Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1964 [PAGE 230]

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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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and more reliable 12,000-volt system and include new duct work, cabling, and switchgear for the buildings listed. Funds are available in the state capital appropriations to the University for 1961-63 from the Universities Building Fund and have been released. I concur. O n m o t i o n of M r . H u g h e s , t h i s c o n t r a c t w a s a w a r d e d b y t h e following v o t e : A y e , M r . C l e m e n t , M r . B i l l i a r d , M r . H u g h e s , M r . J o h n s t o n , Mr. Pogue, M r . Swain, M r s . Watkins, M r . Williamson; no, none; absent, M r . K e r n e r , M r . W i l k i n s . EMPLOYMENT OF ARCHITECTS AND ENGINEERS (13) The Director of the Physical Plant and the Vice-President and Comptroller recommend the employment of architects and engineers for the following assignments and on the terms indicated: Civil Engineering Building, Urbana-Champaign — A. Epstein and Sons, Inc., Chicago, with the firm of Richardson, Severns, Scheeler, and Associates, Champaign, as associate architect, for building planning and design, on the basis of a fee of 6 per cent of the construction contract costs, fee to cover building design, preparation of plans, working drawings, specifications, contract documents, and supervision of construction. Addition to Smith Music Hall, Urbana-Champaign — Lundeen and Hilfinger, Bloomington, on the basis of a fee of 6 per cent of the construction contract costs, fee to cover building design, preparation of plans, working drawings, specifications, contract documents, and supervision of construction. Life Sciences — East Unit, Urbana-Champaign — Fugard, Burt, Wilkinson, and Orth, Chicago, on the basis of a fee of 52/3 per cent of the construction contract costs, fee to cover building design, preparation of plans, working drawings, specifications, and supervision of construction. East Dentistry-Medicine-Pharmacy Addition, Medical Center — Perkins and Will, Chicago, on the basis of a fee of 6 per cent of the construction contract costs, fee to cover building design, preparation of plans, working drawings, specifications, and supervision of construction. These firms have been recommended for the specific assignments by the Advisory Committee on the Selection of Architects and Engineers. T h e Committee on Buildings and Grounds has also been consulted and recommends approval. I concur in these recommendations. O n m o t i o n of M r . P o g u e , 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 . ADDITION TO CONTRACT FOR ENGINEERING SERVICES ON PLANS FOR COORDINATED SCIENCE LABORATORY (14) The Director of the Physical Plant and the Vice-President and Comptroller recommend an increase of $4,000 in the contract with Brown, Manthei, Davis, and Mullins, Champaign, Illinois, for additional engineering services in the preparation and revision of working drawings and specifications for mechanical and electrical work in the construction of the Coordinated Science Laboratory. Funds are available in assignments to the Coordinated Science Laboratory from indirect costs recovered under research contracts. I concur. O n m o t i o n of M r s . W a t k i n s , t h i s c h a n g e in c o n t r a c t w a s a u t h o r i z e d . AMENDMENT OF GRANT AGREEMENT W I T H FEDERAL AVIATION AGENCY (15) The Federal Aviation Agency has requested a resolution authorizing acceptance and execution of "First Amendment to Grant Agreement, Project No. 9-11-026-6003, University of Illinois Willard Aiport" (Contract Serial No. FA3-586) pertaining to certain improvements at the University of IllinoisWillard Airport for which the Federal Aviation Agency agreed to provide one-half the funds with the state of Illinois, through its Department of Aeronautics, providing substantially the other half, except for the cost of engineering services, which were paid by the University. The purpose of the amendment is to provide for an increase in the federal grant from $97,523 to $98,636.14 (or