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 19 - 30, 2024:
Sun CLOSED
Mon – Thu 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Fri 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Sat CLOSED
September 1 - November 22, 2024 (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
December 1, 2024 - December 13, 2024:
Sun 12-6 p.m.
Mon – Thu 9 a.m. – 7 p.m.
Fri 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Sat CLOSED
*PLANNED CLOSURES:
CLOSED - Mon September 2, 2024 - University Holiday.
TBD - Sat November 23 - Sat November 30, 2024 - Fall Recess - reduced hours TO BE DETERMINED, pending staff availability.
CLOSED - Sat December 14, 2024 - Mon January 20, 2025.
**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):
August 19, 2024 - December 13, 2024:
Available during prototype lab open hours by request, pending staff availability.***
***On on Mondays, between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m., access to the specified area or resources is restricted exclusively to students who are enrolled in our IDEA320E Advanced Woodworkingcourse. During this time, only these students are allowed to use the facilities or equipment in that area.***
Please email rdcbuidlabs@colostate.edu or check in with staff in the prototype lab (RDC room 123) to coordinate.
Link to RDC Wood Lab web page (https://www.chhs.colostate.edu/rdc/make/wood-lab/)
III. Open Hours for Metal Lab (RDC 129):
August 19, 2024 - December 13, 2024:
Available during prototype lab open hours by request, pending staff availability.
Please email rdcbuidlabs@colostate.edu or check in with staff in the prototype lab (RDC room 123) to coordinate.
Link to RDC Metal Lab web page (https://www.chhs.colostate.edu/rdc/make/metal-lab/