Security Measures governing
admission to ICTP buildings
from 2 March 2009
Following the security and safety audit of ICTP done by the Head of the Security UNESCO and FAO, various measures have been taken. The last of the major recommendations remaining to be implemented is an improved access control system. Proximity badges were put to use by the administrative staff for some time now; all group visitors have had these badges as well.
From next Monday, March 2nd, we are ready to distribute the badges to all visitors of the Centre and activate the electronic locks and badge readers of various doors to ICTP buildings.
This note sets out the main information about the distribution and use of the badges. Any questions should be made to ACS - Access Control System, located in Fermi bldg. in the mail office (person in charge for badge issues is Ms. Tiziana Derni (ext. 589, e-mail: access@ictp.it). Others responsible are Mr. Alessandro Bulzani (ext. 518) and Mr. Erich Jost.
In short, persons having business in any of the ICTP buildings will have a badge and will have access to the buildings more easily than before (also outside working hours).
The proximity badges are re-assignable and for this purpose must be returned to ACS. To facilitate the return, 'Badge collection boxes' are located at the receptions of the Guesthouses, the Info-Point, the guards' desk in the Leonardo building, the main entrance and the entrance at the Terrace level of the Fermi bldg., as well as in the multidisciplinary laboratory. In addition, the badges may be left with the mail office counters during their opening hours.
People without a badge will always have contact possibilities by using one of the entrances to the building that are open during the hours as set out below, or by approaching the guards outside these hours. It is not allowed for anyone with a badge to lend it to others or to let other persons into the ICTP buildings.
Secretaries have received special guidelines regarding the routines for badges for visitors. New staff will receive their badges from the Personnel Office when taking up duties.
Staff members, visitors and other authorized persons will be admitted to ICTP buildings as follows:
Leonardo
building:
Free access from the main entrance and from the SISSA tunnel (open doors) from 8:00 to 18:00.
Outside working hours, on Saturdays and Sundays and during official holidays, access only through use of badges or by contacting the guard.
Other entrances:
Entrance at anytime through the use of badge.
Fermi
Building
Main entrance (sea-facing terrace area):
Open from 8:00 to 17:30.
Outside working hours, on Saturdays and Sundays and during official holidays, access only through the use of badge.
Other entrances:
Doors closed, access anytime by authorized persons through the use of badge.
Adriatico
Guesthouse
Main entrance: door open from 06:30 to 24:00
The access through the lower lever entrance, from the parking area, only through the use of badge.
Galileo
Guesthouse
Main entrance: door open from 06:30 to 24:00
Outside working hours, access only through the use of badge.
Access to the parking area through the use of badge.
Microprocessor
Laboratory
Main entrance: door open from 8:00 to 18:00.
Outside working hours, on Saturdays and Sundays and during the official holidays, access only through the use of badge.
Not all doors,
such as emergency exit doors, are equipped with a badge reader. Such
doors are
equipped with a sound alarm and signaling to the guards, to prevent
that they are
'forgotten in open position'; they should not be used for exiting the
building.
Such doors have a sign on them telling that the door is alarmed. Should
there
be an occasional need to open and an
alarmed door, please contact ACS or the guard.
The above sets out the guidelines from 2 March 2009. As we gain experience with the system and the use of the badges, revisions will be done as needed.