by Ann Withanee — August 24, 2011—ABM Industries has announced that ABM Facility Services was awarded the contract to provide integrated facilities services at the National September 11 Memorial and Museum at the World Trade Center. The three-year contract began at the historic site on July 1, 2011. The Memorial and Museum are expected to become among the most visited destinations in the United States, with millions of annual visitors when fully completed.
The new facilities services contract is considered an honor by the company, as the new Memorial and Museum will honor all who died at the September 11 sites, including those who provided facilities services—such as AMB employees—to the companies and organizations represented at all of the affected buildings on the day of the terrorist attacks.
ABM Facility Services will provide integrated facilities services at the Memorial and the Museum, including engineering and energy management, commercial cleaning and maintenance, and project/subcontractor management of various site operations. The multi-level site in lower Manhattan, which will span eight acres, includes the Memorial and Museum as well as the Welcome Site and the 9/11 Memorial Preview Site.
All facilities services at the site are expected to meet or exceed the requirements of Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design for Existing Buildings (LEED-EB), as defined by the U.S. Green Building Council. ABM’s LEED-accredited experts, innovative technology solutions and industry-leading “green cleaning” service, ABM Green Care, have helped numerous clients achieve critical sustainability goals for their facilities, and the company plans to leverage this experience for the Memorial and Museum.
“We are greatly honored to have the opportunity to provide our services during this milestone in our nation’s history and for what will instantly become an American landmark and destination point for people from around the world,” said Henrik Slipsager, President and Chief Executive Officer, ABM Industries. “For ABM, the significance of serving the Memorial and Museum extends well beyond successfully winning another contract. At the time of the tragedy on September 11, more than 850 ABM employees provided a range of facilities services at the World Trade Center properties, representing our largest client account at the time. Sadly, 17 members of the ABM family did not survive the terrorist attacks on a day that they, like so many others, simply came to work to do their jobs in service of others.”
The development and operation of the Memorial, Museum and related sites are being managed by the 9/11 Memorial Foundation—a not-for-profit organization dedicated to raising funds for, as well as designing, programming and operating, the Memorial and Museum. According to the 9/11 Memorial, the rebuilt World Trade Center site “attests to the triumph of human dignity over human depravity and affirms an unwavering commitment to the fundamental value of human life.”
