I’m not interested in prototypes and repeated stories of prototypes.
Build the mother ****er already.
Yes, let’s build an untested wall that’s high maintenance, rapid decay, stupid hard/expensive to repair (because we didn’t test it) that the Democrats can eventually say “well, it’s a safety hazard because it’s falling apart and costs too much money, let’s tear it down” and get rid of. Brilliant!!!!!!
How about instead we test out some wall types, decide on the most cost effective and longest lasting one (instead of just padding the pockets of some corrupt contractor with a government connection) and build that?
If you look at the FAR (Federal Acquisition Regulations), you will see that this prototype challenge is required by Federal Law. This applies to aircraft, weapons, armor and even sweat socks. (FAR 16.7).
This works in the Government’s favor by forcing competitors to bid not only on price and design. Much better than investing hundreds of millions on a bad design.
Mexico has not yet provided the money to build the wall..
That was the deal. No Taxpayer funding for the actual construction was part of the proposed deal.
No mexican money.......no wall
Clearly you’ve never built anything there’s a lot that goes behind it before the construction starts it will happen
A wise manager verifies that a design meets customer demands before going into production.
A poor manager finds the lowest bidder, sets an unrealistic time frame and then gets a promotion once its done independent of if it works or not.
Functional test is first and then they will look at cost reduction but that should take a couple weeks with reviews and bids.
I understand your frustration but engineering a quality product takes a bit of time.
You are a fan of fire, ready, aim???
And I want barbed wire on top...where is the barbed wire!
Yes we should just skip the planning and testing stage and waste tons of money on projects that may not work. This phase is also to test the contractors, it is easier to sell a design on paper than it is to prove you can actually build it.