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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[February 21

This is one of the projects scheduled for 1957 in the University's program for housing students as approved by the Board of Trustees on January 28, 1956, and the first unit will house and provide food service for a minimum of 250 graduate and law students. T h e preliminary design work on this building has been done by Professor Ambrose M. Richardson of the Department of Architecture for which Lundeen and Hilfinger offer a credit of three-fourths of I per cent of the construction cost. They also offer a credit of one-half of 1 per cent of that cost for partial supervision of construction by the University. T h e Director of the Physical Plant recommends that the contract be drawn to permit the University to take this credit if feasible. This would make the fee 4.75 per cent instead of the customary 6 per cent. T h e total fee would be determined by the actual cost of construction and is estimated to be $35,625Funds for these services will come from the bond issue for this project, and until they are available, it is recommended that payments required under the proposed contract with Lundeen and Hilfinger be advanced from Housing Division reserves accumulated from housing operations. The principals in the firm of Lundeen and Hilfinger are graduates of the Department of Architecture of the University of Illinois. They have been operating in Bloomington for more than twenty-five years and have done work for Illinois Wesleyan University, Illinois State Normal University, and other institutions of higher education. I concur in the above recommendations and request that the Comptroller and the Secretary of the Board be authorized to execute a contract based on 4.75 per cent of the construction price with the option of increasing this to 5.25 per cent, if the University does not elect to perform any of the supervisory services. O n m o t i o n of M r . L i v i n g s t o n , t h i s c o n t r a c t w a s a w a r d e d , a n d t h e C o m p t r o l l e r a n d S e c r e t a r y of t h e B o a r d w e r e a u t h o r i z e d t o e x e c u t e the same. ADDITION TO CONTRACT W I T H CONSULTING ENGINEERING SERVICE (13) T h e University has a contract with E. C. Manthei, operating under the firm name of Consulting Engineering Service, Champaign, for engineering work as may be required in designing and preparing working drawings, blueprints, and specifications for various construction and remodeling projects. This is a standby contract for supplementing the services of the University Architect's Office. T h e services of this firm are needed for planning improvements in the attic of the Ceramics Building to convert this space into quarters for the Department of Mining and Metallurgical Engineering. T h e estimated cost of these services is $3,000 which will include some architectural work to be done under a subcontract subject to the University's approval. The Director of the Physical Plant and the Comptroller recommend, and I concur, that an addition to the contract with Consulting Engineering Service be authorized, the same to be executed by the Comptroller. O n m o t i o n of M r . W i l l i a m s o 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 to e x e c u t e this c h a n g e in t h e contract. CONTRACT FOR ENGINEERING SERVICES ON DAVENPORT HALL REMODELING AND ALTGELD HALL REMODELING (14) T h e Director of the Physical Plant and the Comptroller request authorization of a contract with James G. Clark, Consulting Engineer, Urbana, for engineering services on the remodeling of the central wing of Davenport Hall and remodeling in Altgeld Hall. The services will include inspections, measurements, and drawings; preliminary studies and estimates; design calculations; and construction plans and specifications. A fee of 5 per cent of the construction cost, or approximately $13,000, is proposed. Funds are available for the Altgeld Hall project in a special appropriation made by the Board of Trustees on January 28 and for the work on Davenport Hall in the state appropriations for 1955-57 for buildings and other permanent improvements. I concur and recommend that the Comptroller and the Secretary of the Board be authorized to execute this contract.