Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1968 [PAGE 744]

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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[September 20

Plumbing — David W . Reichard Plumbing & Heating Co., Inc., Urbana 29 Heating and Air Conditioning — Ralph Vancil, Inc., Cairo 41 Ventilating — Inskip Plumbing, Heating & Air Conditioning Co., Champaign 21 Electrical — Potter Electric Service, Inc., Urbana 50 Total $367

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The balance of funds needed for the project is available from state capital appropriations to the University from the Universities Building Fund. A report from the Physical Plant Department, including a schedule of bids received, is submitted herewith, and a copy is being filed with the Secretary of the Board for record. I concur. O n m o t i o n of M r . S w a i n , t h e s e r e c o m m e n d a t i o n s w e r e a p p r o v e d b y the following vote: A y e , M r . Clement, M r . Johnston, M r . S w a i n ; no, n o n e ; absent, none. REQUEST TO ILLINOIS BUILDING AUTHORTY TO CONTRACT FOR CONSTRUCTION OF SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING CENTER BUILDING CAISSONS, CHICAGO CIRCLE (4) On July 25, 1967, the Illinois Building Authority received bids for the Science and Engineering Center Building Caissons at the Chicago Circle Campus, which is the first phase of construction on the Science and Engineering Center Building. The lowest bidder is Case International Company, Roselle, with a bid of $227,380. A bid was also received from the Gust K. Newberg Construction Co., Chicago, in the amount of $280,000. The lowest bidder is deemed qualified to perform the work. The project is a part of the construction for the Chicago Circle campus which the Board, at its meeting on July 26, 1967, requested the Illinois Building Authority to provide. The Authority will finance the construction and lease the facilities to the University. Funds for rental payments are available in state capital appropriations to the University. Jurisdiction of the land on which the project will be constructed will also be transferred to the Authority. The Director of the Physical Plant and the Vice-President and Comptroller recommend that, pursuant to the authority granted by the Board at its meeting on July 26, 1967, the Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees request the Illinois Building Authority to award a contract for the described work to the lowest bidder and proceed to procure this facility for the use of the University. It is also recommended that the Comptroller and 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 facility by the Illinois Building Authority. I concur and recommend adoption of the resolution submitted herewith to implement the official actions required including authorization of the instrument of transfer of jurisdiction of real estate to the Illinois Building Authority. Resolution Be It, and It Hereby Is, Resolved by the Executive Committee of 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 the Case International Company, Roselle, a contract in the amount of $227,380.00 for construction of the Science and Engineering Center Building Caissons at the Chicago Circle Campus in accordance with the base bid submitted. Be It, and It Hereby Is, Further Resolved by the Executive Committee of The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, a public corporation of the State of Illinois, that the Comptroller and Secretary of this public corporation be, and they hereby are, authorized to make, execute, acknowledge, and deliver, in the name and in behalf of this corporation, such instruments of transfer, conveyance, lease, contract, and other documents as are necessary or appropriate in order to provide for the carrying out of the foregoing project and facility by the Illinois Building Authority.