ABM advises early preparation for winter.While the memories of a sweltering swel·ter·ing adj. 1. Oppressively hot and humid; sultry. 2. Suffering from oppressive heat. swel summer are fresh and much of the Northeast is enjoying an unseasonably warm fall, executives at American Building Maintenance Co. of New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , a subsidiary of ABM Industries ABM Industries Incorporated NYSE: ABM is an American corporation involved in outsourced, building maintenance. Divisions include ABM Janitorial, Ampco System Parking, ABM Engineering, American Commercial Security (ACSS), Security Services of America (SSA), Amtech Lighting, and , remind building owners and managers that now is the time to prepare for the often swift arrival of winter weather. "It's never too early to prepare for the often sudden onslaught of winter in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. ," said ABM ABM: see guided missile. ABM - Asynchronous Balanced Mode Executive Vice President Scott Salmirs, who heads up the New York office of the leading national facility services contractor. "That's why we make sure by early October that each and every building we serve has a Snow Emergency Contingency Plan A plan involving suitable backups, immediate actions and longer term measures for responding to computer emergencies such as attacks or accidental disasters. Contingency plans are part of business resumption planning. in place, and that all building employees are aware of their responsibilities when a major storm hits." ABM has consistently received high marks for overall preparation and snow removal operations from the nearly 100 Class A facilities it has under contract in Manhattan, and from the hundreds more it services throughout the tri-state area There are a number of places in the United States known as tri-state areas where three states or holdings meet at one point (a tripoint), or in proximity to each other. The two most well-known are for the New York and Chicago metropolitan areas. . In addition to being able to call in extra workers to deal with the increased workload when a winter storm hits, ABM's senior executives also make advance sweeps throughout the area prior to a storm to insure that each building is adequately stocked with snow-blowers, fuel, salt, shovels and other foul weather gear. After the storm has begun, ABM executives continue to travel from building to building to supervise operations, trouble-shoot problems and fulfill special requests from individual owners. "It's not enough to just stock supplies. You have to make sure that salt-spreaders are loaded, blowers are fueled and everything is in place for workers to spring into action as soon as necessary," said Mr. Salmirs. "Despite the severity of some storms, I'm happy to say that the feedback we receive from our clients continues to be overwhelmingly positive." High profile properties under contract with ABM, many with sweeping plazas, large public areas, multiple entrances and lots of pedestrian traffic, present unique challenges to snow removal operations. ABM's carefully thought-out and executed contingency plans insured a safe, efficient and orderly removal process. |
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