As well as offering a potential means of forced entry into a building, managers and specifiers can sometimes overlook the potential hazard a window represents if broken or vandalised.

In sensitive areas, and in particular within the educational arena, broken glass can create significant problems for those occupying the immediate area until extensive clean up operations have been undertaken with the attendant issues of liability.

The regulatory authorities recognised this problem back in 1992, and Statutory Instrument 1992 No.3004 The Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations states:

Windows, and transparent or translucent doors, gates and walls
14.  Every window or other transparent or translucent surface in a wall or partition and every transparent or translucent surface in a door or gate shall, where necessary for reasons of health or safety, be of safety material or be protected against breakage of the transparent or translucent material.

Security Shield™ provides a simple and unobtrusive solution for window protection that is almost unnoticed when installed from both inside or out. Furthermore the architecturally designed frame and membrane even enhances the appearance of an aging premises, as well as giving additional security. The cost of one application of Security Shield™ is usually less than the cost of boarding, reglazing and the other consequential effects of vandalism or accidents.