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September 1994

Trustees award $1.2 million contract for bell tower

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind.–Purdue University trustees awarded $2.3 million in contracts today (Friday, 9/16) including a $1.2 million contract for a 16O-foot bell tower in the north part of the West Lafayette campus.

Kettelhut Construction Inc., Lafayette, submitted the low bid of $1,253,7OO on the tower, a gift of the Class of 1948. Architect fees, insurance, site work and other related items will bring the total project budget to $1.45 million, to be paid from gift funds.

Construction will begin this fall on the brick-and-metal tower, which will stand south of Elliott Hall of Music and west of the North Heating and Power Plant. Completion is expected by the fall of 1995.

Trustees also:

  • Awarded a $579,7OO contract to Slutsky-Peltz Plumbing & Heating Co. Inc., South Bend, for renovations of rooms in the Chemical Engineering Building. Related fees bring the project budget to $675,OOO, with half to come from University Capital Funds and half from the National Science Foundation.

  • Awarded a $545,OOO contract to Kettelhut Construction for installation of a new elevator in Purdue Memorial Union. Related fees bring the project budget to $64O,OOO, to be paid from University Capital Funds.

  • Rejected bids for the Terry House renovation project as they exceeded the project estimate of $1 million. The project, which involves renovating the existing facility to house the Purdue Police Department, will be redesigned and bid later.

    The board also heard a report from its Physical Facilities Committee on plans for accessibility improvements, asbestos abatement renovation and expansion at Westwood, the president's residence.

    Trustee Byron L. Anderson, chairman of the committee, told the board: "The original driving force for the project was the need to make Westwood accessible for the disabled, because of the many university activities that are held there each year. However, because of the aging infrastructure of the home, the inadequate space it offers for of ficial functions and the discovery of asbestos in the insulation and floor tiles, it makes sense to make significant improvements now that will allow the home to serve the university in the years ahead."

    Anderson said improvements to the two-bedroom home will include new restrooms on the first floor, expansion of the catering kitchen, addition of entertainment space to allow up to 1OO people to dine, a guest bedroom, enclosing a patio, and replacement of the heating, cooling and septic systems, all of which are antiquated and unreliable.

    Funding for the project will come from private donations, given for this purpose, through the Purdue Research Foundation, Anderson said. No general university funds will be used.

    Trustees also approved construction resolutions for renovation projects in two buildings on the West Lafayette campus and approved additional funding for continuing work on the Wade Utility Plant.

    The 1993-95 State Appropriations for Repair and Rehabilitation will fund:

  • Window replacement for the Recitation Building: $3OO,OOO.

  • Laboratory renovation in the Biochemistry Building: $35O,OOO.

    University Capital Funds will pay $1.6 million for installation of a new turbine generator and cooling tower and rehabilitation of an existing turbine generator at the power plant, Kjonaas said.

    A construction resolution was approved for installation of a chilled water line to Lilly Hall of Life Sciences. The $835,OOO project will be funded by the Building Facilities Fee fund.

    A construction resolution also was approved for modifications of the heating, ventilating and air conditioning system in the Classroom/Medical Building at Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne. The Fort Wayne Building Facilities Reserve Fund will be used to finance the $1,725,OOO project.

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