CTR move to WPR Building

Downloads:       (1) WPR annotated floorplan.pdf    (2) WPR Welcome Packet.pdf

Making the Transition

WPR Welcome Packet

WPR Building's Business Hours

7:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday

Building / Door Security

WPR differs from UTA in one key way:

The ground floor has three revolving doors set to require card access at all times; only the south side has sliding glass doors. The sliding doors don’t require ID to enter/exit during normal business hours, which is handy, as those doors are closest to the visitor parking lot.

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:

•  Here’s how to use the ADA door.
  • 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. Let it cycle through opening and closing. If you need it to open again, just punch the button again to open it. Otherwise, after business hours the silent security alarm will notify UTPD.
  • When leaving the building, punch the button on the wall (to the left). It will open and you can exit.
    
    

If you are having visitors to the building, please see the Visitors section for specifics on entry/exit.

Trash and Recycling

UT custodial services will pick up office trash and recycling bins on Tuesdays and Thursdays. 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 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.

• Campus mail: Our mail code will remain D9300.
• US mail: Use the address with our UT mail code—3925 W. Braker Ln, Stop D9300, Austin TX 78759.

• UPS, FedEx, and other private shippers: Use the address with our suite number—3925 W. Braker Ln, Suite #4.11080, Austin TX 78759.

  However! The building’s offices are supposed to be renumbered shortly after we move in, so that suite number may change. Stay tuned for breaking news in this area.

Location and Use of the CTR Vehicles

We have two parking spots reserved for our two vehicles on the south side of the building, in the Pay & Display lot (F). The spots are signed with “CTR Vehicle Only” so they are easy to find. You’ll return the vehicles to those spots when you are done with them. We’ll use the same checkout system we use now—email the CTR Admin mailbox to request a car reservation and pick up the key from the CTR purchaser (a new purchaser is joining us 2.12.18).

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 to start with. 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 two sinks on our floor for sure have hot water. The building’s overall hot water heating system is out of order. We might have hot water in the CTR kitchen—if we do, it’ll be a delightful surprise. Who doesn’t love a surprise? Otherwise, for hot water on the 4^th floor go to the mini-kitchen sink found in between the bathrooms, next to the Mystery Lounge.

Mystery Lounge

How to describe the mystery lounge? You just have to see it. Will we ever be allowed to enter the Mystery Lounge from the 4^th floor, or will we be forever forced to gaze down upon it in confusion, as it floats tantalizingly there between the 3^rd and 4^th floors? Only time will tell.

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 (1^st floor)

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 doesn’t have any parking garages, just Longhorn Lots—that means anyone with any UT permit can park there. And that means you can get away with only an A permit, which is the least expensive UT permit at $160 per year.

Purchase your permit online through the UT Parking and Transportation Services department: https://parking.utexas.edu/. If you have a permit for the Guadalupe Garage (F GUG), 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).

Here’s a WPR parking map:

You can see that all but one lot are designated Longhorn Lots. WPR employees are encouraged to use A, B, and C lots, as the D, E, and G lots are intended for UT-permitted visitors.

Public Transit

The #3 and #392 have stops on Braker, but 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. However, you miss, say, the 7:32, the next one doesn’t arrive til 8:22 (based on Cap Metro times as of 1.25.18). So. Be warned.

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

You can continue to bring your bike into the office (and you can use the showers on the first floor if it’s a particularly sticky ride!). Rather than attempting the revolving doors with your bike, try the south entrance’s sliding glass doors or the the north side’s ADA swing door. Use the ADA button to open it during normal hours. After business hours it is card-access only.

If you or your visitors don’t want to bring bikes up to the office, you can use the bike rack. It is on the east side, 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).

To get past the front desk: At the front desk is another set of sliding doors that are open until 4:30 p.m. If your visitors arrive after 4:30 but before 5:00, they can get in the building but will have to wait at the front desk to be badged in to reach the elevators.

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.

The visitor parking situation breaks down like this:

• UT Visitors: if a UT affiliate is driving a car with a UT permit in it or a UT vehicle, they can use any of those Longhorn Lots–but they will need to pay the meter if they choose to park in the Pay & Display area.
• Non-UT Visitors: non-UT folks will need to either pay the meter in the Pay & Display area or park in the Longhorn Lots and display a visitor permit.