Facilities Management Resources


Personal Development


Facility Manager Credibility
Facility management is an ever-changing industry. In order to keep up with the latest trends and optimize performance, a facility manager should continually educate him or herself on industry changes, such as energy efficiency equipment, green cleaning programs, lighting improvements, etc.

FM Credibility Q&A
Tips on how to improve your relationship with senior management.

Growing Your Business
Suggestions for building your credibility with retailers and suppliers.

Hire Smarter
Where you are a service contractor or a retailer, the hiring and training process is critical.

Job Search Tips
Tips for making job search easier.

Managing Toxic Behavior
Get the tips and tools to managing toxic behavior.

Pilot Projects
Create and implement an efficient and effective pilot program model that will maximize project performance and minimize the impact on the store operations.

Promoting Your Credibility
If you don't tell management about your facilities department successes, they'll only notice when something goes wrong.

Team Dysfunction
Conquer team dysfunction.

Would You Work For You
Best practices for leadership personal brand.

PRSM Disaster Planning and Management Toolkit
Welcome to the PRSM Disaster Planning and Management Toolkit. The retail environment is constantly impacted by external factors, changes, and events – whether from natural disasters, such as tornadoes, earthquakes, storms, etc., or from the man-made variety. A Retail FM can find themselves monitoring the turbulence caused by an approaching tropical storm or hurricane one day, to dealing with an end of the summer wildfire the next, to dealing with the aftermath of a violent store incident the next.

Benchmarking Report: HVAC
For some time, PRSM membership identified retail facilities benchmarking as one of the most sought after tools the Association could provide. In 2011, the Benchmarking Task Force identified a single trade, HVAC, as the focus of this program’s efforts. The result of the Task Force’s mission, the PRSM 2012 Benchmarking Report identifies the key HVAC metrics which are retail specific, and have long been sought after by the membership as one of the most important tools the Association could provide. This document is a culmination of PRSM goals for the 2011-2012 Benchmarking Task Force, and specifically focuses on three areas: policy and HVAC operations practices survey results and benchmarking, data analysis and benchmarking metrics, and component repair information and benchmarks.