ROSEMONT, Ill. – HITT Contracting has hired Commercial Window Shield for a fragment retention window film project for a federal government tenant in a building near O’Hare International Airport.
The tenant will be occupying four floors of the high-security building that HITT will be renovating. For HITT, Commercial Window Shield will be installing 7-mil security film on 576 windows on floors 3-6. In total, the company will be installing 14,000 sq. ft. of shatter resistant window film.
The fragment retention window film installation component of the project is mandated by the government’s General Services Administration [GSA] as part of its overall building security program.
Additionally, Commercial Window Shield will be installing a band of frosted privacy film on all office fronts and conference room glass on each of the floors. In total, the company will be installing 5,000 sq. feet of decorative/privacy window film.
The project will begin in the first or second quarter of 2026.
Commercial Window Shield and HITT have had a long-term relationship involving a number of window film installation projects in recent years. The company, one of the country’s leading installers of all types of window films, have a history working with some of the country’s top general contractors.
Commercial Window Shield has also completed security, solar control, radio frequency [RF], switchable smart, decorative/privacy window and bird safety film projects for DAVIS, CK Commercial, Harvey-Cleary, rand, Gilbane Building Co., Watts Construction, DPR Construction and May Construction.
The company’s major focus in its more than 40 years in business has been security and solar control window film installation. Its clients have included the U.S. Capitol, FBI headquarters, the Pentagon, all House of Representative and Library of Congress buildings, Grand Central Terminal, Merrill Lynch headquarters, the United Nations, the Willis [former Sears] Tower, O’Hare and Seattle international airports, and the Philadelphia and Denver mints.
