Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1948 [PAGE 888]

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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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Warehouse No. 2, general construction work, $7,565. The Board awarded the general contract on Warehouse No. 1 to this company on May 27, 1047 (Minutes, page 376). It is recommended that the original contract be increased to provide for this additional work. Recreational Building, $3,355.05. This includes principally such construction as drives, sidewalks, fences, insulation, and shelving. These contractor's estimates have been checked by Physical Plant Department engineers and are considered satisfactory. Funds are already available in University appropriations for these projects. I concur and recommend that the Comptroller and Secretary of the Board be authorized to execute these contracts. O n m o t i o n of M r s . H o l t , t h e s e r e c o m m e n d a t i o n s w e r e a p p r o v e d . CONTRACT FOR CAMPUS WALK IMPROVEMENTS ON MATHEWS AVENUE (9) On June 24, 1947, bids were received for the construction of a new sidewalk on the west side of Mathews Avenue from south of the Boneyard north to Springfield Avenue. Frank A. Somers Company, Urbana, is the lower of two bidders with a lump sum bid of $6,135. These bids were taken with the expectation that there would be balances at the end of the 1946-1947 budget year that would permit this construction. Such funds were not available, and on Jul}' 18 the bid cheque of the Frank A. Somers Company was returned. Funds have since become available in the appropriation for Minor Improvements in the Physical Plant budget, and the Director of the Physical Plant and the Comptroller recommend the award of this contract to the Frank A. Somers Company in the amount of $6,135. The Frank A. Somers Company will still accept the contract on the basis of the original bid. I concur and request authorization of the Comptroller and the Secretary of the Board to execute a contract with the Frank A. Somers Company in the amount of $6,135. O n m o t i o n of D r . M e y e r , a u t h o r i t y w a s g r a n t e d a s r e q u e s t e d . ADDITION TO CONTRACT FOR GENERAL WORK ON MECHANICAL ENGINEERING BUILDING (10) On March 27, 1947 (Minutes, page 317), the Board of Trustees awarded the contract for general work on the Mechanical Engineering Building to James McHugh Sons, Inc. Certain changes are now recommended involving both increases and decreases in the contract which will result in a net addition of $1,756.91. Additions to the contract are due to an increase in the size of lockers and the inclusion of interior construction for a shop area. At the time the contract for this building was awarded, certain interior construction in the shop area was omitted due to a last minute decision of the Mechanical Engineering Department to change the use of the space from a machine and forge shop to an internal combustion engine shop, and it was not desirable to hold up the contract for the detailed design. This addition provides for the necessary construction. Some decreases in the contract are realized principally from simplification of the exterior elevation and the fact that it was not necessary to drive the piles for the shop foundations as deep as specified. The Director of the Physical Plant and the Comptroller recommend that the contract with James McHugh Sons, Inc., be increased in the amount of $1,756.91. I concur. O n m o t i o n of M r . D a v i s , t h i s a d d i t i o n t o c o n t r a c t w a s a u t h o r i z e d . ADDITION TO THE CONTRACT FOR PLUMBING WORK IN THE MECHANICAL ENGINEERING BUILDING ( T I ) On March 27, 1947 (Minutes, page 317), the Board of Trustees awarded the contract for plumbing work on the Mechanical Engineering Building to Frank S. Bellis. At the time the contract for this building was awarded, certain construction in the shop area was omitted due to a decision of the Mechanical Engineering Department to change the use of this area.