WASHINGTON, D.C.  – HITT Contracting has hired Commercial Window Shield for specialty window film installation project for client Troutman Pepper Locke at 1001 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, seven blocks from the White House.

HITT is renovating floors 13 and 14 for Troutman.

Once completed, Commercial Window Shield will install a narrow band of film across all office fronts on both floors. The film, known as distraction film, makes the glass more visible to keep people walking by from running into glass potentially causing injury.

Additionally, commercial window film installers Shield will install a decorative privacy film on select glass office fronts. This film will provide office occupants will total privacy.

The privacy window film installation part of the project will begin in fall, 2026, once the build-out has been completed.

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.

The company’s major focus in its more than 40 years in business has been security and solar control window film installation. Its clients have included the U.S. Capitol, FBI headquarters, the Pentagon, all House of Representative and Library of Congress buildings, Grand Central Terminal, Merrill Lynch headquarters, the United Nations, the Willis [former Sears] Tower, O’Hare and Seattle international airports, and the Philadelphia and Denver mints.