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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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Employment of Architect/Engineer, Remodeling, College of Dentistry, Chicago

(26) The president of the University, with the concurrence of the appropriate administrative officers, recommends that the firm of O'Donnell, Wicklund, Pigozzi 8c Peterson, Deerfield, be employed for the professional services required for the program analysis phase through the receipt of bids. The firm's fee through the receipt of bids will be a fixed fee of $140,000, plus authorized reimbursements estimated to be $8,000. The proposed $2,000,130 project consists of remodeling approximately 16,483 nasf of the existing first and fourth floor areas in the College of Dentistry building to provide for the relocation of the cleft palate clinic, maxillofacial prosthetics clinic, and the director's office, and research component to establish the Craniofacial Center. A separate public entrance to the Craniofacial Center will also be developed. In addition to the construction of the Craniofacial Center, the second floor of the building will be remodeled for another college department required to vacate the proposed craniofacial space. Mechanical and electrical systems revisions will also be included in the proposed project. Funds are available from the institutional funds budget of the Chicago campus and from private gift funds of the College of Dentistry.

On motion of Mrs. Gravenhorst, this recommendation was approved by the following vote: Aye, Dr. Bacon, Mr. Boyle, Mrs. Calder, Dr. Gindorf, Mr. Grabowski, Mrs. Gravenhorst, Mr. Lamont, Ms. Lopez, Ms. Reese; no, none; absent, Governor Edgar. (The student advisory vote was: Aye, Mr. Begovich, Mr. Lawless; no, none.)

Employment of Architect/Engineer, Remodeling, Student Services Building (Circle Court), Chicago

(27) The proposed project consists of remodeling approximately 98,000 nasf of the Circle Court Shopping Center at Racine and Harrison Streets, Chicago. This project will involve the reconfiguration of the facility's multi-leveled center section as well as the three-story east section to accommodate the needs of the Student Services/ Administrative Departments. Renovation and upgrade of the facility will include the repair of the rooftop parking decks, code compliance, and handicapped accessibility as well as general building upgrade. The president of the University, with the concurrence of the appropriate administrative officers, recommends that the firm of Solomon, Cordwell, Buenz 8c Associates, Inc., Chicago, be employed for the professional services required for the planning and construction of the project, subject to the University's acquisition of the property. The firm's fee through the construction phase will be a fixed fee of $890,000 plus authorized reimbursements estimated to be $95,000. Funds are available initially from the Auxiliary Facilities System (AFS). As authorized by the Board of Trustees at its November 1992 meeting, it is anticipated that these expenses will be reimbursed from a future AFS Revenue Bond sale for the total Circle Court project.

On motion of Mrs. Gravenhorst, this recommendation was approved by the following vote: Aye, Dr. Bacon, Mr. Boyle, Mrs. Calder, Dr. Gindorf, Mr. Grabowski, Mrs. Gravenhorst, Mr. Lamont, Ms. Lopez, Ms. Reese; no, none; absent, Governor Edgar. (The student advisory vote was: Aye, Mr. Begovich, Mr. Lawless; no, none.)