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B-178993 1 (1973-07-20)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabkih0001 and id is 1 raw text is: STRCTD - Hot to be released outside the Ueneral •cceunthhg Office except on the basis of specific ra .al by the Office of Congressional Relations, a recor a o i - is kept by the Distribution Sectiont Publications B 1 COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES UNITE0 RE EASE KINTOND.C. Z0548 - B-178993 JUL 20 1973 The Honorable Clement J. Zablocki House of Representatives ! Dear Mr. Zablocki: Your letter dated May 22, 1973, requested that we review the circumstances of the inclusion of a sculpture as part of the Chicago Federal Center project. Enclosed with your letter were copies of a constituent's inquiry and your reply and two General Services Administration (GSA) press releases dated April 13 and April 23, 1973, respectively. The Chicago Federal Center is the most recent of a number of Federal buildings where fine arts have been incorporated 2 into the construction. Under GSA supervision sculptures have been included in recent Federal construction projects in Boston, Cincinnati, Denver, Jacksonville, and several other cities. In the past, sculptures and other fine arts have been included in many other Federal buildings throughout the United States. Although there is no specific legislation authorizing fine arts IAFederal construction projects, GSA considers such art to be an integral part o Fecd:bfaThuilfdings. GSA's only current administrative prohibitions regarding the incorpora- tion of fine arts in Federal buildings are that the cost of such art should (1) not exceed 0.5 percent of the estimated construction cost of the proposed building and (2) ordinarily not be included in buildings with an estimated cost of less than $250,000. The Chicago Federal Center's sculpture does not violate either of the prohibitions. The Center's estimated cost is approximately $77 million. The estimated cost of the sculp- ture is $325,000, including $75,000 for installation, which is less than 0.5 percent of the project's total cost.

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