Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1988 [PAGE 42]

EXTRACTED TEXT FROM PAGE:

32

BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[July 10

provide for removal of asbestos insulation in selected buildings at the Urbana campus during Fiscal Year 1987. The base bid includes the removal and proper disposal of asbestos in its several forms in compliance with applicable codes and safety standards. The work will be undertaken as ordered by the Operation and Maintenance Division and will be paid for on the basis of the actual cost of each job in accordance with the unit prices. Each job will be covered by a contract job order charged against funds allocated for the project. The anticipated dollar volume is $500,000. A schedule of the bids received has been filed with the secretary of the board for record.

On motion of Mr. Howard, this contract was awarded by the following vote: Aye, Mrs. Day, Mr. Forsyth, Mrs. Gravenhorst, Mr. Hahn, Mr. Howard, Mr. Logan, Mr. Madden, Mrs. Shepherd, Miss Smith; no, none; absent, Governor Thompson. (The student advisory vote was: Aye, Mr. Filip; no, none; absent, Mr. Starkeson.)

Contract for Cattle Barn, Urbana

(28) The president of the University, with the concurrence of the appropriate administrative officers, recommends the award of a contract, subject to the availability of funds, for $148,000 to Illini FS Inc., Urbana, to construct a metalcovered pole barn for the College of Veterinary Medicine at the Urbana campus. The award is to the low base bidder, plus acceptance of Alternates 1 and 2. In order to support a variety of research projects dealing with noninfectious diseases, nutrition, reproduction, and management of cattle, it is necessary to construct the facility described. Funds have been included in the appropriation bill of the General Assembly to meet the ordinary and contingent expenses of the University for Fiscal Year 1987 and will be included in the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs' operating budget request for FY 1987 to be submitted to the board. A schedule of the bids received has been filed with the secretary of the board for record. (Alternate 1 is for an elevated concrete slab on the west end of the building; and Alternate 2 is for a concrete apron to the door openings on the east side.)

On motion of Mr. Howard, this contract was awarded by the following vote: Aye, Mrs. Day, Mr. Forsyth, Mrs. Gravenhorst, Mr. Hahn, Mr. Howard, Mr. Logan, Mr. Madden, Mrs. Shepherd, Miss 'Smith; no, none; absent, Governor Thompson. (The student advisory vote was: Aye, Mr. Filip; no, none; absent, Mr. Starkeson.)

Contracts, Addition to Swanlund Administration Building, Urbana

(29) On June 12, 1986, the board approved the award of a contract for the fabrication and delivery of the structural steel for an addition to the Swanlund Administration Building on the Urbana campus. Bids for the construction of the balance of the project are scheduled to be received on July 24 and 29, 1986. In order for the construction to begin in August 1986, it is recommended that contracts be awarded prior to the September 1986 meeting of the board. (A report of the bids received will be presented at the September meeting.) Therefore, the president of the University recommends that the comptroller be authorized to award construction contracts to the lowest responsible bidder in