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:
I. Open Hours for Prototype (RDC 123), Imaging (RDC 124), and Ideation Labs (RDC 120):
August 25 - September 14, 2025:
Sun CLOSED
Mon – Thu 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Fri 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Sat CLOSED
September 15 - December 19, 2025 (except for planned closures listed below)*:
Sun 12-6 p.m.
Mon – Thu 9 a.m. – 7 p.m.
Fri 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Sat CLOSED
*PLANNED CLOSURES AND LIMITED HOURS:
CLOSED on Monday September 1 (University Holiday).
CLOSED on Friday October 10 (CSU Home Football Game).
CLOSING EARLY @ 12 p.m. on Friday October 17 (CSU Festival on the Oval @ 3 - 6 p.m.).
CLOSED November 24 - November 30 (Fall Break).
**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/)
II. Open Hours for Wood Lab (RDC 130) & Metal Lab (RDC 129):
August 25 - December 19, 2025:
Available during Prototype Lab open hours by request outside of class times, pending staff availability.***
***Access to the Wood Lab on Mondays & Wednesdays from 9 a.m. - 2 p.m. is limited to students enrolled in IDEA310E Foundations of Woodworking
Please check in with staff in the RDC Prototype Lab (RDC room 123) or email us rdcbuidlabs@colostate.edu to coordinate.
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/