Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1950 [PAGE 180]

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represents an increase of approximately 23 per cent over the schedule approved in 1945. The new prices are not out of line with price increases in the printing industry. The Director of the University Press, the Director of Purchases, and the Comptroller recommend that this new schedule of prices be accepted and the present contract so amended. I concur and recommend that the Comptroller and the Secretary of the Board be authorized to execute this amendment in the contract.

On motion of Mr. Livingston, this amendment to contract was approved as recommended.

ADDITION TO CONTRACT FOR ARCHITECTURAL. SERVICES FOR ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING BUILDING (12) A contract for architectural services on the Electrical Engineering Building was awarded by the Board of Trustees on June 30, 1945 (Minutes, page 507), to Graham, Anderson, Probst, and White at a fee of 6 per cent of the construction cost. Changes in the construction of the building, made at the request of the Department of Electrical Engineering, after the original plans had been drawn have required additional architectural services. The Comptroller and the Director of the Physical Plant Department recommend a change in the contract -with Graham, Anderson, Probst, and White to provide for a payment of $5,507.76 to cover additional architectural services. Funds are available in the State appropriation for the construction of the building. I concur and request that the Comptroller and the Secretary of the Board be authorized to execute this change in the contract. O n m o t i o n of M r . W i l l i a m s o n , t h i s c h a n g e in c o n t r a c t w a s a u t h o r ized as r e c o m m e n d e d . AWARD OF CONTRACT FOR GENERAL WORK REMODELING OF AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING BUILDING (13) The Committee on Special Appropriations and Nonrecurring Expenditures has included in its recommendations (separately submitted in item No. 4) an appropriation of $13,000 for remodeling the Agricultural Engineering Building. If the Board makes this appropriation, the Director of the Physical Plant Department and the Comptroller recommend the award of the general work to L. S. Colbert, Champaign, under the terms of the contract with this firm for minor alterations as approved by the Board of Trustees on July 22, 1948 (Minutes, page 18). The estimated cost of the general work is $7,300. On remodeling jobs of this size it is not feasible to secure firm competitive bids. In fact, many contractors will not bid on such work because there are more uncertain factors of cost in remodeling work than in new construction. I concur and recommend that the Comptroller and the Secretary of the Board he authorized to execute an addition to the contract with L. S. Colbert for this remodeling job on a cost plus fee basis.

On motion of Mr. Nickell, this addition to contract was authorized as recommended.

AWARD OF CONTRACT FOR CONSTRUCTION OF CANCER EXHIBIT IN MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY (14) Bids have been received for the construction of the following University of Illinois exhibits in the Museum of Science and Industrv in Chicago: (1) installati on of a Cancer Exhibit adjacent to the present Miracle of Growth Exhibit, and (2) additions to the present Miracle of Growth Exhibit. The Illinois Division of the American Cancer Society has assigned $50,000 for the new exhibit and funds are available in the budget of the Vice-President in Charge of the Chicago Professional Colleges for additions to the Miracle of Growth Exhibit. The Director of the Physical Plant Department and the Comptroller recommend the award of a contract to the C. W. Haynes Company, Chicago, the lowest bidder, on a lump sum basis of $19,407 and the acceptance of an alternate bid of $677 (covering additions to the Miracle of Growth Exhibit), or a total contract