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1968]

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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Funds are available in the Chicago Circle Center account. Submitted herewith is a schedule of bids received, a copy of which is being filed with the Secretary of the Board for record.

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

CONTRACT FOR CONSTRUCTION OF EXTENSIONS T O THE UTILITIES DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM, BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES B U I L D I N G , EDUCATION AND COMMUNICATIONS B U I L D I N G , CHICAGO CIRCLE

(17) The President of the University, with the concurrence of appropriate administrative officers, recommends the award (subject to release by the Governor of funds available in state capital appropriations to the University for 1967-69) of a contract in the amount of $745,000 to Abbott Contractors, Inc., Chicago, the low bidder, for construction of extensions of the utilities distribution system to the Behavioral Sciences Building and the Education and Communications Building, Chicago Circle. Attached herewith is a report from the Physical Plant Department, including a schedule of bids received, a copy of which is being filed with the Secretary of the Board for record. On motion of M r . Williamson, this contract was awarded by the following vote: Aye, M r . Clement, Mr. Grimes, M r . H a h n , M r . H u g h e s , Mr. Jones, M r . Swain, Mr. Williamson; no, n o n e ; absent, M r . Page, Mr. Pogue, Governor Shapiro, Dr. Weatherly.

REQUEST TO ILLINOIS BUILDING AUTHORITY TO CONTRACT FOR CONSTRUCTION OF THE UTILITIES BUILDING A D D I T I O N , CHICAGO CIRCLE

(18) The President of the University, with the concurrence of appropriate administrative officers, recommends that the Illinois Building Authority be requested to award a contract for general construction to Herlihy Mid-Continent Company, Chicago, the low bidder for the sum of $491,560 for the base bid ($480,000) plus alternate No. 1 ($11,560) for construction of an addition to the Utilities Building and proceed to procure this facility which will house heating, cooling, and electrical equipment for the use of the University at the Chicago Circle campus. The above equipment is a part of the project for Chicago Circle Phase III construction which the Board, on July 26, 1967, requested the Illinois Building Authority to provide. The 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 on which the project will be constructed will be transferred to the Authority at a later date. 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 and equipment 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 report from the Physical Plant Department, including 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 Herlihy Mid-Continent Company, 407 South Dearborn Street, Chicago, Illinois 60605, a contract for construction of the Utilities Building Addition at the Chicago Circle, Phase III, for the sum of $491,560.00 and proceed to procure this facility for the use of the University.