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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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Division IV — Ventilation and Air Distribution Nogle & Black Mechanical, Inc., Champaign Division V — Electrical Potter Electric Service, Inc., Urbana Base Bid . . . $107 600 Alt. E-l . . . 3 100 110 700 Division VI — Fire Protection Getz Fire Equipment Company, Peoria . . . . Base Bid Total 38 420 $552 779 Base Bid $ 11 995

The work to be undertaken in Phase III includes remodeling of the area formerly used as classroom and reception space in order to accommodate additional personnel. The medicine room and high-quality output area will be remodeled to accommodate the installation of the Cray 2 supercomputer and associated equipment. Private corporate grant funds are provided in the Fiscal Year 1988 restricted funds budget of the National Center for Supercomputing Applications. A schedule of the bids received has been filed with the secretary of the board for record.

On motion of Mr. Forsyth, these contracts were awarded by the following vote: Aye, Mrs. Calder, Mr. Forsyth, Mrs. Gravenhorst, Mr. Hahn, Mr. Howard, Mr. Logan, Mrs. Shepherd, Miss Smith, Mr. Wolff; no, none; absent, Governor Thompson. (The student advisory vote was: Aye, Mr. Evenson; absent, Mr. Wylie.)

Amendment to Board of Trustees' Action, Construction Manager, Plant and Animal Biotechnology Laboratory, Urbana

(18) On April 14, 1988, the Board of Trustees authorized the employment of Gilbane Building Company, Chicago, to provide construction manager services required in the preconstruction and construction phases of the Plant and Animal Biotechnology Laboratory, Urbana. The compensation for the professional services was reported as being on an hourly basis, the total not to exceed $125,000, plus authorized reimbursables estimated to be $10,000, for the preconstruction phase; and for the anticipated 26-month construction phase, at a fee and staff cost, the total of each not to exceed $646,000 and $808,000, respectively, plus authorized reimbursables estimated to be $190,000. Subsequently, University officers and the construction manager analyzed ways to accelerate the completion of the project and to benefit the University. It was agreed that savings on staff cost could be achieved by providing an incentive to the construction manager through a fixed fee rather than a not-to-exceed fee —• and, accordingly, amending the board's early action as follows: to authorize compensation on a fixed fee basis of $646,000 for fee and a total not-to-exceed staff cost of $808,000 for the anticipated 26-month construction phase, plus reimbursables estimated to be $190,000. Therefore, the president of the University, with the concurrence of the appropriate administrative officers, recommends that the board's prior action be amended as described above. Funds are available from a United States Department of Agriculture grant.