LAKE ZURICH, Ill.  Commercial Window Shield has completed a third project at a school district in the Chicago area to install safety and security film on school buildings.

The contract, with Lake Zurich Community Unit School District 95, called for the company to install the film on the entryway glass of eight Lake Zurich school buildings. The safety and security film protects the glass and makes it extremely difficult for an unwanted intruder to enter the buildings.

Commercial Window Shield was the lowest of six bidders on the project, which originally stipulated that a nationally known brand of film be used. However, CWS engineers recommended an equivalent film with significant savings and no loss of protection.  Post-analysis, Lake Zurich officials approved the alternative film.

The project was funded by a grant from the Illinois Emergency Management Agency, which in 2014 awarded grants totaling $25 million to 448 school districts, community colleges and state universities to secure their buildings.

Nothing is more important in Illinois than keeping our schools safe, said Gov. Pat Quinn in announcing the grants.

In addition to Lake Zurich, Commercial Window Shield recently completed similar projects in nearby Geneva and Minooka school districts.

The projects continue a national trend in which school districts are acting to protect their buildings from potential violent intrusions. Commercial Window Shield has become one of the country’s go-to companies in glass security for school buildings.  The company was recently awarded a contract to protect school buildings in Henry County, Va.

Elsewhere, Commercial Window Shield has completed safety and security film projects at Calvert County [Md.] Public Schools; Bath Local Schools, near Lima, Ohio; Hewlett-Woodmere Public Schools, N.Y.; and Glastonbury, Hartford and Simsbury school districts in Connecticut.

With more than 30 years experience, Commercial Window Shield is the nation’s leading security and solar reflective window film installer.  Among its many projects, the company has protected windows at the U.S. Capitol, Pentagon, and all House of Representative buildings, O’Hare International Airport, the Willis Tower [former Sears Tower], Denver and Philadelphia mints, Grand Central Terminal and George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston.

For more information:
George Tanber [419] 410-7913 or Adam Staley [419] 215-9469