by Brianna Crandall — January 9, 2013—Global facilities services provider ISS has secured a contract to provide the eye-catching Porsche Museum facility in Stuttgart, Germany with several kinds of services. ISS will provide the Porsche Museum with cleaning services, maintenance, glass and façade cleaning, garden maintenance, snow removal and pest control. The contract will engage about 22 ISS employees and covers the museum’s 30,000 square meters, of which 5,600 is exhibition space.
Paul Blijham, General Manager Business Development at ISS Germany, said, “The Porsche contract with its wide range of services has great significance for ISS Germany, and we are proud to render services to such a world-renowned company. Porsche wants a prestigious appearance of the property and perfect museum operations. We are able to provide this through excellent supporting processes and standardized documentation to simplify processes.”
Opened in January 2009, the Porsche Museum is considered the company’s most spectacular building project. The monolithic edifice with the virtually floating exhibition hall was designed by Vienna’s Delugan Meissl Associated Architects to convey a sense of arrival and approachability. Approximately 80 historic vehicles, including the company’s most iconic cars, as well as more than 200 small exhibits showcasing Porsche design and history are housed in a unique ambience in the spacious exhibition area.
The ISS Group was founded in Copenhagen in 1901 and has grown to become one of the world’s leading facilities services companies. ISS offers a wide range of services in the areas of: cleaning services, support services, property services, catering services, security services and facilities management services. ISS has more than 534,500 employees in over 50 countries across Europe, Asia, North America, South America and Pacific, serving thousands of both public and private sector facilities.
