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Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1948
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340 BOARD OF TRUSTEES [April 24, APPOINTMENT OF GEORGE W. WHITE AS PROFESSOR AND HEAD OF THE DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY (6) I recommend the appointment of Dr. George Willard White, Professor of Geology at Ohio State University, as Professor and Head of the Department of Geology on indefinite tenure beginning September I, 1947, at an annual salary of $8,500. O n m o t i o n of D r . M e y e r , t h i s a p p o i n t m e n t w a s m a d e a s r e c o m mended. ADDITIONS TO CONTRACTS FOR ELECTRICAL WORK AND P L U M B I N G , HEATING, AND VENTILATING WORK ON PHYSICS RESEARCH LABORATORY (7) The Director of the Physical Plant Department reports that an addition, in the amount of $17,828.94, is necessary to the contract with the Anderson Electric Company for electrical work on the Physics Research Building. The Director also reports that an addition, in the amount of $6,505.68, is necessary to the contract with the Carson-Payson Company for plumbing, heating, and ventilating work on the Physics Research Building. The contract for electrical work was authorized by the Board on December II, 1945 (Minutes, page 949), and the contract for plumbing, heating, and ventilating work, on December 17, 1945 (Minutes, page 956). The Board had previously authorized the construction of this building on a cost plus fixed fee basis. The additions to these contracts are necessary to provide for increased costs of labor and materials encountered since construction was begun. The Comptroller recommends approval of these increases, and I concur. Funds are available in the special state appropriation for this building. On motion of Mr. McKelvey, these increases to contracts were authorized as recommended. STEEL WORK FOR N E W CHEMISTRY BUILDING (8) Bids for fabricated structural steel for the new Chemistry Building were opened in the office of the architects (Graham, Anderson, Probst, & White) at Chicago on April 15, 1947, as follows: Main Contractor bid Time Remarks Bethlehem Steel Co #127 895 245 days Escalator clause up to $10 a ton Duffin Iron Co 144 440 210 days Midland Structural Steel 144 744 300 days I2 American Bridge Co 7-45^ lb' months Escalator clause (delivered) 9-1 St lb. (delivered and erected) It is the opinion of the architects that, on the basis of bids submitted, the Bethlehem Steel Company's bid is the most favorable, and they recommend that it be accepted. The Physical Plant Department concurs in this recommendation. Funds are available. This building is one of highest priority included in the proposed readjustment of funds recently agreed upon with the Director of Finance. The contract should be awarded at once so that the steel will be ready when needed in the construction program. I recommend approval and authorization to the Comptroller and Secretary of the Board to execute a contract. On motion of Mr. Williamson, this contract was awarded and its execution authorized as recommended.
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