Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1964 [PAGE 137]

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BOARD O F T R U S T E E S

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CONTRACTS FOR ALTERATIONS IN THE RESEARCH AND EDUCATIONAL HOSPITALS ADDITION (11) The Director of the Physical Plant and the Vice-President and Comptroller recommend award of the following contracts for alterations on the eighth floor of the Research and Educational Hospitals Addition, the award in each case being to the lowest bidder: General — Consumers Construction Company, Chicago $ 75 900 Base bid $74 400 Additive alternate for service charge for supervision of other contracts assigned to this contractor 1 500 Plumbing — O'Callaghan Brothers, Inc., Chicago 16 450 Heating — T. F. Hanley Corporation, Chicago 39 149 Ventilating — Byness, Inc., Chicago 14 910 Electrical — Wadeford Electric Company, Chicago 21 686 Laboratory Furniture — Browne-Morse Company, Chicago 21 281 Total $189 376 The work will consist of extensive remodeling of the eighth floor of the Hospitals Addition for a clinical research center to be operated by the Department of Medicine with funds supplied by the U.S. Public Health Service. It is further recommended that all contracts other than the general contract be assigned to the contractor for general work, making the total of his contract price $189,376. It is further recommended that an agreement be entered into with Consumers Construction Company for the assignment of these other contracts for $1,500 which amount is included in the contract price, being the amount bid by that Company for service charge for supervision of other contracts assigned to the general contractor. Funds for this work are available from U.S. Public Health Service Grant OG-21. Submitted herewith is a schedule of the bids received 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 . P o g u e , t h e s e c o n t r a c t s w e r e a w a r d e d , a s r e c o m mended, by the following vote: Aye, M r . Clement, M r . Dilliard, M r . Hughes, Mr. Johnston, Mr. Pogue, Mr. Swain, Mrs. Watkins, Mr. Wilkins, M r . Williamson; no, n o n e ; absent, M r . K e r n e r . CONTRACT FOR MAINTENANCE WORK ON RESEARCH AND EDUCATIONAL HOSPITALS (12) The Director of the Physical Plant and the Vice-President and Comptroller recommend award of a contract for $3,162 to E. H . Chicoine Contractors, Inc., Chicago, the lowest bidder, for maintenance work on drip joints and lintels on the Research and Educational Hospitals buildings. The work will consist of grinding the mortar out of drip joints at the head of all windows and the painting of exposed portions of steel lintels. The repairs are necessary due to the rust build-up on the lintels which is causing spauling of the stonework. Funds are available in the Physical Plant Department budget. I concur. O n m o t i o n of M r . W i l l i a m s o n , t h i s c o n t r a c t w a s a w a r d e d , a s r e c o m m e n d e d , by the following vote: Aye, M r . Clement, M r . Dilliard, M r . Hughes, Mr. Johnston, Mr. Pogue, Mr. Swain, Mrs. Watkins, Mr. Wilkins, M r . Williamson; no, n o n e ; absent, M r . K e r n e r . CONTRACT FOR CAULKING WORK ON STAFF APARTMENT BUILDING AT THE MEDICAL CENTER (13) The Director of the Physical Plant and the Vice-President and Comptroller recommend award of a contract for $7,965 to the Structural Waterproofing Corporation, Barrington, Illinois, the lowest bidder, for the caulking of all exterior