ABM Engineering Services Contracts With Trammell Crow Company

Business Wire, Nov 18, 2002

Business Editors

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 18, 2002

ABM Engineering Services, a wholly-owned subsidiary of ABM Industries Incorporated (NYSE:ABM), has been awarded two service contracts with Trammell Crow Company (NYSE:TCC). The contracts are for on-site operating engineers at two class-A commercial office properties located in Century City and Santa Monica, California.

"We are pleased to be of service to Trammell Crow Company," said Jim Scranton, president of ABM Engineering Services. "With our years of experience and expertise, we look forward to providing Trammell Crow with state-of-the-art facility services and engineering technology," he added.

"These agreements afford us the opportunity of augmenting our existing service capabilities and also broadening our relationship with ABM," said Vince Dunavant, senior vice president, strategic sourcing, Trammel Crow Company. "We expect this engagement to result in best-in-class service for the properties and welcome the chance of putting our teams together to benefit our clients," he added.

Founded in 1948, Trammell Crow Company is one of the largest diversified commercial real estate services companies in the United States. In offices throughout the United States and Canada, Trammell Crow Company is organized to deliver management services, transaction services and development and project management services to both investors in and users of commercial real estate. The company's Global Services Group delivers all management, transaction and project management services domestically and internationally. Development and investment activities are conducted through the Development and Investment Group. The company delivers services in Europe and Asia through its strategic alliance with Savills plc, a leading property services company based in the United Kingdom, and the jointly owned outsourcing company Trammell Crow Savills Limited. In addition, the company has offices in Chile, Argentina, Brazil and Mexico.

ABM Engineering Services is one of the nation's largest providers of on-site operating engineers, with over 2,500 employees nationwide. ABM Engineering has offices in most major cities, including Chicago, Denver, Los Angeles, New York, Philadelphia, Phoenix, San Francisco and Tampa.

ABM Industries Incorporated is the largest facility services contractor listed on the New York Stock Exchange. With annualized revenues in excess of $2.1 billion and more than 65,000 employees, ABM provides air conditioning, elevator, engineering, janitorial, lighting, parking, security and related services for thousands of commercial, industrial, institutional and retail facilities in hundreds of cities across North America. In addition to ABM Engineering Services, the ABM Family of Services includes ABM Janitorial, Ampco System Parking, American Commercial Security (ACSS), Amtech Elevator, Amtech Lighting, CommAir Mechanical and Lakeside Building Maintenance.