U.S. selects four construction firms to build U.S. border wall prototypes

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U.S. selects four construction firms to build U.S. border wall prototypes

 

U.S. Border patrol agents man the fence with Mexico at Border Field State Park in San Diego, California, U.S., April 30, 2017. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Trump administration has selected four construction companies to build concrete prototypes for a wall on the U.S. border with Mexico, U.S. Customs and Border Protection said on Thursday.

 

The four companies are Caddell Construction Co of Montgomery, Alabama; Fisher Sand & Gravel Co of Tempe, Arizona; Texas Sterling Construction Co of Houston; and W.G. Yates & Sons Construction Company of Philadelphia, Mississippi, the agency said.

 

The four contracts range in price from about $400,000 to about $500,000, CBP said. The prototypes will be 30 feet(9 meters) tall and about 30 feet wide and will be tested in San Diego, it said.

 

(Reporting by Ginger Gibson; Writing by Eric Beech; Editing by Mohammad Zargham)

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2017-09-01

 

[jerojero]

$500,000 to each company for a prototype concrete section of wall. . Hell of a sample wall it will be. Gold plated?

[darksidedog]

With 700-900 Miles needed, the cost at these rates is going to be absolutely astronomical. At around $70 Billion, getting budget approval will be tough and I can understand why the Mexican President told Donald to eff off.

Edited September 1, 2017 by darksidedog

[Samui Bodoh]

And in related news, a Mexican company just announced a new factory building 31 foot ladders...

 

Idiots

[jerojero]

With 700-900 Miles needed, the cost at these rates is going to be absolutely astronomical. At around $70 Billion, I can understand why the Mexican President told Donald to eff off.

No, he told Donny to eff-off because contrary to Donny's ignorance and arrogance, another independent country cannot be forced by the USA to pay for anything not mutually agreed to. Trump is an idiot.

[ehs818]

Don't forget about companies with Tunnel Digging technology. There will be a boon in underground access! Coming soon to a border state near you!!

 

[BuaBS]

7 hours ago, darksidedog said:

With 700-900 Miles needed, the cost at these rates is going to be absolutely astronomical. At around $70 Billion, getting budget approval will be tough and I can understand why the Mexican President told Donald to eff off.

That's around what the FED prints a month to keep the 1 % happy. So build that wall already !

 

Why only 9 m high and how deep in the ground ?

When they are done , they can come to europe . We need some walls too , and a lot more than 900 miles !

[boomerangutang]

3 hours ago, Samui Bodoh said:

And in related news, a Mexican company just announced a new factory building 31 foot ladders... Idiots

....and ropes.  A fit person can climb up a rope, particularly if the rope is knotted, with ease.   I'm 65, and I could climb up a 100 meter straight up slope by using a knotted rope - with a backpack.   If there's razor wire, well that's a problem, but not insurmountable:  A well placed old mattress might do the trick.  

 

Two points:  #1. The Feds always ALWAYS pay waaaaaaay too much for anything they buy, not counting the Louisiana Purchase and Seward's Folly.   If the Feds built a 2-seat outhouse in a National Park, it would cost as much as a 2 bdrm house in Cleveland.

 

point #2.  I'd like to see a group of rock climbers test out those prototype walls.  They could likely go over them as easy as you or I can step over a picket fence.  Indeed, after the prototypes are built, they could be used for rock climbing walls - perhaps epoxy some hand/foot holds on their sides.

 

      Or they could be used for giant signs, with 7 meter high posters of The Dufus in Chief smiling, with the Caption: "You're all going to love me, believe me folks."  The poster facing Mexico, could say it in Spanish.  For added effect, there could be loudspeakers broadcasting Trump's nauseating whinny voice: "We're doing this for all of you, Americans and Mexicans, because I love you all, and if you don't already love me, you will eventually, believe me."   .....Kelly will have to whisper in the prez's ear, "Sir, please don't use the word 'wetback' or 'rapists.'"

[boomerangutang]

47 minutes ago, BuaBS said:

That's around what the FED prints a month to keep the 1 % happy. So build that wall already !

