Ampco System Parking Awarded Contract Renewal with Cedar Rapids Airport Commission

LOS ANGELES – October 24, 2005 – Ampco System Parking, a wholly owned subsidiary of ABM Industries Incorporated (NYSE:ABM), has been awarded a multi-year, multi-million dollar contract renewal with Cedar Rapids Airport Commission for The Eastern Iowa Airport in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. This contract continues a long-standing relationship between Ampco and the Cedar Rapids Airport Commission and covers more than 2,000 parking spaces at the Eastern Iowa Airport parking facilities.

“We are pleased to have the opportunity to continue working with The Eastern Iowa Airport, a significant site in aviation history, to provide the highest level of service possible," said Thomas Barnett, president of Ampco System Parking. “Our ongoing commitment to maintaining and enhancing efficiencies for the airport's parking facilities will ensure added convenience for air travelers, visitors and employees," he added.

“Ampco has provided its services to the Airport since 1994 and has proven to be a reliable company implementing improvements in our facility to make the operation more efficient,” said Dan Mann, director of The Eastern Iowa Airport. “We look forward to having Ampco serve our customers over the next seven years,” Mann added.

Established at its present location in 1947, The Eastern Iowa Airport is a 3,288-acre facility maintaining air service with six air carriers providing more than 80 departures and arrivals per day.

Ampco System Parking is an industry leader, operating more than 1,700 lots and garages in 30 states, including parking facilities at or adjacent to such major international airports as Austin, Buffalo, Cincinnati, Denver, Honolulu, Houston, Los Angeles, Omaha, Orlando, Philadelphia, San Francisco and Seattle.

ABM Industries Incorporated is among the largest facility services contractors listed on the New York Stock Exchange. With fiscal 2004 revenues in excess of $2.4 billion and more than 73,000 employees, ABM provides janitorial, parking, security, engineering and lighting services for thousands of commercial, industrial, institutional and retail facilities in hundreds of cities across the United States and British Columbia, Canada. The ABM Family of Services includes ABM Janitorial; Ampco System Parking; ABM Security Services, which includes American Commercial Security Services (ACSS) and Security Services of America (SSA); ABM Facility Services; ABM Engineering; and Amtech Lighting Services.