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Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1956
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1955] UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS 381 4. Physical Education for Women, remodeling and equipment in the Women's Gymnasium 3 800 5. Department of Physics, remodeling in the Physics Laboratory 20 070 6. Physical Plant Department, improvement of liquid nitrogen facility 12 500 7. Physical Plant Department, remodeling in the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering -r, 5 00° Total $64 392 It is recommended that assignments for Items I and 2 be made from funds available in 1954-55, and that assignments for the other items be made from funds in 1954-55 to the extent funds are available, and otherwise, from funds available in 1955-56. I concur. On motion of Mr. Bissell, these appropriations were made by the following vote: Aye, Mr. Bissell, Mr. Herrick, Mrs. Holt, Mr. Johnston, Mr. Livingston, Mr. Megran, Mr. Nickell, Mr. Swain, Mrs. Watkins, Mr. Williamson; no, none; absent, Mr. Stratton. APPROPRIATION BY ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION (21) The Board of Directors of the Athletic Association has appropriated $1,800 for the annual Football Coaches Clinic. Confirmation of this appropriation is requested. O n m o t i o n of M r . Nickell, this w a s confirmed. CONTRACT FOR ENGINEERING SERVICES ON ADDITION TO ABBOTT POWER PLANT (2?) The Director of the Physical Plant and the Comptroller recommend the employment of Sargent and Lundy, Consulting Engineers, Chicago, for engineering services on installation of an additional boiler and auxiliary equipment to the Abbott Power Plant. Funds will be available in the state appropriations for 1955-57 for buildings and other improvements. Terms of the proposed contract are: a. Current Expense Charges: Engineering and drafting, at actual salary and wages plus 50 per cent. Stenographic and clerical services, traveling expenses, and miscellaneous expenses at actual cost. b. Fixed Fee Charge: Two per cent of the mutually-agreed-upon estimate of the cost of the project to completion, exclusive of Sargent and Lundy's charges under ( a ) and ( b ) , and the University's engineering, supervisory, and overhead costs. Ten per cent will be paid when services are requested, 80 per cent in equal monthly installments thereafter (the number of installments to be in accordance with the estimate of the number of months required to complete the project) and 10 per cent on the completion of the project. c Resident Field Engineer: Services of a resident field engineer to be on the basis of actual salary, plus 15 per cent, plus traveling and field expenses, to be paid monthly. (The estimated total cost under this contract is $163,500.) These terms are the same as those specified in an agreement for previous engineering services on power plant construction and installations, dated July 25, 1953. I concur and recommend that Sargent and Lundy be authorized to proceed with the preparation of plans and specifications and secure bids for the equipment and that the Comptroller and the Secretary of the Board be authorized to execute the contract when funds are released by the Governor. On motion of Mr. Livingston, this contract was awarded and the Comptroller and the Secretary of the Board were authorized to execute the same. REMODELING IN MEN'S RESIDENCE HALLS (23) The Director of Housing, the Director of the Physical Plant, and the Comptroller recommend the award of contracts for remodeling in the Men's Residence Halls as follows:
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