Office lobby planning checklist
Use this page when the project needs a corporate-office lane plan first and the remaining questions are visitor flow, employee credential handling, elevator or reception coordination, and which lane family to review next.
- Map how employees, visitors, contractors, and deliveries enter before narrowing the lane family.
- Confirm whether reception, badging, or visitor check-in must release lanes or route guests to a staffed desk.
- Review accessible circulation, companion-lane needs, and emergency egress with the qualified project team instead of assuming a product family settles them.
- Measure door swings, vestibule depth, queue space, and nearby elevator or screening equipment before carrying a lobby concept into procurement.
Where this page helps most
Typical fit
Headquarters, multi-tenant office towers, and private campuses that need a cleaner front-of-house lane plan for staff and approved visitors.
Plan carefully
Retrofit lobbies, shared reception zones, elevator banks close to the entry, and visitor-heavy programs where queue spill or exception handling can disrupt the lane layout.
Usually a different route first
Projects that already know the exact lane family, exposed perimeter entries, or programs centered on rugged deterrence instead of an office-lobby workflow.
Use this route to decide the next planning branch
Optical-turnstile path
Start with optical turnstiles when the opening points toward interior credentialed flow and you need a broader lane-family review before product shortlist work.
Review Optical TurnstilesSpeed-gate path
Move to speed gates when the project cares most about premium lobby presentation, cabinet finish, and front-of-house lane behavior.
Review Speed GatesIntegration path
Follow the integration page when the open issue is controller ownership, reader placement, event logging, or access-control coordination.
Review Integration Planning