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Pandemic Planning – First Steps for Landlords
2007-05 ::: BOMA Canada Press Release

BOMA Canada’s Pandemic Planning Guide and Toolkit provide a tremendous amount of information regarding recommended proactive measures that companies should take, both now and in the future, to mitigate the effects of pandemic illness on workers.  Comprehensive details, including downloadable copies of the Guide and Toolkit, are available at www.bomacanada-pandemic.ca, along with links to other valuable resources.

But what should be done first? BOMA Canada recommends several important actions which you, as a commercial landlord, are encouraged to take immediately, including: Tenant Education,  Hygiene, and Communications.

  1. Tenant Education: Order the educational posters and place in building lobbies to proactively begin your own Pandemic education program.  There are two sets of posters available; the first gives tenants and visitors clear messaging to prevent the spread of illness prior to the onset of a Pandemic, while the second provides information for buildings operating under Pandemic conditions. (Details on the posters and their text are available in Appendix 2 of the Toolkit).  The posters are available to order on-line through Poster One. Go to www.posterone.com/bomacanada to open a new account, or to request that the Pandemic posters be added to your existing library.
  2. Tenant Hygiene: Install sanitizing agents in common areas and ensure you have sufficient supply on hand to keep the stations filled.  Not only will this encourage the early adoption of improved personal hygiene practices (crucial to limiting the spread of illness), it will also help ensure you have sufficient stockpiles of sanitizing products should supplies become limited. (Further details regarding this and other essential building supplies can be found in Section 7.3 of the Toolkit);
  3. Tenant Communications: Adapt and issue the new Tenant letter to demonstrate your firm’s commitment to taking proactive measures designed to help protect tenants and support business continuity planning.  (The Tenant Letter Template can be found in Appendix 1 in the Toolkit, or go to this link: Template Letter - tenant update 2007 04 05.doc

 

 

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