus on customer service, along with early work-ethic training, ensure timely delivery and client satisfaction.

Easy going with a well developed sense of humour, family man, Chris, maintains the work/life balance camping, fishing and spending time with his lovely partner, Emma, and two daughters, Olivia and Amber.

Jason Aliotta

Chief Financial Officer

Jason brings a holistic understanding of the entire industry to his role as Chief Financial Officer at Standstruct. A forward thinking long term strategist whose ability to see the bigger picture is pivotal to the company leadership and direction, Jason is an accredited Chartered Accountant with a Bachelor of Commerce (Double Major in Accounting and Financial Management).

Jason’s previous experience includes stints at accounting firms, Crowe Horwath and Blaze Acumen, with subsequent work in the building sphere at the Johns Lyng Group. An accomplished operator with many professional runs on the board, Jason cites his contribution to the successful stock market launch of JLG as a definite career high point.

Employing some logic and strategy outside of work, Jason enjoys the odd game of poker, testing his reflexes as goalie at indoor soccer matches, and playing squash.

Lauren Bannan

Finance Assistant

The welcoming and supportive culture of Standstruct made segueing from hospitality to Accounts Assistant in the construction industry, a seamless transition for Lauren with the emphasis on client service and team work of equal importance to both industries.

Backed by an Advance Diploma in Hospitality Management, Lauren has worked across a number of manager positions, including multiple years with the Australian Open. Both high pressure role and stand-out career highlight, Lauren’s involvement in Players Dining especially, resulted in many memorable celebrity player exchanges. Today Lauren employs her practiced management skills to great effect, successfully dealing with people to achieve unfailingly positive outcomes.

Lauren is highly motivated and creative, with a talent for speech writing and a long held interest in Archaeology. Along with a regular health and fitness regime, she also enjoys relaxing in front of historical documentaries and attending paleo historical exhibitions when they come to town.

Scott Whelan

Project Manager

Scott is an experienced carpenter with fifteen years experience across the construction spectrum. Bolstered by a Certificate III, Certificate IV and Diploma in Building and Construction, with an accompanying Certificate IV in Work Health & Safety, Scott’s industry knowledge is both broad and varied.

Scott’s current role as Project Manager for at Standstruct , involves working on the type of grand scale construction that will be standing long after he has gone, a fact he clearly appreciates.

Well developed negotiation skills, comprehensive knowledge of OH&S and work flow scheduling of key tradespeople and deliveries, reliably ensures Scott’s project delivery meets deadlines and is within budget.

Happy to spend weekends hanging with his puppy, Gladys, or, weather permitting, tackling the local mountains for some snowboarding action, top of Scott’s bucket list is to head across to Munich for the annual Oktoberfest. And, true story – you know a man is serious about his grilled meat snack when he installs a full restaurant sized kebab machine in his own home.