ConnexFM (previously PRSM), the authority on multi-site FM, empowers professionals by delivering industry best practices, education, forums & partnerships.
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Everybody ends up in the hospital at some point. If you're lucky, it's because you broke your arm or got the flu. If you're unlucky... well, needless to say that without hospital facilities equipped with functional infrastructure and systems, there would be a lot more orphans, widows, amputees, and unnecessary loss.
This week is National Healthcare Facilities and Engineering Week. In your average commercial facility, people rely on FM professionals to stay comfortable and efficient, but in medical facilities, you're a major part of keeping people alive, safe, and cared for. Thank you for what you do, and remember the impact you're making.
Fill in the blanks in the comments and help us celebrate the people who make a difference every day.
"You may not see [system or task], but it helps [care activity or everyday moment] happen safely and smoothly. This week, we're celebrating the people who [verb], [verb]. and [verb] behind the scenes."
#CelebrateFE #FacilitiesManagement #HealthcareFacilities #HealthcareFacilitiesandEngineeringWeek
ALT National Healthcare Facilities and Engineering Week
To outsource or not to outsource? That is the question. (Or at least item 151 on today's checklist.)
FM teams have options, but knowing which service model makes sense for the job is half the battle. And if you think every supplier that claims to self-perform does it everywhere, think again.
Join ConnexFM on October 29 for a VLE breaking down outsourcing, self-performing, and hybrid models, including how geographic coverage changes the game.
Get the lay of the land before you pick a lane. 👇
go.connex.fm/3UOstyd
🎢 What keeps one of Canada's biggest amusement parks running? Find out for yourself!
Join ConnexFM at Canada's Wonderland on Friday, November 20, for a behind-the-scenes facility tour, followed by holiday dinner, drinks (two tickets included!), and a charity raffle supporting local families.
Take part in a little holiday cheer. What better way to close out the year?
📅 November 20, 2026 | 3–8 PM ET
📍 Canada's Wonderland | Vaughan, ON
Save your spot and join us!
go.connex.fm/4yFht47
#CanadasWonderland #Canada #FacilityTour #FacilitiesManagement
ALT Facility Tour & Holiday Celebration at Canada's Wonderland presented by ConnexFM
Your people have moved mountains and made monumental strides to keep the heartbeat of the portfolios you support pumping. But now more than ever, expectations are high on what a building can do, how efficiently it can do it, and how the people who make it happen achieve this.
It's time we come together to talk about the future of the built environment, and come together to talk about how we use the power of one of the greatest tech revolutions in the history of mankind to carry this weight.
Join us for FutureBuilt on November 12th.
go.connex.fm/4sol45h
#FutureBuilt2026 #BuiltEnvironment #CRE #PropTech
This week’s FM Flashback features an “Elevator Girl” at New York’s Martha Washington Hotel in 1927. Back then, elevators often needed a specialized operator to manually “drive” the car, align it with each floor, and control its speed and braking.
But these operators did more than move people between floors. In lavish hotels and office buildings, they were also part of the service and prestige that defined a building.
Today, automated elevators have made the job largely obsolete, but when will their time come too?
Find out with VLE: Elevator Modernization - Repairs and Obsolescence.
go.connex.fm/4iatE2z
ALT “Elevator Girl” at New York’s Martha Washington Hotel in 1927
Think of the world of facilities management like a train. When something needs to stop, start, or change, it takes time to slow down or speed up.
We have a shortage and surplus at the same time in this industry, depending on which part you operate from. The key to getting ahead of it so the right people are allocated to the right place is to start collecting the data on it now.
Take the current benchmarking survey on workforce data, so the next generation of FM industry professionals end up in the right place. Your data provides an avenue for informed decisions across the industry. Use the link below to take the survey now.
go.connex.fm/4z8OIxO
ALT Help FM workforce planning get on the right track. Take the ConnexFM workforce data survey.
End of the line for nominations.
Tomorrow is the last day to nominate someone you know can go the distance as a board of directors member for ConnexFM. The open board seats for the 2027-2028 year include 2 Multi-Site FM and 2 Supplier seats.
You can't sit on this any longer if you have someone in mind, submit now and have a say in who's at the wheel for ConnexFM.
go.connex.fm/4ieEbKi
ALT ConnexFM Board of Directors Nominations close tomorrow, Friday Oct. 23
The money you spend on your company's trash is such a 'waste'... No? Ok.
But seriously: Waste circulation is one of those expenditures that you can't get around, and the bigger your business, the more it impacts your bottom line.
It doesn't have to cost you your firstborn child to take out the trash. Read how you can lower facility waste costs and even get a little money back out of the trash bin by reading "One Person's Trash: Turning FM's Waste Problem Into a Profitable Environmental Solution", on Connexus today.
go.connex.fm/4sk7Cz1
ALT Lower facility waste costs. Even get some money back out of the trash bin.
Don't be fooled!
We want you to join us at ConnexFM 2027, but registration has not opened and we are not booking for hotels yet. If you receive "Offers" from third-parties, it is a scam. If you see opportunities from ConnexFM regarding housing and early registration, be sure to check our official sources.
Find out more on how to protect yourself here: national.connexfm.com/scamal…
ALT National Conference 2027: Hotel & Registration Scam Alert - Beware of unauthorized companies contacting you!
Members! Go forth and multiply! And get paid!
Membership Mania is happening right now, and that means when you introduce a fellow FM or supplier to ConnexFM and convince them to join, you'll get $75 back in your pocket or put toward your next ConnexFM National Conference.
So go get friendly with your fellow FM professionals, bring them home to meet the family at ConnexFM, and get rewarded!
