Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1950 [PAGE 427]

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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[June 25

I concur and recommend that the Comptroller and the Secretary of the Board be authorized to execute this contract.

On motion of Mrs. Watkins, this contract was authorized.

ADDITION TO ELECTRICAL CONTRACT FOR ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING BUILDING (42) The Director of the Physical Plant Department and the Comptroller recommend an increase of $1,671.51 in the contract with Leverenz Electric Company for the electrical work in the construction of the Electrical Engineering Building. This will provide for furnishing and installing eight reduced voltage starters for eight motors on the supply and exhaust fans, replacing the "across-the-line" starters furnished with the fans. The change in starters is requested to comply with the policy of the Physical Plant Department of using reduced voltage motor starters on all motors over five horsepower, thereby reducing the load on power lines when motors are started. Funds are available in the State appropriation for the construction of the Electrical Engineering Building. I concur and request that the Comptroller be authorized to execute this change in the contract. 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 h a n g e w a s a u t h o r i z e d . ADDITION TO GENERAL CONTRACT FOR EAST CHEMISTRY BUILDING (43) When plans and specifications for the East Chemistry Building were prepared, acoustical ceilings were eliminated from all but four rooms to keep construction costs to the minimum until availability of funds was assured. The Chemistry Department has requested acoustical ceilings in additional rooms, since it is now known that funds will be available in the appropriation for this building. The Director of the Physical Plant Department and the Comptroller recommend an increase of $8,000 in the contract with John Felmley Company for the general work on the construction of this building for acoustical ceilings in: Ground floor: Entrance lobby No. 2, corridors Nos. 12 and 17. First floor: Lobby (students lounge) No. 101, seminar No. 118, classroom Nos. 121, 123, and 136, corridor No. 122, conference room No. 130, departmental offices Nos. 133 and 134. Second floor: Drafting and lecture room No. 203 and library No. 235. Third floor: Seminar No. 319, departmental offices Nos. 321 and 322. I concur and request that the Comptroller be authorized to execute this change in the contract.

On motion of Mr. Hickman, this change was authorized.

CONTRACT FOR ENGINEERING SERVICES ON VIVARIUM REFRIGERATION SYSTEM (44) The present refrigerating system at the Vivarium Building at UrbanaChampaign is twenty-five years old and has reached the point beyond which it is no longer economical to repair it. Its obsolescence has been accelerated by rapid progress in the refrigerating field. The refrigerant used is a hazardous sulphur dioxide type. The present system is incapable of obtaining the temperature and humidity ranges required for certain experimental work. The Director of the Physical Plant Department and the Comptroller recommend that a contract be awarded to Mr. E. C. Manthei of Champaign to prepare plans, specifications, and cost estimates for replacing this refrigerating system, the contract to be on the basis of 454 per cent of the cost of the new equipment, equipment replacement, and installation, with the provision that the fee shall not exceed $2,800. T h e total estimated cost for modernization, exclusive of these engineering services, is $60,460. Funds are available in the Physical Plant budget for this contract for preparing plans and specifications. I concur and request that the Comptroller and the Secretary of the Board be authorized to execute this contract.

On motion of Mr. Nickell, this contract was authorized.