The WPR Building

Building / Door Security

• The ground floor has three revolving doors set to require card access at all times; only the south side has sliding glass doors. 
• One ADA swing door is available; it is on the north side and does not require ID access during normal business hours.
• All revolving doors and the ADA door are card-accessible during non-business hours—as long as your UT ID card is activated for WPR building access.
• We received these tips from the WPR building manager:

• North side ADA door (Braker Lane side of building).
  • Use the ADA button to open it during normal hours. After business hours it is card-access only.
  • Do not hold the ADA door open. If it is held open, the silent security alarm will notify UTPD.
    
  • Let it cycle through opening and closing. If you need it to open again, just punch the button again to open it.
  • When leaving the building, punch the button on the wall (to the left). It will open and you can exit.
    
    
• If you invite visitors to the building, please see the Visitors section for specifics on entry/exit.

Trash and Recycling

UT custodial services services:

• Tuesdays, Thursdays – trash and recycling service (Please put your bins outside your office door, in the hallway—these folks don’t enter your office to pick up the bins.  )
• They will enter offices once or twice a month to vacuum.
• Common areas like kitchens and bathrooms will be cleaned daily, including trash disposal.

Mail

UT’s Document Solutions will deliver the campus and USPS mail to our front desk. You can place outgoing mail in the bin at the front desk. Note that the address you will give for having items shipped to our WPR office will depend on the shipping method.

Mailing addresses have been updated on the CTR website's Contact Page.

Location and Use of the CTR Vehicles

See Borrowing CTR Vehicles information page on this wikispace.

Departmental Parking Pass for Campus Visits

CTR is buying one departmental parking pass for staffers to check out if they need to drive their vehicles to campus for meetings and such. You’ll be able to check out the pass much like you can check out one of the CTR vehicles. However, a departmental parking pass actually provides only limited areas where you can park on campus—primarily the San Antonio and Guadalupe garages. Given this limited utility (and a high cost of almost $600), we are purchasing only one departmental pass. Get details about where you can park with this pass: https://parking.utexas.edu/parking/department/fdp-departmental-permit

Hot Water

The showers have hot water, and three sinks on our floor have hot water. The building’s overall hot water heating system is out of order. Otherwise, for hot water on the 4^th floor, go to the mini-kitchen sink found in between the bathrooms, or the kitchen across from the central elevators.

Mezzanine Lounge

Eating space is available between the 3^rd and 4^th floors, with access via a small staircase by the west kitchenette.

Amenities

• Basketball court (in the parking lot on the Mopac side)
• Walking/running trail, approximately 1 mile (in the wooded area surrounding the building)
• Showers and lockers (1^st floor)
• Patio seating (1^st floor)
• UFCU ATM (1^st floor)
• Vending machines (snacks and bottled drinks on the 1^st floor, canned drinks in the 4th floor central kitchenette.)

Nearby Restaurants and Stores

• This area is rich in retail and restaurants—too many to list. Here are some highlights, though:
• Whole Foods (2 locations: Arboretum and Domain)
• Costco
• Sam’s
• Trader Joe’s

• Salata
• Lupe Tortilla
• BJ’s
• Masala Wok
• Mighty Fine Burgers
• Potbelly
• Mimi’s Café
• More complete listing on this PDF: Where to Eat Around WPR.pdf

Building Neighbors

• Center for Space Research
• Charles A. Dana Center
• Construction Industry Institute (CII)
• Fiatech
• Institute of Classical Archeology
• Office of Sponsored Projects (OSP)
• Office of Technology Commercialization
• Process Industry Practices (PIP)
• TAMEST (The Academy of Medicine, Engineering and Science of Texas)

Parking, Transit, and Bicycles

CTR Employee Parking

• WPR has Longhorn Lots—that means anyone with any UT permit can park there. Faculty and staff can use an A permit, which is their least expensive faculty/staff UT permit. Permits are prorated if purchased later in the year.
• Purchase your permit online through the UT Parking and Transportation Services department. (https://parking.utexas.edu/)
• Note: If you are switching jobs from another campus department and have a garage permit, you can exchange it for an A permit by visiting PTS in person at any of the staffed parking garage kiosks: Brazos Garage (BRG); Conference Center Garage (CCG); East Campus (ECG); Manor (MAG); Speedway (SWG); Trinity (TRG); Health Center Garage (HCG).
• WPR parking map:
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• All but one lot are designated Longhorn Lots. WPR employees are encouraged to use Lots A, B, and C. Lots D, E, and G are intended for visitors with UT permits (including visitor parking passes). Lot F is for visitors without a UT parking permit.

Public Transit

• Bus routes #3 and #392 have stops on Braker Lane. The #3 runs about every 30 minutes and the #392 runs about every 50 minutes. If you take the train, the #392 can pick you up at the MetroRail Kramer station. Unfortunately, if you miss, say, the 7:32, the next one doesn’t arrive until 8:22 (based on Cap Metro times as of 1.25.18).
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Bicycles

• The current public transit offerings for WPR might serve as encouragement to start involving a bicycle in your commute. The MoPac access road does have a nice, wide sidewalk, and the southwest corner of Braker and Mopac has newly installed pedestrian/bicycle-friendly cutouts.

Bicycle connections from nearby transit

• From the Kramer station: ~15 minutes from the station, using bike lanes on Kramer and cutting through the Domain to the Braker bike lane
• From the Pavilion Park & Ride: ~20 minutes down Jollyville Road
• From the 803 stop in the main Pickle campus: ~10 minutes on Braker

• There are showers on the first floor if needed.
• You can bring your bike into the office. With your bike, try the south entrance’s sliding glass doors or the the north side’s ADA door. Your proximity card will automatically open the ADA door.
• If you or your visitors don’t want to bring bikes up to the office, you can use the bike rack that is located on the east side of the building, near a revolving door.
   

Visitors

Building entry/exit

• To enter the building: Visitors can enter the sliding glass doors at the south entrance any time before 5:00 p.m., and they can exit those doors any time before 7:00 p.m. Those doors lock at 7:00 p.m., so any visitor leaving after that time will need to be badged out one of the other doors (like a revolving door or the ADA swing door).
• Please provide visitors with your phone number so they know who to call or text when they arrive.

Parking

• Attached is a parking map for visitors. The quickest route to the Visitor Lots (both metered and UT-permit) is from the Mopac access road entrance. Visitors can use the entrance on Braker as well—they just have to drive around the perimeter to reach those lots.
• Visitors with a UT parking permit: if a UT affiliate is driving a car with a UT permit in it or a UT vehicle, they can park in any of the designated Longhorn Lots. If they choose to park in the Pay & Display (metered) area instead (Lot F), they must purchase a permit at the kiosk and display it on their windshield or they will be ticketed by Parking & Transportation.
• Visitors without a UT parking permit: non-UT folks will need to either pay the meter in the Pay & Display area to park in Lot F or obtain a visitor permit to park in the Longhorn Lots.
  

Location map

Photos of Location

These images can be used for for event / visitor instructions