BOMA Calgary and The City of Calgary to launch the Building Envelope Guide

The City of Calgary and BOMA* are jointly launching a Building Envelope Guide tomorrow that provides tools and best practices for the building industry that collaboratively enhance public safety in and around existing buildings

The Building Envelope Guide (The Guide) is a tool unique to North America and takes a proactive approach between The City and the largest property management organization in Calgary to educate industry.

"This Guide is just one example of what building relationships and working together can do to proactively increase safety for the citizens of Calgary,” says Marco Civitarese, chief building inspector with The City of Calgary. “The ultimate goal is to enhance public safety by providing guidelines and recommendations regarding the building envelope to industry.”

According to Bill Partridge, president of BOMA, "safety is everyone’s concern and BOMA members take public and worker safety very seriously. BOMA is pleased to take a leadership role in this initiative aimed at affecting recommended practices and keeping Calgarians safe.”

Some of the items The Guide addresses include recommended practices from across North America, positive tools to assist both The City and industry, and specific building envelope items such as sidewalk safety, signage, safety plans and the inspection process.

There will be a media scrum and availability on April 11 from 12:30 – 1:15 p.m. in the Alberta Room of the Fairmont Palliser Hotel to launch this new Building Envelope Guide to Calgary and to answer any questions you may have. City Building officials and representatives from BOMA will be in attendance.

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*The Building Owners and Managers Association (BOMA) Calgary is the valued source of knowledge and leadership for commercial real estate. BOMA Calgary demonstrates commitment to building excellence in the commercial real estate sector through advocacy, education and professional relationships.

The building envelope includes all the building component that separate the indoors from the outdoors. Building envelopes include the exterior walls, foundations, roof, windows and doors.