Building Skills Partnership

Partnering for Impact: BOMA/GLA + Building Skills Partnership

BOMA/GLA is proud to partner with Building Skills Partnership (BSP) to support immigrant workers and their families. Together, we’re committed to advancing equity, removing barriers, and providing access to resources that help individuals thrive—both personally and professionally.

This collaboration reflects our shared mission to build stronger, more inclusive communities across the commercial real estate industry.

Building Skills Partnership Three Pillars

At the heart of BOMA/GLA’s partnership with Building Skills Partnership (BSP) are three guiding pillars: Workforce Development, Immigrant Inclusion, and Community Advancement. Together, these pillars represent our shared commitment to building a stronger commercial real estate industry—one that invests in people, promotes equity, and uplifts the communities we serve.

Explore how each pillar drives meaningful impact below.

Workforce Development

BSP's Workforce Development programs provide workers with the skills needed by employers and the economic market to have relevant and successful abilities in the workplace.

The Infectious Disease Certification program is geared to equip janitors with the knowledge to protect their own health & safety and also building occupants. BSP's ADVANCE curriculum is an intensive vocational ESL and job skills program geared to meet the needs of the industry for a skillful workforce while meeting the individual's needs for basic English. Additionally, BSP's Green Janitor Education Program (GJEP) trains and certifies janitors in green maintenance practices to help meet the most current energy, water, and environmental sustainability standards.

Immigrant Inclusion

BSP's Community Advancement programs develop and enhance partnerships with workers, schools, colleges, universities, businesses, and community-based organizations to respond to the educational, workforce training, and economic development needs of the community.

BSP offers a comprehensive, linguistically and culturally competent Health & Wellness program that offers opportunities for property service workers and their families. BSP's Parent Education and Engagement program aims to improve educational opportunities for the children of low-wage workers. Through a series of educational workshops, museum trips, and college visits, the program is training a cohort of workers to be advocates for their children's education. BSP's Mike Garcia Scholarship relieves the financial burden for first-generation, low-income students and children of low-wage workers to achieve their dreams of a higher

Community Advancement

BSP's Immigrant Inclusion programs help property service workers in low-wage industries obtain resources to socially integrate and participate in their community and US society at large.

BSP provides Citizenship and Civic Engagement programs to support and guide immigrant workers in their journey to becoming naturalized citizens. Through BSP's Financial Capability Program, workers learn financial skills such as asset building and also receive financial coaching and free tax preparation. These programs help immigrant families create positive financial habits, access the financial mainstream and achieve financial security. Also, through BSP's English-as-a-Second Language curriculum (ESL), workers learn English language acquisition to achieve upward mobility and to successfully integrate into U.S. society.

INDUSTRY PARTNER TESTIMONIALS

PROPERTY SERVICE WORKER TESTIMONIALS

"I have full trust in the Building Skills Partnership team. BSP programs give our property service workers a sense of pride, accomplishment, and the valuable knowledge that they need to keep our buildings and business communities that we serve safe." - Michael Smith, Services Manager for the Jorgensen FM Building, which is a service provider to LPL Financial

"Having Building Skills Partnership programs available to RCC-BGM janitorial employees creates a new sense of trust and comradery. The programs are conducive to the janitorial team's learning. Employees enjoy going to class.They develop relationships with not only each other as colleagues; they also develop strong relationships with BSP instructors.

RCC-BGM employees want to obtain the knowledge BSP offers. It helps our company encourage employees to attend courses and advance in their careers and skill sets. Having access to different service trades within the various types of facilities we serve allows employees to grow in their careers. What we want most is to support employees in BSP programs." - Daniel Montes, RCC-BGM VP of Business Operations.

"I have had great opportunities thanks to BSP. Their Digital Literacy programs have provided me with personal growth, and the new knowledge that I have gained could open the door for me in other companies in the future should the opportunity arise.

It has also provided me with satisfaction to know that I can help others and provides me the opportunity to keep my knowledge fresh in my mind by teaching it to my peers.

Looking ahead to the future, a career goal of mine is to learn English and work in Human Resources at a company." - Daniel Diaz, property service worker at a major Silicon Valley tech company

"I had a great experience and would like to thank BSP for overseeing the certification training, and I would also like to thank Servicon for giving workers the opportunity to be in this program. As a BSP Peer Trainer, I was able to serve as a mentor by training fellow program participants in the floor care certification program.

I greatly benefited from the formal in-class training, and wanted to make sure I gave my peers the same knowledge. As a leader, I really liked to share my experience with my colleagues." - Rosa Terriquez, Los Angeles property service worker for Servicon & BSP Peer Trainer