National Constitution Center in Philadelphia Selects Allied Security for Security Services.Business Editors KING OF PRUSSIA King of Prussia, industrialized suburban area (1990 pop. 18,406), Montgomery co., SE Pa. It has glass and steel fabricating, food processing, printing and publishing, and varied manufacturing (textiles, liquified petroleum gas, water-treatment and electrical , Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 15, 2003 Allied Security has been selected to provide contract security services Security services are state institutions for the provision of intelligence, primarily of a strategic nature, but also including protective security intelligence. Examples include the Security Service (MI5) and the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) in the United Kingdom, and the for the new National Constitution Center, the first-ever museum complex dedicated to the U.S. Constitution which opened on July 4 in Philadelphia on Independence National Historical Park Independence National Historical Park: see National Parks and Monuments (table). . King of Prussia-based Allied Security, the nation's largest privately held contract security services company and third overall, is supplying 24-hour, interior and exterior coverage by security officers for the new Center that includes 67,785 sq. ft. of exhibit space, a 350-seat theater, the Annenberg Center for Education and Outreach, and facility rental space. "Allied Security is pleased to be working with the National Constitution Center as it becomes a meaningful cultural attraction for thousands and thousands of people who will come here from all over the world," said Ronald R. Rabena, Senior Vice President, Mid-Atlantic/Southeast Region Philip Castellano, NCC NCC See National Clearing Corporation (NCC). Vice President for Visitor Services, said Allied Security's services and the visibility of its security officers are important to providing each visitor with a positive experience at the National Constitution Center. "The quality of Allied's people, training and services are extremely compatible with the quality experience that we are planning for every person who visits our facility or participates in our educational and cultural events," Castellano said. Allied Security provides contract security services for a number of other cultural attractions in the Philadelphia area, including the Philadelphia Museum of Art Philadelphia Museum of Art, established in 1875, chartered in 1876. When the city of Philadelphia planned to erect a building to house the Centennial Exposition of 1876, provision was made to keep the building permanently occupied; the Pennsylvania Museum and School , the Rodin Museum, the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, established in 1805, incorporated in 1806. It is supported by private endowment. The academy grew out of a proposal by Charles Willson Peale for an art institution; this led to the founding of the Columbianum, , the Barnes Foundation, the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology The University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archeology and Anthropology is an archaeology and anthropology museum that is part of the University of Pennsylvania in University City, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Museum, the Franklin Institute, the Arthur Ross Gallery and the Institute of Contemporary Art. Allied Security is the largest privately held contract security services firm in the United States and the third overall. With more than 20,000 employees, Allied Security has 64 offices serving more than 2,000 accounts in over 250 cities from coast to coast. The company, based in King of Prussia, PA, provides security services to regional shopping malls, premier office buildings, hospitals, financial institutions, corporate complexes, universities and other commercial facilities. |
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