{"id":324136,"date":"2017-09-01T12:29:45","date_gmt":"2017-09-01T11:29:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/four-companies-selected-to-build-prototypes-for-trumps-border-wall\/"},"modified":"2017-09-01T12:29:45","modified_gmt":"2017-09-01T11:29:45","slug":"four-companies-selected-to-build-prototypes-for-trumps-border-wall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/four-companies-selected-to-build-prototypes-for-trumps-border-wall\/","title":{"rendered":"Four companies selected to build prototypes for Trump\u2019s border wall"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Trump administration has selected four US companies to build concrete prototype designs for the US-Mexico border wall. The companies will have 30 days to complete a prototype.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThese prototypes are designed to be 30 feet (9 meters) tall and 30 feet wide. They will be close in proximity of each other,\u201d<\/em> said Ronald Vitiello, acting deputy commissioner for the US Customs & Border Protection (CBP), at a press briefing<\/a> on Thursday.<\/p>\n

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DHS has chosen 4 border wall prototypes for construction in Calif. Here’s an image of what they hope the wall will look like. pic.twitter.com\/C0BLAwTPaS<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Gabby Morrongiello (@gabriellahope_) August 31, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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In testing the prototypes, the CBP \u201cwill look at things like aesthetics, and triple resistance, how penetrable, how resistant they are to breaching\u2026and scaling,\u201d<\/em> Vitiello said<\/p>\n

The walls will also have places for sensors, lighting, cameras and towers.<\/p>\n

A plan envisioned by the administration would have a see-through wall structure on immediate US-Mexico border, then a 150 foot-wide \u201cenforcement zone,\u201d<\/em> followed by a concrete wall.<\/p>\n

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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, were the four companies selected for the prototype project, the CBP said.<\/p>\n

Following President Donald Trump\u2019s January 25 executive order that called for the construction of a border wall, the CBP issued two requests for proposals for prototype wall designs – both new and replacement infrastructure – involving concrete and new material designs \u201cto deter illegal crossings.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

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CBP rolls out announcement of 4 concrete border wall prototype contractors and images of projected urban and rural border enforcement areas pic.twitter.com\/Xy0mkOR4BZ<\/a><\/p>\n

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The four contracts range in price from about $400,000 to about $500,000, CBP said. The prototypes will be built and tested in San Diego, California.<\/p>\n

Vitiello said the prototypes could be left in place or taken down and used elsewhere. Four more contracts, awarded for new material designs, will be announced next week.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Via RT<\/a>. This piece was reprinted by RINF Alternative News<\/a> with permission or license.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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