JB/Smith

For one of the nation’s largest commercial building owners and property management firms, Commercial Window Shield has installed fragment retention window film and reflective sun control film on more than 30 JB/Smith buildings in Washington and Northern Virginia.

Our projects for JB/Smith have demonstrated our ability to develop creative solutions to complex issues. For instance, a number of JB/Smith buildings are occupied by federal government agencies near Reagan National Airport. The resulting loud noise from the airliners adversely impacts the quality of the buildings’ space. As a result, many of the windows are outfitted with special glazing to enhance sound reduction. In these projects, Commercial Window Shield had to disassemble the glass system prior to installing the security window film and its attachment system in order to meet GSA’s strict requirements for blast protection. Other JB/Smith projects have called for structural elements to be added to make the window system secure. In some instances, Commercial Window Shield has had to rebuild parts of the windows. These challenges, and the creative solutions developed, demonstrate Commercial Window Shield’s ability to successfully handle a wide variety of window security projects.

In one instance, Commercial Window Shield was asked to re-install window film in a JB/Smith building in Crystal City after JB/Smith officials realized the window film on the building had been incorrectly installed on the interior surface of a removable interior glass panel. The panel should have been removed and the film installed on the interior surface of the exterior pane. Had this not been discovered and corrected by Commercial Window Shield, and had there been an explosion in the building, the occupants would not have been properly protected.