Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1986 [PAGE 555]

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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[April 10

It is also recommended that the firm of Heery-FABRAP, Atlanta, Georgia, be employed for construction contract administration, including twelve site visits, at a fixed fee of $31,900. On-site field representation shall be on an hourly basis for direct personnel costs times 2.1, not to exceed $28,000. Authorized reimbursements for this phase of the project are estimated to be $25,000. Funds for this project are available from the $1,900,000 allocated to the project from the proceeds of the Series 1985 Auxiliary Facilities Revenue Bond issue. The project consists of the construction of a new baseball field with support facilities, such as a locker room, showers, training facilities, dugouts, and spectator seating for 1,500 with expansion capabilities to 5,000. In addition, toilet, concession, and ticket booth facilities, and press box with radio and television broadcasting capabilities are to be constructed. The project also includes associated site development, utilities, extensions, walkways, and landscaping. Provisions for the addition of lighting at a later date are also included. A schedule of the bids received and a schedule of the firm's hourly rates have been filed with the secretary of the board for record. O n motion of Mrs. Day, these contracts were awarded by the following vote: Aye, Mrs. Day, Mr. Forsyth, Mrs. Gravenhorst, Mr. H a h n , Mr. Logan, M r . Madden, Miss Smith; no, none; absent, Mr. Howard, Mrs. Shepherd, Governor Thompson. ( T h e student advisory vote was: Aye, Mr. Becker, M r . L a m m ; no, none.) Employment of Architect/Engineer by the Capital Development Board, Animal Sciences Laboratory Addition, Urbana (25) The 84th General Assembly appropriated $1 million from the Build Illinois bond fund in Fiscal Year 1986 for remodeling and for an addition to the Animal Sciences Laboratory Addition, Urbana. The remodeling includes an upgrade of the mechanical systems and the conversion of existing space to research laboratory space. The addition will provide approximately 38,000 net square feet for additional research and instructional laboratories, offices, classrooms, and animal rooms. The president of the University, with the concurrence of the appropriate administrative officers, recommends that the Board of Trustees request the Capital Development Board to employ Phillips Swager & Associates, Peoria, to provide the professional services required for the Animal Sciences Laboratory project. The professional fee for the firm will be negotiated by the Capital Development Board in accordance with its procedure. O n motion of Mrs. Day, this recommendation was approved by the following vote: Aye, Mrs. Day, Mr. Forsyth, Mrs. Gravenhorst, Mr. Logan, Mr. M a d d e n , Miss Smith; no, none; absent, M r . Howard, Mrs. Shepherd, Governor Thompson. (Mr. H a h n asked to be recorded as not voting.) ( T h e student advisory vote was: Aye, Mr. Becker, Mr. L a m m ; no, none.) North Campus Master Plan; Site, Beckman Institute; and Central Utilities Facilities, Urbana (26) On December 10, 1985, Sasaki Associates, Inc., Watertown, Massachusetts, was employed to undertake a master plan study of the north campus. The completed master plan establishes a physical framework for the growth of the north campus within which both near- and long-term building projects can be accom-