Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1952 [PAGE 248]

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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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CONTRACT FOR SPRINKLER SYSTEM IN McKINLEY HOSPITAL (14) Bids have been received for the installation of a sprinkler system in McKinley Hospital which is a part of the safety and fire protection program recommended for the Hospital. T h e Director of the Physical Plant and the Comptroller recommend the award of a contract in the amount of $1,950 to the Reliable Plumbing and Heating Company, Champaign, the lowest bidder. F u n d s are available in the Physical Plant renewal and replacement budget. I concur and recommend that the Comptroller and the Secretary of the Board be authorized to execute this contract.

On motion of Mr. Livingston, this contract was awarded and authority was given as recommended.

ADDITION TO CONTRACT FOR ELECTRICAL WORK IN DAVENPORT HALL (15) On July 25, 1950 (Minutes, page 25), the Board of Trustees authorized a contract with the Anderson Electric Company of Danville for electrical work in connection with transformer vault modernization in Davenport Hall. This modernization would increase the capacity of the transformer to 300 kva. Drawings and specifications for the Radio Carbon Laboratory for remodeling in this building are now nearly complete and the demand of this laboratory for electrical current has indicated that there will be an additional 150 kva load to the electrical system of the building. T h e architects have checked two alternatives of (1) increasing the size of the planned new transformer bank or (2) providing a separate transformer installation for the Radio Carbon Laboratory. T h e first alternative can be completed at a cost of $5,000 as compared with $7,500 for the second alternative and will result in greater flexibility with respect to loads being handled. T h e Director of the Physical Plant and the Comptroller recommend an addition of $5,000 to the contract with Anderson Electric Company to provide for this increased capacity. I concur. 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 a d d i t i o n w a s a p p r o v e d . REMODELING FOR BACTERIOLOGY (16) On July 25, 1950 (Minutes, page 23), the Board of Trustees approved an appropriation of $22,225 for remodeling in Noyes Laboratory for the Department of Bacteriology. The program provided that the remodeling work would be done by the University's. Physical Plant Department. However, since the project was approved in the summer months when the routine maintenance work of the Physical Plant Department is at its peak, it is impossible for the Physical Plant Department to complete this remodeling by the time desired by the academic department. To save time, the Director of the Physical Plant and the Comptroller recommend that this work be handled as an addition to the contracts awarded for the remodeling of the fifth floor of the Natural History Building. Competitive bids were received for the latter project on a cost basis and contracts with the low bidders were approved by the Board of Trustees on September 29, 1949 (Minutes, page 810). This plan will result in estimated total additions to the following contracts with payments to be based on the percentages indicated. Estimated Contractor Material Labor Sub-contract Total General work—E. N. DeAtley, Champaign 15% 20% 10% $10 425 Electrical work—Potter Electric Company, Urbana 20% 20% 10% I 700 . Plumbing and heating work—Reliable Plumbing and Heating Co. Champaign 25% 25% 10% 5 000