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  • 1.  Maintaining Building Capacity

    Posted 07-13-2020 19:09
    Hi Everyone!

    My team and I are trying to plan ahead when it comes to maintaining the capacity of our building. We have 4 entrances/exits to our building and will be having 2 designated as entrances and 2 as exits with signage and sandwich boards. Our concern is how do we make sure we are staying within the building capacity should it become a mandate? We are a high traffic building and house the main dinning option for our students, so that is another capacity issue we have to work around. 

    We won't have any student staff to stand at the doors with counters, but we are thinking of using pro staff to make it work. 

    Is anyone else facing this issue or have any suggestions? All ideas are welcome :)

    Thank you and stay well!

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    Victoria Lawler
    Event Operations Specialist
    Gonzaga University
    Spokane WA
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  • 2.  RE: Maintaining Building Capacity

    Posted 07-14-2020 08:10
    Hi Victoria,

    Our SafeSpace solution sounds like it would be a fit for you! We have extensive experience working with universities and are long time ACUI members. Here is a link to a quick video showing how our system works, which can be automated with our smart sensors or manual using our mobile app: VIDEO

    Feel free to look over our website and email me with any direct questions. I can get you in touch with Chris Listorti here who serves as our internal sales rep for universities and student unions.

    Thanks, we look forward to hearing from you!

    Andy Clutter
    SenSource, Inc.
    aclutter@sensourceinc.com

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    Andy Clutter
    Director of Marketing
    SenSource, Inc.
    Youngstown OH
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  • 3.  RE: Maintaining Building Capacity

    Posted 07-14-2020 08:18
    Hello Victoria,

    This is Chris from SenSource.  Our SAFESPACE real time automated occupancy system, is an ideal tool for locations that need to implement a real-time occupancy solution at their facilities.   This would eliminate the need for people to monitor the doorways.  You can monitor your occupancy on any mobile device or display it on a monitor/TV at the entrance so students/staff  will know that they can still enter or not.  Texts or emails can be sent as alarms to your team when capacity of the space is reached.   I would be happy to speak with you or provide a demo of our system. 



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    Chris Listorti
    Senior Account Manager
    SenSource, Inc.
    Youngstown OH
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  • 4.  RE: Maintaining Building Capacity

    Posted 07-14-2020 08:53
    We are in the process of finalizing a SenSource purchase and it has everything we are looking for to help manage building capacity as well as give usage data during/post COVID-19 restrictions. Chris is great to work with also. 

    For building occupancy, I built a series of scenarios with different social distancing models in an excel sheet to show what mathematical limits can fit in spaces. For some of our event spaces, I also modeled diagrams with separation and adjusted some of our aux spaces due to built-in furniture and other obstructions. This helped us model different scenarios and prepare for potential increases in space over the following months/years.

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    Michael Makoski
    Associate Director of Student Engagement
    Smith College
    Northampton MA
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  • 5.  RE: Maintaining Building Capacity

    Posted 07-14-2020 09:46
    Victoria
    A great question that many of us are facing. We have 23 points of entry (doors) and have closed and locked many of them; we have entry points on multiple levels of our building.

    We have chose to post capacities for rooms, lounges, etc. rather than the whole building as we too are a high volume walk-through for students from lower campus (residential area) to upper campus (academic quads).

    I would speak further with your coordinator for the University's response to COVID and how other facilities on campus are handling building capacity as opposed to room capacity.

    Wishing you continued good health and all the best for opening and onward.

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    Carl Stiles
    Director, Memorial Union/Student Involvement and Center for Student Leadership Development
    University of Rhode Island
    Kingston RI
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  • 6.  RE: Maintaining Building Capacity

    Posted 07-15-2020 09:39
    Hi Victoria, 

    On behalf of AudienceView  I've been helping campus leaders provide solutions for returning students to campus. 
    A risk mitigation and capacity management tool is essential. 
    AudienceView Campus Flow provides a time-based entry solution to set capacity limits and reservations for student centers, libraries, rec centers, cafeterias and study spaces, with contactless technology and with established physical distancing seating plans. It even integrates seamlessly with your existing campus ID authentication system.  
    Additional benefits:
    • Automated Contact Tracing and reporting facilitates tracking of who was in which space at what time
    • Configurable access levels allow you to grant access to the right places at the right times for the right student audience
    • Online booking portal for students and staff is easy to set up and maintain.
    Click here to watch a short webinar that outlines AudienceView Campus Flow and shows all of the great tools that come along with it.
     
    I'd love to hear back from you, and set up some time to chat.  

    Jason Austin
    jason.austin@audienceview.com


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    Jason Austin
    Business Development, Higher Education
    AudienceView Ticketing
    Toronto ON
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