Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1954 [PAGE 1140]

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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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It is customary for the host institution to provide for certain expenses of the convention. One-half or more of the costs is recovered in registration fees. Meals, housing, and special trips are paid for by the participants. It is estimated that the University's share of the cost will be approximately $4,500. The Dean of the College of Engineering and the Acting Comptroller recommend an appropriation of $4,500 or so much thereof as may be required to cover the University's portion of the expenses of this meeting. I concur.

On motion of Mr. Johnston, this appropriation was made by the following vote: Aye, Mr. Bissell, Mr. Herrick, Mr. Hickman, Mrs. Holt, Mr. Johnston, Mr. Livingston, Mr. Megran, Mr. Nickell, Mrs. Watkins; no, none; absent, Mr. Grange, Mr. Stratton.

APPROPRIATION AND CONTRACT FOR ARCHITECTURAL STUDIES IN THE RESEARCH AND EDUCATIONAL HOSPITALS (8) With the activation of the addition to the Research and Educational H o s pitals, it is necessary that architectural studies be made of the remodeling for other purposes of vacated space in the original building. These studies would be a continuation of similar studies being made of space to be remodeled in the Dentistry-Medicine-Pharmacy Building when part of it is vacated by the removal of the College of Pharmacy to the East Dentistry-Medicine-Pharmacy Building. The Board of Trustees made an assignment of $50,000 for the latter studies and authorized a contract with Pace Associates for this work. Due to excellent cooperation of the departments at the Chicago Professional Colleges in working with the Committee responsible for space allocations, there have been fewer revisions in the drawings made by Pace Associates than were originally contemplated so that costs of these studies will be not more than $40,000. In order that the Committee on Space Allocation may continue its studies of the present Research and Educational Hospitals Building, the Director of the Physical Plant and the Acting Comptroller recommend that: An additional allocation of $30,000 be made for such studies from the funds reserved but not used for the operation of the new addition to the Hospitals. A contract be authorized with Pace Associates for additional architectural studies of the remodeling of vacated space in the Research and Educational Hospitals on the same basis as their contract for studies of remodeling in the DentistryMedicine-Pharmacy Building. Charges for work will be based on the actual time payments to the staff of Pace Associates at the following rates: Architect-Planner S6.00 per hour Senior Architectural Draftsman $3.00 to $3.50 per hour Structural Engineering Designer 1 Mechanical Engineering Designers ?3-50 to $4.50 per hour Electrical Engineering Designer J Chief Mechanical Engineer ?5.oo per hour Senior Engineering Draftsman J2.50 to $3.50 per hour To these charges will be added 100 per cent for overhead costs. The contract will stipulate that the charges for the work may not exceed $45,000 without approval from the University. The Chairman of the Administrative Committee for the Professional Colleges Campus concurs in these proposals. I recommend approval, including the additional assignment of $30,000 from unused hospital operation funds, and that the Acting Comptroller and the Secretary of the Board be authorized to execute a contract with Pace Associates in accordance with the conditions specified.

This recommendation was referred to the Committee on the Chicago Departments for advice. Later, Mr. Bissell for the Committee reported that it had met during a recess taken by the Board and had considered this matter. On motion of Mr. Bissell, this recommendation was approved and the assignment of funds was made and authority was given as re-