Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1958 [PAGE 893]

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BOARD O F T R U S T E E S

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Physical Plant Remodeling gallery for Architecture and Art 800 Drill Hall repairs 20 000 20 800 Total, Chicago Undergraduate Division (36 426) Grand Total $958 937" O n m o t i o n of M r . W i l l i a m s o n , t h e s e r e a p p r o p r i a t i o n s w e r e made b y t h e f o l l o w i n g v o t e : A y e , M r . B i s s e l l , M r . H e r r i c k , M r s . H o l t , Mr. H u g h e s , M r . J o h n s t o n , M r . L i v i n g s t o n , M r . N i c k e l l , M r . S w a i n , Mrs. W a t k i n s , M r . Williamson; no, n o n e ; absent, M r . Stratton. CONTRACT FOR ADDITION TO THE LIBRARY (14) T h e Director of the Library, the Director of the Physical Plant, and the Vice-President and Comptroller recommend award of a contract for $696,500 to Johnson, Drake, and Piper, Inc., T e r r e Haute, Indiana, for the construction of the sixth addition to the Library. This includes all of the mechanical trades as well as the general work. Funds are available in the state capital appropriations for 1957-59. Johnson, Drake, and Piper, Inc., is a large national contracting corporation with home offices in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and branch offices in New York, California, and Indiana. T h e bid on this project was submitted by the Terre H a u t e branch which has been in operation over forty years. T h e bid instructions provided for certain alternates: A. Deduction if a bookstack manufacturer's design of structural framing system is used in lieu of the structural framing system shown in the building design, or B. Deduction if a bookstack manufacturer's design of framing system and cellular steel floors with linoleum is used in lieu of framing system and concrete floors shown in the building design; C. Addition for open bar type shelving in lieu of solid plate shelving; D. Deduction if new toilet facilities are omitted; E . Addition for alterations in heating and temperature control systems. T h e Director of the Library and the other recommending officers concerned recommend acceptance of alternates A, C, and E. On the basis of summation of the base bids and the recommended alternates, Johnson, Drake, and Piper, Inc., is the lowest bidder. I concur and recommend that the Comptroller and the Secretary of the Board be authorized to execute this contract. O n m o t i o n of M r s . W a t k i n s , t h e s e c o n t r a c t s w e r e a w a r d e d , as reco m m e n d e d , a n d t h e C o m p t r o l l e r a n d t h e S e c r e t a r y of t h e B o a r d were a u t h o r i z e d t o e x e c u t e t h e s a m e . T h i s a c t i o n w a s t a k e n b y t h e followi n g v o t e : A y e , M r . B i s s e l l , M r . H e r r i c k , M r s . H o l t , M r . H u g h e s , Mr. J o h n s t o n , M r . L i v i n g s t o n , M r . N i c k e l l , M r . S w a i n , M r s . W a t k i n s , Mr. Williamson; no, none; absent, M r . Stratton. ADDITION TO CONTRACT FOR MEN'S RESIDENCE HALLS (15) T h e Director of the Physical Plant and the Vice-President and Comptroller recommend an addition of $4,433 to the contract with Felmley-Dickerson Company for construction of the Residence Halls which are being built on the northwest area of the former P a r a d e Grounds. After additions three and four to the Men's Residence Halls were constructed it was discovered that the "Haydite" block partitions are not suitable sound barriers unless treated. This contract change provides for brushing on the first coat of paint, rather than spraying, and changing the back-to-back electrical outlet boxes to vertically stacked boxes to reduce sound transmission. I concur and recommend that the Comptroller be authorized to execute the contract change order. O n m o t i o n of M r . S w a i n , t h e C o m p t r o l l e r w a s a u t h o r i z e d to exec u t e t h i s c h a n g e in t h e c o n t r a c t .