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U N I V E R S I T Y OF I L L I N O I S

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CONTRACTS FOR REMODELING IN UNIVERSITY HALL, CHICAGO CIRCLE (13) T h e President of the University, with the concurrence of appropriate administrative officers, recommends award of the following construction contracts for remodeling the third floor of University Hall, Chicago Circle campus, for the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, the award in each case being to the low bidder. General — Vee See Construction Company, Inc., Oaklawn $ 71 315 Heating and Refrigeration — Midstates Heating Company, Chicago . . . . 11 987 Ventilation and Air Conditioning — Jamar-Olmen Company, Elk Grove Village 8 690 Electrical — Midwest Interstate Electrical Construction Company, Chicago 16 900 T h e plans and specifications comply with the requirements of the Facilities for the Handicapped Act. Funds are available in state capital appropriations for 1967-69 and have been released by the Governor. Submitted herewith is a report from the Physical Plant Planning and Construction Office, including a schedule of bids received, a copy of which is being filed with the Secretary of the Board for record. It is further recommended that the informality in the bid of Jamar-Olmen Company, Elk Grove Village, described in the report, be waived.

On motion of Mr. Williamson, these contracts were awarded by the following vote: Aye, Mr. Clement, Mr. Grimes, Mr. Hahn, Mr. Hughes, Mr. Page, Mr. Pogue, Mr. Swain, Mr. Williamson; no, none; absent, Mr. Jones, Governor Shapiro, Dr. Weatherly.

REQUEST TO THE ILLINOIS BUILDING AUTHORITY TO CONTRACT FOR PIPING SYSTEMS AND MISCELLANEOUS WORK AT THE UTILITIES BUILDING ADDITION, PHASE III, CHICAGO CIRCLE (14) The President of the University, with the concurrence of appropriate administrative officers, recommends that the Illinois Building Authority be requested to award to Northwestern Industrial Piping Co., Niles, Illinois, the low base bidder, a contract in the amount of $609,000, for the furnishing and installation of the piping systems and miscellaneous work at the Utilities Building Addition, Phase I I I , which is being done in connection with the installation of the heating, cooling, and electrical equipment at the Chicago Circle campus, and proceed to procure this work for the use of the University. The above work is part of the project for Chicago Circle, Phase I I I , construction which the Board, on July 26, 1967, requested the Illinois Building Authority to provide. T h e Authority will finance the construction and lease the facilities to the University for rental payments for which state appropriations are available. Jurisdiction of the land has been transferred to the Authority. It is also recommended that the Comptroller and the Secretary of the Board be authorized to make, execute, acknowledge, and deliver such instruments of transfer, conveyance, lease, contract, and other documents as are necessary to provide for the carrying out of the foregoing project by the Illinois Building Authority. It is further recommended that the resolution submitted herewith be adopted to implement the official actions required. Submitted herewith is a schedule of the bids received, a copy of which is being filed with the Secretary of the Board for record. Resolution Be It, and It Hereby Is, Resolved by The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, a public corporation of the State of Illinois, that the Illinois Building Authority be, and it hereby is, requested to award to Northwestern Industrial Piping Co., 7475 Oak P a r k Avenue, Niles, Illinois, a contract for the installation of the piping system and miscellaneous work, all a part of the construction of the Utilities Building Addition (Utilities Center Addition), Chicago Circle for the fixed price of $609,000.