RDC Labs All-Access Membership SPRING 2025
SPRING 2025 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.
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. ***
**MID-TERM DISCOUNT: 50% OFF Membership pricing between March 19, 2025 and May 16, 2025.***
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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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):
January 21 - January 31, 2025:
Sun CLOSED
Mon – Thu 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Fri 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Sat CLOSED
February 2 - May 16, 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 / ADJUSTED HOURS:
TBD - Sat March 15 - Sat March 22, 2025 – Adjusted hours during Spring Recess.
TBD - Friday May 16, 2025 – May close early for CSU Graduation Day
**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.
Link to RDC Prototype Lab web page (https://www.chhs.colostate.edu/rdc/make/prototype-lab/)Links to an external site.
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.
II. Open Hours for Wood Lab (RDC 130) & Metal Lab (RDC 129):
January 21, 2025 - May 16, 2025:
Available during prototype lab open hours by request outside of class times, pending staff availability.***
***Access to the Metal Lab on Wednesdays 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. is limited to students enrolled in IDEA310I Foundations of Metal Working**
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/
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.
