[NHCOLL-L:1809] Re: prices for compactors

[colin favret]

Many thanks for all your responses regarding my request. I was able 
to put together preliminary ball-park figures on compactorizing the 
whole insect collection. I included an estimate as to how much it 
would cost to erect the same compactor system we have now for the dry 
collection, and added extrapolated figures from other collections to 
estimate the cost of compactorizing the wet collection. My 
methodology may not have been optimal, but my figures ended up 
perfect enough; just the kind of data I needed. Thanks again, colin


At 10:06 -0600 1/7/03, colin favret wrote:
>Hello all,
>	Plans are underfoot to construct a new building for the 
>Illinois Natural History Survey and we are now trying to figure out 
>how much new compactors for the insect collection will cost. Our 
>current compactors were installed in the 80s so I do not have a good 
>idea as to how much these things run for today. I'm only interested 
>in ballpark figures at the moment so do not want to have an official 
>estimate made.
>	If you have had compactors installed at your institution, 
>would you be willing to share with me what the cost was and some of 
>the specifics of the compactors (year of installation, approximate 
>size, number and type of specimens, special features)? If I can 
>gather enough data, I would be happy to summarize them and post them 
>to the list (so let me know if you don't want your figures dispersed 
>to the whole list). Thanks very much in advance and best wishes in 
>the new year, colin


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Colin Favret, Insect Collection Manager
Illinois Natural History Survey
    Center for Biodiversity
285 Natural Resources Building
607 E. Peabody Dr.
Champaign IL 61820-6970, U.S.A.

Phone: (217) 244-2149
Fax: (217) 333-4949
MailTo:c-favret at life.uiuc.edu
http://www.inhs.uiuc.edu/~c-favret/