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U N I V E R S I T Y O F ILLINOIS

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August 4, 1930 Board of Trustees, University of Illinois Re: SELECTION OF WINDOW CONTRACTOR FOR MEDICAL AND D E N T A L COLLEGE LABORATORIES Gentlemen: The original plans and specifications for the general contract on the above building call for steel sash throughout with an alternate for aluminum sash in the portion of the building extending south on Lincoln Street. When the general contract was let the Owner retained the option of accepting the alternate for aluminum sash in the amount of $37,000 extra to the contract amount; and also an option of taking the steel sash out of the general contract for an amount of $40,4.55 to be deducted from the general contract amount. This was done because it was thought that there might be some advantage in letting all of the sash under a separate contract. W e enclose herewith a schedule of bids on various sash received direct. W e recommend the use of Kawneer aluminum windows at a cost of $47,759 including necessary changes in stone work to install these windows and the acceptance of Lupton sash for the remaining steel windows at a cost of $16,676, both of these contracts to be let direct. Our reason for recommending the third low bid for steel windows is that the bids of Fenestra and Crittall are for lighter windows which do not comply with the original specifications for steel windows in this building. W e recommend that no contract be let on screens at this time on account of the great difference in the various screen bids. W e will investigate the relative merits of the various screens and submit a recommendation at a later date. W e wish to call your attention to the fact that the Kawneer aluminum windows plus the Lupton steel windows, plus the estimate received for the screens, amounts to $71,504 whereas the amount included in the general contract amounts to $77,455. There will therefore be a saving of about $7,000 by letting direct contracts on the sash. Very truly yours, Granger & Bollenbacher By J. O. Merrill SCHEDULE OF WINDOW BIDS MEDICAL A N D D E N T A L COLLEGE LABORATORIES Remaining Aluminum Sel te Aluminum Sel te Windows Windows Windows Windows Kawneer $47 7591 $25417 $1700 $3 495 Lupton 54 607 16 676 8 400 4 170 Fenestra 9 697 830* Crittall 16 145 2 449 General Bronze 68 761 8 668 Granger & Bollenbacher recommended, and Professor White concurred in the recommendation, that the contract for the sash be divided and that the aluminum sash be purchased from the Kawneer Company of Niles, Michigan, at their bid of ?37i98o and that the steel sash be purchased from the David Lupton's Sons Company, at their bid of $16,676. In neither of these cases are screens included. O n motion of Mr. Armstrong, the award for the aluminum sash was made to the Kawneer Company on the basis of their bid of $37,980. O n motion of Mrs. Evans, the award for the steel sash was made to the David Lupton's Sons Company on the basis of their bid of $16,676. includes 39.779 for extra cutstone required on account of 4-inch frames. 'Does not include screens for projected sash.