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THE BOMA VOICE

Building Owners and Managers Association

Up-to-the-minute advocacy information is relayed back to our members through a variety
of vehicles, including the BOMA e-News, the BOMA Building Directory, updates on
bomamanitoba.ca and via BOMA’s social media platform (LinkedIn and Twitter).
BOMA National Compensation Survey
BOMA Manitoba is pleased to participate alongside its fellow local associations in a
comprehensive national compensation survey.
The resulting survey report provides base salary (showing a full wage range) non-salary
compensation, vacation and benefits information gathered throughout the country. Firms of
all sizes in the property management, brokerage, asset management, facilities management,
and real estate development fields can access and utilize the information as needed.

BOMA EER (Experience Exchange Report)

BOMA International’s Experience Exchange Report (EER), is the preeminent benchmarking
resource for Canadian office buildings. The EER has recently been expanded to include
industrial buildings with the new Industrial EER.
BOMA Position: Infrastructure
Infrastructure and its Impact on the Commercial Real Estate Industry
The following outlines a statement of infrastructure principles to guide BOMA Manitoba
in establishing specific policy and advocacy objectives. The advocacy agenda includes
influencing infrastructure spending in Manitoba as it applies to the BOMA membership
and the commercial real estate industry in general.

As the work of BOMA members results in extensive direct and indirect economic impacts,
the association believes that it lends a strong and credible voice for future budget/
infrastructure consultations.

Guiding Principles:
1. BOMA defines infrastructure as roads (regional, local and lanes), sidewalks, bridges,
transit facilities, parks, riverbanks, flood protection, municipal buildings (including
police and fire/paramedic facilities, libraries, pools, arenas, community centres,
administration buildings), water and sewage facilities and land drainage facilities.
2. BOMA believes that a concerted effort to maintain and enhance municipal
infrastructure is a driver of economic productivity and competitiveness in our cities,
and improves the standard of living for all citizens. As such, BOMA supports a careful
planning process for infrastructure development and spending, and a long-term/

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