ABM, a leading provider of facility solutions, announced that Cochran, Inc. has signed an agreement to join its TEGG franchise network. Cochran, Inc. is a leading electrical contractor and WBE (Women-owned Business Enterprise) operating in the Pacific Northwest from their home offices in Seattle, Washington, and Portland, Oregon. TEGG is a franchise brand of ABM Franchising Group, an operating unit of ABM. 

“Cochran’s outstanding breadth of industry knowledge and bedrock values of service and safety are the perfect foundations for a thriving TEGG model of electrical asset management,” said Bruce Phibbs, Senior Vice President of ABM Franchising Group. “We’re thrilled for their team to join the network and ready to help Cochran grow the solutions and services clients need to sustainably protect their businesses.”

Founded in 1954, by Walter Cochran and his sons in Seattle, Cochran, Inc., now provides deep expertise in design/build, electrical maintenance, projects and managed technical services, as well as solutions for communications, security, and wireless systems. Cochran, Inc. specializes in sustainability and safety, contributing to LEED certified projects and fielding a team of IBEW (International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers) licensed technicians.

“Cochran is very excited to become a TEGG franchisee. The services that Cochran provides fit perfectly with the TEGG model of providing our customers with service and reliability so that their electrical and communications infrastructures are working properly to maintain safety, productivity, and continuous operations,” said LeeAnn Cochran, CEO of Cochran, Inc.

ABM Franchising Group offers a portfolio of franchise networks that deliver electrical and mechanical services and preventive maintenance solutions to commercial and industrial buildings. ABM Franchising Group consists of two franchise brands: TEGG and Linc Service. Cochran, Inc. will operate under the TEGG franchise brand.