Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1964 [PAGE 537]

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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

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lowing vote: Aye, Mr. Clement, Mr. Dilliard, Mr. Hughes, Mr. Page, Mr. Pogue, Mr. Swain, Mrs. Watkins, Mr. Williamson; no, noneabsent, Mr. Johnston, Mr. Kerner.

EMPLOYMENT OF ARCHITECTS AND ENGINEERS (17) The Director of the Physical Plant and the Vice : President and Comptroller recommend employment of architectural and engineering firms for the projects and on the terms as indicated below. Berger-Kelley-Unteed and Associates, Champaign, Illinois, on Mathematics Office Building, at a fee of 6 per cent of the amount of the construction contracts, work to include preliminary planning, working drawings, specifications, and supervision of construction. Frazier, Raftery, Orr, and Fairbank, Geneva, Illinois, on restoration of Hull House Mansion and Dining Room, at a fee of actual cost of authorized renderings and actual cost of professional personnel employed on a time card basis, plus ISO per cent of time card representing overhead and commission, work to include development of exploratory designs and renderings, working drawings, specifications, and supervision of construction. The University will have the right to limit the work to development of exploratory designs and renderings at a cost not to exceed $1,500. Waldron Associates, Inc., Haddonneld, New Jersey, on critical path scheduling services for Congress Circle Campus, at fees as follows: Conducting a three-day contractor-University workshop, $1,800. Consulting services at a per diem of $200, plus travel costs to develop a skeleton network, a multiproject control system and integration with monthly progress reports and accounting payments, a transfer network (moving of equipment, library, etc., to new facilities), and updating for two monthly periods. Funds are available in the state capital appropriations to the University from the Universities Building Fund, subject to release by the Governor on the two Congress Circle projects; funds for the Mathematics Office Building have already been released. I concur. O n m o t i o n of M r . P o g u e , these r e c o m m e n d a t i o n s w e r e approved. CONTRACT FOR MECHANICAL AND ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING SERVICES (18) By authority of the Board, the consulting engineering firm of Brown, Manthei, Davis, and Mullins, Champaign, has been employed by the University for incidental mechanical and electrical engineering services to the Physical Plant Department in planning new construction and remodeling work on a standing contract through which change orders have been issued for specific assignments, mostly small jobs best handled by a local firm. The Director of the Physical Plant and the Vice-President and Comptroller recommend authorization of a new contract with Brown, Manthei, Davis, and Mullins for consulting services for a period of two years beginning July 1, 1963, on the same terms and conditions as m previous contracts: a rate of $7.50 per hour for the time of the four partners, services of other personnel to be billed at actual hourly standard rates paid by the firm, plus 100 per cent for overhead costs and commission. The cost of this consulting service will be charged against construction budgets of projects for which the firm is employed. I concur.

On motion of Mr. Hughes, this recommendation was approved.

PURCHASES (19) The Director of Purchases has proposed and the Vice-President and Comptroller recommends the following purchases. Unless otherwise specified, the purchase is each case is recommended on the basis of lowest acceptable bid. The recommendations are presented in two categories: purchases from