ALT ConnexFM Membership Mania
Ancient humans used their bare hands and cave paintings to show how a job got done. People in antiquity used spades and scrolls to track data and facilitate their labors. The people who built America traveled on horseback to relay messages and coordinate industrial efforts. Your grandparents used punch cards for data and power tools for efficiency.
Now, join us for FutureBuilt and take part in the next chapter of our tech odyssey. Explore innovations in data tracking, AI, robotics, smart systems, and interoperability tools that are redefining how we work together to manage the built environment.
Join us November 12 and help shape what comes next.
go.connex.fm/4zPJcQO
A mentor isn't just someone who gives good advice or teaches skills. They also help point to the right doors, and help mentees figure out how to open them.
You'll gain more than good advice through a ConnexFM mentorship. You'll have a chance to discover tools through your mentor that could make the difference in a good career, and a great career.
Imagine the possibilities, join the ConnexFM Mentorship Program today.
go.connex.fm/4BdYqAn
ALT ConnexFM Mentorship Program Powered by Qooper
How many of you have ever bought something, expecting it to work right out of the box, and it turns out there's actually a learning curve to use it. You get excited to use the thing you bought for what you had in mind, but now it's basically a paperweight unless you can wrap your mind around what to do with it.
There are lots of expos and conferences to sell you tech tools for one purpose or another, but learning what to use them for, and how to use them optimally, is one of the major reasons we're bringing FutureBuilt to you. Gain access to the tools, learn how they are being used among peer discussions, and figure out what you need to optimize your strategy for a data and tech heavy future.
Join us for some understanding at FutureBuilt, November 12th.
go.connex.fm/4s7yF0m
#FutureBuilt2026 #BuiltEnvironment #FacilitiesManagement #ExploreTheTech
ALT What do you need to thrive in a data and tech driven future? Come find out at FutureBuilt on November 12 in National Harbor, MD
The door for submitting a nomination for the 2027 Board of Directors will be closing on Oct. 23rd.
These are the people who guide the decisions on what this association is and can be. If you know someone with clever ideas, good leadership qualities, and a desire to drive ConnexFM toward greatness, we want to know about them.
Submit your Nominations now.
go.connex.fm/4s8neFT
ALT ConnexFM Board of Directors Nominations Close Friday, October 23
We've come a long way from when people used to just have to throw buckets of water on a fire when a blaze got out of control. We have fire safety systems that disperse chemical agents to suffocate fires, and we have smart systems that can detect change in air quality content and temperature.
You'd think with all this tech and science, commercial fires would be a thing of the past, but when you add the human element in there, things like maintenance and system tracking can become a dice roll.
Check out how you can get ahead of disaster with our newest Pitfalls and Problem Points article on fire safety systems, where we talk about minute details that cause the major disasters. Read it on Connexus, today.
go.connex.fm/4k29UAN
#FireSafetyTechnology #BuildingSafety #FacilitiesManagement #SmartFireSystems
ALT New Connexus Article: Big Trouble in Little Fire Safety Checks
Need a hand? Join Bryan Walker of Identiti, Chris Utrie of BMS CAT, and Chris Murphy and Sean Gillespie of Harrison Contracting, for the first of a three-part series on outsourcing, self-performing, and where you should stand when it comes between the two.
One size doesn't fit all, and this is one of those topics that requires you to tune into the context, so join us for VLE: Outsourcing vs. Self-Perform: Understanding the Models on 10/29 and get clued in.
Register now: educate.connexfm.com/product…
This fire has a better exit strategy than most of us. 🔥🚪
In your facility, don't leave fire safety to chance—or to the flames. Regular checks of your fire protection systems can catch small oversights before they become big trouble.
Read our new article for perspective. go.connex.fm/4hQl3U2
ALT Don't leave fire safety up to chance. Monitor and check your fire protection systems.
Andrew Carnegie once said, “Take away my people, but leave my factories, and soon grass will grow on the factory floors. Take away my factories, but leave my people, and soon we will have a new and better factory.”
You need people to fuel your operations, and you need workforce data to know what you need out of your people.
We need your workforce data so we can help you get the people you need to make it happen.
Take the ConnexFM Benchmarking Survey today.
go.connex.fm/4yTUSBU
ALT "Take away my people, but leave my factories, and soon grass will grow on the factory floors. Take away my factories, but leave my people, and soon we will have a new and better factory." - Andrew Carnegie. Take the ConnexFM Employer Workforce Needs Benchmarking Survey.
The machines are coming.
Okay, maybe not those machines. But technology is changing the built environment, and the people who master its growing presence in the industry will be the ones who survive.
FutureBuilt brings together professionals from every corner of the built environment for conversations, thought exercises, and big ideas that could help determine how we adapt, innovate, and stay ahead of what's coming.
The future is not written. But it could be at FutureBuilt.
Join us for FutureBuilt on November 12.
go.connex.fm/3W6EPC3
#FutureBuilt2026 #BuiltEnvironment #PropTech #FacilitiesManagement
ALT Technology is changing the built environment - Learn more at FutureBuilt on November 12
Most people either live someplace that gets miserably hot, or agonizingly cold during peak weather seasons. Very few have the luxury of living in a locale that has perfect weather and temperatures year round.
Even if some magical place existed that had perfect weather, wouldn't it still be uncomfortable to work and maintain a facility where the HVAC has gone out? Have a read of why maintaining and being proactive with your facility HVAC strategies are crucial with one of our featured Sponsored articles by Lennox National Account Services on Connexus, today.
go.connex.fm/4hUI3Qs
#PreventiveMaintenance #HVAC #FacilitiesManagement #PredictiveMaintenance
