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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[March 13

On motion of Mr. Madden, this recommendation was approved by the following vote: Aye, Mrs. Day, Mr. Forsyth, Mrs. Gravenhorst, Mr. Howard, Mr. Logan, Mr. Madden, Mrs. Shepherd, Miss Smith; no, none; absent, Governor Thompson. (Mr. Hahn asked to be recorded as not voting.) (The student advisory vote was: Aye, Mr. Becker, Mr. Lamm; no, none.)

Increase in Architectural/Engineering Contract, Housing and Commons, Chicago

(21) On October 18, 1984, and May 16, 1985, the Board of Trustees authorized the employment of Solomon, Cordwell, Buenz & Associates, Inc., Chicago, for architectural and engineering services through the receipt of bids for the housing and commons at the Chicago campus. On January 16, 1986, the board authorized the employment of the firm for the construction phase on an interim basis, until the full scope of the services required could be determined, at a cost not to exceed $35,000. The president of the University, with the concurrence of the appropriate administrative officers, now recommends the employment of Solomon, Cordwell, Buenz & Associates, Inc., for the services required for construction contract administration, structural-engineering site inspection, and the development of a critical-path-method construction schedule at a lump sum fee of $145,000, and for providing two full-time, on-site professionals and bimonthly updates of the construction schedule on an hourly cost basis — the total not to exceed $300,340, for a total of $445,340.' Funds are available from the proceeds of the Series 1985 Auxiliary Facilities Revenue Bond issue. A schedule of the firm's hourly rate has been filed with the secretary of the board for record.

On motion of Mr. Madden, this recommendation was approved by me following vote: Aye, Mrs. Day, Mr. Forsyth, Mrs. Gravenhorst, Mr. Howard, Mr. Logan, Mr. Madden, Mrs. Shepherd, Miss Smith; no, none; absent, Governor Thompson. (Mr. Hahn asked to be recorded as not voting.) (The student advisory vote was: Aye, Mr. Becker, Mr. Lamm; no, none.)

Amendment to Architectural/Engineering Contract, Beckman Institute, Urbana

(22) On December 10, 1985, an agreement was executed between the Board of Trustees and the firm of Smith, Hinchman & Grylls, Associates, Inc., Detroit, Michigan, for the "preliminary programming and conceptual design" phase of the Arnold O. and Mabel M. Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, Urbana. The fee for the professional services required for that phase was on an hourly basis not to exceed $330,000, plus reimbursable expenses authorized by the University, estimated to be $60,000. It is now recommended that the agreement be amended to include the professional services required through the "schematic design" phase on an hourly basis not to exceed $290,000. Funds for this project are being provided from private gift funds through

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This figure includes the $33,000 authorized by the board on January 16, 1966.