ABM Engineering Provides Service for U.S. General Services Administration

Business Wire, Feb 18, 2003

Business Editors

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 18, 2003

ABM Engineering Services, a wholly-owned subsidiary of ABM Industries Incorporated (NYSE:ABM), has been awarded a multi-year, multi-million dollar contract with the Corporate Source, an agent of the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA). ABM will provide engineering and operational services for the United States Federal Building and Courthouse, an 866,000-square-foot facility located in Central Islip, New York.

"Our staff and management are pleased to work with the Corporate Source and GSA," said Jim Scranton, president of ABM Engineering Services. "With ABM's longstanding engineering experience and maintenance expertise, we look forward to providing state-of-the-art service and enhancing the courtrooms, chambers and office space at New York's U.S. Federal Building and Courthouse," he added.

"The Corporate Source is dedicated to providing employers with highly qualified, highly trained, and highly motivated workers. These individuals demonstrate through their work that people with disabilities are incredibly productive and dedicated workers," said Dr. Joel M. Levy, president, the Corporate Source.

The Corporate Source is a non-profit, janitorial agency specializing in the hiring and training of workers with disabilities. Headquartered in New York City, the Corporate Source is a member of the YAI National Institute for People with Disabilities Network.

Headquartered in Washington, DC, the U.S. General Services Administration is one of the three central management agencies in the federal government with 11 regional offices in Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Atlanta, Chicago, Kansas City, Fort Worth, Denver, San Francisco, Auburn (Washington), and Washington DC. GSA maintains more than 300 million square feet of space through the Public Buildings Service.

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 62,000 employees, ABM provides janitorial, parking, engineering, security, lighting, elevator, mechanical and network services for thousands of commercial, industrial, institutional and retail facilities in hundreds of cities across North America. In addition to ABM Engineering, the ABM Family of Services includes ABM Janitorial, Ampco System Parking, American Commercial Security (ACSS), Amtech Lighting, Amtech Elevator, CommAir Mechanical and ABM Service Network.