The Ballarat Gov Hub is a new $100 million multi use office development in the Northern end of Ballarat's central business district. This multi-story mass timber structure, is the largest timber built office building in Victoria to date, and achieve a Green Star 5 Star rating for the base building and the fit-out. Today we're speaking with Jack Alam, Design Manager at Kane about:

• Timber first design principles applied for the project
• Why the prioritisation of certification is paramount
• Most important lessons from the project

If you want to learn more about designing or building with timber, I recommend you go to the WoodSolutions Website and download the Technical Design Guides:

https://www.woodsolutions.com.au/publications

I recommend watching the WoodSolutions weekly webinars. The webinar Jack mentioned can be found on the WoodSolutions YouTube channel :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5m3hok--Y18

More information about the project can be found here:

https://www.kane.com.au/project/ballarat-govhub