GVSU School of Engineering

Safety is Our Concern

Policy & Procedure for Access Card and Kennedy and Keller Building Use

1)     The policies for student use of access cards in the Kennedy/Keller Engineering Laboratories are as follows:

 

a)      For safety purposes, all students utilizing an Engineering Building during any non-business hours (Daily after 5 PM, plus Weekends and Holidays) are required to use the "buddy system" while in the labs of either building. This means there must be a minimum of two (2) students within any occupied lab within either building.

 

b)      If you are unsure if other engineering students will be in the building when you arrive, you may bring one guest with you.  This guest must be over the age of 13 and be capable of following EMERGENCY INSTRUCTIONS located directly adjacent to telephones in each lab of the Engineering Buildings. This will satisfy the "buddy system" requirement.                     

c)      DO NOT BE IN ANY LAB OF AN ENGINEERING BUILDING ALONE!                              Should Pew Campus Security personnel find you in a lab of either building alone, they

        have the authority to confiscate your access card and escort you from the building.                

d)      The last group or individuals entering the building or a room will be held responsible for any damage or loss that occurs within that lab.

 

e)      The roof of the Keller Engineering Building is off limits to all students unless escorted by faculty or supervisory staff.  Violation of this rule will result in the revocation of your Engineering Building access card for the remainder of the current semester plus an additional semester.

 

f) Unapproved entry into any space (i.e. locked store rooms, conference room, labs, etc.) will result in revocation of your access card privileges for the remainder of the current semester.

 

2)       The following locations are classified as normal 24-hour-per-day spaces and can be accessed and occupied by all engineering students currently enrolled in classes:         

         

1. Keller Engineering Laboratories East Entrance - all access cards will open

2. Keller Fluid/Thermal Sciences Lab Mezzanine (KEB 202) - all access cards will open

3. Keller Design Bay Mezzanine (KEB 211) – all access cards will open

4. Kennedy/Keller Southwest Entrance – all access cards will open

5. Kennedy North Entrance – all access cards will open

6. Kennedy/Eberhard Center Skywalk – all access cards will open

7. Kennedy 222 Cat Studio – all access cards will open

8. Kennedy 244 Computer Lab – all access cards will open

9. Kennedy 250 Measurements & Instrumentation lab – all cards will open

10. Kennedy 258 Computer Aided Design Lab – all cards will open

11. Kennedy 322 Cat Studio – all access cards will open

12. Kennedy 215 and 315 – Student/Faculty Collaboration and lobby areas are always open.

13. Keller Team Building Deck and Lobby Areas are always open.

 

3)       Access to labs other than those mentioned in item 2 above will be by prearrangement with the appropriate School of Engineering faculty and lab supervisor.

 

4)       After hours access to School of Engineering facilities by students not enrolled in engineering or computer science classes on the Pew Campus and not guests of engineering students will be by prearrangement with the appropriate School of Engineering faculty and lab supervisor.

 

5)       Electrical power to individual laboratories will be on only when the appropriate building or lab is supervised.

 

6)        Only students who have been qualified on a specific equipment may operate that equipment.       Qualification policy and procedures are addressed separately.

 

Failure to follow these policies & procedures will result in revocation of after-hours access privileges

(WITH THE EXECEPTION OF 1E & 1F)

 

Should you not return your access card when dropping from the School of Engineering or via graduation, PEW Campus Operations will place a lien on your financial student account. Should your access card be lost or stolen, it is your responsibility to immediately report it to Pew Campus Security and the School of Engineering.

 

If it is found that your card provided access to Kennedy or Keller Engineering Building that resulted in a theft of tools or equipment, you will be personally held responsible for loss and damages.  Your access card must be returned to either of the Laboratory Supervisors upon graduation or the student's departure from School of Engineering enrollment.

 

 I agree to the policies hereon:

 

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