The Southern Illinois University Board of Trustees at its regularly scheduled meeting today on the Edwardsville campus approved contracts worth more than $5.6 million to renovate SIUE’s Union Station in the Morris University Center and to upgrade the campus electric distribution system.
The MUC project will renovate the main level Union Station convenience store. The improvements will lessen congestion while improving Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) accessibility, re-stocking functions and customer point of sale systems. The project’s approved budget is $1.3 million and will be funded through MUC repair, replacement and reserve (RRR) funds.
The contracts to perform the Union Station renovation work were awarded to the following Illinois firms:
Work Contractor Value
General Contractor: Tindall Construction, Inc., of Pontoon Beach $459,840
Electrical: K&F Electric, Inc., of Belleville $86,600
Heating: France Mechanical Corp. of Edwardsville $276,700
Guarantee Electrical Co. of St. Louis was confirmed as the phase one contractor for SIUE’s electric distribution system repairs and upgrades that will improve the system’s reliability, operations and capacity to support the campus’ facilities master plan. The approved contract is valued at $4,832,549. The overall approved budget is $11 million and is funded through the facilities fee. The project will be implemented in phases as funding is available.
The Board approved planning and cost estimates to develop improvements for SIUE’s Stratton Quadrangle. The plan will evaluate designs and costs to replace the deteriorating bricks in the quadrangle. University plant funds are expected to support the project.
The Board also approved planning and cost estimates to replace the Simmons Law Firm Baseball Complex’s natural outfield turf with a synthetic surface. A high quality turf suitable for tournament plan and year-round training will be considered. Oates & Associates Engineering will determine the extent and estimated cost of the project. SIUE used the Qualifications Based Selection (QBS) process to select Oates & Associates as the on-call engineering firm for the evaluation.