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CWS Protects Windows, Saves Energy for White House Neighbor

April 03, 2012

WASHINGTON – Commercial Window Shield is protecting windows and saving energy at a downtown Washington building four doors from the White House.

The project, at 1750 Pennsylvania Ave., is the latest of more than 25 for Vornado/Charles E. Smith by Commercial Window Shield involving security requirements for federal government tenants in privately-owned buildings upon lease renewal.

CWS is installing more than 8,000 square feet of 7-mil clear and 8-mil solar security film with wet glaze attachment on six of the building’s 11 floors. The U.S. Treasury Department...

Jacksonville Chooses CWS - Again! - for Medical Center Window Protection Project

March 01, 2012

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – As it did for Phase 1, the city of Jacksonville selected Commercial Window Shield to protect the windows on one of the most important health care facilities in the Southeast.

The project, at the University of Florida & Shands Medical Center, is the result of a second Homeland Security grant received by the city for window protection at the medical center. Window protection is considered crucial at Shands for potential security and weather-related issues. The medical center is located in one of the country’s largest hurricane belts.

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LA-Area FBI Office Protected by CWS Window Film Installation Effort

February 09, 2012

WEST COVINA, Calif. – Under a tight deadline, Commercial Window Shield has completed Phase 1 of a two-phase security window film installation project for the FBI’s field office in the Los Angeles suburb of West Covina.

Centerpointe Contractors of Anaheim, Calif. served as general contractor on the project, choosing Commercial Window Shield for a second time on significant security film installation work. The project is part of a General Services Administration lease renewal security requirement, as the FBI leases space in a privately-owned building.

Because...

CWS Secures GSA Lease Renewal Project with L.A.-Area Contractor

November 29, 2011

WEST COVINA, Calif. – Centerpointe Contractors of Anaheim, Calif., has selected Commercial Window Shield [CWS] to install fragment retention window film at a four-story building in West Covina, near Los Angeles.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation is a tenant in the building, which has been targeted by the General Services Administration as part of its lease renewal security requirements program.

At the West Covina building, Commercial Window Shield will install 7-mil clear fragment retention film using the Dow 995 wet glaze attachment system.

The project is...

Challenging Project Completed at Bethesda Metro Center

September 01, 2011

BETHESDA, Md. - Commercial Window Shield has completed a complex and challenging film installation project at the 750,000 sq. ft. Bethesda Metro Center building.

The building's owner, The Meridian Group, had been receiving complaints regarding uncomfortable heat issues from tenants working below the building's atrium. The problem was the sun's reflection off the angled atrium glass. Solar screens, affixed to the atrium glass years earlier, were supposed to handle the problem, but were inadequate.

After other film installation companies declined to get involved,...

CWS Wraps Chicago Project at Tallest Building in U.S.

July 08, 2011

CHICAGO - Commercial Window Shield has completed a window security and energy conservation project at the Willis Tower [former Sears Tower] - the tallest building in the United States.

The project involved installing fragment retention solar/security film on 1,020 windows on floors 4-27 in the 108-story building. Commercial Window Shield workers first removed old film from the windows - a painstaking process - before installing a .4-mill solar/security film, which not only protects the windows but creates energy savings for the building.

For the project, Commercial Window...

CWS Inked for D.C. Techworld Phase 2; 4,500+ Windows Protected

May 31, 2011

WASHINGTON – The JBG Companies, one of Washington’s leading commercial building owners and developers, has hired Commercial Window Shield to complete Phase 2 of its window protection project at its Techworld complex in central Washington.

Earlier this year, after JBG renewed its leases with the General Services Administration on its Techworld properties at 800 K St. and 801 I St. NW, the company turned to Commercial Window Shield to handle...

CWS Picked for CBRE Colorado GSA-Mandated Window Security Project

May 27, 2011

LAKEWOOD, Colo. - CB Richard Ellis has selected Commercial Window Shield to install fragment retention window film on a four-story building in Lakewood housing the U.S. Department of the Interior.

The work is a lease renewal requirement mandated by the General Services Administration as part of its effort to secure buildings occupied by federal agencies. The contract calls for Commercial Window Shield to install 7-mil clear fragment retention film on the building's 536 windows. The company is using a wet glaze attachment system it has perfected to adhere the film to the...

Jacksonville Hospital Windows Secured After CWS Film Installation Effort

May 26, 2011

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – When the city of Jacksonville wanted to protect the windows on the University of Florida & Shands Medical Center, it selected Commercial Window Shield to install fragment retention film.

The medical center cares for critically-ill patients and is one of the most important health care facilities in the Southeast. The city received a Homeland Security grant to fund the project. Window protection was deemed important for both security and weather-related issues, as the hospital is located in a hurricane belt.

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CWS Completes L.A.-area Security Film Installation Project

April 14, 2011

ONTARIO, Calif. – Commercial Window Shield has completed another security window film installation project for the Defense Contract Management Agency [DCMA].

The project, involved installing 8-mil clear fragment retention film using the Dow 995 wet glaze attachment system on a building in Ontario, near Los Angeles. DCMA, an arm of the U.S. Department of Defense, is a tenant in the building.

DCMA retained Centerpointe Contractors, a general contractor, which then hired Commercial Window Shield to handle the security window film installation. Since 2002, as DCMA has...

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