The 2023 theme Building Strategies for Success focused on putting the principles of service and technical expertise into practice to ensure clients’ facility infrastructure drove improvements to their businesses. Topics included leadership and workplace culture, regulations and safety, and key skills in communication, sales management, and technology, including special sessions led by ABM Technical Services’ eMobility Team on trends in electrical vehicle charging infrastructure.  

ABM Franchising Group hosts Continuing Education annually to provide educational and networking opportunities for franchises across the TEGG and Linc Service networks. 2023’s Signature Sponsors were Intellirent, a division of Electro Rent, and Sunbelt Rentals. Over 40 sponsors participated in the event’s Vendor Showcase. 

In an awards presentation on the final day of the conference, Turner Electrical Services, of Toledo, Ohio, was named the TEGG Contractor of the Year. “They are always learning from the TEGG network and helping it continually grow stronger,” noted Brian Myers of ABM Franchising Group, in his congratulatory remarks, in which he also mentioned President Chad Turner’s service on the TEGG Advisory Council and Turner Electric’s impressive growth during 2022.  

The TEGG Contractor of the Year Award is presented annually by ABM Franchising Group to the most outstanding TEGG contractor. Criteria for achieving the award is based on, but not limited to, implementation of the TEGG system and overall sales activity and performance. 

ABM Franchising Group supports electrical and mechanical contractors in their franchise networks by providing tools and solutions for their businesses to prosper – a proven operating system and a variety of field services, technology support, sales, marketing, operations, and training.

The 2024 Continuing Education Conference and Vendor Showcase will be held at the Hyatt Regency Atlanta in Atlanta, Georgia, January 25-27.