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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[January 17

C O N T R A C T S F O R AIR-CONDITIONING EAST DENTISTRY-MEDICINE-PHARMACY BUILDING (11) The Director of the Physical Plant and the Vice-President and Comptroller recommend award of contracts for air conditioning in the East Dentistry-MedicinePharmacy Building, the award in each case being to the lowest bidder: General — Simpson Construction Company, Chicago $25 257 Ventilating— Reliable Sheet Metal Works, Inc., Chicago 46 477 Base bid $43 777 Additive alternate for service charge for supervision of other contracts assigned to this contractor 2 700 Heating and Temperature Controls — National Heat and Power Company, Inc., Chicago 24 954 Plumbing — O'Callaghan Bros., Inc., Chicago 395 Electrical — Hatfield Electric Company, Chicago 2 763 Total Contracts $99 846 The work will include furnishing and installing equipment and supply systems to complete the air conditioning- of the major areas in the East Dentistry-MedicinePharmacy Building. It is further recommended that all contracts other than the contract for ventilating work be assigned to the contractor for that work, making the total of his contract price $99,846; and that an agreement be entered into with Reliable Sheet Metal Works, Inc., for the assignment of these other contracts for $2,700 which amount is included in the contract price, being the amount bid by that Company for service charge for supervision of other contracts assigned to the ventilating contractor. Funds are available in the state capital appropriations to the University for 1961-63 from the Universities Building Fund and have been released. A schedule of bids received is submitted herewith and a copy is being filed with the Secretary of the Board for record. I concur. O n m o t i o n of M r . S w a i n , t h e s e c o n t r a c t s w e r e a w a r d e d , a s r e c o m mended, by the following vote: Aye, M r . Clement, M r . Dilliard, Mr. Hughes, Mr. Johnston, M r . Kerner, M r . Page, Mr. Swain, Mrs. W a t k i n s , M r . Williamson; no, n o n e ; absent, M r . Pogue. C O N T R A C T S FOR C O N S T R U C T I O N O F C O O R D I N A T E D S C I E N C E LABORATORY, P H A S E I (12) The Director of the Physical Plant and the Vice-President and Comptroller recommend award of contracts for the construction of Phase I of the Coordinated Science Laboratory, the award in each case being to the lowest bidder: General — C. A. Petry and Sons, Inc., Champaign $101 495 Base bid $98 430 Additive alternates for loading dock and canopy, vinyl asbestos floor tile on second floor, and painting 3 065 Electrical — G. L. Wilsky, an individual doing business as Downtown Electric, Urbana 18 675 Plumbing — Reliable Plumbing and Heating Company, Champaign 13 452 Heating, Piping, Refrigeration, and Automatic Temperature Control Systems — Reliable Plumbing and Heating Company, Champaign... 25 581 Base bid $23 684 Additive alternate for cooling cycle for the eight-room ventilating type units 1 897 V e n t i l a t i n g — r e t r y Roofing and Sheet Metal Company, Champaign. . . . 2 625 Total Contracts $161 828 It is also recommended that a combined contract be awarded to the Reliable Plumbing and Heating Company in the amount of $39,033, being the total of the amounts bid by that Company on the plumbing, and on heating, piping, refrigeration, and automatic temperature control systems. Departmental funds are available for the construction.