Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1956 [PAGE 140]

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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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Preliminary studies of site selection were made by the Real Estate Research Corporation pursuant to authorization by the Board at its meeting on March 20, 1954. The services of this corporation have been very satisfactory, and it is proposed that its services be continued to include: 1. Cataloging of all sites that may reasonably be considered as logical examples of low and medium building density sites, and the application to these sites of the criteria developed in the previous study. 2. Obtaining factual information from local government units as to future development programs to the extent that such programs may affect site selection. 3. Recommending the desirable site. 4. Engaging, orientating, and supervising such other professional services as may be necessary to complete the study. 5. Engaging, orientating, and supervising architectural and engineering services for preparation of a preliminary campus plan. It is proposed that the University be billed monthly by the Real Estate Research Corporation on a time and expense basis at its regular hourly charges with the guarantee that such charges will not exceed $20,000, excluding (5) above. This item is being excluded at this time because it has been impossible to anticipate the extent of the architectural and engineering investigations until the studies of the Real Estate Research Corporation have been well advanced. A separate recommendation will be submitted to the Board regarding the architectural and engineering services to be required. I recommend that the Board authorize the execution of a contract with the Real Estate Research Corporation for the services and under the terms outlined above.

On motion of Mr. Livingston, this recommendation was approved.

CONTRACTS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF VETERINARY C L I N I C BUILDING (11) T h e Director of the Physical Plant and the Comptroller recommend award of contracts as follows for the construction of the Veterinary Clinic Building: General — Kuhne-Simmons Co., Inc., Champaign $292 000 The base bid is $299,890 and provides for a credit of $7,800 for changing the construction of stall partitions from reinforced masonry with metal lath and cement plaster to reinforced concrete. The University is taking this alternate. Electric — Leverenz Electric Co., Danville 49 409 Plumbing — Reliable Plumbing and Heating Co., Champaign 43 975 Heating — Hosier and Pearson, Inc., Fort Wayne, Indiana 25 636 Ventilating — Robt. H . Bishop, Champaign 15 485 Laboratory Equipment — Robert M. Green and Sons, Inc., Nesquehoning, Pennsylvania 5 821 $432 416 In each case the recommendation is for the award to the lowest bidder. The construction budget based on the first bids received and opened on August 20, 1954, totalled $712,248, whereas the state appropriation for this building is $586,000. On September 29, the Board authorized the rejection of all bids, except those for laboratory equipment, and the call for new bids based on revised plans. The new bids were opened on October 12, 1954. In this second bidding only one bid was received on the general work. Three other contractors who bid originally were requested to submit new bids but did not do so. T h e Physical Plant Department advises that on the basis of the four previous bids, the new bid on the general work in the rebidding is sound and acceptable and that the University could not expect to obtain a lower bid if a third bidding were taken. Another consideration is that construction of this project would be delayed at least one month, and perhaps longer, if a third set of bids were taken on the general work. KuhneSimmons Co., Inc., indicated in their bid that they can substantially complete their contract within 300 days after receipt of notice of award, or prior to September J . 1955A budget based on the lowest bids received indicates that the building can be constructed within the state appropriation of $586,000. I concur in the recommendations for the awards of these contracts and re-