BUILDING SECURITY AT
777 N CAPITOL STREET
Security Problems
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Building designed for ease of access in 1989
Direct access from garage
Three diverse owner-tenants
COG (public association)
 ICMA (association)
 ICMA-RC (financial investment firm)
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2010 DC HSEMA audit recommended specific increases
in security
High profile elected officials and heads of government
agencies
Public access and large meetings
“Do not Admit” list is manual and relies on guards to
recognize faces
Review of Solutions
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Toured buildings around ours – all had some system
of visitor check-in
Hall of States
 Meeting
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attendee list, id check, swipe through turnstile
WMATA
 ID
check, hand written badge, bag & body scan
 Public areas on 1st floor, separated from WMATA
offices
Our Solution
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Balanced solution to increase visibility of security while minimizing
impact to guests
Increased training for tenants by building security firm
Building tenants issued photo IDs that must be presented for access
to building & displayed at all times
Visitors must register in main lobby and wear printed badge while
within building
Pre-registration and pre-printing of guest badges for large
meetings
15-20 seconds per person to register
Garage elevator will stop at lobby. Tenants proceed to other
elevators for suite access, guests proceed to lobby to register.
Annual COG VIP card provides priority recognition in parking
garage and allows access to elevators without having to check in.
COG VIP Access via Garage
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Show COG VIP card to valet to get preferential
parking
Take elevator to lobby level
Show COG VIP card to guard in elevator lobby
Proceed to other elevators to go up to COG suite
Public Access via Main Lobby
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Select tenant visiting
Scan ID into visitor registration
Print badge
Show guest badge to guard in elevator lobby
Proceed to elevators to go up to COG suite
Implementation & Costs
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November
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December
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Issue of COG VIP cards
Continued training & testing of visitor management system
Tenant security training
February
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Installation & training on new visitor management system
January
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Begin issue all tenants new photo ID
Begin lobby guard desk renovations
Visitor management system “live”
Costs
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Visitor management system & tenant photo ID cards covered by CPAS
$10 for each COG VIP card covered by COG