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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[February 27

Following is a summary of the lowest bids and contracts recommended: Recommended Total Initial Contractor Contract Bid Contract Frank S. Bellis Plumbing $223 457 $75 000 Gallaher & Speck, Inc Heating 134 000 45 000 Bloomer Heating and Ventilating Co Ventilating 34 350 12 000 Ernest Freeman & Co Electrical wiring 108 000 36 000 1 Duparquet, Inc Kitchen equipment 157 033 52 000 Westinghouse Electric Elevator Co.. Elevator 35 831' 12 000 Totals ^692 671 5232 000 These bids decrease the estimated cost of the building from $3,600,000, as reported to the Board on December 28, 1946 (Minutes, page 195), to $3,500,000. An additional State appropriation of $2,200,000 is required, for which a bill is ready for introduction in the General Assembly. These recommendations are submitted by the University Architect with the concurrence of the consulting architects, Shaw, Naess, and Murphy, and the Comptroller. I recommend approval and authorization to the Comptroller and the Secretary of the Board to execute the necessary contracts.

On motion of Dr. Meyer, these contracts were authorized as recommended.

ADDITION TO CONTRACT FOR SEWER AND WATER SERVICE CONNECTIONS TO TEMPORARY STUDENT HOUSING PROJECT 1 1 3 0 6 (23) The Director of the Physical Plant reports that an addition of $2,053.88 to the contract with Cutler and Price Plumbing and Heating Company for sewer and water service connections to the temporary student housing in the area north and west of the Stadium is necessary because of construction conditions found at the site. Following is a list of the items covered by this increase: 1. Furnishing and installing two six-inch water valves so that Projects 11277 and 11287 can be operated prior to the installation of water mains on Project 11306. 2. Revising the elevation of the main sewer line in order to give coverage at the highest point. 3. Relocating the water main at Fourth Street and Peabody Drive in order not to interfere with the installation of the steam tunnel for which a contract was recently awarded. 4. All water to the temporary housing on the west side of the campus is now fed from connections at Oak Street. This supply is inadequate t o supply the housing on the drill field and southwest of the Stadium. Accordingly, a new service is to be provided extending across the south end of the drill field to connect to the main University water supply at F o u r t h Street. 5. F P H A revised the design of the dormitory buildings on the drill field in order to save their cost, reducing the toilet rooms from two to one a building, enlarging the one remaining. This causes changes in the service connections covered by this last item of the change order. The original contract with this firm is on a cost basis with a guaranteed maximum. This change order will increase the amount of the guaranteed maximum. Payments, however, will be based on actual cost. Sufficient funds are available to take care of this increase. : T h e Comptroller recommends approval of this proposed increase, and I concur.

On motion of Dr. Meyer, this increase was approved as recommended.

1 Duparquet, Itic. submitted two bids on' kitchen equipment, a firm bid of $175,825 and a base bid of $157,033, plus escalation limited to 12 per cent. The maximum escalation would result, in a total cost of $175,877. It is, therefore, recommended that the bid with escalation clause be accepted as the maximum cost would be'only $52 over the firm bid and the escalation is not 7 likely to run as high as 12 per cent. Escalation clause provides for a decrease as well as an increase, the maximum possible obligation being $42,997.20.