Facility Opening and Closing Procedures

All exterior entrances are on the same automatic schedule managed by DoIT Enterprise Infrastructure and Support.  They are automatically unlocked at 7:30 AM and locked at 11:00 PM, Monday through Friday.  Outside these hours, entry requires physical key access or swipe-card access.

• Information Technology/Engineering Building.
• Performing Arts & Humanities Building.
• Public Policy Building.

At least one exterior entrance is on an automatic schedule managed by the primary occupant.  Outside these hours, entry requires physical key access or swipe-card access.

• Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Building (ILSB):  Hours of operation for ILSB are posted online.  All exterior entrances are on an automatic timer managed by the College of Natural and Mathematical Sciences (CNMS).  They are automatically unlocked at 7:40 AM and locked at 4:55 PM, Monday through Friday.  Outside these hours, entry requires physical key access or swipe-card access.
• The Commons:  Hours of operation for The Commons are posted online.  The ADA door at each entrance and the service door by the loading dock are on an automatic timer managed by Campus Life and programmed to opening and closing times.  Outside these hours, entry requires physical key access or swipe-card access.  All other doors require manual unlocking and locking by authorized occupant staff or UMBC Police at posted opening and closing times.  Authorized personnel have 24/7 swipe-card access to the exterior entrance for the stairs between the Biology Building and The Commons, the service entrance by the loading dock, and all ADA exterior entry doors.
• Retriever Activities Center (RAC):  Hours of operation for the RAC are posted online.  The ADA exterior entry door at the front entrance is on an automatic timer managed by Recreation and Physical Education and programmed to opening and closing times.  All other doors require manual unlocking and locking by authorized occupant staff or UMBC Police at posted opening and closing times.  Outside these hours, entry requires physical key access or swipe-card access.

• Hours of operation for the Library are posted online.  The main exterior entrance is on an automatic schedule managed by DoIT Enterprise Infrastructure and Support and programmed to opening and closing times.
• Outside these hours, entry requires physical key access or swipe-card access.  The service door by the loading dock provides 24/7 swipe-card access to authorized personnel.
• All other exterior entrances require manual unlocking and locking by authorized occupant staff or UMBC Police at posted opening and closing times.

• The main exterior entrance on the west side of the building is on an automatic schedule managed by DoIT Enterprise Infrastructure and Support and programmed to opening and closing times.  During fall, winter, and spring semesters, it is automatically unlocked at 8:00 AM and locked at 10:00 PM, Monday through Friday.
• During the summer, automatic locking changes to 5:00 PM.  Hours of operation for Retriever Integrated Health, Office of Health Promotion, Student Conduct and Community Standards, and The Gathering Space for Spiritual Well-Being are posted online.
• Outside these hours, entry requires physical key access or swipe-card access.  The exterior entrance on the north side of the building provides 24/7 swipe-card access to authorized personnel.

• The main exterior entrance to the UMBC Police Department on the first level and the service door by the loading dock are both on automatic schedules managed by DoIT Enterprise Infrastructure and Support.  The Police Department entrance is automatically unlocked at 6:00 AM and locked at 6:00 PM, Monday through Friday.
• Outside these hours, entry requires physical key access.  The service door by the loading dock is automatically unlocked at 6:00 AM and locked at 4:00 PM, Monday through Friday.
• Outside these hours, entry requires swipe-card access.  All other exterior entrances, to include the boiler room, require manual unlocking and locking by authorized occupant staff or UMBC Police.

Normal business hours are 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM, Monday through Friday.  The Arena uses a combination of automatic timers, swipe-card access, and manual access.

• Scheduled Automatic Opening and Closing:  The exterior entrance for lobby 2CV2, located on the second level southwest corner of the Arena, is on an automatic timer managed by DoIT Enterprise Infrastructure and Support.  During fall, winter, and spring semesters, this door is automatically unlocked at 8:00 AM and locked at 5:00 PM, Monday through Friday.  During commencement activities and throughout summer, the automatic schedule is removed and this exterior entrance requires manual unlocking and locking by authorized Arena staff or by UMBC Police.
• Swipe Card Access:  Athletics Department faculty and staff have 24/7 swipe-card access to the exterior entry door for lobby 2CV2.  A limited number of authorized personnel have 24/7 swipe-card access to the loading dock exterior entry door on the first level.
• Access to the Academic Center for Student-Athletes (ACSA):  The exterior entry door for lobby 1CV1, located on the first level southwest corner of the Arena, allows access to the ACSA.  Hours of operation for the ACSA are posted online.  Athletics Department faculty, staff, and men’s and women’s basketball players have 24/7 swipe-card access to lobby 1CV1.  Volleyball players have swipe-card access 7 days a week, 5:00 AM to 10:00 PM.  Other student athletes have swipe-card access from 5:30 AM to 8:00 PM, Monday through Friday, and from 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM, Saturday through Sunday.
• Manual Access:  All other exterior entry doors at the Arena require manual unlocking and locking by authorized Arena staff or by UMBC Police.  Arena staff or UMBC Police will manually unlock exterior entry doors only on event days and will limit access to entries required for the event.

