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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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Increase in Consultant's Contract for Repair and Replacement Designs for Roofing System, College of Medicine East Tower, Chicago

(11) In February 1996, the Board of Trustees authorized the retention of Construction Technology Laboratories, Inc., Skokie, to provide professional services required for the development of general repair and replacement designs and construction documents for partial replacement of clay tile and flat roofing systems on the College of Medicine East Tower. The total budget for the project was estimated to be $1,040,000, including professional fees of $88,850. Qualifications-Based Selection procedures were followed in the award of this contract. It is now recommended that an additional 17 areas of the roofing system at the building be considered for replacement and/or major repairs. The estimated cost of the improvements is $861,200. The cost of additional consulting services to include these improvements is $57,800, plus additional reimbursable expenses of $8,000 for items associated with field investigations, analysis, reports and cost estimates, repair documents, and field observations during repair work. Accordingly, the chancellor at Chicago recommends that the contract with Construction Technology Laboratories, Inc., Skokie, be increased by $57,800 plus additional reimbursable expenses of $8,000 for the Professional Consulting Services required for the additional improvements. Funds are available in the Institutional Funds Operating Budget of the Physical Plant Department. The vice president for business and finance concurs. I recommend approval.

On motion of Ms. Reese, this recommendation was approved by the following vote: Aye, Dr. Bacon, Mrs. Calder, Mr. Engelbrecht, Dr. Gindorf, Mrs. Gravenhorst, Mr. Lamont, Ms. Lopez, Mrs. O'Malley, Ms. Reese; no, none; absent, Governor Edgar. (The student advisory vote was: Aye, Mr. Mathew, Mr. Rose; no, none; absent, Mr. Malone.)

Contract for Masonry Repairs, College of Medicine West, Chicago

(12) The chancellor at Chicago recommends the award of a contract for $677,300 to Mark I Waterproofing & Restoration Company, Dolton, the lowest responsible bidder on its base bid and added alternates 1 , 2 , and 3 1 for the masonry repairs at the College of Medicine West building on the Chicago campus. Competitive bidding procedures in accordance with the Illinois Purchasing Act were followed. The project consists of the repair of bulging and displaced brickwork at parapets; repair of displaced masonry at the top of buttress piers on the east and west elevations of the building; repair of vertically cracked brickwork; removal of corroded steel angles and replacement with new steel angles; installation of flashing with end dams; installation of retrofit veneer anchors; tuckpointing of existing masonry; and replacement of cracked masonry facade components that are visible on the building. Construction will begin on June 3, 1996, and is scheduled to be completed by August 30, 1996. Funds for this contract are available in the Institutional Funds Operating Budget of the Physical Plant Department. A schedule of the bids received has been filed with the secretary of the board for record.

1 Alternate No. 1 — Install alternate masonry repairs anchor, at locations as indicated in the contract documents, in place of base bid repair ancnor; Alternate No. 2 — Perform specified masonry repairs at locations as indicated in the contract documents; Alternate No. 3 — Perform specified masonry repairs at locations as indicated in the contract documents.