TRUSTEES: Building Contracts

BOARD APPROVES CONTRACTS FOR BUILDING AND RENOVATIONS

COLUMBUS -- The Ohio State University Board of Trustees 
on Friday (2/2) authorized the university to request 
construction bids for a new college of business campus and 
awarded contracts and established contingency funds for 
several other construction and renovation projects.

The university is requesting bids on the first two 
phases of the Max M. Fisher College of Business.  The first 
involves adding chiller plant capacity in the campus power 
plant to service the complex and the second involves 
constructing the College Building and Graduate Program 
Building.  Plant work and construction costs are estimated 
to be $35.6 million of which nearly $21 million will be 
funded with gifts to the university.  The state is funding 
the rest.  Total costs of those phases is estimated at $47.5 
million.

The board awarded contracts and set contingency funds 
for other projects on the Columbus and Mansfield campuses, 
as follows:

Columbus campus:

-- Davis Baseball Stadium:  Construct a 2,500- to 
3,000-seat baseball stadium, including pressbox, locker 
rooms, concession and vending areas, first aid areas and 
dugouts.  The completion date is March 1997.  The contracts 
were awarded to John James Estes and Mariah Inc., both of 
Columbus, and Wagner Smith of Dayton.  Total project cost is 
$4,893,767, with funding provided by gifts to the Department 
of Athletics.

-- Mershon Auditorium:  Provide renovations to improve 
compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, 
reupholster seats, replace the stage rigging and upgrade the 
electrical distribution system.  The estimated completion 
date is January 1997.  The contracts were awarded to Sherman 
R. Smoot, C.R. Legner and Electric Power Equipment, all of 
Columbus, and Air Management Technologies of Muncie, Ind. 
Total project cost is $3.15 million.

-- Botany and Zoology Building:  Renovate space vacated 
by the library on the second floor to provide faculty, 
administrative and graduate student offices in the College 
of Humanities.  The contracts were awarded to Dorsey 
Construction, Radico Inc. and Royal Electric, all of 
Columbus.  Total project cost is $450,000.

-- Botany and Zoology Building:  Replace most of the 
roof.  The contract was awarded to Phinney Industrial 
Roofing of Columbus.  Total project cost is $329,746.

-- Hughes Hall: Replace the roof, gutter and flashing.  
The contract was awarded to United Roofing of Holland.  
Total project cost is $425,000.

-- Agricultural Administration Building:  Provide spot 
tuckpointing, reseal stress points, remove and replace all 
sealant and caulking around windows and entrances and 
chemically clean the entire building.  The contract was 
awarded to Restoration Co. of America, Cincinnati.  Total 
project cost is $98,350.

-- Veterinary Hospital:  Waterproof the mechanical room 
floor.  The contract was awarded to H.K. Phillips Masonry of 
Columbus.  Total project cost is $82,500.

Mansfield campus:

-- Conard Learning Center:  Construct a two-story 
addition to Bromfield Hall to house a multiple-use academic 
facility for instructional support programs, including 
computer laboratories, classrooms and a two-way video 
classroom.  The contracts were awarded to Stanley Miller 
Construction of East Sparta, Mohawk Mechanical of Lexington 
and Knox Electric of Fredericktown.  Total project cost is 
$1.425 million.

The trustees also authorized a request for bids to 
renovate space in Eisenhower Hall on the Mansfield Campus 
for use as a conference and board room for meetings of the 
Mansfield Board of Trustees, campus executive committee, 
administration and other groups and for interactive 
teleconferencing and small conferences.  The project is 
estimated to cost $60,000, including $34,000 for 
construction.

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Contact: Jill Morelli, assistant vice president and 
university architect, (614) 292-4458.
Written by David Bhaerman.


[Submitted by: Von Reid-Vargas (ereid@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu)
               
Mon, 5 Feb 1996 09:07:13 -0500]
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