• The exterior entrance on the west side of the second level is on the shared automatic schedule managed by DoIT Enterprise Infrastructure and Support.  It is automatically unlocked at 7:30 AM and locked at 11:00 PM, Monday through Friday.
• UMBC Police manually unlock ground and first level exterior entrances at this building Monday through Friday by 6:00 AM.  Unless instructed to lock earlier or later, Police lock ground and first level exterior entrances at this building by 11:00 PM.
• Outside these hours, entry requires physical key access or swipe-card access.

• The exterior ADA entrance on the north side of the second level adjacent to room 105 (Center for Art Design and Visual Culture exhibition hall) is on the shared automatic schedule managed by DoIT Enterprise Infrastructure and Support.  It is automatically unlocked at 7:30 AM and locked at 11:00 PM, Monday through Friday.
• UMBC Police manually unlock ground, first, and second level exterior entrances at this building Monday through Friday  by 6:00 AM.  Unless instructed to lock earlier or later, Police lock ground, first, and second level exterior entrances at this building by 11:00 PM.
• Outside these hours, entry requires physical key access or swipe-card access.

• The exterior entrance on the south side of the first level and on the west side of the second level are on the shared automatic schedule managed by DoIT Enterprise Infrastructure and Support.  They are automatically unlocked at 7:30 AM and locked at 11:00 PM, Monday through Friday.
• UMBC Police manually unlock ground level exterior entrances at this building Monday through Friday by 6:00 AM.  Unless instructed to lock earlier or later, Police lock ground level exterior entrances at this building by 11:00 PM.
• Outside these hours, entry requires physical key access or swipe-card access.

• The exterior ADA entrances on the first and third levels are on the shared automatic schedule managed by DoIT Enterprise Infrastructure and Support.  They are automatically unlocked at 7:30 AM and locked at 11:00 PM, Monday through Friday.
• UMBC Police manually unlock second level exterior entrances at this building Monday through Friday by 6:00 AM.  Unless instructed to lock earlier or later, Police lock second level exterior entrances at this building by 11:00 PM.
• Outside these hours, entry requires physical key access or swipe-card access.

UMBC Police manually unlock all exterior entrances at these buildings Monday through Friday by 6:00 AM.  Unless instructed to lock earlier or later, Police lock these buildings by 11:00 PM.  Outside these hours, entry requires physical key access.  Saturday through Sunday, if a department needs a building open for a special event, they may request UMBC Police open the building before and close immediately afterwards.  There are no exterior entrances with swipe-card access.

• Administration Building.
• Biological Sciences Building.
• Lecture Hall 1.
• Math & Psychology Building.
• Physics Building.
• Sherman Hall.
• Sondheim Hall.

Exterior entrances require manual unlocking and locking by authorized occupant staff (or by UMBC Police) during normal hours of operation or for special events.  Authorized personnel have 24/7 swipe-card access to some exterior entrances.

• Apartment Community Center:  Authorized personnel have 24/7 swipe-card access to three exterior entrances:  1) the interior entrance to the west side lobby; 2) the interior entrance to the east side lobby, and: 3) the north entrance to the corridor adjacent to meeting room 110B.
• Technology Research Center:  Authorized personnel have 24/7 swipe-card access to two exterior entrances:  1) the southwest entrance to the MME Technical Service Center on the ground level; and 2) the main entrance on the east side at the Westland Boulevard circle.
• Warehouse:  Hours of operation for UMBC Central Receiving and the UMBC Transit office are posted online.  Authorized personnel have 24/7 swipe-card access to the exterior entrance for the UMBC Transit office on the southwest corner of the building.
• 900 Walker:   Authorized personnel have 24/7 swipe-card access to six exterior entrances on the first level.  The main entrance on the south side of the building, the two corridor entrances on the north side of the building, and the staff door on the basement level near the loading dock all require manual unlocking and locking.

Authorized occupant staff (or UMBC Police) manually unlock and lock all exterior entrances during normal hours of operation or for special events.  There are no exterior entrances with swipe-card access.

• Alumni House.
• Army ROTC Building.
• Facilities Management (FM) Building:  Hours of operation for FM are posted online.
• Naval ROTC Building.
• Tech 2 Building.
• True Grit’s Dining Hall:  Hours of operation for True Grit’s are posted online.
• Y Preschool at UMBC:  Hours of operation for the Preschool are posted online.  The main entrance uses an unlock keypad.  Y Preschool staff open and close the building using this keypad.  Authorized parents/guardians use this keypad to enter and drop off or pick up children.