Riverside Campus Plan - Office of Facilities Coordination - Texas ...

CURRENT CONDITIONS23discrete fencing or monitoring, and patrols areand alarm systems, but the absence of a physi-FIGURE 2generally informal.Access to the runways, taxi-ways, and researchpastures is effectively un-controlled outsideweekday business hours.There is no University Police Department (UPD)presence on the Riverside Campus, although randompatrols are carried out from time to time.Fire protection is provided by the City of Bryanas the first-responder. Emergency health issuesrequire notification to UPD or the Bryan Fire Department.SECURITY LIGHTINGcal presence after hours renders many of thesecapable of deterring access rather than providingpositive security.In 2011 the university commissioned the KrollSecurity Group (KSG) to undertake a universitywideanalysis of security. KSG noted the needfor an emergency entrance/exit, and suggestedthat the paved road behind the warehouses on thenorthern part of the campus could be extended toHighway 21.KSG also called for significantly improved securitycameras at the existing entrance, a common3card-reader access to all buildings, special securitywithin buildings with hazardous conditionsor weapons storage, and control of primary accesspoints to the runways.They also recommended that the campus receiveExample of current ‘wayfinding’signage.FIGURE 3Ocean Drilling StorageHangar 8031 roped off duringa TEEX conference in the adjacenthangar (6030), as partof security and parking for thecampus.Street lighting is inconsistent at best, and sincea dedicated UPD facility, with 24/7 support.the campus closes between 6:00 pm and 7:00 amthe current assumption is that none is required.SUMMARYBUILDING SECURITYAs with the utility infrastructure, the current conditionoperates with a low level of activity, withAccess to most buildings on campus is by stan-a small number of personnel (faculty, staff ordard key locks. The Architecture’s Digital Fab-students) being based at the Riverside Campusrication Building (7007) has swipe card access toas their main workplace, and with visitors beingfacilitate access by faculty and students involvedlimited to individuals whose purpose is under-with research or class projects that utilize com-stood in advance and who will be escorted to theputer controlled fabrication equipment. Somecampus, or provided detailed instructions in ad-agency buildings have internal security cameras2vance of their visit.