LABORATORY SHOPS

BUREAU OF RECLAMATION
TECHNICAL SERVICE CENTER
Denver, Colorado

Left-to-right: Dane Cheek, Machinist; Dennis Bradley, A/C Equipment Mechanic; Manuel Flores, Model Maker; Mike McDonald, Shop Foreman; Jason Black, Model Maker; Neal Armstrong, Model Maker; Richard Cuny, Electrician; Marty Poos, Contract Carpenter/Model Maker.

Role

The role of Reclamation's Laboratory Shops is to construct and fabricate custom-designed specialized laboratory and field test equipment and instrumentation, control equipment, and other special items in support of Reclamation's technology development program in Water Resources, Environmental Resources, and Infrastructure. The shop constructs both scale architectural models for display purposes and functioning hydraulic models used for site-specific problem solving and applied research.

In addition, laboratory shop personnel provide shop services to other Reclamation entities in the Denver Office and field, such as architectural models, demonstration models for the Environmental Education Program, emergency repairs, fabrication of devices for immediate program needs, shipping crates for test samples, test equipment, and other building maintenence support.

Capabilities of Our Craftsmen

Carpentry utilizing wood, plastic, urethane, acrylic
Patternmaking (plastic, wood)
Machining (design and fabrication of test equipment and instrumentation)
Welding (arc, helicarc, MIG, TIG, and oxygen/acetylene)
Electrical (electrical and electronic control)
A/C Equipment Mechanic (refrigeration trade)
General Mechanic Maintenance (pipe fitting, fabrication and pneumatics)

Shop Facilities

The well-equipped 8,000 ft² shop, located in the south end of Building 56, includes CNC Router, CNC Mill, lathes, milling machines, drill presses, grinders, welders, sheet metal shear, sheet metal roller, sheet metal break, planers, jointers, saws, sanders, and numerous other tools. A special oven for forming plastic is available. A large environmentally-safe paint booth is available for use of epoxy resins, paints, and other applications. An adequate supply of electrical equipment, piping, valves, pumps, etc., are available for assembly as needed.

Recent Projects

Folsom Dam 1:17 model, spillway and outlet works construction
Architectural Model of Folsom Dam
Architectural Model of Casitas Dam
Portable Water Measurement Demonstration Flume

Laboratory Shops Foreman

Mailing Address

Delivery Addresses

Vacant
Phone (303) 445-2167
Fax (303) 445-6325
E-Mail:

Bureau of Reclamation
Laboratory Shops
Mail Code 86-68460
PO Box 25007
Denver, CO 80225-0007

Map

Parcels:
Bureau of Reclamation
Laboratory Shops
Bldg. 67, Rm. 152, 86-68460
Denver Federal Center
6th Avenue and Kipling St.
Denver, CO 80225-0007

Large Freight:
Bureau of Reclamation
Laboratory Shops
Bldg. 56, Entrance S8, Rm. 1950
Denver Federal Center
6th Avenue and Kipling St.
Denver, CO 80225-0007