Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1942 [PAGE 40]

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U N I V E R S I T Y OF

ILLINOIS

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Since the lowest bids in each case were within the original estimates cost and the budget for equipment and furnishings previously approved by Board of Trustees, the President of the University authorized the awards contracts to the following, the lowest bidders in each case: 1. Upright refrigerator boxes and undercounter refrigeration boxes, complete with cooling units, to Duparquet, Incorporated, Chicago, at a total of $6 This was proposal No. 3, which included proposals Nos. 1 and 2, plus Alternate A - i , which provides stainless steel linings for certain units instead of porcelain enamel and porcelain enamel for two other units where galvanized steel was specified in base bids. 2. Three ice cream cabinets and one ice cube maker, electrically refrigerated, including installation, to R. Cooper, Jr. (Reliable Plumbing and Heating Company, Champaign, representatives) 3. Compressor units and shelving for built-in refrigerators installed as a part of the building construction, to the Mid-State Engineering Company, Champaign, at a net total of 5 This was proposal No. 8 (total $5,300) which combined proposals Nos. 6 and 7, and the acceptance of alternates Nos. 82M and 82N, which involved substitution of blower cooling units instead of coils, a deduction

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4. Venetian blinds, the Mackin Venetian Blind Company 1 865 I request confirmation of my action. O n m o t i o n of M r . C l e a r y , t h e a c t i o n of t h e P r e s i d e n t of t h e U n i v e r s i t y in m a k i n g t h e s e a w a r d s w a s a p p r o v e d a n d c o n f i r m e d . UNIT PRICES FOR PAINTING AND DECORATING WORK IN ILLINI UNION BUILDING (7) A recommendation that the following unit prices included in the bid of G. H. Schanbacher & Son Company, contractors for painting and decorating in the Illini Union Building, be approved by the Board of Trustees: 1. Striping, per linear yard per color $ 13 2. Glazing, highlight and surfacer on mouldings, per 100 sq. ft., based on face area 10 00 3. Final coat eggshell enamel on woodwork, per yard 23 4. Final coat semi-gloss enamel on woodwork, per yard 23 5. Final coat semi-gloss and stipple on plaster surface, per y a r d . . . . 17 6. Final coat washable flat and stippling on plastered surface, per yard 16 7. Final coat washable surfacer and stippling, per yard 16 8. Undercoaters, coating, and sanding, per yard 19 9. Stippling painted surfaces, per square yard 03 to 07 10. Final coat of gloss enamel and rubbing, per yard go 11. Painters cloth liner under wallpaper, including material, per y a r d . . 80 The regulations of the Federal W o r k s Agency require such formal approval. O n m o t i o n of M r . C l e a r y , t h e s e u n i t p r i c e s w e r e a p p r o v e d a s r e c ommended, by the following vote: Aye, M r . Cleary, M r . Jensen, Dr. Meyer, M r s . P l u m b , M r . Pogue, M r . W i l l i a m s o n ; no, n o n e ; absent, Mr. Adams, Mr. Horner, Mr. Karraker, Mr. Mayer, Mr. Wieland. APPROVAL OF CONTRACT CHANGE ORDERS (8) A report of approval of the following contract change orders by the Executive Committee of the Board: Illini Union Building Contract Change Order No. 2 with Duparquet, Incorporated, for Food Service Equipment. ( A ) Items # 4 1 ($132.00), # 9 3 ($70.00), # 9 4 ($178.00), and # 9 6 ($148.00) in the ground story, deducted under both 3a and 4 of Article 3 of the contract $528 00