Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1976 [PAGE 272]

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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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Funds which have been allocated to this project are available in the budget of the Physical Plant Department. A schedule of the bids received has been filed with the Secretary of the Board for record. O n motion of Mr. Livingston, these contracts were awarded by the following vote: Aye, Mr. Forsyth, Mr. H a h n , Mr. Howard, Mr. Lenz, Mr. Livingston, Mr. Neal, Mrs. Rader, Mrs. Shepherd, Mr. Velasquez; no, none; absent, Governor Walker. Employment of Architect for Life-safety Project for the Architecture Building, Urbana (19) The President of the University, with the concurrence of appropriate administrative officers, recommends the employment of Laz, Edwards & Dankert, Architects and Planners, Champaign, for architectural and engineering services required for: the design of new fire exits, remodeling the existing center stair into a fire exit, and the addition of a paraplegic entrance/exit for the Architecture Building at the Urbana campus. The services would be provided for a fee based upon the firm's standard hourly wage rates for actual time charged to this project at a cost not to exceed $37,500, including reimbursables. Funds are available in State capital appropriations to the University and have been released by the Governor. Funds for the construction of this project are included in the University's Fiscal Year (FY) 1976 capital request which was submitted to the General Assembly by the Capital Development Board. The Buildings and Grounds Committee on March 19, 1975, approved the selection of this firm for this project. O n motion of Mrs. Rader, this recommendation was approved by the following vote: Aye, Mr. Forsyth, Mr. Howard, Mr. Lenz, Mr. Livingston, Mr. Neal, Mrs. Rader, Mrs. Shepherd, Mr. Velasquez; no, none; absent, Governor Walker. Mr. H a h n asked to be recorded as not voting. Employment of Architect for Preliminary Planning, Remodeling, English Building, Urbana (20) The President of the University, with the concurrence of appropriate administrative officers, recommends that the firm of Bazzell-Phillips and Associates, Inc., Champaign, be employed to provide preliminary program planning for remodeling the English Building at the Urbana campus into an office/classroom facility at a cost based on actual time spent on this project, plus reimbursables, with the maximum total cost not to exceed $14,700. Funds are available in State capital appropriations to the University and have been released by the Governor. The Buildings and Grounds Committee approved this recommendation on March 19, 1975, subject to further information being presented to the Board. (This information was provided the Trustees at the meeting.) O n motion of Mrs. Rader, this recommendation was approved by the following vote: Aye, Mr. Forsyth, Mr. Howard, Mr. Lenz, Mr. Livingston, M r . Neal, Mrs. Rader, Mrs. Shepherd, M r . Velasquez; no, none; absent, Governor Walker. Mr. H a h n asked to be recorded as not voting.