Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1956 [PAGE 359]

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BOARD O F T R U S T E E S

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CHANGE IN CONTRACT FOR CONSTRUCTION OF LAW BUILDING (12) T h e Director of the Physical Plant and the Comptroller recommend an increase of $4,007.63 in the contract with E. N. DeAtley, Champaign, for the construction of the Law Building to include widening of the existing pavement along the south curb of Peabody Drive, changing curbs and gutters along Pennsylvania Avenue to provide for future widening of that street, and relocating a street lamp at Fourth Street and Peabody Drive. Funds are available in the state appropriation for the construction of the Law Building. I concur and recommend that the Comptroller be authorized to execute this change in the contract. O n m o t i o n of M r . H e r r i c k , t h e C o m p t r o l l e r w a s a u t h o r i z e d to execute this c h a n g e in the contract. CHANGES IN GENERAL CONTRACT FOR CONSTRUCTION OF VETERINARY CLINIC BUILDING (13) T h e Director of the Physical Plant and the Comptroller recommend increases in the contract with Kuhne-Simmons Company, Inc., Champaign, for the construction of the Veterinary Clinic Building to provide for the following additional work: Surfacing of drives and service courts, construction of curbs and dry wall, construction of a screen fence along the east boundary of Mt. Hope Cemetery, and other finishing of the premises $10 033 Construction of additional hay and feed storage space in the second story 13 085 Bids originally received for the construction of this building exceeded the funds available, and new bids were taken on revised plans and specifications. In these revisions some construction was eliminated and, in awarding contracts on the basis of new bids, certain deductible alternates were taken as a precaution to make sure that a usable building could be constructed for the funds available. As work on the building has proceeded, it has become evident that funds will be available to reinstate some of the construction which has been eliminated. I concur and recommend that the Comptroller be authorized to execute these changes in the contract. O n m o t i o n of M r . S w a i n , t h e C o m p t r o l l e r w a s a u t h o r i z e d t o execute these changes in t h e contract. CONTRACT FOR TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO THE UNIVERSITY OF ROORKEE (14) The U. S. Foreign Operations Administration requests the University of Illinois to enter into a contract to render technical assistance to the University of Roorkee in India. This will involve supplying specialists in five fields of engineering to conduct programs of teaching and research and develop courses of study designed to improve, strengthen, and expand that institution's program. T h e University of Roorkee is located in Region One of India, the area for which the University of Illinois will assume educational leadership under the IndoAmerican Inter-Institutional Program authorized by the Board of Trustees 0 1 1 March 30, 1955. T h e University of Illinois is presently unable to supply the necessary teaching and research personnel from its own staff, but four specialists are available at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, and Rensselaer desires to participate in this program. F O A requests the University of Illinois to retain general administrative and educational direction over all technical aid programs in agriculture and engineering in Region One and proposes that the University subcontract with Rensselaer, and possibly other educational institutions, to secure the necessary personnel. T h e estimated cost of this program, which would be paid entirely from funds made available by F O A , is approximately $225,000 for a two-year period. I recommend approval and that the Comptroller and the Secretary of the Board be authorized to execute the necessary documents. O n m o t i o n of M r . B i s s e l l , t h i s r e c o m m e n d a t i o n w a s a p p r o v e d and authority to execute the necessary documents w a s granted.