Keys

The Key Department will come out to WPR on a Tuesday or a Thursday to hand out keys after our locks are installed. They’ll give us 48 to 72 hours’ notice before the day of distribution. You can hang on to your UTA key(s) until then to turn over to them, or turn your UTA key(s) in to the Key Office as soon as we leave UTA.

"Important: Pursuant to The University of Texas at Austin security policies, only the key holder may sign for and receive the requested keys. No other staff member, administrative assistant, receptionist, etc., may sign for or receive keys on behalf of someone else." --Lock & Key shop memo to PRC occupants, June 20, 2017

Parking Permits

If you have a Guadalupe Garage permit, you can trade it in for the less-expensive A permit at a staffed garage.  Here’s a list of the staffed garages. (Trinity Garage recommended.)

UT ID Cards Proximity Authorization

Amy De La Rosa is our BACS administrator. (BACS stands for Building Access Control System—that’s what your UT ID card is coded through.)

Hot tip:

CTR has badge holders with retractable cords, which will be handy for badging in and out of the building each day. Let us know if you’d like one. Or you can come up with your own system to keep your ID card at hand—just don’t punch a hole in it. The UT ID cards contain a thin wire that must remain intact for the cards to work on the BACS readers. (BACS stands for Building Access Control System—that’s what your UT ID card is coded through.)



Building / Door Security

You need your UT ID card to both enter AND exit the card-access doors.
Use the following procedure for BACS access for the three revolving doors:
  1. To enter and exit, hold your UT ID badge next to the BACS box and it will beep.
  2. Step into the revolving door and make sure you are standing on the second triangle to activate the door. (That second triangle is weight-activated.)
    • It will rotate automatically; you do not need to push on the door.
    • It is a tight fit to enter the revolving door. If you have any large backpacks or boxes, use the ADA door or the south side entrance.


Trash and Recycling

UT custodial services services:


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.

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

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 4th 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 3rd and 4th floors, with access via a small staircase by the west kitchenette.

Amenities

Nearby Restaurants and Stores

Building Neighbors


Parking, Transit, and Bicycles

CTR Employee Parking

Note: Lot F on the south side of the building (closest to the public entrance) is a Pay & Display lot. People parking there need to pay the meter and place the meter-produced tag inside their windshield. The Visitors section of this document has more details on the visitor lots.

photo of entrance to the paid lot

Public Transit

Bicycles

Bicycle connections from nearby transit

photo of a sign that says Right turn only, yield to bikes

photo of a bike rack on the southeast corner of the WPR building

Visitors

Building entry/exit

Parking

We have no way to validate parking or refund parking costs. If a visitor parks and pays in the Pay & Display lot, we don’t have a mechanism or means to refund that.

So, if you are having visitors who don’t already have UT permits, and don’t want them to have to pay for parking, you’ll need to think ahead and arrange for visitor parking passes. We will need to purchase visitor parking passes (known as class VSP) that you can give your visitors to display on their dashboard if they park in the Longhorn Lots.

Please email CTR-Admin at least 2 business days in advance of the visit to request  visitor parking passes. Include the names of the visitors and the purpose of the visit in your email. We do have to pay $4 for each and every visitor pass use, so we will be closely monitoring and potentially limiting visitor passes as needed.

Official Restrictions on Visitor Parking Passes

Class "VSP" permits are issued to university departments and are valid for only one day. The permit may be used in any surface parking space not designated “AT ALL TIMES”. It is not valid in ADA (unless a state issued ADA placard or plate is present), K, O, or meters.

Location map


Photos of Location

These images can be used for for event / visitor instructions