
Plan A Visit: Machine Services Department
Visit the Machine Services Department
Machine Services Department
Hinman Building Room 200
Georgia Tech Campus
723 Research Drive
Atlanta, GA 30332
Phone: 404-894-3681
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The Machine Services Department is in the Hinman Building on the Georgia Tech campus in Atlanta.
From Hartsfield International Airport and Points South of Atlanta
Please contact Machine Services in advance for walking directions to the shop from the parking lot noted below, or directions for making deliveries to the shop's high-bay door.
- Take I-75/I-85 North through downtown Atlanta to the 14th Street/10th Street exit.
- Stay to the left on the exit ramp.
- Turn left at the light by Atlanta Medical Associates onto 10th Street.
- Continue on 10th Street through the next four lights.
- Turn left onto Dalney. NOTE: Dalney is the next street to the left after the Papa John's Pizza. Because Dalney only intersects 10th Street on the left, it is easy to miss. Another landmark is the townhouse project directly across 10th Street from Dalney.
- Dalney dead-ends into Ferst Street. Turn right on Ferst.
- Pass the Student Athletic Center on the right; pass a parking deck on your left; and then you'll see a ground-level parking lot on your left.
- Turn left into the entrance into the parking lot. You will see an attendant in a booth and a triangular bus shelter at the entrance. A fee is required for parking.
From Points North of Atlanta
Please contact Machine Services in advance for walking directions to the shop from the parking lot noted below, or directions for making deliveries to the shop's high-bay door.
- Take I-75/I-85 South to the exit marked Techwood Drive/10th/14th Streets.
- Get into the right lane.
- Continue through the traffic light at 14th Street.
- Follow signs to 10th Street West/Georgia Tech.
- Take a right onto 10th Street at the stop sign.
- Turn left onto Dalney. NOTE: Dalney is the next street on the left after Papa John's Pizza. Because Dalney only intersects 10th Street on the left, it is easy to miss. Another landmark is the townhouse project directly across 10th Street from Dalney.
- Dalney dead-ends into Ferst Street. Turn right on Ferst.
- Pass the Student Athletic Center on the right; pass a parking deck on your left; and then you'll see a ground-level parking lot on your left.
- Turn left into the entrance into the parking lot. You will see an attendant in a booth and a triangular bus shelter at the entrance. A fee is required for parking.
From Points West of Atlanta
Please contact Machine Services in advance for walking directions to the shop from the parking lot noted below, or directions for making deliveries to the shop's high-bay door.
- Take I-20 East to I-75/I-85 North.
- Take I-75/I-85 North through downtown Atlanta to the 14th Street/10th Street exit.
- Stay to the left on the exit ramp.
- Turn left at the light by Atlanta Medical Associates onto 10th Street.
- Continue on 10th Street through the next three lights.
- Turn left onto Dalney. NOTE: Dalney is the next street on the left after Papa John's Pizza. Because Dalney only intersects 10th Street on the left, it is easy to miss. Another landmark is the townhouse project directly across 10th Street from Dalney.
- Dalney dead-ends into Ferst Street. Turn right on Ferst.
- Pass the Student Athletic Center on the right; pass a parking deck on your left; and then you'll see a ground-level parking lot on your left.
- Turn left into the entrance into the parking lot. You will see an attendant in a booth and a triangular bus shelter at the entrance. A fee is required for parking.
From Points East of Atlanta
Please contact Machine Services in advance for walking directions to the shop from the parking lot noted below, or directions for making deliveries to the shop's high-bay door.
- Take I-20 West to I-75/I-85 North.
- Take I-75/I-85 North through downtown Atlanta to the 14th Street/10th Street exit.
- Stay to the left on the exit ramp.
- Turn left at the light by Atlanta Medical Associates onto 10th Street.
- Continue on 10th Street through the next three lights.
- Turn left onto Dalney. NOTE: Dalney is the next street on the left after Papa John's Pizza. Because Dalney only intersects 10th Street on the left, it is easy to miss. Another landmark is the townhouse project directly across 10th Street from Dalney.
- Dalney dead-ends into Ferst Street. Turn right on Ferst.
- Pass the Student Athletic Center on the right; pass a parking deck on your left; and then you'll see a ground-level parking lot on your left.
- Turn left into the entrance into the parking lot. You will see an attendant in a booth and a triangular bus shelter at the entrance. A fee is required for parking.
Machine Services is located in the Hinman Building on the Georgia Tech campus in Atlanta. It is conveniently reached by the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA). For information about MARTA, visit their Web site, especially their how to ride MARTA page. You also can call MARTA customer informa-tion at 404-848-4711.
Marta Directions
- Ride MARTA to the Midtown Station, located on West Peachtree Street.
- Board the Tech Trolley just outside the South exit of the station.
- Exit at the Fowler and Ferst St. stop (at the baseball stadium).
- Cross Ferst St. at the intersection and continue South along Fowler.
- At 4th St. turn left.
- Please call your contact in the Hinman Building for walking directions from 4th St.
Visitor Procedures
Classified visits are necessary when the purpose of the visits cannot be achieved without access to, or disclosure of, classified information. All classified visits require advance notification to and approval of GTRI.
Visits to the Institute Involving Access to Classified Information
- GTRI visitors must sign in and out on the register for classified visits with the building attendant of the building visited. All visitors attending classified meetings must have an approved classified visit request for the specific visit on file with the GTRI Research Security Department.
- All visitors will have their identity verified and remain under constant escort when in areas in which classified work is in progress or classified information is available, unless otherwise authorized by the Research Security Department. The designated escort will be made aware of the visitor's access and movement limitations by the visitor's point of contact. Transfer of escort responsibility to another employee will be accomplished directly and personally.
- Visitors will be prohibited from making recordings during classified discussions, or taking photographs in any area where classified information might be recorded on film, unless the visitor has received prior written approval by the Government Contracting Authority (GCA) whose classified information is involved. A copy of this authorization must be provided to GTRI's director of research security in advance of the visit.
- Classified material may not be released to a visitor without prior written approval of the GCA, except as required in connection with contract administration, in performance of a prime or subcontract or as necessary in connection with an official investigation.
- Representatives of the federal government, when acting in their official capacity as inspectors, investigators or auditors, may visit the Institute without advanced notification, provided these representatives present appropriate government credentials upon arrival.
Long-term Visitors
Long-term visitors will follow GTRI's security procedures while a resident in the facility. Additionally, long-term visitors will:
- Arrange for their own visits away from the facility through their own company security office.
- Execute a security agreement acknowledging that they will follow GTRI's security policies and procedures. (Government employees and intermittent visitors are excluded from this requirement.)
- Not be permitted to be custodians of classified material.
Visits Not Involving Access to Classified Information
- Visitors will not be permitted to obtain physical, visual or aural access to classified information or material.
- When required, the visitor will present satisfactory identification and complete and sign the visitor register with the building attendant of the building visited.
- Prior authorization from GTRI's director of research security will be required for non-escort status and authorization to bring reproduction or recording equipment or material into the facility to be used in conjunction with a classified visit.
Classified Visit Request
Ashley BurkhalterPhone: 404-407-6661
Fax: 404-407-8691
E-mail: ashley.burkhalter@gtri.gatech.edu
When you request to visit, please have the name and phone number of your GTRI point of contact available.


