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1956] UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS 6l
School of Nursing remodeling 376
Neuropsychiatry Institute cabinets for room 23 2 500
Alterations to rooms 306, 312, and 313 834
Illinois Surgical Institute screens 813
Dentistry-Medicine-Pharmacy Building remodeling room 606 626
Research and Educational Hospitals improved lighting and shelving... 1 015
Total, Chicago Professional Colleges (200 545)
Chicago Undergraduate Division
Liberal Arts and Sciences administration equipment 44
Mathematics special equipment 128
Physical Sciences equipment 250
Biological Sciences microscope 1 888
Engineering remodeling and equipment 139
Architecture and Art equipment 750
Physics Laboratory equipment 5 618
Shop Laboratory equipment 265
Student Counseling Bureau remodeling 775
Physics Laboratory remodeling 8 541
Drill Hall repairs 20 000
Total, Chicago Undergraduate Division (38 398)
Grand Total $1 051 289
On motion of Mr. Johnston, these reappropriations were made by
the following vote: Aye, Mr. Herrick, Mr. Johnston, Mr. Livingston,
Mr. Megran, Mr. Swain, Mrs. Watkins, Mr. Williamson; no, none;
absent, Mr. Bissell, Mrs. Holt, Mr. Nickell, Mr. Stratton.
CONTRACTS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF THE BIOLOGY BUILDING
(7) The Director of the Physical Plant and the Vice-President and Comptroller
recommend award of the following contracts for the construction of the Biology
Building. The award in each case would be to the lowest bidder:
General — Mayfair Construction Company, Chicago
Base bid, plus chalk and bulletin boards, treadmills, and refrigerators
'. $1 593 900
Heating and refrigeration — George S. Walker Plumbing and Heating,
Inc., Decatur
Base bid, plus air conditioning class and lecture rooms 906 320
(This will be reduced by change orders to eliminate temperature
controls estimated at $10,000)
Ventilation — Robert H. Bishop, Champaign 231 856
Plumbing — Bellis and Miller, Inc., Champaign
Base bid, omitting subsoil drainage 284 063
Underground sewers and water — Bellis and Miller, Inc., Champaign.. 16 842
Pipe covering and insulation — Standard Asbestos Manufacturing
Company, Chicago
Base bid, plus air conditioning class and lecture rooms 99 701
(Change orders will be issued to eliminate duct covering estimated
at $20,000)
Electrical work — Leverenz Electric Company, Inc., Danville
Base bid, plus air conditioning class and lecture rooms 313 491
Laboratory equipment — Hamilton Manufacturing Company, Two
Rivers, Wisconsin 308 317
Total $3 754 49°
Less estimated reductions by change orders — 30 000
Net $3 724 490
The Director of the Physical Plant and the Vice-President and Comptroller
recommend that award of the contract for laboratory equipment be subject to
the availability of funds after July 1, 1957, and that it include a provision that
in the interim the contractor will prepare shop drawings needed by other contractors
in providing service connections for laboratory equipment at cost