Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1988 [PAGE 345]

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1987]

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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On August 6, 1987, bids will be received for the construction of the parking facility. In order to complete the project in August 1988, it is recommended that contracts be awarded prior to the September 1987 meeting of the Board of Trustees. Therefore, the president of the University recommends that the comptroller be authorized to award construction contracts to die lowest responsible bidder for each division of work, provided that the total of the bids received does not exceed $3,100,000, and subject to receipt of title to the vacated West Grenshaw Street. It is also recommended that the firm of Desman Parking Associates, Chicago, be employed through the construction phase at a fixed fee of $35,000 for administration and on-site observation on an hourly basis not to exceed a total of $36,000, plus reimbursables authorized by the University for material testing, an amount estimated at $4-0,000. A schedule of the firm's hourly rates has been filed with the secretary of die board for record. This project will be financed from the proceeds of the Series 1985 and 1986 Auxiliary Facilities Revenue Bond issues. O n m o t i o n of M r . Forsyth, these r e c o m m e n d a t i o n s w e r e approved by t h e f o l l o w i n g v o t e : Aye, Mrs. Calder, M r . Forsyth, M r s . Gravenhorst, M r . H a h n , Mr. H o w a r d , M r . L o g a n , Mrs. Shepherd, M i s s Smith, M r . Wolff; n o , n o n e ; absent Governor T h o m p s o n . ( T h e student advisory v o t e w a s : Aye, M r . Evenson, M r . W y l i e ; n o , none.)

Increase in Contract, Beckman Institute, Urbana

(27) In order that the Beckman Institute project at the Urbana campus could be completed by December 1988 in accord with the schedule desired by the donor, the University undertook its design and construction using phased bidding procedures. The construction contracts documents were developed on the basis of diree bid packages. Package # 2 included the structural steel, concrete, metal deck, stairs, fireproofing, and elevators. Bid Package # 3 included work for the remaining construction. Bids were received and contracts awarded on the first two packages before the final design for Package # 3 was complete. Following the receipt of the structural steel material by the contractor, it was necessary to redesign configurations of the steel in certain areas to accommodate refinements in die structural design and the subsequently sized ductwork. The redesign has resulted in additional costs to the contractor in providing the structural steel required. Accordingly, the president of the University, with the concurrence of the appropriate administrative officers, recommends that the contract with Zalk Josephs Fabricators, Inc., Stoughton, Wisconsin, be increased by $89,125 for the work described. Funds for this project are being provided from private gift funds through die University of Illinois Foundation and from funds appropriated by die State of Illinois. O n m o t i o n of M r . Forsyth, this r e c o m m e n d a t i o n w a s approved by t h e following v o t e : Aye, M r s . Calder, M r . Forsyth, M r s . Gravenhorst, M r . H a h n , M r . H o w a r d , M r . L o g a n , M r s . Shepherd, Miss S m i t h , M r . Wolff; no, n o n e ; absent, Governor T h o m p s o n . ( T h e student advisory v o t e w a s : Aye, M r . Evenson, M r . W y l i e ; no, none.)