The Southern Illinois University Board of Trustees today at its regularly scheduled meeting on the Carbondale campus approved contracts worth more than $1.5 million to complete three separate projects on the Edwardsville campus:
- The build out of the top and bottom floors of the Charles and Mary Lukas Athletics Annex
- The project, budget and construction contracts to construct a pedestrian and bike path along Northwest University Dr.
- The construction contract to replace the roof on the existing Art and Design Building
At its November 2012 meeting, the board approved the project and budget for the annex build out. The project will complete the annex’s top and bottom floors. The ground floor will accommodate a weight and fitness training area for the Department of Intercollegiate Athletics. The top floor will accommodate offices for the Department of Kinesiology and Health Education. A special events center also will be completed.
Once the two floors are finished, space in the Vadalabene Center currently occupied by academic units will be available as swing space to support other major building renovations on campus.
The contracts to perform the annex construction work were awarded to the following Illinois firms:
Work Contractor Value
General Construction: Bruce Unterbrink Construction, of Greenville $719,700
Electrical: J.F. Electric, of Edwardsville $218,769
Heating: Loellke Plumbing and Heating, of Jerseyville, Ill., $73,800
Plumbing: Loellke Plumbing and Heating, Jerseyville, Ill. $21,680
Ventilation: JEN Mechanical, of Alton, Ill. $138,298
The Northwest University Dr. multipurpose path project will construct a mixed-use path to provide safe access for students on university property to the new Enclave West. A privately developed student housing complex adjacent to the campus’ north boundary, the Enclave West is scheduled to open in August 2013.
The new path will provide a safe pedestrian and/or bike access for students who will be traveling the more than one-half mile between the campus core and the new complex.
The developer has agreed to donate $150,000 toward the university’s project costs and will pay its own costs for safe access on the development side of the project. The project’s estimated cost is $725,000, of which $575,000 would be funded from University Plant Funds. A Qualifications Based Selection process was used to select Hurst-Rosche Engineers of Hillsboro, Ill., as the consultant for the design of the path.
The contracts to perform the construction work were awarded to the following Illinois firms:
Work Contractor Value
Asphalt: Keller Construction, Inc., of Glen Carbon $322,445
Electrical: Lowry Electric Co., Inc., of East St. Louis $264,299
The roof replacement for the existing Art and Design Building is part of the overall $15.9 million Art and Design Building Expansion and Renovation, which the Board approved in 2011. The project’s final phase is replacing the existing building’s 19-year-old roof.
The contract to perform the roofing work was awarded to Joiner Sheet Metal & Roofing of Greenville at a cost of $484,735.