We have campus phones in all our labs now and I wouldn't have it any other way because:

You have no idea if cell reception is going to be good in your brand-new building...forget what the architects tell you!

If your emergency response is calling a number other than 911, then having a 'campus phone' makes that easier.

You can also have a directory of teaching and research lab phone numbers...

Researchers may leave their belongings in one lab and go to another to perform analysis, etc. How do they then call for an emergency?

We included phones in our new building (2009) and added them to every lab in a recent (2011) renovation, along with adding them at exit stairs.

The only thing I'd change is I would standardize placement of the phones. We have a few labs where you've really gotta hunt to find them...

Good luck!

On Tue, Mar 3, 2015 at 4:04 PM, Smallbrock, Margaret A. <Margaret.Smallbrock**At_Symbol_Here**sdsmt.edu> wrote:

Greetings,

We are designing lab space and have run into the question of a hard wired phone? How many out there are still doing this? Would you recommend it? Suggestions and ideas are welcome.

Thanks,

Margaret Smallbrock

Campus Environmental Health and Safety Manager

South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

501 East St. Joseph Street

Rapid City, SD 57701-3995

Margaret A. Rakas, Ph.D.
Manager, Inventory & Regulatory Affairs
Clark Science Center
413-585-3877 (p)