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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[April 19

Contract for Structural Repairs, Mechanical Engineering Laboratory, Urbana

(30) T h e president of the University, with the concurrence of the appropriate administrative officers, recommends the award of a contract for $95,500 to Ellington Miller Edmonds, Inc., Danville, the low base bidder, to repair the foundation and make other structural and architectural repairs in the south portion of the Mechanical Engineering Laboratory, Urbana-Champaign campus. Funds are available in the Fiscal Year 1984 institutional-funds budget of the Operations and Maintenance Division of the campus. The Mechanical Engineering Laboratory was built in several stages from 1905 through 1926. T h e building has sustained structural damage due to settling of the strip footings which support the exterior walls of two south additions. Periodic monitoring since 1948 has shown increasing damage caused by continued settling, resulting in cracked walls, overstressed columns, distortions of windows and door frames, and a leaking roof. In October 1983, the University employed ESCA Consultants, Incorporated, Urbana, to study the problem. The consultant has advised that test-pit excavations and soil borings indicate the most likely cause of the settlement problem is structural overload of the foundation soil. The consultant has recommended underpinning the existing footings by installing 26 concrete piles varying in length from 22 to 32 feet, replacing structural steel columns in the shop area, making masonry repairs and replacements, and doing carpentry work, plastering and painting. A schedule of the bids received has been filed with the secretary of the board for record.

O n motion of Mrs. Day, this contract was awarded by the following vote: Aye, Mrs. Day, Dr. Donoghue, Mr. Forsyth, Mr. H a h n , Mr. Howard, Mr. Logan, Mr. Madden, Mrs. Shepherd, M r . Stone; no, none; absent, Governor Thompson. ( T h e student advisory vote was: Aye, Mr. Bolen, Mr. Milkint; no, none.) Purchases

(31) T h e president submitted, with his concurrence, a list of purchases recommended by the directors of purchases and the vice president for business and finance. The list of purchases was presented in two categories: purchases from appropriated funds (i.e., from State appropriations to the University) and purchases from institutional funds. T h e latter term designates funds received by the University under contracts with the United States government, private corporations, and other organizations; grants from foundations, corporations, and other donors; and University revolving funds authorized by law. The total amounts of these purchases were: From Appropriated Recommended From Institutional Recommended Grand Total Funds $ Funds 1 668 413 54 $2 461 093 98 792 680 44

A complete list of the purchases, with supporting information (including the quotations received), was sent to each member of the board in advance of the meeting. A copy is being filed with the secretary of the board for record.

O n motion of Mrs. Day, the purchases recommended were authorized by the following vote: Aye, Mrs. Day, Dr. Donoghue, Mr. Forsyth,