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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[September 15

(The student advisory vote was: Aye, Mr. Bolen, Mr. Milkint; no, none.) Contract for Energy Conservation Project, Medical Sciences Addition, Chicago

(30) On October 21, 1982, the Board of Trustees approved a recommendation to accept a Federal grant of $535,467 under the National Energy Conservation Policy Act of 1978. Bids were received on August 16, 1983, for one of the conservation projects authorized by that program. (A schedule of the bids received has been filed with the secretary of the board for record.) The president of the University, with the concurrence of the appropriate administrative officers, recommends the award of a contract for $120,951 to Continental HiO Systems, Inc., Broadview, the low bidder on its base bid (plus acceptance of Deductive Alternates No. 2 and 3) for installing a system to provide reagent-grade laboratory water to the Medical Sciences Addition at the Chicago campus. Laboratory water in the building presently is provided by a 22 year old steam operated distilling system. The new project will provide an energy efficient system, resulting in a product equal to distilled water. The purified water will be piped to each of the building's seven floors. The work will include installation of the system and testing of water purification levels. It is estimated that the annual energy savings of $72,500 will provide for a payback period of almost two years. Work will begin in October and is scheduled for completion in December of this year. Funds are available from the Federal Energy Conservation Grant. (Deductive alternate No. 2 eliminates seven ultra pure deionizcrs and deductive alternate No. 3 eliminates a new PVC water distribution riser from two new storage tanks to each of the seven floors.) O n m o t i o n of M r . H o w a r d , this contract w a s a w a r d e d by t h e followi n g v o t e : A y e , M r s . D a y , D r . D o n o g h u e , M r . Forsyth, M r . H a h n , M r . H o w a r d , M r . L o g a n , M r . M a d d e n , M r . S t o n e ; n o , n o n e ; absent, M r s . Shepherd, Governor Thompson. ( T h e s t u d e n t advisory v o t e w a s : A y e , M r . Bolen, M r . M i l k i n t ; n o , none.)

Contracts for Phase I Improvement Project, Steam Plant, Chicago

(31) The president of the University, with the concurrence of the appropriate administrative officers, recommends the award of the following contracts for the first phase of a performance and efficiency improvement project at the University's steam plant which serves the Medical Center District, Chicago. The award in each case is to the low bidder on its base bid. Division III — Mechanical American Mechanical, Inc., Des Plaines Division V — Electrical Mid America Electric Co., Inc., Palatine Total Base Bid $22 795 7 300 $30 095

On March 17, 1983, the Board of Trustees employed a consulting engineer for design services for this project. The first phase is to install a system to recover the heat from steam and hot water, now wasted during the continuous blowdown of the plant's boiler drums to prevent buildup of mineral deposits. The heat recovered