The week after the 9/11 attacks on New York and Washington, Commercial Window Shield was selected in a competitive bid process to install fragment retention window film on one of the most recognizable buildings in the world – the U.S. Capitol. We recruited more than 50 window film installers from around the country. They began installing the security window film on the Capitol on a Monday. Four days later, in one of the most complex fragment retention window film installation projects ever, the project was completed. Under normal circumstances, the project would have taken up to six months to complete.
In addition to the Capitol, Commercial Window Shield was awarded bids on multiple projects involving additional high-profile government buildings. The company installed security window film at four House of Representative buildings – Rayburn, Longsworth, Cannon and ford- as well as three Library of Congress buildings – Adams, Jefferson and Madison. We also installed fragment retention security film at the U.S. Capitol Power Plant building, the O’Neil House Office building, the Botanical Gardens and the House Page Dorm. The entire project was completed in 40 days, which included a 10-day shutdown due to an anthrax scare.
In the history of the window film installation industry, nothing like this had ever been done before. Commercial Window Shield mobilized an enormous workforce of the country’s most skilled window film installers with little notice. These workers installed several hundred thousand square feet of fragment retention window film on some of the nation’s most important buildings under a trying deadline and security conditions. Yet they came through with flying colors, earning praise from all of the government officials involved.