Why only 9 m high and how deep in the ground ?

When they are done , they can come to europe . We need some walls too , and a lot more than 900 miles !

....and then Trump can build a wall going north/south across the Pacific Ocean.  More Chinese currently come to the US and stay illegally, than Mexicans.

[Meljames]

A real boondoggle for some lucky contractors.

 

11 minutes ago, boomerangutang said:

More Chinese currently come to the US and stay illegally, than Mexicans.

Not by a long shot, 6 million or so Mexican vs about 300,000 Chinese.

[attrayant]

Moot point.  Regardless of which nationality we're talking about, overstaying tourists did not come to the US on foot.

[boomerangutang]

1 hour ago, Meljames said:

A real boondoggle for some lucky contractors.

Not by a long shot, 6 million or so Mexican vs about 300,000 Chinese.

"In 2015, 1.38 million foreign-born individuals moved to the United States, a 2 percent increase from 1.36 million in 2014. India was the leading country of origin for recent immigrants, with 179,800 arriving in 2015, followed by 143,200 from China, 139,400 from Mexico, 47,500 from the Philippines, and 46,800 from Canada. In 2013, India and China overtook Mexico as the top origin countries for recent arrivals."

 

source  

[farcanell]

Mexico will pay.... if it does, it will be via some form of extortion. What a great example for a world leader to set

 

 ... sorry... I forget myself.... it's the "don factor", which will air in late 2020... forget about the "X factor", that's passé.

[Meljames]

2 hours ago, attrayant said:

Moot point.  Regardless of which nationality we're talking about, overstaying tourists did not come to the US on foot.

The wall's  a useless talking point for trump  et al to score points with their base. If  there were a real need to eliminate the illegal workers, a major crack down on the employers doing the hiring would be good starting point. 

 

[selftaopath]

My bet is 45 is going to financially benefit from this, if it is built. He doesn't care a/b America/democracy. He only cares about money/power.  

[selftaopath]

7 hours ago, ehs818 said:

Don't forget about companies with Tunnel Digging technology. There will be a boon in underground access! Coming soon to a border state near you!!

 

Or a balloon.... 

[boomerangutang]

9 minutes ago, selftaopath said:

Or a balloon.... 

                     Actually, a home-made balloon (a family clandestinely stitching sheets of fabric) was one of the methods used, at least once, to flee E.Germany.  It worked.  Another time, two wind surfers crossed the Baltic sea over to Sweden.  

 

              Now, if they made movies about those sorts of real-world adventures, instead of the type of crap movies which currently come out of Hollywood, I would go to the theater to see 'em.   On 2nd thought, Thai movie theaters are too cold, too loud and the features start a half hour after their scheduled start-time - so I'd do better to stay at home and wait for the movie to come online.

[Jingthing]

This "wall" will never get built.

Mexico isn't going to pay for it.

The U.S.congress is never going to budget for it.

It's all about political propaganda for 45's xenophobic, racist hard core base.

45 will be OK with that base as long as he keeps trying to build the wall that he knows too will never be built. Then when it isn't, the clown sleazeball potus can blame the failure on all the "enemies" of the American people ... the majority that don't support him, the majority that don't want to spend money on the wall (everyone knows Mexico isn't going to pay for it), and the majority that supports border security but realizes such a big long tall propaganda wall is not a realistic way to tackle that issue.

 

In software there is vaporware.

This wall is a vaporwall. 

 

Edited September 1, 2017 by Jingthing

[iReason]

Yawn.

 

Trump: When audiences get bored I use ‘the wall’

"Donald Trump told the New York Times’ editorial board that his go-to applause line for sleepy crowds, is about building a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border."

 

“You know, if it gets a little boring, if I see people starting to sort of, maybe thinking about leaving, I can sort of tell the audience, I just say, ‘We will build the wall!' and they go nuts.”

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2016/01/30/trump-when-audiences-get-bored-use-wall/79573388/

 

Fodder for the Lemmings...

