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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[March 14

$5,286.00 through the following changes: ( a ) changing brick surface to concrete with sprayed asphalt topping; (b) omission of dowels in walks; (c) omission of Crab Orchard stone on front and rear walks. South Ground Floor Entrance.—English Brothers on their base bid of $4,768. O n m o t i o n of M r . W i e l a n d , t h e s e a w a r d s w e r e m a d e t o t h e l o w e s t bidders as r e c o m m e n d e d . CONTRACT FOR L A N D S C A P I N G O F AREAS A R O U N D GREGORY H A L L A N D MCKINLEY HOSPITAL A D D I T I O N (20) T h e following bids were received on the landscaping of areas around Gregory Hall and McKinley Hospital Addition:

BID SCHEDULE—LANDSCAPING GREGORY H A L L AND M C K I N L E Y Bidders Base Bid Swain Nelson & Sons Co., Glenview $8 677 90 Hubert Hunsucker, 406 N. Prairie, Champaign 9 933 07 HOSPITAL ADDITION All. tl Alt. ii $457 321 $\ 978 oo2 1 330 oo 1 358 00-

Pursuant to the action of the Board at its meeting on February 16, I have authorized the award of the contract to Swain Nelson & Sons Company, the lowest bidder, on their base bid of $8,677.00 less Alternates Nos. 1 and 2, which will reduce the total contract to $6,242.58. Alternate No. 1 is a deduction for evergreens to be supplied by the University, and Alternate No. 2 omits lawn operations including final grading and seeding which will be charged to the Physical Plant Department's Operation and Maintenance budget if necessary. T h e contract will also be subject to a further reduction through a change order to $S,778-38, in order to bring the total within the $6,000 budgeted for this phase of the work. Arrangements will also be made for later reinsertion of these deductions if sufficient funds are available in the State appropriation and Federal grant for this project. I request confirmation of my action. O n m o t i o n of M r . C l e a r y , t h i s a w a r d w a s a p p r o v e d . A t this point, P r e s i d e n t P o g u e r e t u r n e d a n d r e s u m e d the chair. ILL1NI U N I O N BUILDING CONTRACT CHANGE ORDERS (21) T h e Director of the Physical Plant Department requests approval 01" changes in contracts for the construction of the Illini Union Building as follows: (1) English Brothers, General Contract, Change Order No. 5: ( a ) Construction of extension to the compressor room underground at the southeast corner of the building. T h e room as originally designed by the consulting engineer would not permit the installation of all equipment except in such a manner that it would be impossible to service or maintain it afterward. T h e only solution, and one to which Samuel R. Lewis has agreed, is to provide additional space. It may be that he did not consider the fact that the principal apparatus was to be turbine-driven when he gave us the required dimensions of the room at the start of the project. Add $2 596 20 (b) This will also involve changes in the contracts for heating and electrical work, the details of which have not yet been determined. It is requested, however, that these change orders be authorized at this time to avoid any unnecessary delay in the completion of the work. These change orders will add approximately $1 100 00 (2) It was necessary to construct the underframe of the entrance platform and stairs just inside the south ground story entrance in the west wing of reinforced concrete. T h e data on this on drawings originally consisted of a note so meager that it was necessary to prepare a separate drawing for the structural work involved, for which the contractor feels he is entitled to additional costs as indicated $ 102 53

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*If pine trees are furnished by the owner, deduct amount indicated. If all lawn operations are omitted, deduct amount indicated.