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BOARD QF TRUSTEES

[February 16

President and Provost concur in this, recommendation. The University Senates Conference has indicated that no further Senate jurisdiction is involved. I recommend approval. O n motion of Mr. Forsyth, this recommendation was approved.

AWARD OF NEW CONTRACT FOR INSTALLATION OF LAWN SPRINKLER SYSTEMS, CHICAGO CIRCLE

(15) On September 16, 1970, the Board of Trustees awarded a contract in the amount of $52,160 to A. C. Oughton Co., Chicago, for the installation of a lawn sprinkler system in four areas of the Chicago Circle campus. The Company failed to construct the project in accordance with the contract documents. Efforts to secure compliance were unavailing and, after consultation with the University Counsel, the contract under which $32,451.30 had previously been paid was terminated and the A. C. Oughton Co. was ordered off the job. Efforts to recover damages and expenses from the company and its surety are in progress. On January 18, 1972, bids were opened to correct the previous work and complete the project for the installation of lawn sprinkler systems at the Chicago Circle campus. The President of the University, with the concurrence of appropriate administrative officers, recommends award of a contract in the amount of $28,639 to Andrew McCann Lawn Sprinkler Co., Chicago, the low bidder for this work. Funds are available in state capital appropriations to the University and have been released by the Governor. A schedule of bids received has been filed with the Secretary of the Board •for record.

On motion of Mr. Howard, this contract was awarded by the following vote: Aye, Mr. Forsyth, Mr. Hahn, Mr. Howard, Mr. Neal, Mr. Pogue, Mr. Swain; no, none; absent, Dr. Bakalis, Mr. Grimes, Mr. Hughes, Governor Ogilvie, Mr. Steger.

ADDITION TO PHASE I OF CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING RESEARCH LABORATORY FOR U.S. CORPS O F ENGINEERS. CHAMPAIGN

(16) On January 17, 1968, the Board of Trustees requested the University of Illinois Foundation to provide facilities for the first phase of the Construction Engineering Research Laboratory for the U.S. Corps of Engineers at Interstate Research Park, Champaign. Phase I is now occupied and leased to the Corps of Engineers for the period of the Foundation financing obligation (thirty years), subject to a ninety day termination right in the Corps. The original cost of Phase I, as incorporated in the lease, is $3,500,000. The Corps has requested the Foundation to construct an addition to Phase I — an adjacent, free-standing building for housing a shock test machine. The approximate construction cost of the building, which will require long-term financing, is $250,000. The cost is exclusive of the shock test machine and its associated equipment. It is proposed that the present lease with the Corps be modified to include the additional building; the rental will be the amount necessary to amortize the total cost, including the additional $250,000, over the remaining term of the modified lease, until January 1, 1999. The cost of the shock test machine is estimated to be $1,500,000 and will be furnished directly by the Corps. The purchase and installation of associated equipment for the machine, an estimated sum of $150,000, is to be undertaken by the Foundation but at the completion of the project the Corps will reimburse the Foundation for these costs. The Foundation, with the concurrence of the Corps of Engineers, proposes to employ the consulting engineering firm of Carroll-Henneman & Associates, Inc., Urbana, on the basis of actual hourly rates of personnel plus 150 per cent, plus reimbursable expenses at actual costs for complete professional services in connection with planning and supervision of this project. The engineers have advised that they will employ Richardson, Severns, Scheeler & Associates, Inc.,