by AF 0420a5 — April 24, 2009—ABM Industries Incorporated and Behringer Harvard have announced an agreement under which ABM Engineering Services will provide, on an ongoing basis, a range of engineering, maintenance and consulting services for Behringer Harvard’s commercial office property holdings. ABM, through its subsidiaries such as ABM Engineering Services, is one of the United States’ leading facility services contractors.
Behringer Harvard is a Dallas-based commercial real estate company that manages more than $6 billion of commercial property.
Under the terms of the agreement, ABM will help implement consistent operating procedures across Behringer Harvard’s commercial office property portfolio. ABM has begun conducting extensive technical and operational site reviews at Behringer Harvard’s properties in order to identify cost savings and operational efficiencies.
The agreement will also give Behringer Harvard access to ABM Engineering Services’ broad national engineering management support network and better pricing on supplies, services and other purchases through ABM’s extensive network of national vendor contracts.
ABM also will provide skills training for engineers at the Behringer Harvard properties under contract and access to ABM’s own skilled professionals, technical resources and library on preventive maintenance tasks. ABM also will employ a number of the skilled engineers currently supporting Behringer Harvard.
For more information, see the ABM or Behringer Harvard Web sites.
