Hours of Operation (Fabrication Labs)
Notice: Please see our CSU's Safety Page and our Lab Canvas Page for current advisories, alerts, and other annoucements that affect our daily hours of operation.
Visiting & Lab Use Policy Reminders:
Equipment in the RDC Fabrication Labs may only be used by RDC Lab Access Members and students enrolled in certain academic courses during our hours of operation under lab staff supervision. All lab use must be supervised by lab staff. Student lab use outside of our RDC-lab-staff-supervised operating hours is NOT permitted.
Lab users must complete the required online training, make any relevant equipment reservations, and sign-in and check-out with lab staff on duty at the front desk of our Prototype Lab (RDC room 123) to use RDC Fabrication Lab equipment. The RDC occasionally hosts staff-supervised tours, special events, and workshops during which approved guests are permitted to enter the labs. All visitors must check in with staff, sign in/out, and submit any required waivers related to officially approved guest activities. For more details, please review our official lab policy document in the Lab Orientation modeule of the COM-HS-RDC-FabricationLabs Canvas Page.
RDC Lab Access Open Hours - All Fabrication Labs:
Prototype Lab, Imaging Lab, & Ideation Labs (January 20 - March 14 & March 23 - May 15, 2026):
Mon – Thu 9 a.m. – 7 p.m.
Fri 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Sat CLOSED
Sun 12 - 6 p.m.
Wood Lab (January 20 - March 14 & March 23 - May 15, 2026):
Mon 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. & 3 - 5 p.m.
Tues 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. (Access 2 - 5 p.m. may be limited to lab users enrolled in IDEA450.)
Wed 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Thur 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. (Access 2 - 5 p.m. may be limited to lab users enrolled in IDEA450.)
Fri 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Sat & Sun CLOSED
Metals Lab (January 20 - March 14 & March 23 - May 15, 2026):
Mon 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. & 3 - 5 p.m.
Tues 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. (Access 2 - 5 p.m. may be limited to lab users enrolled in IDEA450.)
Wed 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Thur 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. (Access 2 - 5 p.m. may be limited to lab users enrolled in IDEA450.)
Fri 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Sat & Sun CLOSED
*PLANNED CLOSURES AND LIMITED HOURS:
REDUCED HOURS over Spring Recess (March 14 - 22, 2026), To-Be-Determined.
**SAFETY CLOSURES:
Our labs comply with campus-wide safety closures posted by Colorado State University at the following URL: https://safety.colostate.edu/
Any other adjustments to usual hours will be posted as a Canvas announcement and as a header alert on our lab pages.
Link to RDC Prototype Lab web page (https://www.chhs.colostate.edu/rdc/make/prototype-lab/)
Link to RDC Imaging Lab web page (https://www.chhs.colostate.edu/rdc/make/imaging-lab/)
Link to RDC Ideation Lab web page (https://www.chhs.colostate.edu/rdc/make/ideation-lab/)
Link to RDC Wood Lab web page (https://www.chhs.colostate.edu/rdc/make/wood-lab/
Link to RDC Metal Lab web page (https://www.chhs.colostate.edu/rdc/make/metal-lab/