Conference Guest Visit Guide

Issues that affect your safety and immediate well-being are categorized as emergency issues. These issues are things that should not be ignored and require immediate attention.

Emergency requests include:

Flooding
No water
No lights at all
No power
No Air-conditioning
Person stuck in elevator, etc.

Please contact our desk or email us at internlodging@housing.gatech.edu. Be ready with your room number, building, and description of the issue.

Between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m., you can call in emergency maintenance issues to the maintenance office at 404-894-0520.

After 8 p.m. and on weekends, emergency maintenance can be reached through the Resident Advisor on duty via the Duty phone posted throughout your hall: 404-395-9254.

Residents are responsible for the condition of their room and any shared spaces. The Department works hard to attribute damage and vandalism charges to individuals responsible. However, when it cannot, all members of an apartment, suite, room, hall, or building may be charged equally for any damages applicable to those spaces. It is our hope that affected residents will provide information to Housing and Conference Services staff to assign these charges to individuals responsible. There are no appeals to a collective liability charge.

The only pets allowed within the residential facilities are fish in aquariums with a capacity no larger than 10 gallons. If an individual is found to have a pet within the facilities, they will be responsible for the necessary cleaning involved to remove animal hair and smells for the premises. Residents with pets may also be subject to eviction. Service animals can be handled on a case-by-case basis and should be made aware of to Housing and the Office of Conference Services immediately.

As a resident of Georgia Tech, you are subject to Safety inspections during designated times in the summer. Staff will be checking rooms to make sure there are no safety or fire hazards. Here are some of the policies that must be adhered to:

• Halogen-torchbearer lights are prohibited
• Refrigerators (mini-fridges) must be plugged directly into the wall and not into a strip or surge protector.
• All multiple outlet units must have a surge protector.
• Nothing can hang from the overhead lights, sprinkler heads, pipes, or be attached to the ceiling.
• There can only be one major appliance (refrigerator, TV, computer, microwave, etc) per receptacle plug. Extension cords may not be used.
• No cords may run under a carpet.
• Open element hot plates are not allowed.
• Cleanliness of room will be checked for health hazards.
• Candles and incense burners are not allowed.

To get a complete list of Housing policies, talk to the RA located on your floor. They will be there to help you throughout the summer.

Use

To enter buildings, you will need to scan your Buzzcard on the proximity scanners located near the entrances. For laundry, there are kiosks located within the laundry room that will only accept Buzzcard. If you choose to purchase a membership with the CRC the Buzzcard will be your key to get in. If dining on campus, Buzzcard buzzfunds are accepted as a method of payment.

How Do I Deposit Money?

There are several options for depositing money onto your BuzzCard.

• Online at buzzcard.gatech.edu/manage-my-card.
• In person during normal business hours at the Bursar’s office or at the BuzzCard Office in Barnes & Noble at Tech Square.

Value Transfer Stations – our 24 hr walk up kiosk that provide BuzzCard Debit Account Deposits. It also allows for cash deposits directly into your account. Kiosks are located in North Avenue North lobby, North Ave Dining Hall, and Barnes & Noble.

Your first card is free with registration. Replacement BuzzCards can be made through the BuzzCard Office located at Barnes & Noble in Tech Square. They’re on the corner of 5th St. and Spring St. The office is open from 8 a.m. – 6 p.m. Mon – Fri.

A replacement card is $30 and needs to be paid during the order. You can call the BuzzCard office at: 404-894-2899 during business hours.

If you choose to bring your vehicle onto campus, you must have a parking pass. 
If you need to get in contact with the parking office, you can call them directly at 404-385-PARK or visit in person at 770 Spring Street St Northwest, Atlanta, GA 30308.
Located on the Ground Level of the E81-Tech Square/GT Hotel parking deck just inside the Spring Street entrance.

You may purchase membership to the CRC during your stay with us.  Simply visit the CRC membership services desk. Payment for the membership cam be made using a credit card, debit, or BuzzCard. More information is available at crc.gatech.edu.

• Fitness Center with: – Weight Machines, Free Weights, Elliptical Machines, Rowers, Stationary Bikes, and Stair-climbers
• Racquetball & squash courts
• Studio Workout Rooms
• Competition Swimming Pools
• Leisure Pool
• 184 ft Water Slide
• Diving Well
• Indoor Track
• Volleyball Courts
• Sauna
• Basketball Courts
• Rock Climbing Wall
• and more!

Housing’s Safety Steps

For those living on campus, the Department of Housing takes steps to ensure that certain needs are met, among them the need for safety and security. These steps include keeping the outside doors locked 24 hours a day and making sure a student staff member (RA) is on duty in each area whenever the Community Offices are closed (8 p.m. – 8 a.m. during the week and 24 hours a day on the weekends and holidays).

Your Safety Steps

Even though Georgia Tech takes precautionary steps, there are steps you should take, too. Developing simple habits from the moment you arrive on campus can head off big problems and headaches in the future.

1. Lock your doors and carry your keys whenever you are away from your room.
2. Do not prop any exterior doors, or allow them to be propped open. This is convenient for thieves. To prevent this, all doors have alarms that will go off after 30 seconds.
3. Keep a record of the serial numbers on your television, computers, stereos, bike, etc and register these items with the Georgia Tech Police Department. It is helpful to take pictures of these items. You can find more information about registering your items at www.police.gatech.edu/registration
4. Protect items such as credit and debit cards. Do not write your pin number on your cards.
5. Report theft. If you have any valuables stolen, you can take action. First, file a report with the Georgia Tech Police Department by calling: 404-894-2500. You can give them serial numbers and copies of pictures of your valuables, or let them know that items are registered tot heir database. Notify a GT staff member who can then fill out an Incident report so that it is on record with the Department of Housing.
6. Do not leave clothes unattended in he laundry room for an extended period of time. Residents will be sharing a laundry facility with many other people. The potential for having someone accidentally pick up clothes that don’t belong to them is fairly high.

Taking these steps will greatly reduce the chances of you being victimized. While this is true, it is also important to remember that these measures will only work if you take the initiative to put them into practice.

Please contact us if you need wired internet instructions

1. Connect your computer to the data jack (usually bottom jack) using a Cat 5 Ethernet Cable
2. Go to start.gatech.edu in a browser. Follow the instructions to register your computer.

For non-computer devices (smart tv, game consoles, etc) contact the Office of Conference Services at 404-894-2469.

Wreck Tech support Georgia Tech’s Housing Network Mon – Fri: 11 a.m. – 6 p.m.

• Visit WreckTechs
• Email:support@wrecktechs.gatech.edu
• Call 404-894-0044