WASHINGTON – For the second time in two years, Commercial Window Shield has been selected to protect the windows in one of the country’s most historic synagogues in our nation’s capital.
In March 2018, the company installed a security window system on a number of windows at the Sixth and I Historic Synagogue. The synagogue has retained Commercial Window Shield for Phase 2 to protect the synagogue’s remaining windows.
As in Phase 1, the project involves building secondary polycarbonate glass window systems and attaching them to the inside of each of the synagogue’s stained and other ornamental windows. This process was developed by Commercial Window Shield engineers after it was learned the historic nature of the 110-year-old building prevented the usual attachment of shatter resistant film to the windows.
The project is being funded by a second Department of Homeland Security grant as incidents of sabotage against synagogues in the U.S. have increased in recent years.
Commercial Window Shield was recommended for the project by officials at the building management company Jones Lang LaSalle who had worked with the company on previous projects and knew they could handle the complex assignment. Previously, Commercial Window Shield completed similar challenging projects at the historic Grand Central Terminal in New York City and Bowen Building in Washington.
The project will begin this fall and be completed in several weeks.
The synagogue first opened as the Adas Israel Congregation in 1908. It later became a Methodist church for nearly 50 years before being bought by three developers in 2004. They renovated the building, returning it to a synagogue.
Commercial Window Shield is one of the country’s largest installers of security and solar control window films. The company’s work can be found on government buildings all over the country, including the U.S. Capitol, all U.S. House of Representative and Library of Congress buildings, Veterans Administration and Energy Department headquarters, FBI headquarters, Department of Labor headquarters, Grand Central Terminal, George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston, the Denver and Philadelphia mints, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. and the United Nations.
