Posted on 02/25/2017 8:23:11 AM PST by MaxistheBest
US Customs and Border Protection said Friday that it plans to start awarding contracts by mid-April for President Donald Trump's proposed border wall with Mexico, signaling that he is aggressively pursuing plans to erect "a great wall" along the 2,000-mile border.
The agency said it will request bids on or around March 6 and that companies would have to submit "concept papers" to design and build prototypes by March 10, according to FedBizOpps.gov, a website for federal contractors. The field of candidates will be narrowed by March 20, and finalists must submit offers with their proposed costs by March 24.
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There are currently 354 miles of pedestrian fencing and 300 miles of vehicle barriers, much of it built during President George W. Bush's second term.
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The Homeland Security report proposes an initial phase that would extend fences 26 miles and a second wave that would add 151 miles, plus 272 "replacement" miles where fences are already installed, according to the official. Those two phases would cost $5 billion.
The price tag will depend largely on the height, materials and other specifications that have not yet been defined.
Granite Construction Inc., Vulcan Materials Co. and Martin Marrieta Materials Inc. are seen as potential bidders. Kiewit Corp. built one of the more expensive stretches of fencing so far at a cost of about $16 million a mile, a project in San Diego that involved filling a deep canyon known as Smuggler's Gulch.
Cement maker Cemex SAB is also seen as a potential beneficiary even though it is based in Mexico.
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Considering that a 3’ thick wall that extended 65’ above the ground and 25’ below would only use $1000 concrete per linear foot, $3030 per foot seems quite high. That would be $2000 per foot for excavation and forming.
True, not much place for volunteers or prison labor.
I do wonder why the SeaBees and Army Corps of Engineers are not being tapped, though. The last thing we need is for this to turn into a “jobs”, ie “makework” project that drags on forever while contractors milk it.
Single shot. The same problem as mine fields. Coyotes would simply push a herd of animals or illegals ahead to clear a path by exploding the mines or claymores.
Not if they’re command-detonated.
Then they are ineffective. If they aren’t detonated, then the illegals simply run through as though they weren’t there. If they are detonated, then the next wave of illegals runs through the cleared path. This is why a wall is better. Even row after row of razor wire would be more effective than claymores. All you need is to be able to slow them down long enough for a reaction force to get there and take them under aimed fire.
I don’t think you are looking at Kiewit, they are not a public company.
Look at their web site to get the size of the Company.
Kiewit.com
hmmm...very similar, but I don’t see direct link....
Kiewit Royalty Trust (KIRY)
Kiewit Royalty Trust, a royalty trust, holds royalty and overriding royalty interests in the leases of coal mines located in the states of Montana and Wyoming. It has coal royalties in Decker Mine and Spring Creek Mine located in Big Horn County, Montana. The company was founded in 1982 and is based in Omaha, Nebraska.
Started trading OTC in Dec.
Now 45 cent/share
Looks same as website:
Building, Mining, oil, power, trans, water
BUT the only crossover is the Wyoming mining.
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