Space planning and design has implications for every area of one’s business: sales, employee productivity, overhead, customer relations, efficiency and internal communications -- all leading directly to the bottom line.

Dynalectric Company San Diego, a leading provider of complex, fully integrated design-build electrical services, continues to grow its Industrial and Automation Division by providing process control systems, instrumentation, electrical and balance of plant services to the leading renewable energy, power generation, central utilities plant and pharmaceutical/biotech industries throughout California.

The core values embrace by ReSource Floors for more than 20 years are compassion, honesty and integrity. John and Margot Wallace started their family of services in 1981 with JW Floor Covering -- run literally out of the back of John’s truck -- and has since grown to be the largest full-service flooring contractor in San Diego County. The family of services encompasses ReSource Floors (commercial and residential), ReSource Trade Design Center, ReSource Lights, JW Floor Covering (installation) and ReSource Maintenance and Restoration.

BOMA San Diego has partnered with Dress for Success on an upcoming suit and accessory drive to be held April 13 at BOMA San Diego’s monthly membership meeting. BOMA San Diego members will help Dress for Success in its mission to promote the economic independence of disadvantaged women by providing professional attire, a network of support and the career development tools to help women thrive in work and in life.

BOMA members throughout the United States traveled to Washington in early February to take commercial real estate’s message straight to legislators on Capitol Hill during the 2010 Winter Business Meeting and National Issues Conference. A record number of meetings on the Hill took place as members met with lawmakers to discuss how issues such as energy, carried interest and leasehold depreciation have a tremendous impact on commercial real estate and the broader economy.

BOMA International has released “Office Buildings: Standard Methods of Measurement and Calculating Rentable Area (2010),” a new measurement standard that will help property professionals easily and accurately measure office buildings. The new office measurement standard provides important improvements and changes to the “Standard Method for Measuring Floor Area in Office Buildings,” the last office measurement standard from BOMA released in 1996. The new publication has several key enhancements that add new methodologies, clarify gray areas and make it more user-friendly via a new interactive downloadable format.

BOMA San Diego congratulates Carrie Petro, and Mike Hansen of CB Richard Ellis for receiving distinguished awards at CBRE’s Asset Services Awards ceremony.

Building greener and more energy efficient is a widespread trend in various facets of construction, including remodeling and tenant improvement work. But what other developments are going on in the remodeling and tenant improvement market?

There may be new life for distressed assets, but the money must be found first.

WASHINGTON -- Builders cut back on new projects in February and drove down construction spending to the lowest level in eight years.

Energy efficiency retrofits have the potential to save homeowners more on their electricity bills for a smaller investment than more popular means, such as installing solar panels. Yet, such projects have not been widely implemented because consumers view them as less appealing, experts said April 6 during a Daily Transcript executive roundtable.

Through the inevitable ebb and flow of the markets, BOMA San Diego provides members with resources, legislative impact and connections.