Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1964 [PAGE 899]

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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[October 26

Substituting ceramic tile for structural glazed tile.. — 9 800 Substituting Wood Conversion Company acoustical tile — 3 000 Elevator — Westinghouse Electric Corporation Elevator Division, Chicago 124 856 Plumbing—Reliable Plumbing and Heating Company, C h a m p a i g n . . . . 505 590 Base bid . . $ 449 890 Additive alternate for replacing 8 inch sanitary sewer in California Avenue 6 000 Deductive alternate for substituting kitchen unit for kitchenette — 300 Heating, Piping, Refrigeration, and Automatic Temperature Control — Healy Plumbing and Heating Company, St. Paul, M i n n e s o t a . . . . 652 770 Base bid $ 627 800 Additive alternates for Installation of underground condenser water storage tank 11 700 Installation of liquid nitrogen line 12 200 Substituting plastic pipe for tin lined pipe 970 Change pipe and valves from brass to tin lined brass 100 Ventilation and Distribution Systems for Conditioned A i r — R . H . Bishop Company, Champaign 297 442 Pipe Covering and Insulation — Mechanical Insulation Company, Inc., Kewanee 141 250 Electrical —• William H . Brunkow, doing business as Brunkow Electric Company, Champaign 458 970 Base bid $ 459 000 Deductive alternate for substituting kitchen unit for kitchenette — 30 Laboratory Equipment — E. H . Sheldon Equipment Company, Muskegon, Michigan 964 064 Base bjd $1 207 000 Deductive alternates for Substituting Isoshel bench tops — 58 000 Substituting Colorlith for Colorseran on inner fume hood surfaces — 33 936 Substituting fume hoods manufactured by E. H. Sheldon Equipment Company — 151 000 Total $5 369 102 It is also recommended that all contracts other than the general contract be assigned to the contractor for general work, making the total of his contract $5,369,102; and it is further recommended that an agreement be entered into with Kuhne-Simmons Company, Inc., Champaign, for the assignment of these other contracts for $69,000 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 are available from the state capital appropriations to the University from the University's Building Fund, subject to release, and from a grant of $1,600,000 from the National Science Foundation and a grant of $750,000 from the National Institutes of Health. Submitted herewith is a report from the Physical Plant Department^ on this project, including a schedule of all bids received, copies of which are being filed with the Secretary of the Board for record. I recommend the awards of contracts, as indicated, subject to the release of the state funds. O n m o t i o n of M r . H u g h e s , 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 m e n d e d , by the following v o t e : A y e , M r . Clement, M r . Dilliard, M r . Hughes, Mr. Johnston, Mr. Page, Mr. Pogue, Mr. Swain, Mrs. W a t kins, M r . Williamson; no, none; absent, M r . K e r n e r .