Truck access to main building entries is discouraged, however fire truck and high lift vehicles require it. Crime prevention through environmental design suggests that entries be visually secure as well as physically secure. Making entries visible and giving them the impression of easy surveillance from offices, etc., is desirable. All entries shall be prepared for electronic card key access and door monitoring. Entries are often congregating areas and need to be designed to accommodate class break traffic.
Smoking is banned in all campus buildings resulting in entries serving as smoking areas.
Entries must meet ADA landing and width requirements. The design should also provide for water and dirt to be walked off before entering the building. Corridors in university buildings serve a multitude of purposes and are often congested with the movement of supplies, laboratory apparatus, recycle materials, contractors doing alteration projects, etc., and heavy pedestrian flow. People frequently walk and converse in pairs and don't like to be disrupted. Class breaks result in extraordinarily dense pedestrian traffic flows.