University of Virginia Library

ADDITIONS TO LAW BUILDING

The Board approved the awarding of the bid for additions to the Law School Building to the
Harry B. Graham Company, as recommended by letter from Mr. Frank E. Hartman, Director of the Department
of Buildings and Grounds, set forth below

Mr. C. W. Darden, Jr., President
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, Virginia
Dear Mr. Darden

We hand you herewith Tabulated List of Bids received on the Additions to the Law Building
today, both on general construction and library stack equipment, and beg to advise that the low bidder
on the general contract, accepting Alternate #2 is Harry B. Graham Company, at their bid of $215,266.00.

We also hand you a Tabulated List showing Appropriation and other pertinent facts, from
which you will note that we will have left for the general contract $232,696.00

By accepting this bid there will be a balance of $17,430.00 out of the present Appropriation,
which may enable us to do some additional work in the shell of the East Wing

We recommend the Award of the General Contract to the Harry B. Graham Company

Yours very truly,
/s/ Frank E. Hartman
Director
/s/ J. L. Newcomb
/s/ R. E. Lee Taylor
/s/ J. N. Eubank
FEH ec Encs

TABULATION OF BIDS - ADDITIONS TO LAW BUILDING
BIDS RECEIVED AT 11.00 A. M., E. S. T., MARCH 10, 1949
ALL BIDS ACCOMPANIED BY BID BOND

                         
Bidder  Base Bid  Alt. #1  Alt. #2  Alt. #3  Alt. #4 
J. F. Barbour & Sons
Roanoke, Va. 
$303,287  $121,349  $49,977  $ 8,018  $2,100 
Fred B. Fuqua & Co.
Lynchburg, Va. 
303,675  120,532  52,064  9,142  2,373 
Graham Brothers
Richmond, Va. 
275,000  115,000  57,000  8,000  2,000 
Harry B. Graham Co.
Charlottesville, Va. 
270,982  113,370  55,716  8,500  2,400 
C. M. Guest & Sons
Greensboro, N. C. 
316,261  127,027  46,539  11,372  2,328 
J. D. Hedin Const. Co.
Washington, D. C. 
286,000  99,000  43,000  8,400  2,000 
Laburnum Const. Corp.
Richmond, Va. 
291,104  116,272  53,780  8,428  2,400 
R. E. Lee & Sons, Inc.
Charlottesville, Va. 
275,800  108,000  46,000  8,600  2,400 
B. F. Parrott & Co.
Roanoke, Va. 
295,290  117,200  69,000  8,700  2,200 
Southeastern Const. Co.
Charlotte, N. C. 
288,577  114,115  50,720  8,151  2,151 
Thorington Const. Co.
Richmond, Va. 
274,542  106,519  39,470  8,128  2,000 
Wise Contracting Co.
Richmond, Va. 
274,057  110,965  24,000  8,300  2,100 
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There being no further business to come before the meeting, the same was adjourned after a
motion to that effect had been made, seconded, and carried

Christopher B. Garnett
Rector pro tempore
Vincent Shea
Secretary