Posted on 04/02/2019 7:56:49 PM PDT by caww
Arizona-based Fisher Industries President Tommy Fisher is meeting this week with top Department of Homeland Security officials, along with Democrats and Republicans in Congress, to sell his plan,....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.
The fence's steel is all made in-house and would be weathered to avoid rusting and the need for replacement for 75 years, Fisher said. The top of the fence would have spin cameras mounted to it with systems that use facial recognition technology.
The barrier would go up in four regions: 42 miles near Yuma, Ariz.; 69 miles near El Paso, Texas; 15 miles near El Centro, Calif.; and 91 miles near Tucson, Ariz.
Each mile would cost $12.5 million. Mobilization or start-up costs are estimated around $200 million and a $360 million five-year warranty is included in the total proposed cost. Fisher said all parts and labor would be American.
“DHS needs a contractor to build the border fence as fast as possible, without compromising the quality of the fence. The ideal contractor would build the border fence faster, of higher quality, and at less cost than any other contractor. Fisher Sand & Gravel Co. is that contractor,” Fisher Industries officials wrote in an official paper version of the proposal.
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Every single employee of this company will soon require personal secret service level security
God bless Fisher Sand and Gravel.
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If it’s too good to be true...
I think they should make the fence double or triple then.
This is not something you want to go cheap on.
Interesting...private company and less cost...Any comments?
I would prefer to see it a lot taller than 18 feet. If it’s that short it better have a big mess of barbed wire on top.
Remember seeing the video posted here of their demonstration work not too long ago...
The FBI budget is around 9 billion supposedly. Just throwing out ideas.
Freegards
Do eet.
They were putting up the fencing at a rate of one mile per day... Awesome stuff!
How much will moats and alligators cost extra?
YOU’RE HIRED!
While I at first wanted it taller, I’m not sure I was right.
I’m 5’ 10”. Eighteen feet is three times my height. The top is basically open so that throwing something over it, would simply fall through the steel slats.
I guess there are places where the slats have something on top, but it would be pretty daunting to clime over that tall a fence, even with a great set of ladders.
Right—the whole fence should be double with a road in between and additionally the electronics to easily stop anyone who makes it over the first fence. Also, none of this 18’ stuff, it should all be 30’ and electrifying one of the “fences” is okay by me too.
You want piranhas, not alligators.
18 feet is not tall enough.I want to see a thirty foot tall double fence designed to be unclimbable and built on a solid thick concrete foundation. With a road between the fences.
You’re right.
Interesting...private company and less cost...Any comments?
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Yes! A return to THE AMERICAN WAY! No politicians getting rake offs and it will be built faster and better with all American talent and sweat.
Give them an extra billion and they are still under budget. Does any contractor offer a guarantee?
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