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Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1956
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1955] UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS 383 CONTRACT FOR ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES ON ADDITION TO EAST DENTISTRY-MEDICINE-PHARMACY BUILDING (26) The Director of the Physical Plant and the Comptroller recommend that Pace Associates, Planners, Architects, and Consulting Engineers, 53 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, be engaged for architectural work in designing and supervising the construction of a one story and basement wing addition to the East Dentistry-Medicine-Pharmacy Building when and if funds for this become available. Pace Associates did the architectural work on the present Dentistry-MedicinePharmacy Building, including the original drawings for the addition contemplated. Revisions in these drawings will be necessary since the building is being constructed in sections instead of a complete unit as originally designed. The proposed contract with Pace Associates would be based on: Charges for work on revisions for drawings and specifications are based on actual time payments to staff at the following rates: Architect-Planner $6.00 per hour Senior Architectural Draftsman $3.00 to $4.00 per hour Structural Engineer or 1 Mechanical Engineer or $3-5° t 0 $4-50 per hour Electrical Engineering Designer j Chief Mechanical Engineer $5.00 per hour Senior Engineering Draftsman $3.00 to $3.50 per hour Plus 100 per cent for overhead costs, an estimated total of $12,000. Actual cost of blueprinting is estimated at $2,000. Superintendent services for one year at $1,500 per month, beginning with the excavations and ending when all construction contractors have completed their work, are estimated at a cost of $18,000. Should the building be completed in a shorter period, the cost of superintendence will be reduced by $1,500 per month for all time less than the estimated twelve months. Should construction be suspended due to strikes or other unforeseen contingencies for a period of time when supervision is not required, the payment of $1,500 per month would be suspended during the period the job is closed. The estimated cost of these services will be $32,000. The contract will include a provision that charges for all services will not exceed $32,000 without prior approval of the University. It is anticipated that funds for this will be available in state appropriations to the University for the biennium of 1955-57. 1 concur and recommend that the Comptroller and the Secretary of the Board he authorized to execute a contract in accordance with the terms set forth above when and if funds become available. On motion of Mr. Swain, this contract was awarded as recommended and the Comptroller and the Secretary of the Board were authorized to execute the same. CONTRACT FOR INSTALLATION OF CENTRAL PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEM IN STUDENT RESIDENCE HALL IN CHICAGO (27) The Director of the Physical Plant and the Comptroller recommend award of a contract for $2,684 to Rich Sound Engineers, River Forest, Illinois, the lowest bidder, for installation of a central sound system in the Student Residence Hall at the Chicago Professional Colleges for the pick-up, amplification, and reproduction of voice and music. This is primarily to provide public address facilities for ^"e,purpose of locating residents for incoming telephone calls and to provide sound facilities for the student social programs. Funds are available in the 1951 Revenue Bond Construction Account. I concur and recommend that the Comptroller and the Secretary of the Board he authorized to execute this contract. On motion of Mrs. Watkins, this contract was awarded and the Comptroller and the Secretary of the Board were authorized to execute the same.
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