RDC Labs All-Access Membership FALL 2026

FALL semester access to all RDC Labs! Make it yours!


All CSU students, faculty, and staff can purchase a semester all-access membership to all five RDC Fabrication Labs, equipment, trainings, technician assistance and select testing materials.


The RDC Fabrication Labs include our Prototype Lab (RDC room 123), Wood Lab (RDC room 130), Metal Lab (RDC room 129), Imaging Lab for sceen printing (RDC room 124), and our Ideation Lab with VR equipment (RDC room 120).

Our RDC Fabrication Labs main website can be found here..


Once you purchase your membership online, you will be added to our RDC Fabrication Labs Canvas course within 72 hours for access to our online orientation with all online training materials.



***BEFORE BUYING A RDC LAB ACCESS MEMBERSHIP, ENSURE THAT YOU ARE NOT ENROLLED IN A COURSE THAT GRANTS YOU ACCESS TO OUR LABS.

ENROLLMENT IN SPECIFIC INTD, IDEA, or AM/PD CLASSES INCLUDES RDC FABRICATION LABS ACCESS. IF YOU ARE UNSURE REGARDING ENROLLMENT, CONTACT YOUR INSTRUCTOR OR ASK RDC LAB STAFF. ***



Period of Fall 2026 Lab Access Membership: Date of purchase through the last day of the semester, December 17, 2026.


**FALL 2026 MID-TERM DISCOUNT:
50% OFF Membership pricing from Oct 20, 2026 through December 17, 2026.***

 

Please reach out to us at rdcbuildlabs@colostate.edu or check in with our staff at the front desk of the Prototype Lab (RDC room 123) if you have any questions, concerns, or feedback about the labs.


Note on Sales Tax: Sales tax is currently listed as exempt on individual line items in our online store because the correct county, city, and state sales tax has already been applied to the materials in the overage fee total as it is applicable to your purchase. This total is provided to you on the receipt issued by our RDC fabrication lab staff, which includes the final amount due with all applicable taxes calculated.

Note to CSU Departments: If you would like to purchase lab access memberships through a CSU department, do not use a P-card and this store front for purchases. CSU departmental purchases should be made through internal transfers through the university's Kuali Financial System (KFS). Please contact our staff at rdcbuildlabs@colostate.edu to coordinate internal orders and bills through KFS.

 


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9-digit CSU ID number.

$135.00

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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 Hours of Operation:

See the Hours of Operation - Nancy Richardson Design Center  on our main RDC website <https://www.chhs.colostate.edu/rdc/hours-of-operation/>.

**SAFETY CLOSURES:

Our labs comply with campus-wide safety closures posted by Colorado State University at the following URL: https://safety.colostate.edu/Links to an external site.

Any other adjustments to usual hours will be posted as a Canvas announcement and as a header alert on our lab pages. 

 


 

RDC Fabrication Labs Physical Address:

Nancy Richardson Design Center (RDC), Colorado State University (CSU)
522 W. Lake Street (labs on 1st floor, north wing of building), Fort Collins, Colorado 80523-1595.

    • Room 123: Check-in Desk & Prototype Lab,
    • Room 130 Wood Lab,
    • Room 129 Metal Lab,
    • Room 124 Imaging Lab,
    • Room 120 VR Ideation Lab,
    • Room 122 Lab Coordinator's Office.

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ancy Richardson Design Center (RDC), Colorado State University (CSU)
522 W. Lake Street (labs on 1st floor, north wing of building), Fort Collins, Colorado 80523-1595.
https://www.chhs.colostate.edu/rdc/make/Links to an external site.

Links to Individual RDC Fabrication Lab Web Pages:

Link to RDC Prototype Lab web page (https://www.chhs.colostate.edu/rdc/make/prototype-lab/)Links to an external site.

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/

Link to RDC Imaging Lab web page (https://www.chhs.colostate.edu/rdc/make/imaging-lab/)Links to an external site.

Link to RDC Ideation Lab web page (https://www.chhs.colostate.edu/rdc/make/ideation-lab/)Links to an external site.