Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1980 [PAGE 29]

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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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comptroller and the secretary be authorized to execute contracts as described with the American Express Company. I concur. O n m o t i o n of M r s . R a d e r , a u t h o r i t y w a s g i v e n as r e c o m m e n d e d .

Award of Contracts for Remodeling, Eye and Ear Infirmary, Medical Center

(21) T h e president of the University, with the concurrence of appropriate administrative officers, recommends award of the following contracts for remodeling the tomography x-ray unit and other work on the second floor of the Eye and Ear Infirmary building at the Medical Center campus, the award in each case being to the low bidder. General Work J. A. Boulton & Co., Chicago Plumbing Work Certified Mechanical Contractors, Inc., Riverside Ventilation Work Narowetz Co., Melrose Park Electrical Work Mid-America Electric Co., Inc., Palatine Total Base Bid $34 700 5 632 3 256 16 797 $60 385

Funds for this project are available from hospital income accounts. A schedule of the bids received has been filed with the secretary for record.

The student advisory vote was: Aye, Miss Kooper, Mr. Sobotka, Mr. Watson; no, none. On motion of Mr. Livingston, these contracts were awarded by the following vote: Aye, Mr. Forsyth, Mr. Hahn, Mr. Howard, Mr. Lenz, Mr. Livingston, Mr. Neal, Mrs. Rader, Mrs. Shepherd, Mr. Velasquez; no, none; absent, Governor Thompson.

Change Order, Contract for Construction of Parking Structure, Medical Center

(22) On June 16, 1976, the Board of Trustees approved the award of the contract for general work for the construction of the parking structure at the Medical Center campus to S. N. Nielson Company, Chicago. The original contract documents did not include a sealant system for the concrete. The project architect/engineer has reviewed various systems for chemical composition, behavior, guarantees, compatibility with existing concrete, and cost and now is recommending a sealant system to protect the concrete and increase the life expectancy of the structure. T h e technical judgment of some years ago was that if a concrete surface for an open parking facility had very little cracking, a sealant system was not needed to protect the reinforcing from a corrosive atmosphere. Today, however, the industry has learned that water laden with chlorides (as may be tracked in by automobiles during winter) can be absorbed by concrete. This chloride mixture penetrates to a point where damage to the concrete may occur. T h e president of the University, with the concurrence of appropriate administrative officers, recommends approval of a contract change order with S. N. Nielson