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Construction Processes, Interaction of Expertise

Private group raises millions, builds border wall section in 4 days

May 29, 2019

Via: Construction Dive

While supporters of President Donald Trump’s border wall initiative have hailed the use of private resources to build stronger barriers between the U.S. and Mexico, some local officials have cried foul at the organization’s efforts, according to The New York […]


Construction Processes, Interaction of Expertise

Contractor offers to build 234 miles of border wall for $1.4B

March 7, 2019

Via: Construction Dive

Fisher has given previous estimates of between almost $11 billion and $12 billion for 700 miles of a cast-in-place concrete wall along the U.S. border with Mexico. The company was also one of the contractors chosen in August 2017 to […]


Construction Processes, Legal

Trump Wall Plan Faces Hurdles in Congress, Courts

March 6, 2019

Via: ENR

President Donald Trump is facing challenges on Capitol Hill and in the courts over his emergency declaration, which would let him transfer funds from other construction accounts to pay for his long-desired wall along the border between the U.S. and […]


Construction Processes, Interaction of Expertise

Stantec-Hensel Phelps finishes part of $741M border facility

August 16, 2018

Via: Construction Dive

This is one U.S.-Mexico border construction project that has drawn praise from all sides, unlike the border wall that President Donald Trump’s administration is promoting. The president’s 2016 campaign featured promises to build a new, impenetrable wall stretching the entire […]


Construction Processes, Legal

Los Angeles city contractors must disclose any relationship to Trump’s U.S.-Mexico border wall

April 19, 2018

Via: Construction Dive

The Los Angeles City Council is the latest public entity to push back against construction of a border wall by penalizing contractors or other businesses who bid or work on it, and certainly some construction companies will choose not to […]