Exhibit 24.1


               CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT






The Board of Directors
ABM Industries Incorporated

We consent to incorporation by reference in the following Registration
Statements on Form S-8 of ABM Industries Incorporated of our report dated
December 19, 1994, related to the consolidated balance sheets of ABM Industries
Incorporated and subsidiaries as of October 31, 1994 and 1993, and the related
consolidated statements of income, stockholders' equity and cash flows for each
of the years in the three-year period ended October 31, 1994, and the related
schedule, which report appears in the October 31, 1994, annual report on
Form 10-K of ABM Industries Incorporated.




     Registration No.          Form                    Plan
     ----------------          ----          ---------------------------------
                                       
          2-86666               S-8          Executive Stock Option Plan
          2-96416               S-8          1985 Employee Stock Purchase Plan
         33-14269               S-8          1987 Stock Option Plan










San Francisco, California
January 27, 1995