Education & Seminars Committee
The Education & Seminars Committee develops and provides classes for the RPA & FMA designations. The committee works with local formal educational institutes to broaden the enrollment of students. BOMA Kansas City provides local, on-going classroom study for two of the professional designations granted by the Building Owners and Managers Institute: the Real Property Administrator (RPA), and the Facilities Management Administrator (FMA). The classes are all accelerated, held during the week in Downtown Kansas City. Students may also take the courses on a home-study basis. The classroom study, however, provides structure and student/instructor interaction that most students find very useful. BOMA Kansas City also offers seminars and workshops, usually a half-day in length, on timely topics and issues. Recent seminars have dealt with changes in telecommunication policy, tenant retention, and disaster preparedness. The seminars are usually approved for continuing education credit by Missouri and Kansas. BOMA International publishes a monthly magazine carrying Industry news at the national level, and feature material on a broad spectrum of office building management operational topics. BOMA International publishes a number of informational and reference pieces dealing with the office building market, regulatory matters, and building management and operations. Among them are: Experience Exchange Office Market Review; Standard Method for Measuring Floor Area in office Buildings®; A Guide to Writing a Commercial Real Estate Lease; ADA Compliance Guidebook; Do it Yourself Guide to Producing a Tenant Handbook; Refrigerant Manual: Managing the Phase-out of CFCs; Your Office Guide to Indoor Air Quality; Finding Hidden Profits in Occupancy Analysis; Office Tenant Moves and Changes: Why Tenants Move
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