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Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1988
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454 BOARD OF TRUSTEES [January 7 Howard, Mr. Logan, Mrs. Shepherd, Miss Smith, Mr. Wolff; no, none; absent, Governor Thompson. (Mr. Hahn asked to be recorded as not voting.) (The student advisory vote was: Aye, Mr. Evenson, Mr. Wylie; no, none.) Remodeling for CRAY 2 Supercomputer, Astronomy Building, Urbana (Report of Action by the President) (23) T h e National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) has installed and is operating a CRAY X - M P / 4 8 supercomputer in the Astronomy Building, Urbana. A CRAY 2 supercomputer is scheduled to arrive on June 17, 1988. The NCSA must accept the new machine within the specified time period, and extensive remodeling is needed to accommodate it. It is the first of a new generation of such supercomputers with the largest memory of the CRAY supercomputers. 1 The project cost is estimated to be $767,600. In order to complete construction contract documents by the end of January 1988, it was necessary to employ an architect/engineer. The firm of Isaksen, Matzdorff, Glerum & Associates, Architects P . C , Urbana, in conjunction with the engineering firm of Brown, Davis, Mullins & Associates, Champaign, has been employed on previous projects involving supercomputer installations in the Astronomy Building. Accordingly, it was recommended to the president that Isatsen, Matzdorff, Glerum & Associates be employed for the remodeling project at a fixed fee of $57,300 for the professional services required through the receipt of bids. Because of the need for prompt action, the president approved such an agreement, and in accord with The General Rules Concerning University Organization and Procedure, reports his action and requests confirmation of it. Funds are available from the National Science Foundation in support of the National Center for Supercomputing Applications. On motion of Miss Smith, this action was confirmed by the following vote: Aye, Mrs. Galder, Mr. Forsyth, Mrs. Gravenhorst, Mr. Howard, Mr. L,ogan, Mrs. Shepherd, Miss Smith, Mr. Wolff; no, none; absent, Governor Thompson. (Mr. Hahn asked to be recorded as not voting.) (The student advisory vote was: Aye, Mr. Evenson, Mr. Wylie; no, none.) Amendment to Authorization to Purchase through Illinois Educational Consortium (24) I n April 1975, the Board of Trustees authorized the Illinois Educational Consortium for Computer Services (now the Illinois Educational Consortium) to act as the University's agent in competitively bidding certain commodities, equipment, and services. T h e aim was to facilitate joint purchases with other State institutions of higher education where high-volume purchasing is deemed advantageous and economical. In subsequent years, the board has acted to exempt certain specific and generic commodities from the requirement of specific board approval and has authorized the vice president for business and finance to accept or reject bids and award contracts on behalf of the board. T h e vice president for business and finance now has recommended that purchases or contracts for: telephones, window air conditioners, refrigerators, stoves, 1 The NCSA will continue to operate the existing CRAY X-MP/48.
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