ROSEMONT, Ill. – Commercial Window Shield has completed a fragment retention window film project for a federal government tenant in a building near O’Hare International Airport.
The tenant is occupying four floors of the high-security building that HITT Contracting has renovated. The project involved Commercial Window Shield installing 7-mil security film on 576 windows on floors 3-6. In total, the company installed 14,000 sq. ft. of shatter resistant window film.
The fragment retention window film installation component of the project was mandated by the government’s General Services Administration [GSA] as part of its overall building security program.
Additionally, Commercial Window Shield installed a band of frosted privacy film on all office fronts and conference room glass on each of the floors. In total, the company installed 5,000 sq. feet of decorative/privacy window film.
The project began in spring 2026 and was completed on time this fall.
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.
