Potter Street
Front Of Building
Back Of Building
The BSBK – Potter Street office is located at 717 Potter Street in Berkeley (Bldg.977), within the Aquatic Park Center of Wareham Development, near the Ashby exit off the Interstate 80/580 freeway. While the majority of its staff is located here; a few are located with their research group at Berkeley Lab’s main site.
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Potter Street office of Biosciences Operations at Berkeley
Physical address:
717 Potter Street, Berkeley, CA 94710
Mailing address:
One Cyclotron Road, Mailstop 977, Berkeley, CA 94720
Upon Arrival
Please sign in at the security desk in the lobby upon arrival; the security officer will ask to see your picture ID. The officer may assist you with contacting your host as needed.
Visitor Parking
There is limited street parking available on the surrounding streets. The outdoor parking spaces in front of the Potter Street site are on a first come first serve basis. We cannot reserve parking spaces located in front of the building.
Berkeley Lab Shuttle Service
The Aquatic Park office is on the Berkeley Lab shuttle route “Potter St./JBEI” (“Potter” stop); see route and rider instructions.
Bldg. 977 Access Guide
Atrium
Everyone must badge in separately every time you enter the building. Refrain from "piggy-backing" (following someone through a door without using your badge). If you forget your badge you must return home to retrieve it. There will be no temporary badges issued.
There are tables with cleaning supplies located near each entrance and near the atrium doors on the second floor landing.
Surface sanitizer is to be used to clean your work surfaces. Please use the bottle to apply sanitizer to a towel for surface cleaning and leave the spray bottle on the table. If sanitizing wipes are present, please take one but leave the container. Supplies are limited.
Tissue boxes are for personal use. Please take one box. Do not open tissue boxes and leave them on the table.
Hand sanitizer. Please take one bottle for personal use onsite. Please do not take hand sanitizer for home use.
Safety glasses. If needed please use the safety glasses on the table. Although they have been cleaned, please sanitize before use. Return them to the guard desk. Do not return them to the table or place them outside the lab doors. There are also lens cleaner/anti-fog single use towelettes available.
Masks are available for lab personnel and vendors that have forgotten to bring a face covering. If you need a mask there are some cloth and disposable masks at the front desk. If Asina is not present please contact your building manager.
All atrium doors are security and fire doors and must remain closed at all times.
Break areas
The conference rooms have been designated single occupancy mask break rooms where you can safely take a break and remove your mask. We ask that you reserve the room using the calendar. Create a meeting and invite the room (977-181A-CR(16), 977-248-CR(25), 977(CR)-153(20) ). Conference room 223 has no calendar designation but can also be used. Please sanitize the surfaces before and after use. Cleaning materials are available in each conference room.
Office rooms 139, 194, 219 and 261 have also been designated single occupancy mask break areas. Please close and lock the door while in use and sanitize the surfaces before and after use. Cleaning material is in each room.
Please keep the doors to the designated break areas open when you leave to let others know they are available to be used.
Kitchens
Kitchens are to be used for food storage and preparation only and have been designated single occupancy. No loitering or eating in the kitchens. Please sanitize all used surfaces and appliances. DO NOT spray disinfectant directly on appliances. Use the towels to wipe them down.
Restrooms
All multi-use restrooms in the atrium have had adjacent stalls and sinks taped off. Max occupancy is 3 people. Please leave all restroom doors opened with a doorstop when not in use. A closed door is a warning that someone is in the room and to enter cautiously. Cleaning supplies to sanitize used surfaces are in each restroom on the taped off center sink.
The single occupancy restrooms have a table with surface sanitizer outside the two rooms.
Cubicles
Masks must be worn when using a cubicle. Please be sure you are at least 6 feet away from another person in the cubicle areas. We ask that you use the cubicles only when absolutely necessary. Any work done onsite is limited to activities that cannot be accomplished via telework.
Labs
Research Groups / PIs are responsible for providing sanitizing solutions (such as 70% Ethanol) for sanitizing surfaces and equipment in their own lab work areas. The surface sanitizers provided by the Berkeley Lab are for common and office areas.
All lab entrance doors are fire doors and must remain closed at all times.
Stairways
All Stairways are designated single person use. If there is someone using a stairway, please wait for that person to be clear before using it yourself.
Deliveries
Pickups and deliveries from the Hill continue as normal.
If there is a delivery that needs a signature, a direct delivery to Potter, or a scheduled vendor. Asina is now back at the guard desk M-F 8AM to 12PM. For any special needs contact your building manager.
If you need to pick up your mail and/or a package, and are not scheduled to enter the building, you can contact your building manager to arrange for your mail or package to be brought outside for you.
Your building manager Jim Cassell is scheduled to be onsite M/W/F's. His contact number is 925-451-1998.
How To Obtain Wareham Parking Permit
Parking Guidelines
Parking agreements are between Wareham Properties and the parker.
The garage is for multi-tenant use. LBL does not manage the parking garage.
Never give the parking card to someone else to use.
All Wareham garage parking cards must be returned to the Building Manager upon leaving the lab or re-assignment to another building. Wareham charges a fee for any lost cards or hang tags. We need to keep an accurate accounting of card assignments to maintain lease compliance and any active cards assigned to former users will be deactivated. For all new parking requests see the process below.
New Parking Card Requests
Parking will only be approved if:
Potter St. is your assigned work location.
You spend at least 4+ days a week at Potter. (pre-covid restrictions)
For occasional parkers we ask that you make use of the loaner badges available at the front desk for single day use, or the public street spaces between 717 and 725 Potter.
Send email or JIRA request to the Building Manager
Include Name
Employee ID Number
Position
Supervisor
Number of days at Potter per week
Length of appointment
Approval
If there are available cards/spots and you meet the approved criteria you will be sent a Wareham Parking agreement via HelloSign
Fill out the agreement and it will be forwarded to Wareham for acceptance.
You will be notified when your card is available at the Potter St. guard desk.
If there are no available cards/spaces you will be placed on a waiting list and be notified when a spot is available. Distribution subject to the aforementioned criteria and business need.
Meetings At Potter Street
Conference Rooms
The following conference spaces are available to use at Potter St. Please check calendar before use. If you do not have building 977 access, please make sure to arrange pre-approved building, badge, or visitor access prior to your meeting.
977-181A-CR(16)
977-2-223-CR (10) [Zoom Room]
977-248-CR(25)
977(CR)-153(20)
Event Space
Event space only, unavailable for routine meetings. Request event space and your support needs with your team, in advance.
977-141-CR(70) Gray Auditorium
Please complete the 977-141 Booking Request Form:
https://app.smartsheet.com/b/form/ddd2a6705cae4c0494f01dfae38a0634
For questions, contact us at 977-141GrayAuditorium@lbl.gov