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  <xsd:element id="abm_SelfInsuredRetentionAmountPerParticipantPerYearForCertainEmployeeMedicalAndDentalPrograms" name="SelfInsuredRetentionAmountPerParticipantPerYearForCertainEmployeeMedicalAndDentalPrograms" nillable="true" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" type="xbrli:monetaryItemType" xbrli:balance="debit" xbrli:periodType="duration" />
  <xsd:element abstract="true" id="abm_ServiceEmployeesInternationalUnionLocalThirtyTwoBJDistrictThirtySixBuildingOperatorsPensionTrustFundMember" name="ServiceEmployeesInternationalUnionLocalThirtyTwoBJDistrictThirtySixBuildingOperatorsPensionTrustFundMember" nillable="true" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" type="nonnum:domainItemType" xbrli:periodType="duration" />
  <xsd:element id="abm_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsOtherInPeriod" name="ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsOtherInPeriod" nillable="true" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" type="xbrli:sharesItemType" xbrli:periodType="duration" />
  <xsd:element id="abm_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsOtherInPeriodWeightedAverageGrantDateFairValue" name="ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsOtherInPeriodWeightedAverageGrantDateFairValue" nillable="true" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" type="num:perShareItemType" xbrli:periodType="duration" />
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  <xsd:element id="abm_ShareBasedCompensationFairValuePercentageofCommonStockPrice" name="ShareBasedCompensationFairValuePercentageofCommonStockPrice" nillable="true" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" type="num:percentItemType" xbrli:periodType="instant" />
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  <xsd:element id="abm_StockBasedCompensationMaximumEmployeeContributionPercentage" name="StockBasedCompensationMaximumEmployeeContributionPercentage" nillable="true" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" type="num:percentItemType" xbrli:periodType="instant" />
  <xsd:element id="abm_StockIssuedDuringPeriodWeightedAveragePricePerShareEmployeeStockPurchasePlans" name="StockIssuedDuringPeriodWeightedAveragePricePerShareEmployeeStockPurchasePlans" nillable="true" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" type="num:perShareItemType" xbrli:periodType="duration" />
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  <xsd:element id="abm_SummaryofOperatingLossCarryforwardsValuationAllowanceRollforwardTableTextBlock" name="SummaryofOperatingLossCarryforwardsValuationAllowanceRollforwardTableTextBlock" nillable="true" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" type="nonnum:textBlockItemType" xbrli:periodType="duration" />
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  <xsd:element abstract="true" id="abm_SwingLineLoanMember" name="SwingLineLoanMember" nillable="true" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" type="nonnum:domainItemType" xbrli:periodType="duration" />
  <xsd:element id="abm_TaxCreditsStateEmploymentbased" name="TaxCreditsStateEmploymentbased" nillable="true" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" type="xbrli:monetaryItemType" xbrli:balance="credit" xbrli:periodType="duration" />
  <xsd:element id="abm_TaxCreditsWorkOpportunityTaxCredit" name="TaxCreditsWorkOpportunityTaxCredit" nillable="true" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" type="xbrli:monetaryItemType" xbrli:balance="credit" xbrli:periodType="duration" />
  <xsd:element id="abm_TaxesCollectedFromCustomersPolicyPolicyTextBlock" name="TaxesCollectedFromCustomersPolicyPolicyTextBlock" nillable="true" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" type="nonnum:textBlockItemType" xbrli:periodType="duration" />
  <xsd:element id="abm_TotalInstrumentsUsedToCollateralizeInsuranceObligations" name="TotalInstrumentsUsedToCollateralizeInsuranceObligations" nillable="true" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" type="xbrli:monetaryItemType" xbrli:balance="credit" xbrli:periodType="instant" />
  <xsd:element abstract="true" id="abm_TradeNamesAndTrademarksMember" name="TradeNamesAndTrademarksMember" nillable="true" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" type="nonnum:domainItemType" xbrli:periodType="duration" />
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  <xsd:element abstract="true" id="abm_TypeDomain" name="TypeDomain" nillable="true" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" type="nonnum:domainItemType" xbrli:periodType="duration" />
  <xsd:element id="abm_WeightedAverageFairValueofStockPurchaseRightUnderEmployeeStockPurchasePlan" name="WeightedAverageFairValueofStockPurchaseRightUnderEmployeeStockPurchasePlan" nillable="true" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" type="num:perShareItemType" xbrli:periodType="duration" />
  <xsd:element abstract="true" id="abm_WestwayServicesHoldingsMember" name="WestwayServicesHoldingsMember" nillable="true" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" type="nonnum:domainItemType" xbrli:periodType="duration" />
  <xsd:element id="abm_YellowZoneMultiemployerPlansFundedPercentage" name="YellowZoneMultiemployerPlansFundedPercentage" nillable="true" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" type="num:percentItemType" xbrli:periodType="duration" />
</xsd:schema>