[GOLDBUGGY]

4 hours ago, boomerangutang said:

"In 2015, 1.38 million foreign-born individuals moved to the United States, a 2 percent increase from 1.36 million in 2014. India was the leading country of origin for recent immigrants, with 179,800 arriving in 2015, followed by 143,200 from China, 139,400 from Mexico, 47,500 from the Philippines, and 46,800 from Canada. In 2013, India and China overtook Mexico as the top origin countries for recent arrivals."

 

source  

Yeah! Canada gave up about 50,000 Doctors, Nurses, and Engineers to the United States and in return took back over a Million of there Migrant Workers. Hum???

[GOLDBUGGY]

7 hours ago, boomerangutang said:

....and then Trump can build a wall going north/south across the Pacific Ocean.  More Chinese currently come to the US and stay illegally, than Mexicans.

Maybe they need all these Chinese to help them build this Great Wall in the USA???

 

I heard they are pretty good at doing that. 

[sandemara]

When does broadcast of the live reality tv show 'Sandpit'  begin?. A riveting watch.

[BuaBS]

Here are some examples what it could look like

link & scroll down

[sandemara]

I still find it bemusing that after half-a-century or more of determined 'globalism' and subsequent increased migrations supported by relatively easy cross-border openness, that such an issue raises the temperature of the public. It seems hope that an ancient technique,  despite so many other options will provide a solution for a complex international issue.

It's looking more like a dead duck already.

[Jingthing]

32 minutes ago, BuaBS said:

Here are some examples what it could look like

link & scroll down

Great comment from that site:

Quote

 

By the time this wall is actually built, it will probably be more about keeping people IN than about keeping people OUT

 

The idea of a technological virtual wall is on there. Now something like that might make some sense and could probably gain bipartisan support IF the costs and upkeep were reasonable. 

[thehelmsman]

I would suggest free bus service for illegals to the Canadian Border. We'll let them be the compassionate ones.

[Jingthing]

6 minutes ago, thehelmsman said:

I would suggest free bus service for illegals to the Canadian Border. We'll let them be the compassionate ones.

I think that would be seen as a hostile action. The USA has fewer and fewer friends since the clown potus was elected. Might as well piss off our literally CLOSEST friend as well. Yeah, that make sense. 

[joecoolfrog]

On Friday, September 01, 2017 at 3:29 AM, BuaBS said:

That's around what the FED prints a month to keep the 1 % happy. So build that wall already !

 

Why only 9 m high and how deep in the ground ?

When they are done , they can come to europe . We need some walls too , and a lot more than 900 miles !

To keep you in ?

[boomerangutang]

16 hours ago, GOLDBUGGY said:

Maybe they need all these Chinese to help them build this Great Wall in the USA???  I heard they are pretty good at doing that. 

                That's a cute comment, but the Great Wall of China wasn't so great.  It's told that one worker died for each brick that's in that wall.  It was rather useless when it stood.  Mongols still came streaming down, every few decades, to slaughter the fat lazy Han Chinese.  Then the Mongols would take over, and in a few decades, their offspring became fat, flaccid and dough-headed,  and another army of tough-as-nails Mongols would come streaming south, raping and pillaging.  If nothing else, it was good for strengthening the gene pool of Han Chinese.

 

Currently, in Thailand, I look around and see endless #'s of Thai young men, 97% of whom are flaccid, weak-willed milktoast pansies.  Perhaps Thailand needs a massive influx of tough men to come riding into the country (from where?) and strengthen the gene pool.   Mexicans are rather tough hombres.  That could be what Thailand needs:  open the immigration floodgates to millions of Mexican immigrants.  Trump would pay for it.

 

 

 

[Langsuan Man]

Since common sense is not going to stop this wall idea, we can look at Harvey as being the silver lining

 

 By the time they pay for the storm damage in Texas, there isn't going to be enough money to pay for Trump's folly

 

President lightweight hasn't figured out yet, that unlike Casinos or Hotels, the government can't declare bankruptcy and stiff vendors like Trump Inc has for years