BOMA Calgary

The City is set to consider new development fees for new communities. Mayor Nenshi has publicly stated that the municipality does not recover its infrastructure investment over the life of a low-density housing unit. Policies for “densification” are in the works in an effort to reduce the proportion of low density housing in the city. [...]

BOMA Calgary to Assist Workplace Safety through Distribution of Gemini’s Online Training Programs: Occupational Health and Safety major focus Calgary, Alberta – March 29, 2011 – Gemini Performance Solutions Inc. (Gemini) and the Building Owners and Managers Association (BOMA) Calgary announced today that they have entered into an agreement to deliver Gemini’s competency-based online industry [...]

Among one of the Tweets received today was a CBC poll – albeit, non-scientific – suggesting that 46% of respondents thought Calgary Transit was poor, 45% thought it was OK, just 2% thought it was fantastic, and 7% responded who cares about transit. In an unrelated article in today’s Globe & Mail (28 March 2011) Canada was [...]

Today, the Building Owners & Managers Association of Canada (BOMA) Calgary announced its donation to Portage College to assist in the training of building operators. In making its $35,000 donation, which will be matched under a provincial granting program, BOMA is helping to address the shortage of qualified building operators in the province…read full release.

The March edition of the Calgary Police Service Business News is out, brought to you by the BOMA Public Safety Committee. Trend of the month? Smashed glass. Read on about this, commercial break and enter prevention and much more. Past edition: February

After any major disaster, it is natural to question your own preparedness. What if it happened to me? Some families are prepared; their kids learn about emergencies in school. But what if it happend while you were at work, or in your car, or somewhere other than work or home? You just never know. I [...]

Not many people read their lease contract, or at least that is the impression I am left with. The BOMA Calgary office receives many calls asking for clarification on what amounts to building measurement. The calls I get fall into two general categories which I call “How come?” and “What does it mean?” The first [...]

There is no doubt in my mind that Highway 2 between Calgary and Edmonton is one of the more boring drives in the nation. And with the unpredictability of spring time on the prairies, it can be, perhaps, one of the most dangerous highways to drive. The highway has a posted speed limit of 110 [...]

There is it seems change happening all over the place and change that could impact the lives of all of us. The middle east and African states are going through enormous change, both violent and non-violent. Starting with Tunisia, then Bahrain, now Libya is embroiled in some extreme violence. South Sudan separated from Sudan by non-violent [...]

The 2011 Assessment Rolls changes explained.