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Contractor proposes plan to finish wall by 2020
Posted on 4/3/19 at 10:15 am
Posted on 4/3/19 at 10:15 am
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A U.S. construction company is making a formal, unsolicited offer to Trump administration officials in Washington this week to build 218 miles of wall along the U.S.-Mexico border for $3.3 billion and have the entire job completed in 13 months.
Tommy Fisher said it can build 218 miles of 18-foot steel bollard fence, along with paved concrete roads, lighting, and technology for $3.285 billion, a fraction of the $5.7 billion President Trump requested from Congress in December for a 234-mile project.
Fisher demonstrated for DHS’ top planners and project managers in Tempe, Ariz., last month how it could build 180 feet of wall in two hours. The company has said it can build one mile of fence per day, ultimately getting to two miles per day.
A patent is pending on the fence installation process, which is not done the same as other wall projects because of a different type of excavator Caterpillar will make specifically for this project.
If Trump officials sign off on the plan by May 1, Fisher said the project is already funded though Liberty Mutual bonding, and the other companies involved in the project are all ready to go.
Washington Examiner
This post was edited on 4/3/19 at 10:23 am
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Posted on 4/3/19 at 10:21 am to AaronDeTiger
Sweeat let’s get the Wall built.
Posted on 4/3/19 at 10:22 am to AaronDeTiger
$2300/ft. Sounds manageable for sure. Gotta prove they have the manpower for that though
Posted on 4/3/19 at 10:26 am to Upperdecker
quote:Can probably get cheap labor on site.
$2300/ft. Sounds manageable for sure. Gotta prove they have the manpower for that though
Posted on 4/3/19 at 10:27 am to CamdenTiger
Disregard.
This post was edited on 4/3/19 at 10:32 am
Posted on 4/3/19 at 10:31 am to AaronDeTiger
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18-foot
How much for an additional 12ft in height?
Posted on 4/3/19 at 10:38 am to Bourre
Houston, we a have a problem. It's called the Army Corps of Engineers.
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The Army Corps of Engineers representative told the Examiner last month it was not ready to start looking at how to spend the $8 billion. The Corps is considering how to spend money Congress gave DHS last fiscal year and has not requested bids from the private sector because it's still in the procurement process.
Posted on 4/3/19 at 10:40 am to AaronDeTiger
Can you imagine getting a $3BIL!! contract inked? Would be on hell of a day
Posted on 4/3/19 at 10:44 am to AaronDeTiger
American ingenuity and capitalism at work.... 
Posted on 4/3/19 at 10:44 am to AaronDeTiger
Under budget and ahead of schedule.
That’s why I elected my POTUS
That’s why I elected my POTUS
Posted on 4/3/19 at 11:12 am to 4LSU2
They laid 10 miles of railroad track in the 1860's, in the desert, with manual labor.
No reason they can't do 2 miles a day of wall with Manuel Labor.
No reason they can't do 2 miles a day of wall with Manuel Labor.
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