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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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Acceptance of Alternate G-l provides that all contracts other than the contract for general work be assigned to the contractor for general work. It is further recommended that an agreement be entered into with McDowell Construction Co., Inc., for the assignment of the other contracts. Funds for this "Renovation for Excellence" project are available in the Fiscal Year 1984 State appropriated funds budget of the Operation and Maintenance Division. The project is to convert 757 square feet, currently used for graduate student offices, into a wet laboratory for new research in novel materials, separation processes, and in the areas of energy and pollution. A schedule of the bids received has been filed with the secretary of the board for record. On motion of Mr. Logan, these contracts were awarded by the following vote: Aye, Mrs. Day, Dr. Donoghue, Mr. Forsyth, Mr. Hahn, Mr. Howard, Mr. Logan, Mr. Madden, Mr. Stone; no, none; absent, Mrs. Shepherd, Governor Thompson. (The student advisory vote was: Aye, Mr. Milkint; no, none; absent, Mr. Bolen.) Contract for Phase II Window Replacement, Gregory Drive Residence Halls, Urbana (18) The president of the University, with the concurrence of the appropriate administrative officers, recommends award of a contract to Konet Creative Window Designs, Inc., Oak Lawn, in the amount of $279,910 for the removal of the existing windows and the installation of approximately 250 double-glazed anodized aluminum window units in Forbes Hall in the Gregory Drive Residence Halls complex at the Urbana-Champaign campus. Funds are available in the Auxiliary Facilities System Repair and Replacement Reserve Account. A schedule of the bids received has been filed with the secretary of the board for record. On motion of Mr. Logan, this contract was awarded by the following vote: Aye, Mrs. Day, Dr. Donoghue, Mr. Forsyth, Mr. Hahn, Mr. Howard, Mr. Logan, Mr. Madden, Mr. Stone; no, none; absent, Mrs. Shepherd, Governor Thompson. (The student advisory vote was: Aye, Mr. Milkint; no, none; absent, Mr. Bolen.) Employment of Architect/Engineer, Krannert Art Museum Addition, Urbana (19) The president of the University, with the concurrence of the appropriate administrative officers, recommends that the University of Illinois Foundation be requested to provide funds for the employment of Booth/Hansen & Associates, Chicago. The firm will provide professional services for the program-definition and schematic-design phases for the proposed addition to the Krannert Art Museum, Urbana-Champaign campus. The fee for this phase of the work, based on the firm's direct personnel expenses plus 150 percent, will not exceed $39,000, plus reimbursable expenses approved by the University; these are estimated to be $6,500. On completion of this phase of the design, the board will be asked to approve the project and to authorize a contract for professional architectural and engineering services through the design and construction phases. The project is to be financed from gifts and grants to the University of Illinois